| Flying Birds Theme and Nine Variations for Saxophone Quartet |
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| Date of composition | December 1972 |
| Opus number | 66 |
| Type of work | Concert music |
| Duration | 7¾ mins |
| Musical forces | Saxophone Quartet |
| Publisher | Edizioni Bèrben |
| Notes | Written for the London Saxophone Quartet; concert version of the music for the RSPB film; movements are: 1. Theme; 2. Variation 1: Gannets; 3. Variation 2: The Arctic Tern (Slow Waltz); 4. Variation 3: The Arctic Tern (hovering and dipping); 5. Variation 4: Birds landing; 6. Variation 5: Puffins & Friends (Slow Tango); 7. Variation 6: Razorbills and Kittiwakes; 8. Variation 7: Swans taking off… and landing; 9. Variation 8: Knot, Widgeon and Waders; 10. Variation 9: Oystercatchers and Sanderling (Finale) |
…a haunting score by Blyton … in which the music comprises a theme – ‘bird flight’ – and nine variations…