A maverick of new wind music, Akropolis is committed to showcasing the vast possibilities of the reed quintet through our adventurous repertoire spanning over 400 years of musical history. Having premiered over 50 works for the unique combination of oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet, and bassoon, Akropolis is devoted to expanding the existing reed quintet repertoire with imaginative arrangements and the continued development of new works by emerging and established composers.
From the dozens of professional reed quintets actively performing around the world, to the hundreds of student ensembles forming at universities around the United States alone, we hope this collection of our ever-growing repertoire continues to help inspire reed quintet growth around the globe. In the collection below, you’ll find works Akropolis has commissioned and arranged, plus works commissioned or arranged by other artists from around the world we consider important contributions to the standard repertoire of the reed quintet.
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Name | Composer | Commission | Genre | Sheet Music Available | Recording / Video |
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3 Preludes | George Gershwin | 20th Century | https://goo.gl/5eVDoR | https://goo.gl/w3A11g | |
A Blank Page | Leonid Kuzmenko | Yes | Originals | ||
A Frayed, Jute Whipping Knot | Joshua Marquez | Yes | Originals | https://goo.gl/zQRZ2P | |
A News Cycle | Matthew Quayle | Originals | |||
Air | J.S. Bach | Baroque | https://goo.gl/8eHqDS | ||
Alchemical Birds | Octavio Vazquez | Yes | Originals | ||
An American in Paris | George Gershwin | 20th Century | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | https://goo.gl/qapkg4 | |
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | G.F. Handel | Baroque | https://goo.gl/W3iXPq | https://goo.gl/U2NVY4 | |
Augmentation and Drift | Andrija Klaric | Yes | Originals | ||
Autumn in New York | Elliott Bark | Yes | Originals | https://goo.gl/Zmvon9 | |
Birdus Petroleum | Babur Tongur | Yes | Originals | https://goo.gl/XNTCJx | https://goo.gl/GjEz6E |
Bright Promise from the Fire | Paul Seitz | Yes | Originals | https://goo.gl/aoq1Ed | https://goo.gl/RM7EFP |
Candybox | Cheil Meijering | 20th Century | |||
Children's Corner | Claude Debussy | Romantic, Classical | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Circusmuziek | Ton ter Doest | Originals | https://bit.ly/2OTmsZV | ||
create.process | Mario Godoy | Yes | Originals | ||
Delevarnu | Florie Namir | Yes | Originals | https://apple.co/2R5wKI3 | |
Elegy | Gregory Wanamaker | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2P3MTfK | |
Enigma Variations | Edward Elgar | 20th Century | |||
Er Quan Ying Yue | Ah Bing | 20th Century | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Fall & Rise in 3 Parts | Theo Chandler | Yes | Originals | ||
Firing Squad | Niloufar Nourbakhsh | Yes | Originals | ||
Forget | Eli Stein | Yes | Originals | ||
Four Letter Word | Robbie McCarthy | Originals | https://apple.co/2R5wKI3 | ||
Fun Fun Fun Fun | Asaf Peres | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2xHyezV | https://apple.co/2NLqreJ |
Gallimaufry | Rob Deemer | Yes | Originals | https://apple.co/2IjHLBj | |
Geryoneïs | Joshua Harris | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2OSCDqk | |
High Speed Reed | Garret Schumann | Yes | Originals | https://apple.co/2NLqreJ | |
Hymns for Private Use | Nico Muhly | Originals | |||
Jesus is Coming | Jacob TV | Originals | http://bit.ly/2xGB3l4 | http://bit.ly/2xVb7Bl | |
Kinderszenen Op.15 | Robert Schumann | Romantic, Classical | http://bit.ly/2NNnCty | ||
Kinds of Light | Michael Gilbertson | Yes | Originals | ||
La Création du Monde | Darius Milhaud | 20th Century | |||
La Folia | Antonio Vivaldi | Baroque | |||
