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£104.99The Many Moods of Christmas: Suite No. 4 - Robert Shaw
The extensive passages for orchestra alone in The Many Moods of Christmas suites represent some of Robert Russell Bennett's most brilliant and attractive writing based on familiar carols. This Mark Rogers' edition for wind band alone is the second offering in an ongoing series which will bring all four of these suites to the repertory of band conductors in the coming years. Included are Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light, The First Nowell, O Little Town of Bethlehem, I Saw Three Ships, and concludes with a rousing version of Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly.
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£67.99Christmas Fantasy
Based upon "What Child Is This?" and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," this creative and unique arrangement will be a great addition to your holiday concerts. Lyrical woodwind passages contrasting with sections of powerful brass supported by triplet rhythms in the percussion create a steamroller effect that your audiences and band will relate to and really enjoy. "Christmas Fantasy" is fantastic!
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£106.95
Captive - Ed Kiefer
Captive is a sophisticated new piece that employs some modern compositional techniques to emulate the sound of electronic instruments with acoustic instruments. You would swear there is a synthesizer being played. The piece is based on the popular carol O Come, O Come Emmanuel, but it is not a holiday piece. This is a totally new composition for contest and festival performance that is different and refreshing and builds to an effective climax that impresses audiences.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£89.99The Shining Star - Peter Graham
Start your Christmas concert in a different way! This brilliant march, composed in the British march tradition, of Peter Graham is based on the famous song "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Adeste Fidelis). Begin uw kerstconcert eens anders! Deze briljante mars, gecomponeerd in de Britse marstraditie, van Peter Graham is gebaseerd op het welbekende lied 'O Come Al Ye Faithful' (Adeste Fidelis).
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£116.40Musique a la Carte - Willy Hautvast
This work 'Music from the Menu' has been commissioned by the S.O.M.N.O. and was composed in 1975. It wants to suggest a dinner menu in a musical way. All parts are in perfect harmony as are the different dishes of one and the same menu. 'Musique la Carte' has always been one of Hautvast's most popular compositions.
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£159.60Rhapsody from the Low Countries - Henk van Lijnschooten
Some tradional Dutch Folk songs.Intro: Daar Ging Een Meid Om Water Uit (The Maid Was Going Out To Get Water)H in Trombones: In Holland Staat Een Huis (In Holland Stands A House)N - O: Hoe Groot O Heer (How Great is The Lord)P: Daar Ging Een Patertje Langs De Kant, Hei 't Was In De Mei (A Pastor Walked At The Riverside, Hey It Was In The Month Of May)
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£82.50Christmas Tree Rock
This is a colorful adaptation of the well-know Christmas favorite, O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree. The time signature has been changed to 4/4 and a grooving rock beat has been added to give it a modern upbeat feel that will brighten holiday programming. The low brass gets the opportunity to play the melody, while woodwinds counter with musical fragments of Joy to the World. A spirited addition to winter programs!
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£82.50Christmas Village - Randall D. Standridge
This creative and expertly written work is sure to become a standard in the holiday concert band repertoire! Presented in five movements, this delightful programmatic work puts the listener in a quaint village at Christmastime. Outstanding scoring paints the scene of the tree lighting in the town square with O Christmas Tree, a holiday parade with Deck the Halls, ice skating to Jingle Bells, a country hoedown at the country store to Good King Wenceslas, and the joy of Christmas morning with O Come, All Ye Faithful. This brilliant and very accessible work will be the highlight of every holiday program!
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£172.50Highlights from The Seville Suite - Bill Whelan
The success of Bill Whelan's Riverdance evolved from a concept for music and dance that he established earlier with The Seville Suite, his first major orchestral composition. The Seville Suite was commissioned for Ireland's National Day at the World Expo 1992 in Seville, Spain. Through the score, Whelan tells the story of legendary Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell. At a mere 21 years of age, O'Donnell successfully led a rebellion against the English government in 1593. Johan de Meij's arrangement is a 13-minute adaptation featuring highlights from the original suite.
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Diferencias on an Old Spanish Song - Yasuhide Ito
I am immensely happy that my Gloriosa, symphonic poem for band (1990), has been performed by so many bands in the last thirty years.During this period, the growth of the internet has made it much easier to access information.When I composed Gloriosa, I only had limited information about the period when Christianity and Western music was first introduced to Japan, and had to rely a lot on my imagination.However, nowadays, it is easy to obtain various source materials and to read interesting studies on the music of the past.In recent years, the music of Luis de Narvez (born ca.1500 - died between 1555-1560), Spanish composer and vihuela player, has become increasingly known, and several CDs of his music are now available.Narvez composed the earliest-known set of diferencias, a forerunner of the variation form. One of his works is Seys diferencias sobre el himno "O gloriosa domina" [Six diferencias on the hymn "O gloriosa domina"] (1538), based on the Spanish Marian hymn, and it was this melody I used in the first movement of my Gloriosa.Western music has been my musical roots since childhood, and throughout my career as a composer, it has continued to fascinate me. One could say that this has provided the inspiration for Diferencias on an Old Spanish Song, my own take on the diferencias form.Actually, such music from the early sixteenth century could sound fresh to our modern ears. So I decided to quote the melody from Narvez's Sey diferencias at the beginning and end of the piece, in order that people can get the feel for the period.The main section (bars 42-390) is formed of 13 diferencias, similar to the first movement of the Gloriosa.In the middle section, which begins after the eighth diferencia(from bar 187), one should be totally absorbed in the tranquility and the beauty of the music. Although it's in the style of a sarabande, it should be taken slower and played as pianissimo as possible.This is followed by folk-style dance music. (As only standard percussion instruments are used, try to be creative with tonal colours and sense of rhythm).The structure of the work is simple, but be aware of the connection between the sections when constructing the whole.Also, think about the tonality. Overall, the work is in F minor. The main section is basically in D minor, but from bar 102, it modulates to A flat minor and G minor, and then in the middle section it suddenly switches to A flat major (which is the furthest key from D minor, and the relative major of F minor). From bar 219, it modulates to F minor and then to C minor, then back to F minor by way of A minor.N.B. The Oboe II part can be substituted by the English Horn (as indicated in the parts). One can choose according to the player's skills or preference.Recent new compositions for wind band are often full of rhythm, dynamism, and tonal colour, and compositional techniques and orchestration have also evolved greatly. Yet on the other hand, they tend to feature fewer melodic or expressive elements. Since this work is the test piece for WMC Kerkrade 2022, I had to think about what "tests" or "challenges" to set, and I decided to compose something that doesn't involve a lot of technical display, but requires beautiful sounds and harmonies, and above all, musical expressivity. I didn't put many expression markings in the score, because I wanted the performers to think about how best to express this music. If it is played merely as notated, it's not going to sound very interesting.Christianity was introduced to Japan in the mid-16th century, but it was subsequently banned and Japan entered a period of national isolation, which meant that there was hardly any international exchange for two hundred years. As a result, the Christian hymns that were introduced prior to the isolation became almost unrecognizable over the centuries. This was the theme I explored in my Gloriosa thirty years ago.Now, in 2021, the whole world has been forced to "isolate" due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In such times, it seems pertinent that I've written a work using this melody again. I sincerely hope that people will be able to gather in Kerkrade in 2022.(English Translation:Nahoko Gotoh)
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