Leaves (2024)

| Duration:

4:48

Instrumentation

2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo)
1 Alto Flute
2 Oboes
1 English Horn
2 Clarinets
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabassoon

3 French Horns
2 Trumpets
2 Trombones
1 Bass Trombone
1 Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Crash Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle)

Harp
Celesta

Strings

Alternative Arrangements:

N/A

Perusal Score

£64

Date Premiered

Yet to be Premiered

Performed By

Yet to be Performed

Program Note

This composition tells the story of a pair of leaves connected to neighbouring trees, dancing in the wind. As a gentle breeze passes by, their dance begins, gracefully adapting to the wind’s strength until they settle, bringing their performance to an end.