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Apophenia - Peter Meechan
"Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data."Apophenia is a trumpet concerto in three movements written for American trumpet virtuoso Rex Richardson. Each of the three movements features a different instrument; Movement 1 is for the Bb trumpet, the second is for flugel horn and trumpet, and the third is for trumpet and piccolo trumpet.Each of the three movements of Apophenia relate to the phenomenon of viewing Dark Side of the Rainbow - a name used to refer to the act of listening to the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon whilst watching the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where moments where the film and the album appear to correspond with each other.Movement 1 is a fast a furious movement. Solo and ensemble interact at high tempo, swapping and creating new ideas, leading each other in new directions. Aside from the trumpet soloist, the kit player also acts as a quasi soloist.The second movement takes its musical inspiration from the Pink Floyd song Us and Them. It is during this segment of the film that some of the most amazing moments of connection happen.The final movement is a dance - and a tour de force for the soloist who begins on the Bb trumpet, before switching to the piccolo trumpet (or Eb trumpet) for the fast and furious finale. Many of the coincidences from Dark Side of the Rainbow relate to dancing, however, as long as a piece of music is the same tempo as the original, and the time signature is a regular one, this could be the case across most films. So the composer chose to write a dance that wouldn't synchronise to too many existing dance scenes!The soloist is free to improvise their own cadenza.Apophenia is dedicated to Rex Richardson.
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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Fire in the Sky - Peter Meechan
Fire in the Sky takes its inspiration from the stunning town of Montreux in Switzerland. I was commissioned to write the work 5 days before I visited this Montreux and was at work forming ideas for the piece as I arrived on the shore of Lake Geneva and its amazing views of the Alps.Whilst the scenery is without doubt some of the most incredible views I have ever witnessed, it was the history of the town that set Fire in the Sky in motion. Whilst there, it occurred to me that many of my musical heroes had lived or performed there, and three of them in particular had a strong connection with the town. Miles Davis, Igor Stravinsky and Freddie Mercury graced Montreux - the large convention centre, where the famous summer jazz festival is held, named its two halls after Davis and Stravinsky, and there is a quite breathtaking statue of Mercury in the town too.Each musician also commemorates an anniversary in 2011, the year of the premiere of Fire in the Sky; it is 40 years since the death of Stravinsky and both Miles Davis and Freddie Mercury died in 1991, making it 20 years since their deaths. So it seemed fitting to write a piece that in some way acknowledges them, and is a kind of personal "thanks" for all they have given, and continue to give, me.The title comes from the famous Deep Purple song, Smoke on the Water - whose second line is "Fire in the Sky" and is a reference to the night the town's casino was set alight by a Frank Zappa fan. The piece tries to recreate the atmosphere of that night, paint a picture of fire in the sky (and smoke on the water) and also uses small "nuggets" of the music of my three greatest musical heroes, Miles Davis, Freddie Mercury and Igor Stravinsky.
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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Fragile Oasis - Peter Meechan
Fragile Oasis is the name of a collective who describe themselves as "...a grass-roots participatory initiative that connects the shared perspective of astronauts from different countries and cultures with people on Earth, encouraging all to work together so that our planet is not only visibly beautiful, but beautiful for all".Many involved in the project are astronauts on the International Space Station (I.S.S.), who post, on their website (http://www.fragileoasis.org) many different details of their experiments, photos from space, and some incredible video footage of our Earth.One such time lapse video (a video made up many still images) was posted on their website by astronaut Ron Garan (http://www.fragileoasis.org/blog/2011/11/coming-back-down-to-our-fragile-oasis-2/) in 2011. It is made up of images taken from the I.S.S. of what Garan described as "...a couple of laps around our Fragile Oasis before coming back down [to Earth]" and features all kinds of amazing views from space.Each of the five sections of this work relate to an aspect of the video - either something literal or something more metaphorical. The opening section, i: The lights from Above, is a musical description of the view of the Aurora Australis from above the lights. The second section, ii: The Storm from Above (part i), is also a musical portrayal of portions of the video clip - in this case the many lightning storms we see from above. The storms that are so powerful on Earth appear as small bolts of electricity dancing through the clouds.The third section, iii: Freya, has its roots in personal family tragedy. The name Freya derives from a Norse goddess who was associated with both beauty and love, and in this central section I wanted to write music that not only acknowledged how fragile life itself is, but that every day of it counts and should be celebrated.iv: The Storm from Above (part ii) is a again a reference to the lightning storms, but also to the huge hurricanes we see in the video. It leads us to the final section, v: The Oasis from Above - a description of the size and grandeur of Earth, our Fragile Oasis.Fragile Oasis is dedicated to Natalie Youson, in friendship.The original wind orchestra scoring was completed in 2014, and was revised in 2017 with the editorial advice of Robert Ambrose whose support of this work I am eternally grateful for.This wind orchestra scoring was completed in 2014 and was commissioned by a consortium of the following bands:Agrupacin Msico-Cultural "Las Musas" de Guadalupe (Murcia) - Dr. Jos Ibez Barrachina - SpainBand of the Coldstream Guards - Major Darren Wolfendale - UKBorge Musikkorps - Sverre Stakston Olsrud - NorwayThe Brooklyn Wind Symphony - Jeff W. Ball, Artistic Director - USADunshan Symphonic Wind Orchestra - Adrian Schneider - ChinaKoninklijke harmonie Ste. Cecilia Zele - Bart Picqueur - BelgiumMusikgesellschaft Emmen - Manuel Imhof - SwitzerlandUniversity of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra - Dr. Darrin Oehlerking - Canada
