Woodwind Competition 2024

On 27th March Needlemakers and their friends gathered at Guildhall School of Music and Drama for the annual Woodwind Competition. The four finalists entertained us with a diverse programme and the adjudicator Juliette Bausor had a difficult decision eventually selecting bassoon player Thais Bordes as the winner. Whist she was deliberating we were entertained by Alex Ho, winner in 2023 who played: Claude Bolling Suite for flute and jazz trio II. Sentimentale

Fellowship is an important element of the livery and so Needlemakers were joined by finalists and representatives from GSMD at Cote Brasserie for an informal supper after the competition.

Programme:

Justyna Szynkarczyk flute

Ian Clarke Time Dominoes Concerto for Flute

I. Moto Perpetuo

Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea III

III. Cape Cod

Tilmann Dehnhard Wake Up!

Cecile Chaminade Concertino for Flute, Op 107

Jess McNulty flute

Ian Clarke Touching the Ether

Edie Hill This Floating World

III. Winter Solitude

IV. Petal Shower

V. A Wild Sea

Boulanger D'un Matin de Printemps

Thaïs Bordes bassoon

Franz Berwald Concert Pièce (arr. Thaïs Bordes)

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Andante con variazione

III. Allegro non troppo

Marcel Bitsch Concertino for bassoon

I. Andante

II. Allegro Vivace

Rossini Duet for cello and double bass (arr. Thaïs Bordes)

III. Allegro

Stratty Ryan flute

Mike Mower Opus di Jazz

II. Ballad

Dave Heath Coltrane

Philippe Gaubert Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando

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