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£228.70Fragments and Sketches - John Brakstad
"Fragments and Sketches- Variations for Band No 2" consist of a chorale and 4 variations.The variations are of brilliant, dramatic and humorous character, and the piece also contains several solo parts and ensemble elements.
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£113.30Via Della Terra - Marco Somadossi
Composing music also involves being able to imagine the sound of something that has no sound of its own. "Via della Terra" is a soundtrack without a film, a story without a narrator; "Via della Terra" is a street in a town, but not just any street, because if a street could tell its story, "Via della Terra" would not know where to start or where and indeed if it should finish. Like all "Vie della Terra", this street in this piece is full of sounds, none of which, however, have ever belonged to it for more than a fleeting moment, just long enough to be reflected here and there and then up and away from the earth, to be lost in the air. The steps of Mozart as a child as he whistled a piece of music, never again to be remembered or written; the philosophical thoughts, or mere everyday cares, uttered to a friend by Rosmini (whispered? or declaimed?); the excited or humorous comments of people who saw Depero's futuristic works for the first time; the voices of marketstall owners, rendered louder and more acute by the noisy crowd of women sorting through the stalls of rustling and colourful silk (so many desires; silent pauses between one item of gossip and the next); the absolute and devastating roar of cannons that violated every corner of the town, injuring bodies and mutilating the memories of its inhabitants... followed by a seeming eternity, as the citizens held their breath, waiting... "Via della Terra" is the old imperial road along which the town of Rovereto was built and has developed. "Via della Terra" is music for an imaginary, impossible and simultaneous representation of all its stories. The composer has always lived in this town, which he dearly loves, and on innumerable occasions he has imagined the voices, smells, people and the lives that have been such a part of it. With his composition, "Via della Terra", Marco Somadossi won second prize (no first prize was awarded) at the XXI Corciano International Competition for original band music in the grade 4 category.
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£104.95Alpine Flight - Stephen Lias
Inspired by an adventure trip into Lake Clark National Park, this work for grade 4 or 5 band was commissioned by Washington & Lee University and premiered in April of 2023. It captures the excitement and drama of a bush-plane flight through the stunning mountains of Alaska's southern range.
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£110.00Mount Everest - Kees Vlak
This composition basically consists of three fragments and an epilogue (conclusion):1) Plateaux, 2) Sherpas, 3) Climb. The piece starts with a musical depiction of the deserted plateauxs and mountain peaks of the Himalayas. The mysteriousness of theTibetan country was caused by its inaccessibility to other nations. One even believed that there was a paradise behind the huge mountains; the land of Shangra La. 1) After the sound of a gong, the Asian-like theme arises extremely softly from thedecay of the percussion. In bars 4 and 5 the syllables of Hi-ma-la-ya echo. Then a second theme appears; it symbolises the enchantment of the mountaineers by seeing the Mount Everest. 2) Eastern percussion, very evenly without emotion, sound from thedeserted village of the sherpas. The phrasing is prescribed by the number 'three'. From measure 56 Tibetian monks sing a chant, also with the religious background of the number 'three'. 3) The third part starts of with the sight of the giant MountEverest with an entirely new theme, that is played impressively by the strong low brass instruments of the band, immediately followed by the excited big climbing. The many surprises are depicted by the changing time signatures. Two themes are inconstant battle; the binary Himalaya theme and the ternary Mount Everest theme. Only once there is a steely composure. The registers in which the piece is played increase. The tension rises...Then the peak is reached. A long pause follows before onerealises that one is on top of the world. Slowly the emotions of joy grow and lead to an enormous climax. The first enchanted theme sounds again in total glory.
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Blues for George / Latin Vacation - James Rae
James Rae presents two more exciting pieces for concert band in volume 4 of our series "The Concert Band Collection": "Blues for George", a tribute to George Gershwin, and the Latin-American-spirited "Latin Vacation". Attention is given to each instrument so that the technical and musical requirements do not exceed UK Grade 3. An optional piano part will provide support for the young players who will quickly enjoy James' catchy and imaginative music!
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£71.50Benediction Chorale - Robert E. Foster
A lovely and sensitive way to end a musical gathering. (4 minutes 30 seconds)
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£71.50Autumn Sketches - Roland Barrett
A unique, quiet work in 3/4 time, which is legato and melodic, providing an excellent opportunity to introduce minor scales. (2 minutes 45 seconds)
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£104.50The New York Hippodrome - John Philip Sousa
Another classic Sousa march edited by the noted Sousa and march authority Frank Byrne, this work is presented with all of the class and integrity for which the Frank Byrne Editions are known. They are based on meticulous research by one of the leading experts in this field. The Sousa Band enjoyed its longest single engagement from September 30, 1915, to June 4, 1916, in an extravaganza presented in the New York Hippodrome. Sousa wrote this march in commemoration of that engagement.
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£82.50Freedom Overture - John Edmondson
Commissioned by a junior high band in Mesa, Arizona, the work is playable by bands with limited instrumentation and experience. A maestoso primo section is followed by a lyrical 3/4 movement featuring woodwinds. A return to the original theme is heard with an expanded tutti finale. An excellent choice for program or contest.
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£54.99Arioso - Darren W. Jenkins
Arioso was written for and dedicated to the Hayden High School Concert Band, Topeka, Kansas. A slow, expressive, sustained work, it was written to help develop intonation, expressiveness, and phrasing, and for the limited instrumentation of that ensemble. (It has been rescored for a full instrumentation.) This piece can succeed with a limited instrumentation, and most certainly by bands without the instruments that were addeD. ( 4 minutes 30 seconds).
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