The Banana Boat Song (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Lopez, Victor

Invite everyone to sing along with this rhythmically exciting and easy-to-play selection. Don't be surprised if you see the audience dancing in the aisles with this familiar and favourite upbeat melody. Simply delightful!Duration: 2:45

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The Bandstand (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jeanbourquin, Marc

In Bregenz, Austria, on the Bodensee - or Lake Constance - a large lake between Switzerland, Austria and Germany, there is a beautiful park with a traditional bandstand on the waterfront. This is where people meet, chat, drink lemonade and enjoy the open air concerts. It is also the place where the composer Marc Jeanbourquin takes us for a musical walk in the park. Includes: The Great Wheel; Lake View; The Enchanted Carousel; The Bandstand. Duration: 4.45

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The Bandwagon (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip

Band director and radio presenter Yutaka Nishida hails from Tokyo and has long been a friend of composer Philip Sparke. As well as conducting bands and teaching, he also presents a weekly two-hour music program, focusing on both brass and concert bands, on the Japanese national radio station, Digital Radio Musicbird.The program is called The Bandwagon and the radio station commissioned Philip Sparke to write a march which could be used as a theme tune for the program. The result is this bright and breezy march in simple ABA form.Duration: 2:45

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The Banks of Green Willow (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Butterworth, George - Longfield, Robert

Written by British composer George Butterworth in 1913, this classic work is based on two folk songs - The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes (the latter also appearing in works by Grainger and Vaughan Williams). Butterworth died in World War I at the age of 31, and this composition remains his most popular, regarded as an anthem for Unknown Soldiers. Here is a masterful setting for winds adapted by Robert Longfield.Duration: 3:50

The Banqet... and the Poison Soup Plot (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wilson, Dana

Providing a unique concert experience, this programmatic work depicts the story of what newspapers in 1916 described as "the poison soup plot"! At a Chicago banquet for dignitaries and politicians, a mass murder plot involving poison soup was hatched and nearly successful. However, thanks to a large number of unexpected guests, the dilution of the soup to feed everyone, and a quick thinking doctor with an antidote, tragedy was averted with no loss of life. Musical cues follow the events, and detailed program notes are included with the suggestion of including dancers to help tell the story. Imaginative and entertaining! Duration: 7.45

The Banquet of Light (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sakai, Takamasa

The Banquet of Light is an easily accessible piece which takes its inspiration from light both in terms of it representing good news and joy together with scenes inspired by light, such as a sunset over water, fireworks lighting up the sky and sunlight as it streams through a thick forest. Banquet of Light will bring a ray of light to any concert.Duration: 5:30

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The Barber of Seville (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Rossini, Gioachino - Williams, Mark

This delightful arrangement of the Rossini classic will be a sure hit with players and audience alike. The most playable of the recognizable themes have been set for young players without sacrificing the spirit of the original. A welcome addition to any concert. Duration: 2.45

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The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jacob, Gordon - Noble, Paul

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984), one of Malcolm Arnold's teachers at the Royal College of Music, was represented in the first Hoffnung. This rumbustious parody of Rossini's style was composed in 1960 for the BBC Concert Orchestra, which introduced it under Vilm Tausky in a broadcast concert that year. (Tausky added the opening bars, in fact, with the composer's approval, which are included in this arrangement.) The piece is a no-holds-barred workout on familiar material such as could be brought off only by a certified master of the modern orchestra with a free-wheeling imaginativeness to match his/her technical skill. Concert Bands and their audiences will get in on the fun of this rousing parody, exploring everything from a Spanish dance to a Street parade.

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The Bare Necessities (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Gilkyson, Terry - Vinson, Johnnie

This catchy tune from the original 1967 The Jungle Book has demonstrated its long-standing popularity and is featured again in the 2016 film. Carefully adapted for second-year players, this arrangement still has all the charm and appeal of the original version.

The Baron of Dedem (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wittrock, Carl

The Baron of Dedem once ruled over a large plot of peat in the Netherlands. 1809 saw the beginning of the construction of a canal to transport this fuel, so important in those days. The canal was named after the Baron, as was the nearby village. This work describes the establishment of the canal and the village, but also life in the region nowadays, thereby setting a slice of Dutch life to music.Duration: 7:45

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