Impressionistic is TOO ...well..dreamy (Debussy). Not sure about
quartets, either. Wagner, Mahler, or Holst would do much
better.........after all, I too am a professional musician. Funny how
the right brained are drawn to the sport.

As for a Euphonium (or baritone as my students are inclined to call
the instrument), depends on the style. I can just imagine ol/ Phillip
Wills racing off to the sounds of an English brass factory band.

Gary
GE8


Now there's a thought - Williams Fairey Band - something like the "Land of the
Mountain and the Flood" would probably do it.

If we have to have a string quartet maybe the Soweto String Quartet? Certainly
composed recently (post 1992) - even on Wikipedia - although you have to listen
to it to understand. Fusion of African Jazz, Kwela, and traditional tunes
arranged for a string quartet.

Maybe pennywhistle - try Spokes Mashiane. Now that's eclectic, ebullient and
lots of other polysyllabic e- words.

Bruce