Preview: Sedge Fen (3 Oboes Drifting), for instruments in three parts with optional drone - Score and Parts
Listen
Look
Sedge Fen (3 Oboes Drifting), for instruments in three parts with optional drone - Score and Parts
Instant Download
Taxes/VAT calculated at checkout.
Share
Details
- Instruments
- Ensembles
- Genres
- Series
- ArrangeMe
- Formats
- Item Types
- Levels
- Usages
Description
SKU: A0.1423105
Composed by Paul Burnell. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. 20 pages. Paul Burnell #1004437. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.1423105).Sedge Fen (3 Oboes Drifting) by Paul Burnell.
Composed 2009 with minor revisions to the score in 2023.
For instruments in three parts with optional drone.
Duration 4:40 approx.
When performed by three oboes only this piece is called ‘3 Oboes Drifting’ and begins at bar 2. When performed by a different or larger ensemble it is called ‘Sedge Fen’.
Optional: when reading from the score, parts 1, 2 and 3 may change to different parts where indicated [ 1 ], [ 2], [ 3]. If performed this way players will need to read from the score.
The part 4 drone on low G is optional and may be played an octave higher or lower. Part 4 reads from the score or is cued by the conductor.
If played by a large ensemble some instruments may alternate between parts 3 and 4. Part 3 may be played an octave lower. If necessary reduce the number of players on part 3 at bar 58 to achieve a pianissimo dynamic. If voices are part of the ensemble, female voices may sing part 3 to ‘oo’ and male voices may sing part 4 with an open-lipped hum ‘nn’ or ‘uu’.
Programme note
‘Sedge Fen (3 Oboes Drifting)’ is a companion piece to ‘Tricorder (3 Oboes Dancing)’ both of which can be performed by three oboes or by different or larger ensembles.
Sedges are flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. Members of the sedge family have triangular stems (with occasional exceptions), and their leaves are spirally arranged in three ranks.
A fen is a type of wetland fed by surface and/or groundwater.
Sedge Fen is a small village in Suffolk, a few miles from Lakenheath, close to the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk borders in England.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it.
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).