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£60.99The Gales of November - James L. Hosay
Grand and expansive in sound, this major work for Grade 3 band will be an excellent centerpiece for your maturing band's next performance. The orchestration abounds with wonderful contrasts, letting you show the many colors yourband can produce. Appropriate areas of rest for each section allow you to program this work anywhere on your concert without fear of overtiring the players. (Grade 3)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£98.20Space Lab - Giuseppe Ratti
A long pedal-note of evanescent chords, based on empty parallel fifths, announces the theme;flutes and reed instruments exploit some almost imperceptible micro-fragments, supported by muted trumpets, creating what is an almost surreal and spatial atmosphere. This was Giuseppe Ratti's starting point for his "Space Lab", a laboratory of sounds and, later (when the main theme is taken up once more), of rhythms. Although it may sound complicated, this piece is ultimately based on a single motif: the descending fourth played on the second beat by the woodwinds. In this piece, Giuseppe Ratti, with his usual pallet of clear, transparent colours at hand, appropriate for the general public, together with simple, effective themes, has sought to experiment with new atmospheres and rhythms. First of all we hear the entire theme in the Allegro. Then the rhythm changes in a simple but at the same time complex manner: almost a genetic mutation. The part leading up to the final Lento flows smoothly for the listener but requires great skill and experience on the part of those performing it. In the final lento the main theme reappears in all its simplicity and sincerity, purified of all contrasts. A metaphor for a life that leads us towards unimaginable frontiers but which, in the end, always brings us back to the point from where we started.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£157.50Flumen - Marco Somadossi
In October 2000, the River Po produced its highest flood waters in the last hundred years, provoking a natural disaster of dramatic dimensions. To the thousands of valiant men and women committed to defending their villages against the threat of the flood is dedicated the symphonic poem entitled "Flumen" (river, in Latin), inspired by the thematic material in the Gregorian sequence, "Victimae paschali laudes". The main melody is elaborated and its essence is transfigured in an alchemy of modern sounds from which, at times, archaic echoes emerge. The composition is structured in two parts: the first ("The River") is sullen and menacing, with sounds that portray the turbulent water and the inexorable and frightening rise of the flood;this contrasts with a second section ("The People"), with its primitive rhythms and vaguely multiethnic character (expressed through modal harmonies). Here the work evokes man's ancestral struggle against the forces of nature: the strenuous defence of the Po riverside communities to against the threat of flooding. In the finale, the two themes interweave and overlap, re-establishing a symbolic and primordial equilibrium where man and nature are again in harmony with each other.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Cross River Overture - Nancy H. Seward
The opening fanfare fades to an expressive andante featuring contrasts between woodwind and brass sonorities. A short call in the trombones simulates the horn of an excursion boat and heralds a spirited allegro with contrasting articulated patterns, legato passages and repartee between high and low voices.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50On The Wings Of The Chosen - Roland Barrett
This spirited new work dedicated to the Strategic Air Command Band showcases the brass and percussion in brilliant opening and closing sections and contrasts this with a lyrical second movement featuring the woodwinds. On Wings is ideal for festival or concert and will appeal to both performer and audience alike.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50
Tone Poem Symphonique - John Cacavas
Best described as a contemporary chorale, this moving and introspective work demonstrates colors, textures and contrasts that are possible with the modern concert band. The independent and interweaving melodic lines make this a study in phrasing and interpretation for both conductor and performer. A work well suited as a contest warm-up selection. (4 minutes 10 seconds)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50First Landing Celebration - Michael Oare
First Landing Celebration is an energetic and joyous concert piece for young band, written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the historic arrival of English colonists to American soil. Composed using a single fast tempo, there is a nice varietyof scoring textures and musical contrasts. Dur: 3:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£59.95Enchanted Village - Sean O'Loughlin
This is a dramatic work with an atmospheric, somewhat foreboding opening and a vigorous Allegro. Cleverly written, Enchanted Village is a rather stern piece (in natural minor) that succeeds in sounding more difficult than it is, despite being confined to the basic six notes first learned by beginning players. There are effective contrasts between legato and marcato playing that provide excellent teaching opportunities.
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£72.95
Crystalline - Larry Clark
A lilting melodic ostinato in the woodwinds provides a base over which a flowing melody and lush harmonies develop in Crystalline, by Larry Clark.?The piece is set in a vibrant 3/4 feel and provides interesting contrasts between the ostinato sections and colorful harmonic changes.
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£65.50
Radiance - Sean O'Loughlin
A well-crafted and tuneful composition ideal for developing bands at the Grade 1 1/2 level, Radiance is luminously scored by a young master of band writing. The nice contrasts between active and reflective moods, the tempos and the very musical scoring, particularly for the percussion section, make this piece a winner for concert and contest performance. Duration: 2' 30"
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days