Dixtour pour Instruments à Vent
General Info
Year: 1967 / 1970
Duration: c. 12:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Billaudot Editeur
Cost: Score and Parts - $10.00
Movements
1. Allegretto moderato - 1:52
2. Moderato - 3:01
3. Andante - 3:04
4. Cantabile - 2:04
5. Allegro Risoluto - 2:10
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Trumpet
Horn in F
Trombone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Arrieu’s Dixtuor pour Instruments à Vent is scored for two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, horn, trumpet, and trombone, and very well may be the only published piece written for that combination of instruments. Composed in 1967, the work exhibits musical flow and elegance of structure that typified Parisian neo-classicism. A wide variety of textures are explored within the five movements and show Arrieu’s ability to create new and interesting tone colors with only a handful of instruments.
- Program Note by Robert Ambrose
Media
- Audio CD: Atlanta Chamber Winds (Robert J. Ambrose, conductor) - 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Illinois (Champaign) Wind Symphony (Michelle Bell, conductor) - 12 October 2023
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band Chamber Winds (Alexander Scott, conductor) - 29 January 2023
- Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.) Wind Ensemble (Kraig Alan Williams, conductor) - 10 December 2021
- University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (Shanti Simon, conductor) - 22 April 2021
- Indiana University (Bloomington) Chamber Winds (Jeff Osarczuk, conductor) - 1 April 2021
- Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Madison Argo, conductor) - 13 November 2020
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band Chamber Winds (Kim Fleming, conductor) – 4 October 2019
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Winds (Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor) – 26 September 2019
- Florida State University (Tallahassee) Chamber Winds(Richard Clary, conductor) – 19 February 2018
- University of Michigan Concert Band (Courtney Snyder, conductor) – 7 October 2015
- Neoteric Chamber Winds (St. Paul, Minn.) - 18 August 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Concert: Pour Quintette à Vent et Cordes
- Dixtour pour Instruments à Vent (1970)
- Quintette en Ut pour Instruments à Vent
- Trio en Ut, por Hautbois, Clarinette et Bassoon
Resources
- Arrieu, C. (1970). Dixtour pour Instruments à Vents [score]. G. Billaudot Editeur: Paris.