Name: Boyle, Rory: 4 Ways to Play Reels
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Boyle, Rory: 4 Ways to Play Reels

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Arrangement: for wind quintet
Edition Type: score
Publisher: Composers Edition
Catalogue Number: ce-rb6fwtp1
Pages: 28
Date Published: 24th May 2023

These four short pieces were written in September 1997 and are dedicated to the Haffner Wind Ensemble who gave the first performance in 1999. Each movement is based on a different dictionary definition of the word ‘reel’. The first is a sort of mechanical moto perpetuo whilst the second is a relentless cacophony of unpleasant sounds. In the third, the indication ‘dubbio quasi ubriaco’ (‘uncertain, as if drunk’) gives more than a hint of the flavour of the music with the cor anglais and horn quoting from a song which describes a Scottish city whilst the singer is well-oiled. In the final movement the players are asked to play with ‘a Scottish energy’, and the music attempts to create the spirit of the dance rather than give a representation of a genuine reel since the very fast metronome mark would defy the feet of even the most skilled of dancers. The titles of the four movements are:

1.(off the) REEL – uninterrupted course or succession; without stop or hesitation
2. REEL - a din (Scots.)
3. REEL - to stagger along; to seem to swirl or sway
4. REEL - a lively dance, especially Highland or Irish

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