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BrookWright Music: Second Quartet — A Hint of Bach (Kenneth Downie)

Bring a little inventive Bach to your concert programmes with this new quartet work by Kenneth Downie.

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  Bring a touch of inventive Bach to your ensemble practice or concerts

'A Hint of Bach' for brass quartet comes from the pen of the hugely respected Kenneth Downie, and is based on Bach's Two-part Invention in F major, BWV779.

Good musicianship

Speaking about it, Kenneth Downie says: "I wrote this quartet during the early days of Covid, when only small groups of instrumentalists were allowed to play together.

Chamber music is something I enjoyed during my student days — it really is wonderful for developing good musicianship, requiring an awareness of what everyone in the group is doing, and calling for tight ensemble, keen balance and tuning, as well as a uniformity of style in performance."

He added: "Playing the two and three part inventions of J.S. Bach formed an important part of my piano studies, and since I found myself writing more counterpoint than usual in these quartets, it seemed entirely appropriate to reference the great master of counterpoint in this work.

I hope that players and listeners will share the fun as they rehearse and perform the quartet."

Rolling score:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG7LeUCan8U

Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced

Duration: Approx. 4 minutes

Instrumentation:

Part 1 — Cornet/Trumpet in Bb
Part 2 — Cornet/Trumpet in Bb
Part 3 — Horn in Eb or F
Part 4 — Euphonium Bb (Treble Clef & Bass Clef parts provided)

PDFs and Sheet music:


https://www.brookwrightmusic.com/product-page/second-quartet-a-hint-of-bach-brass-quartet-kenneth-downie

Sheet music: www.jwpepper.com

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