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£65.00Luminaria (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Himes, William
Incorporating the 19th century hymn tune "To God Be the Glory," composer William Himes gives us a cheery piece celebrating the life of his mentor, the great music teacher Henry Vander Linde. Luminarias are Christmas lanterns typically placed with others along a driveway, sidewalk, or rooftop as a holiday decoration. This joyous composition is perfect for contest and festival, and as a serious selection for a holiday concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£110.00Distant Land (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Rutter, John - Noble, Paul
Distant Land was originally written in 1991 as a choral piece inspired by the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. Rutter was encouraged to make a purely orchestral version, from which this band arrangement has been adapted. Rutter says: "Listeners who know the original versions may miss the texts, but looking at it another way, your imagination can be set free with no words to constrain you and tell you what the music is 'about'". Distant Land will surely become a tribute to the life of Nelson Mandela, who was a leader of the anti-apartheid movement who eventually became South Africa's first black president to be elected in a fully democratic election.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£159.99Emperor (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Deleruyelle, Thierry
With Emperor, French composer Thierry Deleruyelle wanted to create a descriptive musical work depicting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first movement represents the idiosyncrasies of this famous personality as well as his dramatic mood swings. The second movement is dedicated to his great love, Josephine Beauharnais. A contrasting third movement depicts Napoleon the fearless general and the countless battles he waged. A truly powerful work about one of histories truly powerful men.Duration: 10:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£118.99Three Aspects of Kurt Weill (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Schaars, Peter Kleine
For Three Aspects of Kurt Weill Peter Kleine Schaars took inspiration from the three periods that characterise the life of Weill - he successively lived in Berlin, Paris and New York. One theme is used to create three totally different atmospheres, a protest march against the fascists in Berlin, a French Musette (valse de Paris) and an American big band style Broadway orchestra. Let this great work show the versatility of your concert band!Duration: 5:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£50.50Hey Mon (Calypso) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Bullock, Jack
In his light-hearted original calypso-style work, Jack Bullock has musically captured the essence of island life. With a legato lilt, the engaging rhythms drive the work. A charming addition to enhance your young band's understanding of this important cultural style of musical literature. It's a relaxing addition to any program that will fill imaginations with the vision of lazy days on sunny, sand-covered beaches. "Hey Mon" is the exclamation heard often in that area of the world from the inhabitants there offering their warm hello will have them dancing in the aisles. Duration: 2.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99Laurena (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Nijs, Johan
For this composition, the Flemish composer Johan Nijs takes his inspiration from people and events in his life. It was written for the birth and is dedicated to his daughter Laurena. It's beautiful simple melodic lines makes it a perfect item to bring a little peace and calm any concert.Duration: 3:15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£79.20Kyrie and Gloria (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
Powerful, exciting, emtionally charged and moving are just a few words that best describe this work in which, in the composer's own words is "my best and most satisfying". "Alleluias" musically portrays the life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Chirst. Truely outstanding!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£45.95TWO SONGS OF MORNING (Concert Band) - Erickson, Frank
Two Songs of Morning contains two beautifully contrasting melodies, scored to demonstrate the lush tonal capabilities of the concert band. The Gaelic Melody used in movement tow is the well-known "Morning has Broken". Upon conclusion of the eight-bar introduction, the first presentation of the theme appears in the first trumpet accompanied by the expressive style throughout the movement, and students will enjoy the challenge of having to play the extended phrases needed to bring this music to life.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£144.99Vents Catalans Wind Band Set (Score & Parts)
Vents Catalans (Catalan Winds) is a symphonic fantasy which, while it does no directly reference any melody or song from Catalonian folk music, still manages to convey all the life, beauty and energy of this charming region in southern Spain. After a triumphant and majestic introduction, reminiscent of folksongs and lively dances, the mood calms down with an elegant, yet playful, melody, followed by the Sardana, the traditional Catalonian dance par excellence. 09:50
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Fantasia Per La Vita E La Morte - Bert Appermont
The mystique surrounding life and death formed the starting point of this composition. I wanted to write a work without a story, mixed up in a kind of musical quest for a new world of sound, original rhythm sequences, melodies filled with suspenseand distinct orchestral tones.The indirect cause was the birth of my first child which took place during this time, followed by the death of a close family member. At such a moment you experience just how close life and death are to each other, anddespite one being the antithesis of the other, they are incredibly similar. Both radical events are passages into new worlds and have great emotional impact. Moreover, the work was commissioned by "New Life", an orchestra that lost one of itsmusician in a plane crash, which also led me to believe that this approach would be appropriate.I would prefer not to comment on which passages in the composition concern life (birth) and which refer to death. It seems to me that it is moreinteresting to question traditional conceptions and leave it open for the listener. If you think that a passage is about birth, and this idea then shifts, it is this that raises fascinating questions, on both a musical and metaphysical level.Music isin an indirect but incredibly persuasive way in which to express the endless striving and seeking of mankind. Music can even touch eternity, as it were, and give us the feeling that we can transcend death. This endless search (and also longing) canbe heard throughout the work; as much in the sound fields and accent shifts in the first part as in the enormous tension curves and compelling themes of the second part. The semi-tone functions in this way as a guide or something to hold on to,running through the whole work and upon which much of the musical material is based. Traces of profound love resound with quiet simplicity in the slow section's melodious solos, after which the work contemplates life and death one last time, musesupon joy and sadness, on the possibilities and limitations of people and on the why of all things.I would like to dedicate this work to my dearest daughter Paulientje, to Meterke and to Johan de Jong of the "New Life" orchestra. May it fare themwell, here or in another dimension...
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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