Prelude to a Celebration - Philip Sparke

Prelude to a Celebration is a fantastic way to open any concert inthe tradition of great symphonic openers. The work starts with atriumphant yet majestic fanfare from the trumpet section which givesthe basis for the whole work. A rollicking and driving faster sectionfollows for the woodwind which leads into a broader trio before theopening fanfare returns to bring the work to a majestic conclusion.Whatever the occasion (or celebration) Prelude to a Celebration isone piece that is sure to have your audience on the edge of theirseat and start your performance off in the finest of styles.

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Prelude to a Festival - Anne McGinty

Here is an outstanding selection for very young bands written in an uplifting festive style. There is a nice variety in scoring even for this easy level, and very effective use of dynamics. Easy and fun to teach.

Prelude To A New Age - Bertrand Moren

Prelude To A New Era - Morten J. Wallin

This composition allows us to introduce to you the Norwegian composer Morten E. Wallin. This prelude has been written at the occasion of the turn of the millennium and is an opening music with lots of bravura.

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Prelude to a Pageant - Philip Sparke

Prelude to a Pageant was commissioned by Woodley Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2014. Celebratory in nature, Prelude to a Pageant includes a famous musical link to The Reading Rota (Sumer is icumen in), a manuscript dating from around 1240, discovered nearby Reading Abbey. This lively tune appears early in the work, after an arresting, rhythmic opening and expressive slower section, and also forms the final climax.

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Prelude To Revelry - Gordon Jacob

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Prelude To The Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy

Prelude To Werther - Jules Massenet

Prelude, Hymn and Fugue - James L. Hosay

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Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninov

At last, a full-length transcription of the famous Rachmaninoff prelude that captures all of its dark, gloomy drama and at the same time makes for a dazzling showpiece for the modern concert band.

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