| Five Diversions arr. for Wind Quintet |
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| Date of composition | April 1990 |
| Opus number | 1b |
| Type of work | Concert music |
| Duration | 13½ mins |
| Musical forces | Wind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon) |
| Publisher | Edizioni Bèrben |
| Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
| Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 31 |
| Notes | A rescoring for wind instruments of Four Diversions for Piano, original op. 1 and A Little Waltz from Two Waltzes, op. 8; movements are: 1. Vacilación (Habañera); 2. The Lake at Evening; 3. The Girl with the Auburn Hair; 4. Twilit Willows; 5. A Little Waltz; dedicated to the memory of May Parker, who had taught the teenaged Carey Blyton piano and thus fired his interest in music |
The Five Diversions are an arrangement for Wind Quintet of earlier works. The music is peaceable, subtly textured and blessed. The sequence ends with a Little Waltz which is dedicated to Blyton’s piano teacher of his teenage years. It would go well in concert with Ibert’s Trois Pièces Brèves.