Eric Crees, West Side Story 10 Piece

Hi All

I am looking for a place to purchase or borrow the original 10 piece arrangement of the west side story suite by eric crees,

Anybody have any ideas ?

Bones

 

I have played this as a 16-piece. Are you sure it exists as a 10-piece?

 

mmmm, you got me thinking now, I`ve heard 2 recordings of it, pretty sure they were 10 piece.
I`ll have to do some digging

Bones

 

I'm pretty sure you're spot on. I've played it 3 or 4 times as a 16-piece (which was only available to hire through the Concord/Maecenas hire department) as this was the way Crees did the original for the enlarged Philip Jones group. It's also the way the LSO Brass play/record it. Never seen it for 10-piece

 

Pretty sure the arrangement is for the same instrumentation as Elgar Howarth's arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition. Therefore, 6 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 1 euphonium, 2 tubas and as much percussion as there is space for!

 

Definately 16 piece arrangement. Great fun to play. Especially the higher trumpet parts!

 

16 piece - only available for hire at extortionate rate.
Purchase - no chance
Borrow - you'll be lucky (if anyone does have a set of this, it is probably illegally copied)

 

thanks for all the replies, great info.

Now where can i enquire about hiring it from ?

Bones