NEW - Woodwind Quartet Version of Beethoven Piano Sonata (MP3)

[leejacksonaudio]

Here's another Dorico Pro rendering for you to check out. I just finished an arrangement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata #18, Opus 31, No. 3 in Eb Major for Woodwind Quartet (not Quintet - the difference is no French Horn). It was a real workout getting it done - four movements, 23 minutes' worth of music, over 110 pages in the full score! The bassoon part is 20 pages long, for crying out loud. Still, I'm hoping someone will play it, and that one or more of you will listen to the MP3 of it. Here's the WeTransfer link of it, good for a limited period of time:

 

https://we.tl/t-3ocNr7egjX

 

Please tell me what you think, and if you got all the way through the recording. Thanks!

[Quasar]

Very nice. Only the very beginning felt a little tentative to me but for the rest of it I felt like I could forget it wasn't originally composed for that ensemble.

[leejacksonaudio]

On 8/22/2023 at 9:07 AM, Quasar said:

Very nice. Only the very beginning felt a little tentative to me but for the rest of it I felt like I could forget it wasn't originally composed for that ensemble.

Thank you. I'm now putting out a call for an actual woodwind quartet to come and play the piece through a composer/performer meetup forum on Facebook. Too soon for results, but I tell you now - it's going to be a massive job for whichever quartet takes it on. Wish both of us luck.