Serenade for wind band, Opus 22c Derek Bourgeois

[DE]
Diese kleine Serenade komponierte der Engländer Derek Bourgeois ursprünglich für Orgel als Hochzeitsgeschenk für seine Frau. Erst später hat er das Werk für Blasorchester umgesetzt. Den besonderen Reiz erhält das Stück durch die vertrackten Taktarten (11/8, 13/8, 7/8).

[EN]
Derek Bourgeois wrote this Serenade for his own wedding, to be played by the organist as the guests left the ceremony. Not wishing to allow them the luxury of proceeding in an orderly 2/4, the composer wrote the work in 11/8, and in case felt too comfortable, he changed it to 13/8 in the middle! The work has now been released in a number of different orchestrations of the original version for organ. This delightful miniature entered the repertoire throughout the world.