Guise, Jean François de - Bagatelle for Wind Quintet Op. 17, No. 8

Guise Jean François de
Bagatelle pour quintette à vent
 op. 17, no. 8

Composed in the tradition of French modernism, this piece, "Bagatelle pour quintette à vent" (2015), is one of those works that completely dispense with extended playing techniques.
These works are made to harken back to that era and provide ensembles with compositions that, while similar in difficulty to their larger "siblings," are nowhere near as extensive. For this reason, the rehearsal effort for the ensembles will be manageable, leaving time to work on other pieces in parallel.
This piece is particularly suitable for the youth competitions. An impressive sonority, the recognizability of the individual motives let the listener get into the music from the beginning. The rhythmic elaboration also impresses immediately. Although there are several calmly flowing passages in the piece, the ones that remain in the memory are the ones that sound complicated and intricate. Jean François de Guise also manages at the end, traditionally and yet in his very own way, to set a spectacular final point, which is formed by a furioso and a single note of the bassoon. The piece ends as it began, abruptly.

fl, ob, clar, horn, fag
score & 5 parts / 34 pages