Festival of Lights (with optional chorus) - John O'Reilly

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Festival of Spirituals - Patrick Millstone

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Festival of the Gladiators - Mark Williams

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Festival on the Rivers - Rob Grice

Here is an exciting new overture for the young concert band in the conventional A-B-A form. A dance-like main theme is scored in the woodwinds with a bright, driving brass and percussion accompaniment. A short alto saxophone solo highlights the lush B section before returning to the main theme and coda. Excellent for concert and festival.

Festival Ouverture

Festival Overture - Hans van der Heide

Festival Overture - Kamilló Lendvay

Festival Overture - Paul Halliday

Symphonic Bands

Festival Overture in F - Gus Guentzel

An interesting use of linear texture and driving rhythmic figuration from the percussion section are contrasted with a warm, singing 3/4 section. The colors and full sonorities of the band are employed to produce an energetic and dramatic work. If you have enjoyed other Del Borgo works you'll like this new piece for the Jr. High/Small High School band.

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Festival Prelude Ad Excel - Philip Sparke

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the band's anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, brings the work to a close.

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