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£55.00Let It Begin (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Ciechomski, Brad
Appropriate for the beginning of a concert,?Let It Begin?gives the young concert band a solid piece of music that helps them to sound mature beyond their years. Carefully scored with ample doublings, composer Brad Ciechomski's fun and exciting music is a great addition to any library.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£50.50Let The Holidays Begin! - Rob Romeyn
Look no further for the perfect holiday concert opener for young band. A sparkling opening fanfare based on "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" sets the stage for a festive musical celebration. A variety of textures and styles makes this musically rewarding, while being easy to put together with limited rehearsal time. Appropriate for young bands all the way up to adult groups. Bring on the holidays!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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When The Stars Begin To Fall - Spiritual - Jean-François Michel
Estimated dispatch 10-14 working days
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£48.00Let the Christmas Season Begin! (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Swearingen, James
What better way to start your Christmas concert than by featuring three favourite carols, O Christmas Tree, Jolly Old St. Nicholas and Deck The Halls? Following a glorious fanfare, the modern harmonisation of O Christmas Tree will leave your audience breathless, but from that point on watch out for fast-tapping feet as the piece works its way to a rousing and highly satisfying finish. A showstopper!Duration: 2.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£45.54Let The Holidays Begin! (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
Look no further for the perfect holiday concert opener for young band. A sparkling opening fanfare based on "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" sets the stage for a festive musical celebration. A variety of textures and styles makes this musically rewarding, while being easy to put together with limited rehearsal time. Appropriate for young bands all the way up to adult groups. Bring on the holidays!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£41.58Let The Journey Begin! (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
Your concert will definitely get off to a rousing start when you perform this bold and contemporary work by composer James Swearingen. No detail has been spared in crafting a piece that is well suited for beginning band students with limited experience. Be aware that the energy and drive that your band is sure to generate will leave your audiences excited, highly satisfied and wanting for more. A great way to start a concert!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£151.99Out of the Dark - Thomas Doss
A Miner's TaleThis work is dedicated to the miners, who often had to perform their duties under the most difficult conditions, frequently risking their lives. Many lost their lives in accidents throughout history, and many families lost their fathers. A Miner's Tale describes the beginning of a shift, marked by the signal on the wooden board. The foreman and the miners begin their arduous work underground. Suddenly, danger strikes, leading to a terrible collapse.Trapped beneath the rubble, the miners are overwhelmed by fear, despair, and loneliness. Only their camaraderie and the memory of their loved ones keep them going. In the darkest moment, in the dim light of their fading mining lamp, a vision of Saint Barbara - the patron saint of miners - appears before them. Shortly thereafter, they hear the sound of approaching rescue. Overcome with joy and relief, they begin to hum the Steigerlied" in exhaustion.Bar 3 - The signal on the wooden board announces the start of a new underground shiftBar 10 - Glck auf! (Miner's traditional greeting: "Good luck!")Bar 24 - Foreman and miners - the shift begins Bar 62 - Hardships deep underground Bar 91 - Sudden danger arisesBar 100 - Fear of never returningBar 108 - Thoughts of familyBar 121 - Resigned to fateBar 132 - Vision of Saint Barbara and rescueBar 146 - "Steigerlied" - Homecoming and church bells
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£211.80Karneval i Paris - Johan S. Svendsen
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) composed "Carnival in Paris" in 1872, inspired by the energy and vibrancy of the Parisian carnival celebrations. The piece showcases a variety of moods and orchestral colours, ranging from jubilant and playful sections to more lyrical and elegant passages. It is a lively and colourful work that reflects Svendsen's skill in orchestration and his ability to capture vivid, festive atmospheres in music. In "Carnival in Paris", his Nordic musical roots meet the cosmopolitan influences he encountered while living and working in major European cities. The work has become one of Svendsen's most popular and is frequently performed in concert halls and festivals. About My Transcriptions for Wind Bands Ever since I started playing the clarinet at 8 or 9 years old in the school band "Blveisene" in my hometown of Gjvik, playing transcriptions of orchestral music has been a natural part of the repertoire. In regional bands, Norway's National Youth Band, and during my 10 years in a Military band, I played many such transcriptions. These transcriptions often included handwritten parts, masterfully crafted by colleagues in a time when music notation software didn't exist. Similarly, the scores were often incomplete, typically featuring just a solo clarinet part and condensed score in Bb. The transcriptions also contained parts for instruments like the Eb cornet and multiple tenor horns, but no saxophones, which made them less suitable for modern wind bands. The rise of many skilled Concert Bands and the increasing demands for scores and accessibility made me realize that someone needed to preserve this tradition. The reason I've transcribed these works is to ensure that you can play or conduct a repertoire that I believe has a rightful place in Norwegian Wind Band tradition. These transcriptions are my contribution to preserving some of the unique works in Norwegian music literature. Creating a transcription is a complex task, and I believe the score of "Carnival in Paris" is one of the most intricate I've undertaken. The first part of the process involves entering the entire orchestral score into music notation software. This is time-consuming and requires meticulous work. The next step is to check several editions to see if there are any discrepancies. Mistakes are often found in orchestral material, which can lead to further errors in the transcription. After that, I listen to many different recordings while following along with the score, paying attention to how different conductors emphasize balance and timbre. Gradually, I begin to note down passages I believe will work well for wind bands. One particular challenge in this piece is that the woodwinds and strings operate in the same register. In the original, the tonal difference between the strings and winds helps to clarify the individual musical lines. In the transcription, I've tried to address this by separating the lines, for example through octave adjustments, and highlighting them without compromising other aspects. I've also used some mallet percussion to broaden the tonal palette. There are countless decisions to be made to create a product that will hopefully allow future generations of wind band musicians to play this repertoire. - Stig Nordhagen -
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£118.99Princess Mononoke, Medley - Joe Hisaishi
Series: New Sounds in Brass (NSB); Duration: approx.8'50"; Composed by Joe Hisaishi; Arranged by Takashi Hoshide. Arranger Takashi Hoshide says, "I have selected beautiful melodies from the soundtrack of 'Princess Mononoke' (1997, directed by Hayao Miyazaki) and arranged them into a medley. What can be said about these songs as a whole is that they combine a grand continental scale with the delicacy that reflects Japanese emotions. Since there are no upbeat songs in this selection, I had to work hard on the arrangement, but this allowed for creating contrasts and transitions between each scene in the performance. 'Ashitaka Sekki (English title: The Legend of Ashitaka)' - 'Sekki' means a story that is not recorded but passed down orally. In this anime, this can be considered a sub-main theme. The song starts with a feeling that the story is about to begin and, once the theme kicks in, aim for a grand performance to convey its scale. 'Encounter' - This is the music that plays during the scene where the protagonist Ashitaka meets San. Interestingly, the motif of the main theme 'Princess Mononoke' is used in this melody. Here, let's pursue the shifts in the timbre of individual phrases, creating a beautiful and aesthetic soundscape. 'Princess Mononoke' - This is the main title of the anime. The melody line is carried by horns and trumpets."
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
