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This page includes most of the mp3 files we use for practice. I suppose we don’t sound quite this good, but we’re getting there.

It is currently being enhanced to include works available on and downloaded from MuseScore but which have not yet been arranged for our ensemble. They are at the bottom of this page and are in the queue.

I've started to add a few comments and links. More on the way in due course.

Enigma Members: Robert, Erica, John, Amanda, Julie, Ann, Theo & Jill

Members of the Enigma Ensemble (Click to enlarge)

A problem for a small ensemble is finding music of the right standard with exactly the right parts to give appropriate balance.

To solve this problem, we have started to use MuseScore – both the score repository and the music editing software.

There are numerous advantages with this approach. Parts can be swapped about between instruments; sections that are too difficult can be edited out; and audio files of how the piece should sound like for our ensemble can be produced for individuals to practice to.

As we’ve taken on increasingly complex pieces, the latter advantage has been especially useful. To enable the person practicing to get their instrument together before the audio starts, an introductory couple of bars has been added to some audios.

Ensemble Pieces

Title MP3 Comments
Bach: Actus Tragicus: Sonatina  
Bach: Organ Sonata: Andante There are a couple of bars of intro added. The tempo is slowed down so the poor oboist has a chance.
This is the piano transcription at normal speed. Víkingur Ólafsson's rendering, with a surreal YouTube video care of Deutsche Grammophon, is here.
Binge: The Watermill  
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair  
Faure: Pavane  
Gluck: Che farò senza Euridice?  
Handel: Giulio Cesare  
Handel: Sarabande  
Ireland: A Downloand Suite - 3. Minuet  
Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness  
Morricone: Gabriel's Oboe  
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers  

Potential Ensemble Pieces

Title MP3 Comments
Bach - Air on a G String  
Handel - O Ruddier than the cherry  
Karl Jenkins - Palladio - Andante  
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st Movement)  
Purcell - Chacony in G minor  
Purcell - Dido's Lament There's a 20-second introduction which I may remove. It was originally 90 seconds.
Traditional - The Miller of Dee For Jill
Peter Warlock - Capriol Suit - 1. Danse  

Page maintained by Theo Todman, who can be contacted at theo@theotodman.com.

This page last updated: 3rd November 2025. Home