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£137.99A Little Klezmer Suite - Philip Sparke
A Little Klezmer Suite was commissioned by Rushton Park High School to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their band programme. They gave the premiere in a virtual online concert in October 2020. Klezmer music originated in the 'shtetl' (villages) and the ghettos of Eastern Europe, where itinerant Jewish troubadours, known as 'klezmorim', had performed at celebrations, particularly weddings, since the early Middle Ages. 'Klezmer' is a Yiddish term combining the Hebrew words 'kley' (instrument) and 'zemer' (song). The roots of the style are found in secular melodies, popular dances, Jewish 'hazanut' (cantorial music) and also the 'nigunim', the wordless melodies intoned by the 'Hasidim' (orthodox Jews). The melodies used in the four movements of A Little Klezmer Suite have traditionally been used in Jewish wedding ceremonies and celebrations.
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£122.50Suite - Istvan Bogar
Istvn Bogr's series of movements intended for youngsters is colourfully instrumented, evocative music, rich in melodic invention; in character it is most closely akin to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet music. In the opening movement (Little march), little boys wearing paper shakos on their heads and carrying wooden swords play at soldiers. The following movement, Humming, is the only movement in the suite that is calm and in odd-numbered rhythm; in it the children gather flowers in their little baskets, and meanwhile hum pleasant tunes. The third movement is a funny game, with its tempo sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down, but by the end really going wild.The title of the finale is Game of tag. The tiny formal sections and interludes in this lively, cheerful music are linked together by a recurring rondo theme, and the chase ends with a brief coda.
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£89.99
Little Christmas Suite - Robert Finn
This Little Christmas Suite, arranged for concert band by Robert Finn, contains three European Christmas carols of uncertain origin. The three movements Baile de Nadal (from Spain), Still, Still, Still (from Germany) and The First Noel (from England) create a delightful suite for any concert band and can also be performed with a choir.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.50A Little Mozart Suite - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Give your young musicians a chance to know Mozart a little better. Two Mozart operas are represented in this very easy suite, along with a lovely theme from a Mozart piano sonata. Whether you choose to use this suite for your nextconcert performance or in that first festival experience, letting young musicians play melodies from the world's finest composers is always a good idea.
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£104.50Suite Ancienne - Johan Halvorsen
In 1911 Johan Halvorsen composed incidental music for a production of Ludvig Holbergs play "The Lying-in Room" and later arranged the music into his "Suite Ancienne Op. 31." The suite in five movements contains some of Halvorsens most descriptive musical output. In harmony and instrumentation, he bursts the bounds of his baroque canvas, imbuing his music with the unmistakable stamp of Neoclassicism. The five movements consists of: 1. Intrada, 2. Air con variations, 3. Gigue, 4. Sarabande, and 5. Bouree. The arranger, Colonel John Bourgeois, has also arranged Halvorsens In Memoriam, Op.30 and the four-movement "Little Masquerade Suite." He notes that the "Suite Ancienne" may be played as a complete entity or each of the movements may be performed individually.
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£92.99Little English Suite - Clare Grundman
Published in 1968, this classic suite presents appealing and well-designed settings of four traditional English folk songs. Includes The Leather Bottel, a rollicking 6/8 melody, followed by Roving and We Met which provide a lyriccontrast, and finally The Vicar of Bray, which concludes the suite in a grand and stately style. Quality and timeless writing for any ensemble! Dur: 6:15
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£121.00Little Masquerade Suite - Johan Halvorsen
In 1922 Halvorsen was commissioned to write incidental music for the bicentennial performance of a comedy written by Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg. Masquerade calls for a diverse pallet of music depicting ballet and dance scenes filled with silly play and gaiety. As a result, the music is graceful, as found in Cotillion, playful as in the Bacchanale, and burlesque for the Rooster and Grotesque dances. The original Masquerade Suite for orchestra consisted of eight dances; this arrangement for concert band comprises the first, third, fifth and sixth movements of Halvosens original suite. A delightful programing selection displaying humor, wit and elegance in the four brief movements.
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£76.99Gilbert & Sullivan (Symphonic Suite)
Symphonic Band - Grade 4 Masters of the operetta, Gilbert and Sullivan left the musical world a legacy of marvelously playful and tuneful songs. This entertaining medley includes We Sail the Ocean Blue and (I'm Called) Little Buttercup from HMS Pinafore, Overture and Three Little Maids from Mikado, and Poor Wand'ring One, I Am the Very Model, and With Cat-Like Tread from Pirates of Penzance. (6:00)
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£37.50
First Christmas Suite - Mike Hannickel
Beginners LOVE to feel like they are playing "REAL MUSIC", even at that first winter performance. These simple arrangements of well-known carols let your students do just that. AND - the "suite" format let's you draw the beginning band's entire share of that first concert from one arrangement, if you like, saving on scarce music library funds. The sound of "Good King Wenceslas" and "Oh Come Little Children" belies the simplicity of the arrangements, and "Jolly Old St. Boogie-Claus" is just plain "riff-style" fun! They'll love this one!!
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£104.99The Many Moods of Christmas: Suite No. 4 - Robert Shaw
The extensive passages for orchestra alone in The Many Moods of Christmas suites represent some of Robert Russell Bennett's most brilliant and attractive writing based on familiar carols. This Mark Rogers' edition for wind band alone is the second offering in an ongoing series which will bring all four of these suites to the repertory of band conductors in the coming years. Included are Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light, The First Nowell, O Little Town of Bethlehem, I Saw Three Ships, and concludes with a rousing version of Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly.
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