Choral, Instrumental and Chamber Music Compositions and Arrangements

Welcome to this portfolio of musical compositions and arrangements, and thank you for your interest!
In the right-hand column beneath here you should see an alphabetical list of works. You can also choose a list of works with a particular label. Alternatively, you can search for a keyword. (Transcriptions and unpublishable works are listed in a page linked at the bottom, if you are interested.) The files here are all freely available. They do carry copyright, but feel free to adapt and/or perform them as you wish, as long as you print/acknowledge the originator (me!) It is always nice to hear from you if you use any of these compositions and arrangements (my email: philiplebas@gmail.com), but this is not a requirement. My main hope, as for many composers, is simply that the works are performed and appreciated. Happy music-making!
Philip

Key to linked files:
pdf = printed score or parts
mp3 = sound file
midi = midi sound file
mxl = compressed MusicXML source file
sib = Sibelius source file, mostly in Sibelius 8 or Sibelius Ultimate format
sib 6 = Sibelius version 6 source file

For access to many of these works via a commercial publisher, go to SheetMusicPlus/published-by-Philip-Le Bas.

The Teddy Bears' Picnic (J Bratton) - 2 versions

Scoring: TTBB barbershop quartet

Date: 2021


I used to enjoy playing "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" as a piano solo when I was young, and of course the added lyrics of Jimmy Kennedy made it an unforgettable children's song. It is now, I notice, also a set piece for ABRSM grade 4 bassoon, and it occurred to me to arrange it for bassoon duet, dedicated to my colleague in the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, Marcia Brittain. See below. 

It also seemed to be begging to become a barbershop piece, thinking particularly of our annual "Le Croisic" barbershop quartet (this year heading to Cornwall, rather than France, due to pandemic restrictions.) This has to be once of the silliest arrangements I have ever done, but I hope it might go down well in the right context. To be sung with humour!



Scoring: two bassoons

Date: 2021


Links: pdf (score) - mp3 - midi - mxl - sib - sib 6

(Video to come)

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