Australian Animal Suite No. 2 (Wind Quintet)

A suite of 5 pieces each featuring a different Australian animal, and a different instrument of the wind quintet.

1. Tasmanian Devil: Clarinet - A Carnivorous Tasmanian animal that comes out to feed at night.

2. Tiger Snake: Oboe - One of Australia's deadly snakes

3. Platypus: Flute - A shy semi-aquatic animal that lives in a burrow and swims in the beautiful Australian waterways. (And, it has fur and lays eggs)

4. Tasmanian Tiger: French horn - An extinct Tasmanian animal that was the apex predator in Tasmania. (apart from humans)

5. Drop Bear: Bassoon - The drop bear is a mythical animal that we scare tourists with.

Also see suite no. 1 

Composer: Fiona Hickie