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"Fantastic album! Beautiful artistic playing with rich low Flute tones. A most unique and worthy album for sure." - Peter Sheridan

Wood Burn

(2005)


Reed quintet:

oboe
clarinet
soprano saxophone
bass clarinet
bassoon

Chamber ensemble:

recorders / soprano instrument
trumpet
contrabass flute / contrabass
harpsichord


Arranged for Hexnut


Chamber ensemble 2:

flute
alto recorder
harp
harpsichord

Duration: 9 minutes



Written for Calefax
Commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst, Netherlands

First perfomance: De Link, Tilburg, April 19th, 2005



"... Ned McGowan's new piece 'Wood Burn' does well and grows to the highpoint of the evening."
    - Mark van de Voort, Brabants Dagblad



Wood Burn - performed by Hexnut:




Wood Burn for reed quintet: 

Score available from Donemus Publishing






Wood Burn for chamber ensemble:

Score available from Donemus Publishing

 





Wood Burn for chamber ensemble 2:

Score available from Donemus Publishing





 

“... Ned McGowans nieuwe stuk 'Wood Burn' maakt veel goed, en groeit uit tot het hoogtepunt van de avond.”


Mark van de Voort, het Brabants Dagblad.


" 'Wood Burn' was an exuberantly wild burst of energy, working all five reed players for all they were worth."


Stephen Smoliar, San Francisco Examiner