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Miniature Suite (Lutoslawski)
Witold Lutosławski(trans. Kenneth Singleton)
Subtitle: Based on Polish Folk Dances
General Info
Year: 2013
Duration: c.
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Movements
1. Flirting – 1:30
2. The Grove – 0:45
3. A Gander – 1:25
4. The Schoolmaster – 1:10
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-Tom (4)
- Vibraphone
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Using materials from Lutoslawski's Folk Melodies for piano, Ken Singleton has expertly created this four movement arrangement for wind band. Flirting, The Grove, A Gander and The Schoolmaster are used in this transparent suite of miniatures. Colorful textures and a folk style characterize this unique work.
- Program Note from publisher
Dedicated to Jim Cochrane and Shattinger Music.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: IV
- Indiana: ISSMA JUNIOR BAND GROUP I
- Michigan: Senior High C
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.) Wind Orchestra (James Ripley, conductor) – 29 February 2020
- Wartburg College (Waverly, Iowa) Meistersinger Ninth-Grade Honor Band (Russell Kramer, conductor) – 3 February 2019
- Orchestre Harmonie Luzy (France) – 28 November 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Fanfare for CUBE (1987)
- Fanfare for Lancaster (1989)
- Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic (1993)
- Fanfare for Louisville (1986)
- Mini Overture (1982)
- Miniature Suite (tr. Singleton) (2013)
- Strawchain and Other Songs (1951)
- Three Poems of Henri Michaux (1963)