arr. L'Horloge de Flore (Jean Francaix) (2014) for woodwind quintet and piano
for Stephanie Burke
Written at the suggestion of my oboeist friend Stephanie Burke, who was sad that L'Horloge de Flore (which happens to be a favorite of mine) never gets programmed because the piano reduction was just too much work for pianists to get excited about. After attempting (and failing) to write a simplified piano version, I came up with the notion of spreading the difficulties around by adding four more winds to the oboe and piano...
A score is available upon request.