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£152.99In Memoriam: For the Fallen (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
In Memoriam: For the Fallen was commissioned by Bolsover District Council for the Bolsover Brass Summer School 2014. It is a setting for narrator and band of Laurence Binyon's (1869-1943) poem, For the Fallen, which was first published in The Times in September 1914. Binyon was dismayed at the outbreak of war and especially concerned by the large number of casualties suffered by the British Expeditionary Force in the early months of the battle on the Western Front. Too old to enlist, he volunteered as a hospital orderly in France. The poem is known world-wide as the famous fourth stanza (They shall grow not old...) has become a regular part of Remembrance Day and ANZAC Day services. In Memoriam: For the Fallen is a musical accompaniment to the poem, shadowing the mood of each stanza.Duration: 7.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£99.99Raid on the Medway (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
The march Raid on the Medway was commissioned by Lieutenant Colonel RNLMC G T J Aben and dedicated to the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Major Peter Kleine Schaars, conductor. Lieutenant Colonel Aben is commander of the Marine barracks in Rotterdam, the Van Ghent Kazerne, home of the Marine Band.Raid on the Medway is in standard march form and the traditional trio is followed by a feature for the Marine Band's famous Drums and Fifes.Duration: 4:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£91.99Fanfare for Tokyo (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Fanfare for Tokyo is a flamboyant and extrovert concert opener designed to celebrate the virtuosic character of the talented Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra. A central theme over persistent percussion is first given by bassoons and taken up by the full ensemble. Either side of this horns and euphoniums lead an acrobatic fanfare under woodwind flourishes.Duration: 3:00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£149.99Southend Celebration (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
The work opens with a stern fanfare in bare fifths, which leads to a cantabile theme introduced by alto saxophone. This builds to a climax and reintroduces the fanfare, which slowly evolves into the subsequent vivo. A perky tune emerges on flute, saxophone and trumpet, which, after a short bridge passage, leads to a contrasting melody on low clarinets and saxophones. After some development a true 'second subject' appears for the whole band. A recapitulation leads briefly back to the opening fanfare before the vivo returns to close the work in celebratory mood.Duration: 8:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£106.99Dance of the Whale (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Dance of the Whale was commissioned by the Spanish music foundation, Musica et Orbi, at the instigation of its president, Frank De Vuyst. It is part of a unique project which involved nine composers each writing a short movement, describing an animal of the composers' choice, to form a suite called Bestiarium. A consortium of bands around the world helped to fund the project and the world premiere of the suite took place in March 2013 in Medellin, Colombia. Dance of the Whale uses the tenor instruments of the band to describe a lazy and graceful dance by a blue whale and is dedicated to endangered species around the world.Duration: 4:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£122.50Golden Winds (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
This contrasting work builds up twice from quiet relaxation or meditative calm to a climax for the entire ensemble, before the main section, a rhythmic vivo, begins. Golden Winds ensures truly precious moments in your concert right up to the last note!Duration: 6:15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£152.99Looking Up, Moving On (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Looking Up, Moving On was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and featured in their concert programme in their May 2012 tour, which took in many areas destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The timeless message of this moving work is the belief in the tremendous capacity of humankind to recover from such disasters and look optimistically to the future.Duration: 8.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£106.99Maple Leaf Overture (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Named after the leaf displayed on Canada's flag, Maple Leaf Overture was composed specifically to open a Canadian school's symphonic band tour of England. A short fanfare during the overture smoothly transitions to a jazzy, syncopated section. The main theme is first played by the horns and saxophones, and then by the entire ensemble. This lively theme then alternates with a slower second theme, building momentum before a brisk coda culminates in a rousing finale!Duration: 4:15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£152.99Centennial Salute (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Just based on its title, this piece has to be celebratory and up-beat, which it is! It opens with a stately fanfare, first played on the low brass before the entire band joins in. This gives way to a contrasting lyrical theme which develops until it joins up with the fanfare to complete the opening section. A lively and heavily syncopated vivo follows, cast as a traditional march, complete with a 'bass strain' and trio. After the original march theme returns, a climax leads back to a reprise of the majestic opening, which brings the piece to an appropriately triumphant close.Duration: 7:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£106.99Flowerdale (from Hymn of the Highlands) (Piccolo Trumpet Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
for Bb Piccolo Trumpet or Eb Cornet/TrumpetThe seven-movement suite (originally written for brass band), Hymn of the Highlands was commissioned by David King and the Yorkshire Building Society Band and provides a series of themed movements which can act as a half-concert featuring a band's soloists. Flowerdale is one of the solo movements.Duration: 4.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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