There are two types of wind ensemble music listed here:

Sources

The pieces by Krommer and co. have been kindly lent to me by collector friends, and most are the first modern publication of such works. Many were originally typeset in Notator, which was pretty good for its time, but looks a little 'solid' these days; I am gradually resetting all of them in Finale®.

Optional instruments

Nearly all my own pieces were written to play with friends, my own contribution being on the bassoon. Hence the wide range of combinations I have tried to please. Experience taught me that a horn player in a wind quintet was always to be treasured, and often not available. I came up with the idea of the 'quartet plus' where the piece works perfectly well for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, but will benefit even more from an available horn player. A similar idea lay behind my Rondo Capriccioso; it was originally for the same combination as Mozart's great Quintet K. 452, but later the wind players always seemed to include a flute. This was added and the piece now appears under Sextets. My Allegro Capriccioso was composed from the outset with optional flute.

Viewing samples

Many of the entries provide a screen of the opening of the score by clicking the hyperlink. Some will play a short extract - mostly computer-generated, I'm afraid, as I don't have digital recording of many - which can be controlled by the leading transport.

You can access any section through the buttons below or the submenu on the ‘Wind music’ button.