I came across these different wind quintet pieces recently.
They are unusual wind quintet pieces in that they were written for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon.
An important part of Elgar's early development as a composer was a wind quintet for which he not only composed but also played regularly during the years 1878-79. Elgar's younger brother Frank was a competent oboist while, to judge from the scores, his friends Hubert Leicester (later to become Mayor of Worcester) and Frank Exton were flautists of near professional standard. Hubert's brother William was co-opted to play the clarinet, while Elgar taught himself to play the bassoon to complete the quintet.
The five met on Sunday afternoons to play together in a garden shed and Elgar attempted to provide a new composition or arrangement for them to rehearse each week - a daunting task.
These compositions are now known as "The Shed Music" or music written for the "Shed Quintet."
The “shed music” includes the following pieces:
Harmony Music (7 items), (No.2 Nelly Shed)
Four Dances,
Five Intermezzos,
Six Promenades,
Peckham March
An Adagio Cantabile (subtitled Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup)
and an Andante con Variazioni (Evesham Andante).
I have rearranged some of these works for standard wind quintet (fl,ob,cl,hn & bsn)
check them out:
Harmony Music No.2 "Nelly Shed"
Harmony Music No.6 Andante arioso
Harmony Music No.7 Scherzo. arranged symphonic wind dectet (double wind quintet) & bass
“Shed” Wind Serenade No.1 in G (based on Harmony Music 6 & 7) arranged symphonic wind dectet