"Two Mystic Chorales"

Woodwind Quintet

Mystic Chorale I

I thought the chorale I wrote in Sonata in Mixolydian would be nice to hear as a stand-alone work and the quintet I was a member of at the time was working feverishly on the Nielson Quintet in preparation for a performance. What happened next was, perhaps, inevitable... (LOL)

Mystic Chorale II

As with the first chorale, I added in a quote from a famous piece of quintet music. This time, I quoted the third movement of the Ligeti Six Bagatelles. The theme for the chorale itself is much different from the theme in Chorale I, being much more stately and almost militaristic. 

Both chorales were premiered in 1999 by the Southern Winds woodwind quintet, a group composed of graduate performance students at Florida State University. (Shoutouts of appreciation to Christina Guenther, Jaren Hinckley, Fred Wild, and Lori Nix!)

Scores

Two Mystic Chorales

Woodwind Quintet - Score and set of parts (PDFs) - $10