Songs of a little Bear (brass sextet) – 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 tubas

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The melodies in this work are based on my unpublished 1979 setting of “The expotition to the North Pole” from A A Milne’s book “Now we are six” in the Winnie the Pooh series (under the title “The Poohratorio”). Clearly the Poohratorio itself cannot yet be published due to copyright on the text, but the melodies that it inspired have led to various pieces including a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Canticula Ursae Minoris) and various sextets (Songs of a little Bear) including this brass sextet (2 trumpets, 2 trombones and 2 tubas)
As suggested in the score, the ideal positioning would be to have all instruments in choir 1 on one side of the stage and all instuments in choir 2 on the other side (ie antiphonally).