La Poule | Jean-Philppe Rameau | Baroque | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Les Rappel Des Oiseaux | Jean-Philppe Rameau | Baroque | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Les Tombeau de Couperin | Maurice Ravel | Romantic, Classical | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Libertango | Astor Piazzolla | 20th Century | |||
Look For Me | Nico Muhly | Originals | http://bit.ly/2y0NgA2 | ||
Morse Code | Jason Turbin | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2DFQPSu | http://bit.ly/2Qgnxeu |
Music of Foghorns & Seabirds | Natalie Draper | Yes | Originals | ||
Nuclear Child Games | Babur Tongur | Originals | http://bit.ly/2OhKwIY | https://apple.co/2NLqreJ | |
Nutcracker Overture | Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 20th Century | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
Pinched | Ryan Brown | Originals | http://bit.ly/2NL2Bj7 | ||
Pitchblende | David Heetdersk | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2NMCEzz | https://apple.co/2NLqreJ |
Point Blank | Logan Rutledge | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2zDTwQA | |
Polonaise in A-Major | J.A. Bartoszewski | Yes | Originals | ||
Prelude No. 1 | Garreth Chan | Yes | Originals | ||
Prelude, Fugue, & Riffs | Leonard Bernstein | 20th Century | |||
Quintet for Reeds | Andrew Kohler | Yes | Originals | ||
Reeds | Frederic Rzewski | Originals | |||
Refraction | David Biedenbender | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2Ok5wP3 | https://apple.co/2IjHLBj |
Rites for the Afterlife | Stacy Garrop | Yes | Originals | ||
Romeo & Juliet | Nino Rota | 20th Century | |||
Song to the Moon from Rusalka | Antonin Dvorak | Romantic, Classical | http://bit.ly/2R9Tt5I | ||
Songs of Percival Peacock | Franklin Stover | Originals | |||
Sorrow and Celebration for Reed Quintet | John Steinmetz | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2PeX7Kj | https://apple.co/2IjHLBj |
Sound Traveler Angel Sound | Jean-Christophe Rosaz | Yes | Originals | ||
Special Ops | Corey Dundee | Originals | http://bit.ly/2QhDQaW | ||
Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Part | 20th Century | |||
Splinter | Marc Mellits | Originals | http://bit.ly/2N6IV44 | http://bit.ly/2xTN4nl | |
Street Beat | Ezra Donner | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2Onl0Sx | |
Surfing Dancing Fleas | Robbie McCarthy | Originals | |||
TBD | Jeff Scott | Yes | Originals | ||
TBD | Steven Snowden | Yes | Originals | ||
TBD | Jenni Brandon | Yes | Originals | ||
TBD | Rochanne Etezady | Yes | Originals | ||
Thaw | Becky Turro | Yes | Originals | ||
The Alcotts | Charles Ives | Yes | 20th Century | ||
The Electroic House | Brandon Cooney | Yes | Originals | ||
The Neo-Hip-Hot-Cool-Kiddies Community | Duke Ellington | 20th Century | https://goo.gl/aGHgtN | ||
The Old Rusty Merry-Go-Round | Jason Turbin | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2DGgURg | |
The Space Between Us | Gregory Wanamaker | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2P3MTfK | https://apple.co/2IjHLBj |
The Sun Rising | Patrick Holcomb | Yes | Originals | ||
The Woman Who Hatches Eggs | Chiel Meijering | Originals | http://bit.ly/2Oq6LfI | https://apple.co/2NLqreJ | |
Threepenny Opera | Kurt Weill | 20th Century | |||
Timelapse | Michael Nyman | 20th Century | |||
Variations in the Reeds | John Leszczynski | Yes | Originals | ||
Variations on Reverse Entropy | Roger Zare | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2OZe1MA | https://apple.co/2P05HMy |
Variations, Op. 41 | Nikolai Kapustin | 20th Century | |||
Medial S | Vladimir Tosic | Yes | Originals | ||
Warp & Weft | Paul Dooley | Yes | Originals | http://bit.ly/2zFYg8k | https://apple.co/2P05HMy |
Whispers in the Dark | Eric Lacy | Yes | Originals | ||
Wind Skein | Dai Fujikura | Originals | |||
Woodburn | Ned McGowan | Originals | http://bit.ly/2DIbWUd |