The Seafarer

1 Full Score - 1 Piccolo - 3 Flute I - 3 Flute II - 1 Oboe I - 1 Oboe II - 1 Bassoon I - 1 Bassoon II - 1 Clarinet Eb - 4 Clarinet Solo - 4 Clarinet I - 4 Clarinet II - 4 Clarinet III - 1 Alto Clarinet Eb - 1 Bass Clarinet - 4 Alto Saxophone - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 2 Cornet I - 2 Cornet II - 2 Trumpet I - 2 Trumpet II - 1 Horn I Eb - 1 Horn I F - 1 Horn II Eb - 1 Horn II F - 1 Horn III Eb - 1 Horn III F - 1 Horn IV Eb - 1 Horn IV F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 1 Baritone I C - 1 Baritone I Bb (BC) - 1 Baritone I Bb (TC) - 2 Baritone II C - 2 Baritone II Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone II Bb (TC) - 2 Euphonium C - 2 Euphonium Bb (BC) - 2 Euphonium Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 4 Tuba C - 1 Percussion - 1 Timpani

The maritime rhapsody The Seafarer (1940) is based on some well known Irish and Scottish traditional music. As a resident on the Isle of Man, where he moved at very young age, Haydn Wood has grown up with the sea and the sea shanties. The work has a traditional form, a true rhapsody and has been performed hundreds of times throughout Europe, similar as Wood’s work Manin Ween. The new full score and revised instrumentation of The Seafarer, have adapted the work to present day wind band settings.