INSTRUMENTAL

INSTRUMENTAL: Orchestral

Hangman’s Reel (32:32) Strings  Solo violin (fiddle), percussion, timpani

Commissioned by choreographer Brian MacDonald through Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens


Homage à Hindemith (9:15)  String orchestra


INSTRUMENTAL: Chamber

Blanche de Percé (32:10) Narrator, guitar,flute.recorder, perc, opt. soprano & gamba/cello.

Choo-choo (4:07)  Saxophone quartet

Commissioned for performance at the 7th World Saxophone Congress Congress, Nuremburg, Germany.


Trois Mois (20:12) Saxophone quartet

Victoria Vignette (3:25) Saxophone quartet

Québecois Carol Suite (6:40) 2 fl ob cl bn fh euph 3 vns vc org/pn

Earthpeace One (14:22) Two pianos or Two pianos and saxophone quartet

Carignanettes (17:39) String Quartet (commissioned for the Barbados Music Festival)

Overture to Christmas (7:49) Brass choir 4332, timpani and percussion

Funfare for Four Trumpets (3:56) Four trumpets

“Energetic, inspiring, a delight to choirs and audience members alike! ” Diane Loomer

Choral music composer Donald Patriquin is known for his energetic and inspiring music and for bringing world music to the choral stage. His compositions have been described as “sophisticated and challenging, yet accessible to all audiences”.

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