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£87.50The Wild One! - Brian Balmages
The Wild One! is a blistering circus march by Brian Balmages. Designed to showcase your entire ensemble, this adrenaline-packed work will bring your audience to its feet regardless of where you program it in your concert. Cleverly combining the traditional march form with contemporary elements, this barnburner is sure to turn heads and be a ton of fun for performers and audiences alike. There are plenty of opportunities for percussionists, including several optional parts for directors with larger sections.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£73.50Emblazoned - Brian Balmages
As the title Emblazoned suggests, this euphoric celebration will undoubtedly make its mark on your students and audience! Simple polyrhythms combine with an engaging melody, heroic countermelodies, and riveting percussion writing to create an energetic yet exceptionally playable work. Even better, Brian Balmages has orchestrated the piece so that it achieves a high level of power and excitement while leaving students with plenty left in the tank!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£159.99Resurrection - Kevin Houben
"Man wird mit Keulen zu Boden geschlagen und dann auf Engelsfittichen zu den hchsten Hhen gehoben." (Mahler over zijn 2de symfonie "Wederopstanding", Juli 1894)*"You are clubbed to the ground and then lifted to the highest heights on angels' wings"Commissioned by and dedicated to Concertband Maasmechelen (BE), conducted by Mark Prils.Kevin Houben was inspired for this work by Gustav Mahler's 2nd symphony, better known as the Resurrection symphony.The work can be regarded as a Ma(h)lerei of various compositional and spherical elements that refer to the Austrian composer but that appear in this composition in an embedded, contemporary way.As Mahler often drew his inspiration from nature, the opening of this piece brings nature right to the audience. The work starts with a solo for alto flute accompanied by a pedal note in four octaves with harmonic responses echoing the solo.From the start, Kevin Houben provides Mahler's material with a contemporary touch. He replaces the nature sounds that Mahler uses (perfect fourth) with tritone intervals. The off stage trumpet signals have been preserved but are provided with a new accompaniment. Gradually, throughout the work, the orchestra undergoes its own independent development. Mahler's musical signature remains recognizable, but Kevin Houben allows it - e.g. through the use of various timbres - to flourish in a more modern musical idiom, which characterizes numerous contemporary compositions for wind band (cfr. Where Angels Fly).The work comes to a grandiose end with a passage of the famous chorale from Mahler's 2nd symphony. The rich orchestration of this chorale gives the listener the illusion of the presence of a choir and organ without actually using them.In Resurrection, each instrument group comes into its own: in solo fragments, in transparent thematic passages or in splendid tuttis. Therefore, the work forms an interesting challenge for a wind band on several levels, both technically and melodically - the latter due to the long suspenseful melodic phrases that the musical structure requires.The piece is accessible to a wide audience and can be regarded as an enrichment for any concert programme. Resurrection takes the audience through various atmospheres and experiences: from stunning to chilling, from calming to delighting...Die Musik muss immer ein Sehnen enthalten, ein Sehnen ber die Dinge dieser Welt hinaus." (Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911)"Music must always involve a longing, a yearning beyond the things of this world."
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99I Vow To Thee, My Country - Gustav Holst
This populat British patriotic hymn features a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to the familiar chorale melody from Jupiter by Gustav Holst. It is associated with Remembrance Day services throughout the United Kingdom, and has long been a favorite of the British royal family. This stately setting for band includes an optional part for unison voices.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.99Best of the Boy Bands
We're not sure boy bands ever really went out of style, but their music is certainly here to stay! This fun medley features a mix of older classics as well as newer chartbusters. Includes: Dynamite (BTS), Everybody (Backstreet Boys), I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys), What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction), and I'll Be There (Jackson 5).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£174.80Pinazo - Saül Gómez Soler
Assignment from the "Casino Musical de Godella" to commemorate the centenary of the painter Ignacio Pinazo. The work does not attempt to add music to any of our author's paintings, but it takes different pictorial resources as a metaphor for the different sections. The quick layout of his brushstrokes is reflected in the most frantic passages of music. The earthy colors in the darkest sonorities and the typical colors of impressionism reflected in the sonorities of French musical impressionism.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£101.20Heaven Near the Earth - Afonso Alves
Heaven Near the Earth is a composition by Afonso Alves inspired by the belief that there is a paradise for the soul when the body dies. But as long as we live, it is in our hands to build paradise on earth. The 1st movement is epic with contrasting textures, with the brass section entering into an intense dialogue with the forest. The 2nd movement is quiet, recited, engaging all instruments in colourful sections. The 3rd movement is light and bright, with a melodic ostinato in crescendo until the finale, which creates great tension until the end of the composition. An excellent option for the opening of a concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£69.00Kew Bridge - Alastair Wheeler
Kew Bridge is a tribute to Gustav Holst and his compositions inspired by locations along the river Thames. It was written for the Kew Wind Orchestra and premiered in March 2022.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£119.60In Flanders Fields - Guillaume Détrez
"In Flanders Fields" is a play recounting the Battle of Vimy Ridge (France) which took place from April 9 to 12, 1917. The introduction refers to the thousands of graves found at the site of Notre-Dame de Lorette. Then begins the episode of preparation and fierce battle. Thanks to the Canadian Expeditionary Force that came as reinforcements, the battle was won and the site secured at 6 a.m. (brass choir accompanied by 6 bells). The title of this work also refers to a poem by John Mac Rae located at the entrance to the memorial museum."In Flanders Fields"By Col. John McCrae,In Flanders Fields The poppies blowBetween the crosses row on rowThat mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the dead, short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved and now we lieIn Flanders Fields.Take up our quarrel with the foeTo you, from failing hands, we throwThe torch, be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us, who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders Fields
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£174.80Tangil - 1838 - Nuno Osório
Commissioned by Banda Musical de Tangil. Tangil is a village located in 'Vale de Mouro', in the extreme southwest of Mon�o - Portugal. The work aims to portray the history, customs and culture of the village of Tangil. It is also dedicated to the musicians and population of Tangil.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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