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£123.00Pictures at an Exhibition Finale for Band - By Modest Mussorgsky / arr. Alfred Reed, Carl Simpson
Mussorgky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" has long held a place of interest in the collective minds of bandsmen. This fine transcription allows today's mature concert bands to perform the Baba Yaga and The Great Gate of Kiev while staying true to the composer's original intent. At under nine minutes in length, it works well in a number of programming situations.
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£119.00
Three Revelations from Lotus Sutra: Movement I - Awakening - By Alfred Reed
Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra is an attempt to realize in music three different states of man's soul in his quest for ultimate perfection. The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of human respect, self-perfection and world peace - in a word, humanism, leading mankind from division to unity, from discord to harmony, from conflict to peace.I. The first movement, Awakening, (To Awaken to the Light of the Universe) portrays the vastness and richness of the experience of the human mind on expanding its field of view from the narrow confines of daily life to the contemplation of, and merging with, the entire universe.II. Contemplation (To Contemplate the Depths of the Soul) represents a turning-away of the mind from the "outer" to the "inner" universe -- the attempt to fathom the limitless possibilities of the human consciousness in its quest for identity, to answer the eternal questions beginning with the word "Why?"III. Rejoicing (To Rejoice in the Beauty of Peace) depicts the realization that, while on earth, peace is not merely the absence of war, destruction, pain and suffering, but a thing of beauty in and of itself, and an occasion for heartfelt rejoicing on the part of all men everywhere, who share the same eternal quest as true brothers.This suite was commissioned by, and is reverently dedicated to, Rissho Kosei-kai, on the occasion of the 77th birthday of its founder and president, the Reverent Nikkyo Niwano.Program notes extracted from the Wind Repertory Project.
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£115.00Armenian Dances, Part 1 - By Alfred Reed
Based on authentic Armenian folk songs collected by Komidas Vartabed, this work has been expanded through contemporary use of rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic content to showcase the modern wind band. A wonderful staple in wind literature. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£66.95Joyeux Noel - By Alfred Reed
"Joyeux Noel" (the French expression of "Merry Christmas") was originally written for brass ensemble, available from the publisher as item number M3057. Its success in that form prompted the composer to recast the work for full concert band and wind orchestra.
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£82.00Nimrod - By Edward Elgar / arr. Alfred Reed
This is among the most noble and stately music in all of band literature. Great for graduation, baccalaureate, memorial, or awards ceremonies. This title is available in SmartMusic.
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£45.95
Rosalind in the Forest of Arden - By Alfred Reed
Subtitled "A Sylvan Serenade for Winds After Shakespeare's 'As You Like It,'" Rosalind in the Forest of Arden was dedicated to William H. Sylvester and the Eastern Wind Symphony.
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£9.95Nimrod (from Elgar's Variations) - By Edward Elgar / arr. Alfred Reed
This is among the most noble and stately music in all of band literature. Great for graduation, baccalaureate, memorial, or awards ceremonies. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£7.95The Garden of Proserpine - By Alfred Reed
Proserpine was the Roman counterpart of the Greek Persephone, and in Roman mythology, the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the fertility of the earth, and wife of Pluto, ruler of the infernal regions. Later, she became associated with the unconscious world of sleep, becoming, in fact, its goddess, and it is in this connection that Swinburne describes her domain as one of peacefulness, quiet, slumber and rest for the weary spirits of men, in his famous poem "The Garden of Proserpine" from which this work takes its title and inspiration. The music, subtitled "A Symphonic Pastorate for Winds," is in three-part ABA form, with the third part becoming a continuing development of the first. Two main themes form the basis of the texture, each heard separately at first and finally intertwining with one another in a continually shifting pattern of soft rhythms and colors; descriptive, perhaps, of the quiet streams and luminous patterns of light and shade in Proserpine's magic domain.
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Music in the Air! - By Alfred Reed
This music was commissioned as the opening and closing theme for MBS Television in Japan, and recorded for this purpose by the Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band on February 19, 2001, under the composer's direction. Its first performance as a concert piece was by the Eastern Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. William Silvester on April 9, 2002 in Camden, New Jersey; the same ensemble and conductor have recorded the work for Klavier Records, on compact disc K 11130. The first performance in Japan by the Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra on June 25, 2002, in Tokyo, under the composer's direction.
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£87.50Symphony for Brass and Percussion - By Alfred Reed
Originally composed in the summer of 1952 and premiered at the Chicago CBDNA conference that same year, the three-movement Symphony opens with abroad introduction containing the majority of the thematic material. The second most lyrical movement is in three-part song form and, the final movement is presented in rondo form. The instrumentation is for expanded brass and percussion sections and is scored for one-on-a-part. An exciting addition to the Belwin Classic series for discriminating ensembles. Recorded by Troy University Band.
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