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£186.20Highlights from Chess - Benny Andersson
The composers of the musical Chess, Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus, as well as the lyricist Tim Rice had already had a very successful career before they started this huge project. Andersson and Ulvaeus had been the male singers of the popular Swedish group ABBA, whereas Tim Rice had written the lyrics for Lloyd Webber's musicals 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'Evita'. The plot of the musical is situated in Merano, a small town in Northern Italy, hosting the Chess World Championships. The protagonists are the American titleholder and his Russian challenger, who are adversaries on both the sports and political level. Nowadays the subject is out of date, as Chess was conceived in 1984 when the political scene was completely different. This might be the reason why this musical did not hold out as long as e. g. 'Les Misrables' or 'Cats'. Anyhow the music remained very popular and songs such as 'Last Night in Bangkok', 'I know him so well' and 'Anthem' belong to the standard repertoire of 'musical classics'. In his 'Chess selection' Johan de Meij used the nice orchestral parts of the soundtrack which gave a kind of symphonic character to this musical.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£89.99Highlights from George and Ira Gershwin's - George Gershwin
Strike Up the Band is a 1927 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin, based on a book by George S. Kaufman. Surprisingly, the show proved to be an early failure for the talented Gershwin brothers, closing while the out-of-town tryouts were still underway. Despite this setback, it was revised in 1930 with a somewhat similar plot by Morrie Ryskind, and the show enjoyed a respectable run of 191 performances. This arrangement by James Barnes includes four of the best tunes from Strike Up the Band: Mademoiselle in New Rochelle (composed for the 1930 revival), Soon (also composed in 1930), The Man I Love, and Strike Up the Band. Curiously, The Man I Love, which is now considered to be one of the most popular George and Ira Gershwin standards, was NOT included in the 1930 run of the show.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Outback Rhapsody - Sandy Feldstein
This delightful contest-style piece combines three popular folk songs from Australia. It would also be ideal for a crossover learning unit or presentation.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.99The Bells of Christmas - Sandy Feldstein
This medley of popular Christmas carols incorporates the sounds of Bells and Chimes as a unifying theme. The piece presents "O Tannenbaum," "Deck the Halls," "Joy to the World," and other snippets of festive favorites in a variety of styles that include fanfare gestures and beautiful chorales.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.50Variations On A Theme By Grieg - Sandy Feldstein
Designed to give your best players an opportunity to play a solo with Band accompaniment. Using the famous Morning theme from the popular Peer Gynt Suite as the basis, a new composition is created that is a set of variations on this theme.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£65.99Genesis - Sandy Feldstein
This festival-style piece can be used as the culmination of study at when concluding "The Yamaha Advantage Book 1," or any band method book. This popular performance piece from the back of Book 1 in now available as a separate, festival-ready piece, as requested by many directors!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Chorale Warm-Ups for Young Bands - Sandy Feldstein
Use these four effective warm-up chorales to build musicianship and work on tone quality, intonation, balance, and blend with a young Band. These chorales are based on popular hymns and songs such as "Chester" and "In the Bleak Midwinter," and are scored to aid in building your Band's confidence and improving their sound and musicality. These chorales correlate to "The Yamaha Advantage Book 2," but can be used with any program of study.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Little Shop of Horrors - Alan Menken
From an Off-Off Broadway hit to a popular to movie to one of the most performed musicals in every level of theatre in the world, this arrangement brings the catchy, rocking, and unforgettable opening number to your young musicians. A hit!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Souvenir De Porto Rico - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Gottschalk didn't live long enough to leave a large catalogue, but the works he brought to the public were quite popular in their day. This is one of his more well-known works, skillfully rendered for band by Michael Brignolo. It brings the vivid colors and sounds of the Caribbean to life.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£89.99Bolero For Band - Maurice Ravel
Initially commissioned by Ida Rubenstein as a ballet work initially, Maurice Ravel's BOLERO has become his most popular and often-performed orchestra composition, which was a surprise to the composer who described it as seventeen minutes of orchestra without any music. With a structure that is simplicity itself, BOLERO uses two alternating melodies in what Ravel described as a crescendo on commonplace melod[ies]. Mark Rogers' transcription of BOLERO is an entirely complete wind band version of the piece; omitting not a single note or exotic instrument, thereby transferring the brilliance of Ravel_x001A_s orchestral score to the symphonic wind band with as much fidelity to the original as possible. Ravel calls for a very large orchestra (triple woodwinds, saxophones, large brass section, harp, celesta and percussion). Consequently, this transcription of BOLERO contains a large amount of divisi writing. It goes without saying that this transcription will be most successfully performed by large symphonic wind band.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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