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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Shine - Peter Meechan
Shine is my second large scale work for solo tuba, following on from my concerto Episodes and Echoes. Like the concerto, Shine was commissioned and premiered (with the Grimethorpe Band, conducted by Howard Evans) by Les Neish - the title being an anagram of the soloist surname.Although in one movement, Shine has 3 broad sections, each requiring virtuosic skill and dexterity from the soloist. The opening section features lots of bright, metallic sounds - especially in the percussion section - providing the accompaniment to soloist as they demonstrate the range and flexibility of the tuba.The second section gives the soloist the opportunity to demonstrate the considerable lyricism that the tuba is capable of. The solo line weaves in and out of textures in the accompaniment, exchanging snippets of melody with other players in the ensemble.After a short unaccompanied passage, the final section emerges juxtaposing new solo lines and material from the opening section. This builds in momentum - and difficulty for the soloist - as the piece reaches its climatic ending.Shine is dedicated to my good friend, fellow Liverpool supporter, and amazing musician, Les Neish.Peter Meechan, 2011
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£22.00
Duet Album Vol. 1
1. Mlodie de l'Eurovision (J. F. Michel) / 2. Old Folks At Home (Stephen Foster) / 3. O du Frhliche / 4. Weinachtslied / 5. Grand Dieu nous te bnissons / 6. Hymne la Joie (Ludwig van Beethoven) / 7. Happy Birthday / 8. Ce n'est qu'un au revoir / 9. Cou Cou / 10. Carnaval de Venise / 11. Muss i denn zum Stdtele hinaus! / 12. Frre Jacques / 13. Marche / 14. Santa Lucia / 15. Volkslied aus der Schweiz / 16. Amazing Grace / 17. Glory, Glory Alleluja / 18. Funiculi, Funicula / 19. American Traditional / 20. Le bon Roi Dagobert / 21. Chant des Toradors / 22. Traditionnel Ecossais / 23. O Tannenbaum / 24. Ah si pure (Friedrich von Flotow) / 25. Schweizer Volkslied / 26. La Cucaracha / 27. Jericho / 28. Deep River / 29. La Paloma / 30. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Estimated dispatch 10-14 working days
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£22.00
Duet Album Vol. 2
1. Sur le pont d'Avignon (Mlodie populaire) / 2. Sum, summ, summ (Mlodie populaire) / 3. Muss i denn zum Stadtele naus !(Mlodie populaire) / 4. Frre Jacques / 5. Le coq est mort (Mlodie populaire) / 6. Soyons gais (Mlodie populaire) / 7. Die Sternen (Mlodie populaire) / 8. Ei wie so tricht / 9. Marche (Ph. E. Chedeville) / 10. Santa Lucia (Mlodie populaire) / 11. Volkslied aus der Schweiz / 12. Stille Nacht / 13. Wenn ich ein Vglein war / 14. Deutscher Tanz (F. Schubert) / 15. Brderchen, komm tanz mit mir / 16. Les moines de St. Bernardin / 17. A toi la gloire (G. F. Handel) / 18. Amazing grace / 19. La Truite (F. Schubert) / 20. Wiegenslied (J. Brahms) / 21. Les anges dans nos campagnes / 22.La chasse (J. F. Michel) / 23. Matilda / 24. Glory, Glory Alleluja / 25. Auprs de ma blonde / 26.Leise rieselt der Schnee / 27. Napoli (Funiculi, Funicula) / 28. Le bon roi Dagobert / 29.Marche d'Ada (G. Verdi) / 30. American traditional / 31. Malbrough s'en va-t'en guerre
Estimated dispatch 10-14 working days
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£27.00
Golden Hits
1. Muss i denn, Muss i denn / 2. Nobody Knows / 3. Glory, Glory Alleluja / 4. Kalinka / 5. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin) / 6. Amazing Grace / 7. Funiculi Funicula / 8. O When The Saints / 9. The Entertainer (Joplin) / 10. Go Down Moses / 11. El Condor Pasa / 12. La Cucaracha / 13. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho / 14. Hava Nagila / 15. Auld Lang Syne
Estimated dispatch 10-14 working days
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£71.28Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Music
Benjamin Franklin's love for the art of music was well documented in American history. Robert W. Smith has selected three musical moments in Ben Franklin's life and created this unique composition for the concert band. Beginning with a setting of "My Plain Country Joan." a song composed as an anniversary gift to his wife, Franklin's jovial personality is evident through the timelessness of his music. The second section is based on Franklin's glass armonica. The delicate and ethereal sounds of this beautiful instrument provide a quiet moment of reflection for all. The finale is based on Franklin's "magic squares." an arrangement of numbers in a square where all rows, columns and diagonals add to the same sum. Robert W. Smith extracted the melody based on the numeric sequence in a 3 x 3 magic square. The resulting musical statement and fugue truly shows the close relationship between mathematics and music. An amazing concept, an amazing cross-curricular piece!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Soda Pop (from KPop Demon Hunters) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Vinson, Johnnie
Getting students to practice will never be easier! Perfectly scored to be accessible and engaging to every section of the ensemble, this amazing arrangement of the popular song from the Netflix smash hit movie will have your young musicians learning 16th note rhythms, syncopations and simple chromaticism, all while having fun. Optional trumpet solo. Sure to be the highlight of your next concert!Duration: 1.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Billy Joel in Concert (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Joel, Billy - Murtha, Paul
With a catalouge spanning 50 years and more than 150 million albums sold, Billy Joel's music lives in the Pantheon of rock and roll. This amazing medley for concert band showcases some of his most iconic hits that will be loved by everyone from the grandparents to musicians. Features:It's Still Rock and Roll to MeJust the Way You ArePiano ManUptown GirlYou May Be RightDuration: 6.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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