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Fantasia Per La Vita E La Morte - Bert Appermont
The mystique surrounding life and death formed the starting point of this composition. I wanted to write a work without a story, mixed up in a kind of musical quest for a new world of sound, original rhythm sequences, melodies filled with suspenseand distinct orchestral tones.The indirect cause was the birth of my first child which took place during this time, followed by the death of a close family member. At such a moment you experience just how close life and death are to each other, anddespite one being the antithesis of the other, they are incredibly similar. Both radical events are passages into new worlds and have great emotional impact. Moreover, the work was commissioned by "New Life", an orchestra that lost one of itsmusician in a plane crash, which also led me to believe that this approach would be appropriate.I would prefer not to comment on which passages in the composition concern life (birth) and which refer to death. It seems to me that it is moreinteresting to question traditional conceptions and leave it open for the listener. If you think that a passage is about birth, and this idea then shifts, it is this that raises fascinating questions, on both a musical and metaphysical level.Music isin an indirect but incredibly persuasive way in which to express the endless striving and seeking of mankind. Music can even touch eternity, as it were, and give us the feeling that we can transcend death. This endless search (and also longing) canbe heard throughout the work; as much in the sound fields and accent shifts in the first part as in the enormous tension curves and compelling themes of the second part. The semi-tone functions in this way as a guide or something to hold on to,running through the whole work and upon which much of the musical material is based. Traces of profound love resound with quiet simplicity in the slow section's melodious solos, after which the work contemplates life and death one last time, musesupon joy and sadness, on the possibilities and limitations of people and on the why of all things.I would like to dedicate this work to my dearest daughter Paulientje, to Meterke and to Johan de Jong of the "New Life" orchestra. May it fare themwell, here or in another dimension...
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£202.99
Spirited Away - Joe Hisaishi
This is an arrangement of Ghibli's Anime film, "Spirited Away". It consists of six themes including No-Face, One Summer Day, The Bottomless Pit, Yubaba's Panic, Always with Me, and Reprise. I also added an alternate introduction using The Dragon Boy. The No-Face opener is somewhat avant-garde with technical difficulties so select the opening that is best suited to your ensemble. The arrangement concept was created by Mr. Tomoki Ubata of Ina Gakuen Sr. High School. His wonderfully crafted ideas always impress me. Especially, in the arrangement, mallet percussion and piano are effectively used to sound like a music box and the lyrical melody of Reprise is superimposed. This scene is the best part of the entire arrangement and is very emotional. All these fine melodies from the film transport both audience and performers to the fantastic world of anime. (Kazuhiro Morita)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£110.00Caramba! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Blezard, William - Noble, Paul
William Blezard began writing Caramba! during a tour of New Zealand. Yet the musical basis of this work is about as far away from Kiwi culture as one can get. The word Caramba has several translations from the Spanish, including Dear Me!, or Goodness Me!, or perhaps more colloquially, Golly, or even Holy cow!. The entire work has an exotic feel to it that is so suggestive of things Spanish or Latin American. This is helped by the extensive use of percussion, and of course the brass is pure Latin American dance style. The demanding piano part is featured as almost a 'concertante'. In the Concert Band arrangement, the piano is highly desirable to replicate the original score, but the arrangement includes enough doubling and a short cut to make the piece entirely playable without the piano. Caramba! has all the hallmarks of a great piece of concert music that pleases as well as excites. For bands that want a challenge that is sure to bring an audience to its feet, Caramba! is the piece!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£8.99Disney Favorites (Concert Band Instrumental Folio Books) - Longfield & Vinson
There's no better way to motivate your band than with some popular Disney music! This collection from Essential Elements works with all ensembles, regardless of what method you're using, and features great songs your band members are sure to know. The arrangements work for the whole ensemble to play together, but also as solo works for each instrumentalist! The songs are carefully correlated to correspond with instruction in the Essential Elements method books 1 and 2 so you'll know exactly when your group is ready to take on another song. A handy chart is provided in the table of contents so you can see the progress requirements.Songs include:Beauty and the Beast (from Beauty and the Beast)Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from The Lion King)Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas)He's a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)Let It Go (from Frozen)Remember Me (Ernesto de la Cruz) (from Coco)Try Everything (from Zootopia)Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid)We Don't Talk About Bruno (from Encanto)We're All in This Together (from High School Musical)Each student book includes parts for the full band arrangement as well as separate pages for solo use. The conductor's edition includes full scores of all the band arrangements and a sample solo page of each song as well as access to online full-band recordings of each song.The Value Pack includes:1 x Conductor Book with Online Audio6 x Flute1 x Oboe1 x Bassoon6 x Clarinet1 x Bass Clarinet4 x Alto Saxophone1 x Tenor Saxophone1 x Bari Saxophone6 x Trumpet2 x F Horn2 x Trombone1 x Baritone BC1 x Baritone TC1 x Tuba2 x Percussion1 x Keyboard Percussion
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£142.90Cantina Band - John Williams
