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Swinging halls at Christmas Time - Matthias K. Weber
In "Swinging Halls at Christmas Time," composer Matthias K. Weber reimagines the classic holiday tune Deck the Halls in a lively, swinging style. The piece blends traditional concert band sonorities with the rhythmic vitality and harmonies of a classic big band, creating a cheerful and festive mood. It opens with a grand, orchestral introduction that sets the seasonal tone with elegance and warmth. The music then shifts into an infectious swing groove, reworking the familiar theme with jazzy flair and fresh harmonic twists. A final orchestral reprise brings the arrangement to a vibrant and joyful close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£115.60
Romjulsdrm - Thoralf Borg
The poem Romjulsdrm ("Christmas Dream") was first published in Arbeiderbladet on January 3rd 1959, and became known when Thoralf Borg set a melody to it in 1968. Up until this, Alf Prysen had used a melody quite similar to the song Lijan uti dalen, when he sang the song in the TV program Ei vise vil jeg synge in 1964. At the same time that Borg's melody was written, the last four lines of text were also added to the poem, and the song took on the form we know today.The form and structure of this arrangement originates from a version for big band and vocals commissioned by stre Toten Storband, written in 2018 for one of their traditional midnight concerts on the day before Christmas. In an attempt to give the arrangement a nice calm and the text a lot of room, as is often the case in songs like this, it ended up in a relatively narrative style where the variation in tempo and the shifts between swing and straight eighth notes are particularly central.The song is about family, friendship and the quiet days of the Christmas holidays, which hopefully is something most people can recognise. The arrangement for the aforementioned midnight concert was ordered because my sister was to be the soloist for the concert, and since my father also played lead trombone - as he has done in this big band for as long as I can remember - it was natural to add a small trombone solo as well. It's always special to write and arrange music for people I know and appreciate, but it's extra special when it's also for two of my great role models.- David Stre Hveem -
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£139.99
Saint Nicholas Fantasy - Georges Sadeler
Saint Nicholas Fantasy is a medley of traditional Luxembourgish songs about St. Nicholas of Myra, whose story is celebrated on the 6th of December in various European countries.Playfully adapted into different styles such as bossa nova, samba, swing, dixieland or jazz waltz, these songs describe the children's uncontrolled excitement for the presents this holy man brings.The medley includes the songs Kanner, loosst mer lschteg sinn (Let's be Merry and Bright), Am Uewe potert d'Feier (The Fire Crackles in the Oven), Nach eemol gi mer schlofen (Once More We'll Go to Sleep), Am Dezember, vru Niklosdag (In December, Before St. Nicholas' Day), Ei, ei, ei! Lo ass de Kleeschen hei (Now Father Christmas is Here) and the best-known Luxembourg Saint Nicholas song Liwe Kleeschen, gudde Kleeschen (Dear Saint Nicholas, Good Saint Nicholas).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£73.60
A Cool Six - Mark Hendriks
A Cool Six' is a small tribute to Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck. Two giants who renewed jazz just after the Second World War. Miles Davis with his modal 'cool' jazz and Dave Brubeck with his unusual timing. 'A Cool Six' combines concepts of both gentlemen. A simple melody alternated in E-dorian and E-minor in a 6/4 beat time, however, including all characteristics of Big Band Swing Music. The title of this piece refers to the albums 'Birth of the Cool' from Davis (1957) and 'Time Out' from Brubeck (1959)Both albums inspired Mark Hendriks to write this mesmerizing piece for Concert Band nd Big Band!
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£142.90
Cantina Band - John Williams
Cantina Band (or Mad About Me) was written by John Williams in 1977 for the film Star Wars (later Star Wars IV: A New Hope). Even with quite a bit of the Star Wars music being quite well known, Cantina Band is literally in a style of its own. In the Star Wars-universe this style is called jizz, Williams' take on the more well-known genre jazz. Williams was tasked by Star Wars-creator George Lucas to make music that sounded like several creatures in a future century finding some 1930's Benny Goodman swing band music ... and how they might attempt to interpret it and ended up with Cantina Band #1 and #2. Both numbers are played in the legendary scene taking place in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi gets in a fight causing even the band to stop playing.The band, which goes by the name Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, comes from the planet Clak'dor VII and specializes in jizz and the nearby, slightly older style of jatz. Performers of this music often go by the name "jizz-wailers", and the Bith people from Clak'dor VII are especially well suited for jizz-wailing since they can hold every note as long as they want thanks to a unique respiratory system - something many perhaps would like to be able to do in the performance of this arrangement as well.The arrangement is relatively faithful to Williams' original version, but with a somewhat different ending. Although the woodwind section undoubtedly has the biggest technical challenges, an understanding of the musical style is the very key to making the arrangement sound good - and here all groups must work together. Playing lightly but quite articulated, and very precise, will be an absolute necessity to get the music drifting off all the way to Tatooine.In measure 113 there is a small improvised solo in either trombone or trumpet, but if you want the real authentic Cantina Band-sound this is of course done on a steel drum.
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£84.99
You on my Mind
'You on My Mind' was the first single from Kaleidoscope World, the second album by the successful British pop group Swing Out Sister. The catchy song features a refined mix of interesting musical components which Peter Kleine Schaars has utilized expertly in a fantastic sounding arrangement. This exhilarating tune is sure to give both the musicians and the audience a positive vibe!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£149.40
Bnsull i advent - Trygve Hoff
The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many of our most popular songs. "Ei hand holde i" and "Har en drm" with music by Svein Gundersen and especially his own "North Norwegian Christmas Psalm" are famous songs in Norway. "Lullaby in advent" may not be among his most famous songs, but it's a beautiful and thoughtful melody that will fit well with any Christmas concert. Hoff himself varied with musical styles on this song. This arrangement is written as a jazz-version with swing feel.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50
Have A Swingin' Merry Christmas!
Incorporating "Deck the Halls" and "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" with a hat tip to "Jingle Bells," this beginning medley helps teach basic swing style. It never feels like Christmas until the music starts playing, and this is sure to put a smile on Santa's face!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days