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£32.95Amphibiosity (Concert Band - Score only) - Ellerby, Martin
Amphibiosity was commissioned by the Royal Marines Band Service with funds made available by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charities for the 2014 Mountbatten Festival of Music held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.The work was written in celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Marines Corps and utilises many familiar tunes associated with them. Although the piece is cast in one continuous movement it falls into an introductions, ten sections and a coda.The Introduction sets the tone with the Amphibiosity mofif - a call to attention, it is of serious intent. During the course of the work it returns as a point of reference. The first section makes use of The Globe and Laurel (Original Regimental Slow March of the Royal Marines, the tune (Early One Morning) making an apt appearance, it has been played in the minor and like much of the quotational material in the piece is of a referenced nature being symbolic in meaning. However it soon turns to the major to provide a less sombre aspect to the introduction proper. There follows an interlude, the Amphibiosity motif returning rather like a ritornello to give cohesion to the structure and act as a point of change.Section two presents Sarie Marais (Regimental March Past of the Royal Marine Commandoes), the first half of the tune used as a fugal subject (placed in the minor) and as such providing the impression of a building up of activity. The ensuing third section is light-hearted commencing with an original hornpipe leading into the fourth section, Seascape, representing the fleet at sea. Another interlude follows, the Amphibiosity motif reappearing as a woodwind fanfare making way for the fifth section. Anticipation, serious matters lie ahead, there is trouble in the papers, the Corps will be placed on standby.Section six is subtitled Preparation, all hands-on deck, time to get set: A Life on the Ocean Wave (Regimental March of the Royal Marines) is alluded to. On reaching section seven, Assault, the landing goes ahead. Within this section there is an internal interlude reflecting on things past: other men have been in this position before. It is a taut and trying situation, training must pay off!Section eight is named Victory, but not gung-ho, and here the Seascape music is revisited. The penultimate ninth section is called Rememberances, although all made it this time, it was not always the case in times past and the Naval Hymn (Eternal Father) provides a moment of tribute to the fallen of previous generations.The Finale (section ten) delivers By Land and Sea (Slow March of the Royal Marines) in a bright and positive orchestration, the mood being celebratory. In a brief Code, the Amphibiosity motif makes a last triumphant appearance.Duration: 10.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£20.95Czardas (Concert Band - Score only) - Hart, Paul
Some time ago Charles Hine, a dear friend, asked me 'Isn't it about time you wrote a Czardas?' It wasn't such a silly idea. I'd studied violin as a child and having learnt numerous show pieces in that style I felt quite at home with the genre. Later in my youth I was lucky enough to work occasionally as accompanist to a lovely lady & singer Eve Boswell, who was partly Hungarian, and was generous enough to give me further insight into the nature of Czardas. Whilst the Wind Ensemble is not the instrumentation one might expect for such a piece the form is albeit rather more long-winded than some of the fiddle 'lollypops'.' - Hart, Paul.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£52.95Defender of Time (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Grice, Rob
Defender of Time was conceived as a concert piece to be performed within the first year of beginning instruction. This minous work gives young players the experience of performing a mature-sounding composition with little technical demand. Only the first notes learned in most beginning method books are utilised in this exciting composition. Duration: 2.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£9.95Penny Lane (Concert Band - Score Only) - Farnon, David
Penny Lane is a street in Liverpool and gave the title to one of the best-selling singles of all time. It was released in 1967 by which time The Beatles were the Worlds number one group and started experimenting with different production techniques - leading to the ground breaking album Sergeant Pepper.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.95FANFARE TO PLANET EARTH and MILLENNIUM MARCH (Prestige Concert Band - Score only) - Fanshawe, David - Sparke, Philip
These two works may be performed individually or, as published, together. Fanfare to Planet Earth - the Fanfare opens dramatically with heraldic trumpets answered by sforzando strikes on deep percussion. The Fanfare embraces the splendour and grandeur of our planet Earth, molto grandioso, and culminates in a chordal cluster - a blaze of brass and percussion in G major, describing feelings of optimism at the start of the 21st century. Performance time 1'50". Millennium March - constructed along classical lines, the theme of Millennium March is catchy and not without humour. Its recurring motif on trumpets, con brio, develops the opening bars of the Fanfare. The March gathers momentum through several dramatic key-changes and ends with a surprise flourish of chromaticism, marked Tempo Apocalyptic. Cannons and fireworks are optional! Performance time 4'10'
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Prime Time Wind Band Set (Score & Parts)
Only just a beginning musician but playing a 'grown-up' piece. This is possible with Prime Time because this is really cool! 01:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£6.95
Montreal Citadel - Score only - Norman Audoire
Montreal Citadel is a march constructed in a traditional format and contains a full blooded opening that was reflective of the extremely large band that the composer was conducting at the time of composition. The lilting melody line on the trio section is sure to get those toes-tapping.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£14.95
Sonata for Clarinet No.2 in Eb - Score only - Johannes Brahms
This clarinet sonata was composed in 1894 for clarinetist Richard Mu?hlfeld. This was an interesting time in Brahms' life as he vowed he would retire from composing in 1890 but after he heard a performance of the Weber clarinet concerto No.1 and the Mozart clarinet quintet he so admired the soloist that he felt he should come out of retirement and compose 2 clarinet sonatas for him. These were completed in 1894 and first performed in a private concert in September of that year. These 2 sonatas were the last chamber pieces he composed before his death.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£9.95
Swingtime Religion - Score only - Barrie Gott
Program NotesBarrie Gott's big-band style festival arrangement Swingtime Religion is based on a popular religious song Give me that old time religion. It features an extended trumpet solo that in turn leads into a very simple presentation of featured melody. It's a fun item to play, and one that will also have a popular appeal with listeners!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£16.95New Dawn (Concert Band - Score only) - Holmes, Chris
Festive Fanfare and MarchNew Dawn was composed originally for the Salisbury Concert Band in 2020. It was written in lock-downtime during the COVID pandemic, when the band had to shut down.New Dawn is written in a celebratory style to mark the time when we could get together again and do what we love doing - making music together.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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