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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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£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"
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£65.50
Canticle Of The Sun - Larry Clark
A piece with a lyrical chorale and a hymn-like quality, Canticle of the Sun is written in a free flowing style, which is a different approach from this composer. The middle section is based on quintal harmony and contrasts the full sonority of the more open lyrical main theme.
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£123.95
Sonic Fusion - Sean O'Loughlin
A colorful and evocative musical tapestry by composer Sean O'Loughlin, that is rich in imaginative contrasts of sonority and tempo. The slow middle section is melodically distinctive and the lively final part (with verve, quarter note=132) features the irregular meter 7/8 in music that is straightforward, playable and will make this time signature a comfortable experience for young musicians. Duration: 6'30" Keys: Eb, Bb Ranges: Trumpet-A, Horn-F, Trombone-F
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£78.95
Silver Eagle (March) - Andrew Balent
This fine original march features bold scoring and nice contrasts between marcato style and legato playing. The trio strain in Eb (which is foreshadowed in the introduction) features the clarinets and saxophones on a tune just made for whistling! This march has all the makings of a concert classic. Duration: 2'
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£78.95
Echoes Of Ireland
This grand setting of three beloved Irish folk tunes (The Wearing of the Green, Cockles and Mussels and The Minstrel Boy) makes a wonderful study in contrasts, in the distinctive Swearingen style. Alternately lively and warmly romantic, it fully utilizes the colorful potential of the modern concert band and will be ideal for use in festival performances. Duration: 4'
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£84.50
Everest - Top Of The World - Elliot Del Borgo
A musical tribute to the tallest mountain on the earth, this brilliant mono-thematic work has striking bell-like effects in the brass and makes superb use of a large percussion section. Contrasts in texture and articulation are numerous and the music is alternately bold, aggressive and haunting. This is another fine selection that can be considered for contest and festival use. Duration: 5'30"
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£209.99Dunamis - AndrĂ© Waignein
Major Yvon Ducene wanted a new lush and colourful composition for his Guides military band, with Andr Waignein as its composer. Early in 1979 the composer began his assignement and in October of the same year, the finished full score was on the music stands of this prestigious military band of the Belgian Army.The introduction (Grave) mirrors an atmosphere full of serenity in which the theme, played by the oboes and the English horn is predominant and immediately holds the listener spell-bound. It is taken up again as central element of the slow movement.The Allegro breaks away from the quiet passion of the introduction. Here, the band can really show its capabilities to thefull. Based on a very precise rythm, an idiom of sudden desperation and adversity develops which, fused with a crushing agression, culminates in a kind of eruption, soom calmed down by a Lento : peace and quiet has returned thanks to a melody by the horns and soon taken over by the clarinets. In the meantime, the saxophone - an instrument full of human emotion - express the main spatial dimension in contemporary psyche. Following a harmonic transition the brass-players take up the theme again in forte whilst the basses and the woodwinds interwine in technical arabesques.The movings of the mind and the heart get an audible and almost touchable shape in the ensuing Allegro, a movement characterized by a rhythmic dialogue in which the whole orchestra participates and where the exposition contains a wealth of sound and technical contrasts. The Lento finally uses the central theme of the slow movement again, with some occasional references to the two allegros. The last page is of unprecedented grandeur. All the instruments display their most beautiful sound which were named by Jacques Ferschotte, when speaking about Honneger, "harmonies d'intensits" harmonies of the unmeasurable.
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£202.99Missa Tornacum - AndrĂ© Waignein
Flicien Doyen, the President of the Tornacum Royal Choir Circle of Tournai (Belgium) and a close friend of the composer commissioned this Mass. Missa Tornacum was originally composed for mixed choir and organ, gave a memorable performance of thepiece in the Chartres Cathedral in France.Although it does not include the Credo, the work is composed according to the traditional structure of a Mass in five parts : Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and Ite missa est. En the first two parts, adialogue is created between the choir and the band. It is followed by the Sanctus cycle ("Sanctus" - "Hosanna" - "Benedictus"), which is remarkable for the contrasts between the tone colorscharacterizing each of its three parts. The fourth part,Agnus Dei, takes on a tone of serene intimacy. A free counterpoint draws this section to a close by fading into an almost imperceptible quietness. Ite missa est begins with a series of imitations, which develop into a majestic and cheerful passagemarking the end of the Mass. Choir parts are available separately.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£89.99
Constellation - Bertrand Moren
This easy concert march can be divided into two parts. The first part, which is rhythmical, beautifully contrasts with the second part, which is lyrical. Each section of the band has its turn in this concertmarch, which, in spite of its easy level of difficulty, deserves the designation "five-star piece."
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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