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£13.95VENETIAN SPELLS (Central Band of the Royal Air Force) (CD)
Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.5 The Central Band of the Royal Air Force conducted by Wing Commander Rob Wiffin. Includes: Venetian Spells (Martin Ellerby); Symphony for Winds (Martin Ellerby); Lindisfarne Rhapsody (Philip Sparke); Dance Movements (Philip Sparke)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95WIND BORNE (Royal Northern College of Music Wind Band) (CD)
Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.14 Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Clark Rundell and Mark Heron. Guest Soloist: Kenneth Boyd (Tenor). Includes: Heroic March (Fletcher/Sparke); The Cries of London (Martin Ellerby); Diversions (Epitaph for a Dreamer) (Darrol Barry); Leading Edge (Rob Wiffin); Wind Borne (Avner Hanani); Dragon Dance (Duncan Stubbs); Fanfares and Celebrations (Nigel Clarke)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£39.95Merry! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
Merry! combines two traditional Christmas carols in big band swing style. It starts with a slow verse of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen featuring the alto saxophone before the tempo changes with the introduction of 'Krupa' toms on the drums. The drum style later changes into a more straightforward swing style with a minor key version of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. The two carols then intertwine before the final statement of 'God Rest Ye, Merry' wins out at the end. While not technically difficult the piece needs a good sense of the appropriate styles - particularly from the drummer.Duration: 4.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95Cutting Loose (Trombone Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
This bright and breezy trombone solo projects a sense of fun for both audience and band as well as a chance for the soloist to display their stylistic and technical ability.Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95In the Bleak Midwinter (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Holst, Gustav - Wiffin, Rob
The English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) set the words of Christina Rosetti's poem In the Bleak Midwinter in a hymn-like version which was published as Cranham in the English Hymnal in 1906. There have been other settings of the words, and the words themselves featured as a mantra in the TV programme Peaky Blinders. However, Holst's simple version retains the sense of austere beauty and afforded more opportunity to take a slightly lateral look at it.Duration: 4.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.95Coloured Glass (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
In this cheerful, minimalist piece, the composer seeks to capture the effects of light shining, refracting, and reflecting through glass of various colours and densities. While adopting familiar minimalist features - repetition, consonant harmony, and a steady pulse - the composer is mindful of the inherent risk in the style of allowing ideas to linger for too long. To avoid this, the patterns and colours shift subtly, creating a sense of gentle transition alongside an impression of dance and energy. Most of the woodwind instruments take on fluid semiquaver movement at some point, though the music itself is not technically demanding.Duration: 3.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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Coloured Glass (Concert Band - Score only) - Wiffin, Rob
In this cheerful, minimalist piece, the composer seeks to capture the effects of light shining, refracting, and reflecting through glass of various colours and densities. While adopting familiar minimalist features - repetition, consonant harmony, and a steady pulse - the composer is mindful of the inherent risk in the style of allowing ideas to linger for too long. To avoid this, the patterns and colours shift subtly, creating a sense of gentle transition alongside an impression of dance and energy. Most of the woodwind instruments take on fluid semiquaver movement at some point, though the music itself is not technically demanding.Duration: 3.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95I Don't Know Why! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
I Don't Know Why is an unashamed homage to Stevie Wonder although there is not a note of his music in it. The piece follows the format of verse, chorus and then a shout chorus. It mostly needs a light, swing feel to it except for a bridge section (letters B and F) which needs to be straight. The shout chorus is a little gymnastic but apart from that it should be fun to play and hopefully not too technically challenging.Duration: 3.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£33.95New Life (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
New Life is a fanfare for band in arch form with a lyrical middle section to balance the vivacious nature of the outer ones. It is built on a simple motif and is diatonic throughout although it passes through several keys. The music is an affirmation of rebirth and the positivity of the human spirit triumphing over doubts and worries.Duration: 2.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£87.95A Tamworth Tapestry (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
A Tamworth Tapestry was commissioned by the Tamworth Wind Band who gave the first performance in Fazeley, Tamworth, on 27 Apr 2024. In composing it I drew on aspects of Tamworth starting with a short malicious outburst to depict the warlike history of the town's Norman castle. From there the music moves into a slow-flowing minor key movement entitled River Tame. The Celtic derivation of the word Tame means dark and slow-moving. The suite ends with a saltarello - Tomsaete. The Tomsaete were an Anglo-Saxon tribe who lived in the valley of the River Tame and remained around Tamworth throughout the duration of the Kingdom of Mercia. There is also a play on words with the band's conductor - Tom Sears. I combined the saltarello with some allusions to various other Tamworth references including Kingsbury Water Park, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth Pigs and even a reference to the Robin Reliant!Duration: 6.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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