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:

  1. English Harpsichord 1766 with Union Chapel Organ (Great - stopped Diapason 8)
  2. CineWinds Alto Flute and English Horn
  3. CineHarp 3, CineWinds, Berlin Brass, Spitfire Chamber Strings, then CineStrings, mixture of CinePercussion and Berlin Percussion
  4. Nylon Guitar
  5. At the end: Berlin first chairs then Spitfire Chamber Strings then CineStrings.