Gr�inne is, in fact, a lovely soft-coated Irish Wheaten Terrier, who lives with my dear friends, Peter and Roberta, in Bramstedt, a small hamlet south of Bremen, Germany.

Gr�inne na Dun na nGal, or simply Gr�inne for short, exhibits all the characteristics of this particular branch of the terrier breed, but also has a unique personality - a lovable, affectionate nature blended with the mischievous fun of the Leprechaun or Little Peop

Gr�inne is, in fact, a lovely soft-coated Irish Wheaten Terrier, who lives with my dear friends, Peter and Roberta, in Bramstedt, a small hamlet south of Bremen, Germany.

Gr�inne na Dun na nGal, or simply Gr�inne for short, exhibits all the characteristics of this particular branch of the terrier breed, but also has a unique personality - a lovable, affectionate nature blended with the mischievous fun of the Leprechaun or Little People - a true 'Princess', then! Hopefully this Air & Jig will conjure up a picture 'in sound'. You could always check out the 'real McCoy', by calling by, or simply by visiting Gr�inne's own website. And, of course, you'll be able to hear the Jig whilst you're there, and enjoy all her news and pictures, too - especially the latest adventures of the Wheaten Wagtime Band- possibly playing in the attached photo!

Just to give the piece a little authentic flavour, you might notice a couple of Irish 'tunes' thrown in for good measure!

The original version was for flute or descant recorder & piano, but there is also a recent arrangement for wind quintet, which was itself based on the string quartet version, specially written for the Callino Quartet from Ireland. Again, the extra melodic line has allowed me to make some additions along the way, and there have been a few minor 'tweaks' to the wind version, largely to accommodate the different instrument ranges and characteristics in this brass arrangement.

I have dedicated this brass arrangement once again to the Austrian Brass Quintet. Until, however, such time as a recording can hopefully be arranged, the attached MP3 file is 'courtesy of' Garritan Sibelius Edition.

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