Cantina Band (or Mad About Me) was written by John Williams in 1977 for the film Star Wars (later Star Wars IV: A New Hope). Even with quite a bit of the Star Wars music being quite well known, Cantina Band is literally in a style of its own. In the Star Wars-universe this style is called jizz, Williams' take on the more well-known genre jazz. Williams was tasked by Star Wars-creator George Lucas to make music that sounded like several creatures in a future century finding some 1930's Benny Goodman swing band music ... and how they might attempt to interpret it and ended up with Cantina Band #1 and #2. Both numbers are played in the legendary scene taking place in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi gets in a fight causing even the band to stop playing.The band, which goes by the name Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, comes from the planet Clak'dor VII and specializes in jizz and the nearby, slightly older style of jatz. Performers of this music often go by the name "jizz-wailers", and the Bith people from Clak'dor VII are especially well suited for jizz-wailing since they can hold every note as long as they want thanks to a unique respiratory system - something many perhaps would like to be able to do in the performance of this arrangement as well.The arrangement is relatively faithful to Williams' original version, but with a somewhat different ending. Although the woodwind section undoubtedly has the biggest technical challenges, an understanding of the musical style is the very key to making the arrangement sound good - and here all groups must work together. Playing lightly but quite articulated, and very precise, will be an absolute necessity to get the music drifting off all the way to Tatooine.In measure 113 there is a small improvised solo in either trombone or trumpet, but if you want the real authentic Cantina Band-sound this is of course done on a steel drum.
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£134.99Aretha!
Aretha Franklin - the 'Queen of Soul' - was an icon and inspiration for women all around the world, and the first female artist to enter the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' in 1987. This medley by Gilbert Tinner contains Aretha Franklin's most famous hits: 'Respect', '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman', 'Son of a Preacher Man' and of course 'Think', one of the greatest up-tempo tracks of all time.
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£134.99Aretha! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Tinner, Gilbert
Aretha Franklin - the 'Queen of Soul' - was an icon and inspiration for women all around the world, and the first female artist to enter the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' in 1987. This medley by Gilbert Tinner contains Aretha Franklin's most famous hits: 'Respect', '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman', 'Son of a Preacher Man' and of course 'Think', one of the greatest up-tempo tracks of all time.Duration: 7.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99The Soulful Sixties (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Brown, Michael
The music of the '60's was just about as diverse as musically imaginable. And in the midst of it all, Motown continued to crank out hit after hit of catchy rhythm-based tunes. Here is a medley that is sure to be enjoyed by all ages that includes:I Heard It Through the GrapevineLand of a Thousand Dances(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanAin't No Mountain High EnoughDuration: 5.00
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£64.95CAN CAN (Selection) (Army Journal) - Duthoit, W. J.
Army Journal 785. Includes: Can Can; C'est Magnifique; Allez-vous-En; I Love Paris; Montmarte; Never Give Anything Away; I Am IN Love; It's All Right With Me. A full listing of Chappell Army Journals is available - click the Chappell symbol on the home page. Printed to order. Each set includes Conductor (Condensed Score); 2 x Solo B flat Clarinet; 2 x 1st B flat Cornet; 2 x Basses and 1 each of all other parts as originally published. We are unable to supply parts not included in the original sets.
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£72.99Nature's Way - Gunther Schuller
From the composer: Nature's Way for intermediate level band was commissioned by BandQuest, a project initiated by the American Composers Forum. Their mission is for major composers of national reputation to write works of high quality that take into consideration the (still comparatively limited) levels of musical development--both technical and conceptual--typical of such ensembles. I eagerly accepted the commission and the challenges implied thereby--that is, to reign in my creative imagination to some extent and limit the technical/conceptual demands to a more moderate level than is to be found in my previous compositions for band. Nonetheless, since the process of rehearsing, studying and performing a work created specifically for the school student market is--and must be, in my view--primarily educational, it was very clear to me that my work would (and should) challenge the players at least to their top levels, and even a little beyond that. Thus Nature's Way in no way represents a compromise of my personal style, nor my long held concepts of form, continuity, texture, and instrumentation. I have known for a long time that young, inquisitive minds are eager to learn from new experiences, from previously never encountered challenges, that is to say, to be pushed--gently--to rise above their present levels of achievement. That's what education is all about. BandQuest, an exciting series of new music and accompanying curricula for band, is a program published by the American Composers Forum. The series was started as a response to feedback from music educators that there is a pressing need for new, fresh band music. The heart of this program is new works written by a diverse group of leading American composers who have created challenging pieces that are a true departure from standard middle school repertoire. Every BandQuest project includes a residency component in which the composer works collaboratively with a middle school as they create their new piece. Many BandQuest pieces are accompanied by an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to assist students as they learn the music and to integrate each piece with non-music studies. Visit www.bandquest.org to learn more about this innovative series, and email [email protected] to request a free downloadable audio catalog.
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