Mike Vass

A tune by Mike Vass

The Lock Keeper

A prelude to the finale of In the Wake of Neil Gunn, for oboe and string quartet. It taps out the rhythm of S.O.S. in Morse code, sparsely at first over the sound of the sea, before the oboe and strings take it up as a waltz.

The closing bars of the score of The Lock Keeper, from bar 48, with the S.O.S. rhythm in the oboe and strings
Preview3/4 · E major · bar 48 to the end

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The sheet music

Engraved from Mike’s own score. The PDF includes:

  • Full score for oboe and string quartet
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On record