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£99.99Watch Your Step! - Philip Sparke
Watch Your Step! was commissioned by Stadtmusik Biel from Switzerland and is dedicated to the mayor of Biel/Bienne, Erich Fehr. The title was chosen to represent Biel as the watch-making capital of Switzerland. Watch Your Step! is one part of a series of 'up tempo' Sparke marches such as Slipstream, The Bandwagon and Jubiloso. After a bright opening, a syncopated first theme is played, firstly by clarinets and saxophones, and then by the full band. A 'bass strain' is followed by a contrasting second subject, which is played twice. The bass melody returns to herald a truncated version of the main theme, before the opening fanfarereappears as a coda.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£164.99Zodiac Dances - Philip Sparke
Zodiac Dances was commissioned by the Izumiotsu City Band, Osaka, Japan to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Sparke had previously written the piece, Prelude to a Celebration for the band, and in composing a new piece for their 50th anniversary wanted to personalise it to reflect the band's history. He chose to write a set of six dance-miniatures based on the decades following the band's foundation and the equivalent signs from the Japanese 'Junishi'. During the piece, all aspects of true musicianship come to the surface. Energetic playing, phrasing, melodic music making, technique and a spectacular finale make this work a perfect test or concertwork!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£137.99And Still, the Spirit - Philip Sparke
This work was commissioned by Dr. Robert Oertli from Mhlin, Switzerland, and is based on an earlier composition called Spirit of the Sequoia. The piece is inspired by how the human spirit can gain from setbacks: we become stronger after adversity. Sparke used the Californian redwood tree as a metaphor for this basic idea. The remarkable life cycle of these amazing trees involves them dropping seeds to the ground, which require heat to open their shells and germinate; the seeds require destruction in order to procreate. This piece is particularly suitable for younger bands - one of the last wishes of the initial commissioner.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95ATLANTIC ODYSSEY (The Music of Philip Sparke) (Wind Band CD)
Concert Band of the German Armed Forces conducted by Walter Ratzek. Includes: Birthday Fanfare; Blazon; Overture for a Great City; Flowerdale; Exultation; Centennial Salute; A Winter's Tale; Second City Ceremony; Concertino Classico; Hail the Dragon!; Atlantic Odyssey
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS (Philip Sparke) (Deutsche Blaeserphilharmonie)
Deutsche Blaeserphilharmonie conducted by Walter Ratzek. Include: The Bandwagon; spirit of the Sequoia; Manhattan (from Trumpet & Concert Band) (soloist: Woodrow R. englisH0; Mandalen Landscapes; Flying the Breeze; Festival Fanfare (from Five Festive Fanfares); Variants on an English Hymn tune (A Fantasy on Nicaea for Euphonium & Concert Band) (soloist: Roland Stuppin); Postcard from Singapore; Marchissimo: Between the Two Rivers
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95EARTH, WATER, SUN WIND (Philip Sparke) (The Johan Willem Friso Military Band)
The Johan Willem Friso Military Band conducted by Alex Schillings. Includes: Victory Fanfare (from Five Festive Fanfares); To a New Dawn; Time Remembered; Navigation Inn; Hanover Festival; Overture for Woodwinds; Earth, Wind, Sun Wind (Symphony No.1)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95Masquerade (Philip Sparke) (The Johan Willem Friso Military Band/Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig) (CD)
This CD is now out of print.The Johan Willem Friso Military Band conducted by Tijmen Botma and Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig conducted by Jan Cober. Includes: A Huntingdon Celebration; Kaleidoscope; Strathcarron; Masquerade; Pastime with Good Company; Out of the Darkness, Into the Light; Clarinet Concerto (soloist: Linda Merrick)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95OF MYTHS AND MONSTERS (The Music of Philip Sparke)(Wind Band CD)
Recorded by Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig (Thomas Doss), The Concert Band of the German Armed Forces (OTL Christoph Scheibling) and The Royal Netherlands Army Band 'Johan Willem Friso' (Hans Leenders). Include: Sailing with the Tall Ships; Moving Heaven and Earth (Concertante Variations on an Original Theme after Gabriel Faure); Of Skies, Rivers, Lakes and Mountains; Five States of Change; The Song of the Bell (After a Poem by Friedrich Schiller); Of Myths and Monsters (An Outrage for Concert Band).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95SUN WILL RISE AGAIN, The (Philip Sparke)(Wind Band CD)
Recorded by The Concert Band of the German Armed Forces(Walter Ratzek), Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra(Masaichi Takeuchi) and The Royal Netherlands Army Band 'Johan Willem Friso'(Hans Leenders). Include: Maple Leaf Overture; The Sun Will Rise Again; Godfather Waltz (Rota); Bolero (Ravel); White Light; Sinfonietta No.4; Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (Callcott); A Savannah Symphony,
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£164.99Three Washington Statues (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Three Washington Statues was commissioned by the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own", led by Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier. Washington D.C. contains some of the world's most iconic monuments, memorials and statues. Philip Sparke has chosen three of these as the inspiration for this piece: 'The Lincoln Memorial' in the form of a Greek Doric temple in which the composer depicts the grandeur of this monument; 'The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial' on which steps the iconic speech 'I have a dream' was given - the music is both reverential as well as powerful referring to Martin Luther Kings' speech; and the 'Encore' statue in memory of the world famous African-American composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington. In this final movement, Philip Sparke catches the virtuosic, energetic and unique dynamism of Ellington's' music. Three Washington Statues was commissioned by the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own", led by Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier. Washington D.C. contains some of the world's most iconic monuments, memorials and statues. Philip Sparke has chosen three of these as the inspiration for this piece: 'The Lincoln Memorial' in the form of a Greek Doric temple in which the composer depicts the grandeur of this monument; 'The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial' on which steps the iconic speech 'I have a dream' was given - the music is both reverential as well as powerful referring to Martin Luther Kings' speech; and the 'Encore' statue in memory of the world famous African-American composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington. In this final movement, Philip Sparke catches the virtuosic, energetic and unique dynamism of Ellington's' music.Duration: 8:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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