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£214.80Skies - Oliver Waespi
Program notes by Oliver Waespi on his composition Skies:Skies is the plural of Sky. We may wonder are there several skies? Is the sky we all long for not the same for everybody? While travelling on foot and "in the open air" I have observed the firmament often in quite different shapes, so that I can say I have indeed experienced the sky in different ways. Years ago I already wanted to portray "my sky" in music; I finally have been able to realise this long-cherished dream.This composition deals with the sky, more precisely with my sensual and emotional experience of the sky in all its aspects. Two point of views are combined in this composition: one showing the sky as it presents itself to me, the other showing the sky as I observe it. The music was bom simultaneously by intemal and extemal inspiration: it describes nature but also the emotional and spiritual experience of nature. To me, the experience of nature is not abstract, but it is connected with concrete ages, places or people from my neighbourhood. This is why I have combined several parts of this composition with certain landscapes.The sky presents itself in different landscapes in the most varied ways: for the sensual experience, there is no sky as such. The indications of places spread all over the score, are primarily clues for myself; they represent certain atmospheres, which I have experienced especially in England and Scotland. They can however also be useful to the musicians and the audience, providing they know those landscapes and the celestial atmospheres linked to them.The music is independent from the atmospheres described in the subtitles, as those are rather connected to a tragic nature, and so the music is not based on any program. Musically spoken, the composition has a symphonic structure, which means that the complete musical material is derived from three contrasting main themes. In the first part, the description of a noctumal sky ("Night") two themes are developed in an organic way; the first, rather "dusky", is to be found with the horns, the second, "in bright daylight", with the oboe and flute, the third, "more quiet" , with the brass instruments. In the next part, we have clouds and rain over the Isle of Skye (one of the Hebrides islands in Scotland) and here several elements of the first theme are still more developed. Then we get an increasingly dark mood, which is released, in heavy chords. Then suddenly, the sun breaks through and the music gets a majestic character. We have a new shape of the initial theme, first with the French horns and then with the trombones. The music gets a quicker tempo and flows into a quick movement describing the winds and waves at sea ("Wind and Waves"). Three themes are gathering and some variations are developed. The music gets more and more energetic and, after a climax, calms down again. Then we have a kind of "summer pastoral" which suggests summer at the South coast of Cornwall ("South Coast of Penwith Peninsuia in Summer"). This is certainly not the hotte st summer in Europe, but still it is beautiful in this country that is blessed with so much rain. In the "pastoral" , the sea is already sketched in broad outlines in the French horn solo. The magnificence of an aftemoon at the seaside is developed at the end of the composition ("Noon at Treen Cliff', a rock protruding in the sea next to Porthcumo at the South Coast of Cornwall); here the music gets stronger and stronger and after a majestic climax it vanishes completely.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£140.80Introduction, Theme and Variations - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
Johann Wenzeslaus Calliwoda composed Introduction, Theme and Variations opus 128 in 1844, and he dedicated this piece to the virtusoso contemporary Carl Brmann.. This solo work contains a lot of recognizable influences from German early Romanticism. Long dreamy melody lines and jagged character changes are followed through numerous variations. It seems as so the composer wants to show the listener what the absloute technical capabilities of the clarinet are.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£116.40The Dragon Fountain - Wilco Grootenboer
Somewhere in a park in China you can find the Dragon's Fountain. According to legend, long ago a dragon with three heads was slain in a fierce combat. According to the story, in order to express its anger the dragon's spirit returns every night to the fou
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£53.30Drive Me Wild ! - Kees Tel
Drive me Wild (Maak me gek) was a hit single in 2007 from Dutch popular artist Gerard Joling, and his first solo single in a very long time. This work has a big carnival party feel, which will have everyone on the floor dancing. It is very playable, and is also suited to bands at the lower level.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£108.40Das Romantische Mittelrheintal - Manfred Schneider
The concert waltz 'Das Romantische Mittelrheintal' (the romantic Middle Rhine valley) was composed by Manfred Schneider (who passed away on 18 November 2008) at the request of the mayor of his dwelling-place Kestert, in the neighbourhood of the famous Loreley cliff alongside the Rhine. The composition describes both the romantic atmosphere of this 60 kilometres long valley of the Middle Rhine as the dangers for the navigation in the neighbourhood of the world famous Loreley cliff. This classical waltz is extremely well suited for your next New Year's concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£135.50Galactic Suite - Vincent Robert
A long time ago... in a small village near the Dutch city of Delft two friends had a rather hazardous idea: they wanted to write a sequel to the legendary 'Star Wars' cycle. The idea was realized and landed on the desk of the (film) director. However, the latter had already developed his own ideas and thanked them for the trouble.Today, more than twenty years later, the former musical sketches have been assembled in an accessible suite that will sound familiar to many listeners. It is an attempt still to realize part of the original idea and we do hope you will enjoy it.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£92.90Road Trip - Dean Jones
Modern sounds, captured in a framework of exciting portraits, this fun piece should be ideal for dynamic groups. Each movement contains a different style depicting the various images. From the fast paced 'City Flyover' to laid back sounds of 'Western Sunset' concluding with 'The long haul', get ready for the big 'Road Trip'!Also available for strings!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£441.60Symphony 2: The Odyssey - Alex Poelman
Rental Music"Sing in me muses. Tell them the story of that man, who wandered for years".These are the first lines of Homer's most famous epos, the Odyssey, and the first lyrics of the choir in Alex Poelman's second symphony. This symphony for concert band and choir consists of three movements, each fifteen minutes long. It depicts passages from Odysseus' most famous adventures like the encounter with the one-eyed giant and the beautiful Sirens.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£73.60Tune Cor and Co - Cor Bakker
Arranger Dirk Keijzer has been working with famous Dutch pianist Cor Bakker since the 1980's. During their long collaboration, Cor would have guests appear on his television programme Cor & Co, and especially for this, Cor composed this opening tune. It has an energetic and catchy opening, characterized by bright rousing melodies and rhythms, all supported by rich and tasteful harmonies.A wonderful idea from the publisher to arrange this music for a large group of music lovers. We hope you enjoy playing "Tune Cor & CO"
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£140.80Back to Normandy - Fred Vogels
Back to Normandy is a composition for concert band on the occasion of D-Day. On D-Day (June 6, 1944) the liberation of Western Europe started at the beach of Normandy. A long campaign through Europe followed before the liberation was complete. Back to Normandy describes the first hours of the landing with the shelling of the German positions as a (musical) peak. As an introduction you will see and hear de preperations for the biggest campaign ever. Very special and unique is the fact that the music of Back to Normandy can be performed synchronously with a movie with original footage, specially made for this composition. This will without a doubt be an extra experience for the audience. So far performances like this were exclusively for professional orchestras (like George Fenton, Earth). This piece is specially suitable for concert bands that want to offer their audience something special and also want to honour the liberators. The movie to practise for the concert is on Youtube (meassures and metronome are visible/audiblematen). On the Back to Normandy forum you can get more information or have an exchange of views about this project or D-Day in general. You can download the complete movie here (1, 7 GB). Interaction with the composer is certainly appreciated.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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