AS Composition Commentary. I chose to write my piece for a woodwind quartet, consisting of a Flute, Clarinet, Oboe and Bassoon. This was because I am a clarinettist

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AS Composition Commentary

Rebecca Beldam.

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I chose to write my piece for a woodwind quartet, consisting of a Flute, Clarinet, Oboe and Bassoon. This was because I am a clarinettist, and feel confident writing for woodwind instruments as I regularly play alongside them have frequently seen the capabilities of the instruments. My main influences for my piece were 'Falling in Love with Love' from Rodgers and Hart's 'The Boys from Syracuse' and the first movement of Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto for Bassoon in E minor and Haydn's Symphony 103 in Eb Major.

In 'Falling in Love with Love' I liked the scalic patterns such as:

I liked this because it was interesting and not something I had played before and consequently I wanted to experiment with it, and use it within the Flute melody of the Theme. I incorporated elements of Vivaldi's Bassoon concerto in Variation 2 such as the wide leaps and the bassoon playing the main melody.

I then decided to write the piece in F major, compared to the original Bb Major key signature of 'Falling in Love with Love'. This is because I knew because I was going to