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The Repertoire
The National Saxophone Choir's current repertoire includes:
Classical Arrangements
- Aria (J.S. Bach arr. R.A. Moulds)
- Bolero (Ravel, arr. N. Wood)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (J.S. Bach, arr. N. Wood)
- Café 1930 (Astor Piazzolla, arr. N. Wood)
- Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Ben Tordoff)
- Double Violin Concerto BWV 1043 2nd movement (J.S.Bach arr. N.Wood)
- Flower Duet from Lakme (Leo Delibes arr. Nigel Wood)
- I Pina della Via Appia (Ottorino Respighi arr. M. Miatello)
- Kraftig und Feurig (Felix Mendelsohnn arr. Robert Rainford)
- Nessun dorma (Giacomo Puccini arr. N.Wood)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (Felix Mendelssohn arr.K.Veen)
- Nimrod (Edward Elgar arr. J. Ashley)
- Oblivion (Piazzolla, arr. K. Veen)
- Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev arr. M. Brogan)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky, arr. Jerry Lanning/N. Wood)
- Rumanian Dances (Bela Bartok arr. N. Wood)
- Saxa alla Turca (Mozart/Buttall, arr. N. Wood)
- Ship-board Hornpipe (Henry Purcell arr.Tony Matthews)
- Symphony No.5, Op.67, 1st movement (Beethoven, arr. Rodney Parker/N. Wood)
- Toccata in D Minor (J.S.Bach arr. N.Wood)
- Trezieme Concert (Francis Couperin arr.N.Wood/D.McKeown)
Jazz/Folk/Light
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie Mercury, arr. C. Tomsett)
- Carnival (Karen Street)
- Celtic Suite (Gavin Whitlock)
- Crazy Rag (Jean Matitia, arr. N. Wood)
- Cuban Overture (George Gershwin arr. C.Tomsett)
- Devil’s Rag (Jean Matitia, arr. N. Wood)
- Eclogue (Philip Buttall arr. N. Wood)
- Funkadelia (Matthew London)
- March of the Baritonettes (Gounod/Rollins et al, arr. N. Wood)
- Mrs Malcolm, Her Reel (Funky Freuchie) (Richard Ingham)
- My Bonny Boy (Ralph Vaughan Willimas arr. J.Ashley)
- Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, arr. George Shearing/N. Wood)
- Safaria (Nigel Wood) (Premiere)
- Sa Roncadora (Ricardo Viladesau arr. N.Wood)
- Sax in the City (Colin Crabbe) (Premiere)
- Saxa a la Turka (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. P. Buttall/N. Wood)
- Shetland Sequence (trad. arr. J Steele/N. Wood)
- Simon's Mangrove Groove (Roger May)
- Slip Reel (Catherine Evison)
- Swan Fake (Tchaikovsky, arr. N. Wood)
- The Lone Ar-ranger Goes Sax Mad! (Rossini/Various arr. P. Buttall/N. Wood)
- Waltzing Soprillda (Philip Buttall arr. N. Wood) (Premiere)
- Without Your Love (Patrick Bouchard arr. N.Wood)
Contemporary
- Big Red (Andy Scott)
- Chimes (Ben Palmer) (Premiere)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone (Richard Payne, arr. N. Wood)
- Egloga (R.A. Moulds)
- Harlequin Dances (Keiron Anderson)
- Introduction & Riffs (Roger May) (Premiere)
- Metropolitains (Ulrich Schultheiss arr. N. Wood) (Premiere)
- Orphanata (Nigel Wood) (Premiere)
- Out of the Cool (Dave Heath arr. N.Wood)
- Paradise Circus Maximus (Andrew Tweed) (Premiere)
- Status Quo (Eddie Parker) (Premiere)
- Under the Veil (Nigel Wood)
- Where Spirits and Demons Dance (Nigel Wood)
- Witch Hunt (Ulrich Schultheiss)