A Child's Garden of Verses

by
Fraser Linklater

Ensemble: Wind Ensemble

Additional Performing Forces: Chorus

Grade: 4

Duration: 10:30

Year of Composition: 2021

Publisher: self-published

Available: Yes

How to Acquire: Composer

Links:

Web Page

Sample Audio

Perusal Score 

Instrumentation

Flutes 1,2
Oboe
Bassoon
B♭ Clarinets 1,2
B♭ Bass Clarinet
E♭ Alto Saxes 1,2
B♭ Tenor Sax
E♭ Baritone Sax
B♭ Trumpets 1,2
F Horns 1,2
Trombones 1,2
Euphonium
Tuba
Double Bass
Timpani
Snare Drum
Tom-toms
Cymbals
Tam-tam, Temple Blocks
Xylophone
Orchestra Bells
Vibraphone
Chimes
SAB Chorus

Text by Robert Louis Stevenson.

In five movements:
I. Windy Nights
II. Time to Rise
III. Where Go the Boats?
IV. My Shadow
V. To Any Reader

Score and parts are available free of charge. In lieu of payment, band directors are requested to consider donating to the Manitoba Band Association.


Program Notes:

Five poems by Robert Louis Stevenson for SAB choir plus wind ensemble. (Fraser Linklater)