Sarabande
About 20 years ago I was quite taken with a Sarabande I was listening to so attempted one of my own and sketched out a little piece which then sat on the shelf. Now that lovely sampled sounds exist I've expanded upon the initial sketch and written the following:
Here's the full score and parts
Here's the original sketch from 20 years previously
Written with StaffPad.
Instrumentation in order of first hearing them:
- English Harpsichord 1766 with Union Chapel Organ (Great - stopped Diapason 8)
- CineWinds Alto Flute and English Horn
- CineHarp 3, CineWinds, Berlin Brass, Spitfire Chamber Strings, then CineStrings, mixture of CinePercussion and Berlin Percussion
- Nylon Guitar
- At the end: Berlin first chairs then Spitfire Chamber Strings then CineStrings.