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£64.35The Seventh Day
Based on the hymn tune "My Shepherd Shall Supply My Need", this fantasia is a musical reflection of the biblical account of The Creation. A powerful programmatic piece that opens with the woodwind choir and as the piece develops the mood shifts to excitement and a feeling of exhilaration. The tension and musical drama is brought to a conclusion only in the last measure as the climax is suspended for a long electric moment with the decay of a single chime tone. Without a doubt this is David Shaffer's most aggressive work to date. Highly Recommended.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£56.99Legend of Crystal Lake - David Shaffer
"Legend of Crystal Lake" opens slowly with haunting and mysterious tonal mixture of woodwinds and solo trumpet. Quickly gaining energy the piece launches into a forceful woodwind rhythmic statement punctuated by brass and percussion. A lyrical middle section passes a delightful melody between each choir of instruments. The fresh and unique harmonies combined with the rhythmic excitement will make this musical journey a favorite of your students and your audiences. A wonderful choice for contest!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50America the Beautiful
Patriotism abounds in all its glory with this stirring and spectacular new setting of a great "American Classic." In his own unique writing style, James Swearingen has crafted a powerful arrangement that is sure to bring the house down when preformed as the finale for that special concert. As a musical bonus, this exciting rendition features optional choir parts that, along with the band, soar to the very end with great resolve in reflecting the pride of an extremely grateful nation. A guaranteed winner!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Still, Still, Still
The famous Austrian holiday folk carol is set in a unique and inviting style which will be perfect for your next holiday concert. Subtle melodic lines in this holiday "lullaby," paint a calm and serene musical portrait of the nativity and all the delightful images of the holiday season. Includes parts for optional vocal solo, duet or choir. This wonderful arrangement is destined to become a standard in the holiday band repertoire.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.99Silent Noon - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Originally written by Vaughan Williams as a vocal setting of a sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossini, this beautiful art song makes a dramatic musical statement through it flowing melodic lines and creative harmonies. Ed Huckeby has transformed this classic into a magnificent work for concert band, with colorful scoring featuring the woodwind choir as well as vulnerable, yet very playable, melodic lines in the horns and trumpets. "Silent Noon" is destined to become a new standard in the portfolio of great bands around the world.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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Viva Noel - Shaffer
"Viva Noel" is a medley of glorious holiday favorites in a fast/slow/fast form. Opening with a musical fanfare based on the French hymn "He is Born the Holy Child" the arrangement transitions quickly into a fanciful rendition of "Deck the Halls." The following section opens with a beautiful brass choir adaptation of "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" and develops into a lush, full band setting of this charming carol. The finale begins as a quick, light version of "Here We Come a-Wassailing" ending with a declarative brass fanfare with small bits of "Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella" and "Angels We Have Hear on High." This high-energy holiday arrangement features all sections of the ensemble with exceptional emphasis on the percussion writing. "Viva Noel!" will be a solid opener or closer for any holiday concert!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Highlands Of Monroney - David Gorham
A two-movement work dedicated to the legendary band director, Paul Enix, from Midwest City, Oklahoma, Gorhams new composition opens with a beautiful lyrical section that features the rich, full sonorities of the woodwind choir. The contrasting second movement is in the style of a gigue, with lilting, catchy rhythms. This very musical piece will be an excellent contest or festival selection.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Latin Magic - Robert E. Foster
Focus on the Latin rhythms and musical concepts popular in Central and South America with the popular folk song, featuring the "Latin percussion of El Condor Pasa." Use all of your percussionists, and more. Students from other classes (history, geography, humanities, general music, choir, etc.) can be added to the percussion section playing Latin percussion instruments.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50Four Pictures - Árpád Balázs
The teachers under whom rpd Balzs (b.1937) studied composition - Ferenc Farkas, Aram Khachaturian and Goffredo Petrassi - each independently formed the opinion that with his lyrical gift rpd Balzs's true creative field would be that of choral music and wind ensembles. Their early predictions are borne out by the roughly two hundred and fifty works for choir and almost twenty for wind orchestra that the composer has since produced. It is interesting that in the suite entitled Ngy kp (Four pictures) the stylistic features of these two related musical fields are united. In it the wind instruments sing! It was not by chance that the expansive second movement was given the title Cantilena, while the slightly livelier but just as lyrical third movement was entitled Arietta. The opening movement of the work is a stridently jolly, energetic Indul (March), but not one of the rigidly military kind: the 6/8 rhythm contributes to its light-hearted character. This music is avowedly akin to the ballet music of Prokofiev. This choice series of four character pieces is crowned by Jtk (Play) in which conveying the effect of the mixture of lines moving in parallel and then colliding with each other may be more technically demanding, but is well worth the effort! (Hungaroton HCD 31353)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.99Canzone di Francesco - Thomas Doss
This beautiful and intense slow composition including lots of melodic and musical sequences is dedicated to Saint Francis-a figure whose life story has always impressed the composer. He had previously honoured Francis of Assisi in several works including a composition for strings, an oratorio, a mass and a Laudate for choir and concert band. Canzone di Francesco will create a moment of meditation and reflection during your concert, but is also very suitable as a warm up piece offering various possibilities to work on intonation, phrasing and sound building.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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