This list represents the works we have performed over the last ten years. There are over 300 years of music available to us from the Baroque right up to the present day and we are continually adding to our list by researching new repertoire and commissioning new works.
We are always happy to discuss programming and many of the less familiar composers listed below wrote in a similar vein to their better known contemporaries, for example, while there are no original works for small ensemble by Richard Strauss, music by his compatriot Karl Pilss is comparable in compositional style.
We generally try and avoid playing arrangements: many of them do not show the quintet in a good light, and with the wealth of original repertoire there will usually be something else more suitable. If a work by a particular composer is needed (for a festival or anniversary) it is surprising how many major composers have written works for a solo wind instrument (CPE or JS Bach, Britten, Stravinsky) or for solo instrument and piano. The arrangements we do perform fill a specific gap in the repertoire (the late nineteenth century is especially sparse in wind music) or are ones that we have found work particularly well in concert.
We work regularly with piano, string players and singers and so this list also includes these works we have performed.
Our repertoire includes all the 'great' composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms etc) but all of the items by more obscure composers are approachable and enjoyable for new audiences (as our reviews reveal). Please linger over highlighted titles for information about some of these lesser known works.
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| Malcolm Arnold | Trio op 6 |
| Bela Bartok | Contrasts |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Quintet op 16, Septet op 20
& Serenade in D op 25 |
| Franz Berwald | Septet in B flat |
| Johannes Brahms | Clarinet Quintet op 115 |
| Trio in A minor op 114 |
| Benjamin Britten |
Phantasy Oboe Quartet op 2 |
| Martin Butler | Dirty Beasts |
| J N Hummel | Clarinet quartet |
| William Hurlstone | Quintet in G minor |
| Gordon Jacob | 3 Songs |
| Aram Khatchaturian | Trio |
| Franz Krommer | Bassoon quartet op 46/1 |
| Bohuslav Martinu | Sextet |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Concertstück op 113 & 114 |
| Olivier Messiaen | Quatuor pour le fin de temps |
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| Darius Milhaud | Suite for violin, clarinet & piano |
| W A Mozart | Quintet K452, Oboe quartet
& Clarinet quintet |
| Carl Nielsen | Serenata in vano |
| Francis Poulenc | Trio & Sextet |
| Sergey Prokofiev | Quintette op 39 |
| Camille Saint-Saens | Caprice op 79 |
| Franz Schubert | The Shepherd on the Rock
& Octet in F D803 |
| Erwin Schulhoff | Concertino |
| Howard Skempton | Lullaby |
| Ludwig Spohr | Nonet in F op 31 |
| R Strauss/Hasenöhrl | Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! |
| Igor Stravinsky | Suite from The Soldier's Tale |
| John Webb | Calm |
| C M von Weber | Clarinet quintet op 34 |
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