A Quiet House and a Mouse

A Quiet House and a Mouse
Composed by Charles Fernandez 
Written for Flute Choir
Published by SilverWinds Publishing
Includes score and parts

Instrumentation:
Piccolo
5 Flutes
2 Alto Flutes
Bass Flute
Contrabass Flute
Sub-Contrabass Flute

A Quiet House and a Mouse is programmatic, which probably comes from the composer's work in animation. In this case, the first part is floating though a quiet home in the middle of the night, everyone is asleep, then a mouse shows itself. It looks around carefully, running in short bursts, then off to the races looking for food. The low flutes playing eight notes represents a cat, but it's never in any real danger, sort of a kinder, gentler Tom and Jerry.