Sims-Williams, N - Serenade for ten wind instruments – Parts - Digital Download Choir Reger confessed in a letter

Reger confessed in a letter to a friend that he was once again committing "a new crime against harmony and counterpoint"

this single movement was published as “Andante favori” in its second printing – a moniker that apparently harks back to Beethoven himself

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it features a special Habanera rhythm and is generally performed with sung lyrics

that Hindemith’s own recording takes a passage from “Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score

Sims-Williams, N - Serenade for ten wind instruments – Parts - Digital Download Choir Reger confessed in a letterMany of Nicholas Sims Williams compositions are for wind instruments. He is himself a horn player, and married to an oboist. This Serenade is a substantial piece lasting about 18 minutes. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, with the second flute doubling on piccolo, the second oboe doubling on cor anglais (in the first movement only), and the second clarinet doubling on bass clarinet (in the last movement). If a