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£62.95The Message on the Rock (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
The musical inspiration for this piece came from the scenes and speeches on a rock emblazoned with battle scenes from our nation's history. The piece opens with a military-sounding march that leads to a solemn section over which a narrator reads the speeches seen on the rock while a muted trumpet plays "Taps" in the background. The initial march then returns, with fragments of numerous patriotic melodies juxtaposed with the original melody, coming to an exciting ending. Duration: 4.45
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£58.50A Jefferson Portrait (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Del Borgo, Elliot
This original composition was inspired by the Declaration of Independence. The narrator revisits excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's words in the document, leaving your audiences in awe. Patriotic by nature, yet contemporary in musical construction, this work will be an outstanding concert closer. Very emotional and highly recommended. Duration: 6.45
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£95.00TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Narrator/Concert Band) - Holcombe, Bill
With Narrator. American Grade 4
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£53.50Like a Mighty Stream (Remembering Dr Martin Luther King Jr) (Concert Band with Optional Narrator - Score and Parts) - Vinson, Johnnie
Composed in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the title of this dramatic setting is taken from a biblical passage and quoted by Dr. King in his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. After a fanfare-like introduction, the piece is comprised of three sections. "The Dream" reflects on Dr. King's famous speech. This is followed by "Strife," which recalls the violence of the civil rights movement, and finally "Hope," which looks to a brighter future and is a setting of the hymn We Shall Overcome. Performed with or without the narration, this is a stirring work for young bands.Duration: 5:20
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£62.95A Christmas Tale (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Standridge, Randall D.
In some European Christmas traditions, Saint Nick (Santa Claus) does not work alone. He travels with the Krampus, a Christmas Devil who doles out punishment to bad boys and girls on Christmas Eve. This work serves as a darkly delightful Christmas piece, intended to educate, entertain, and creep out your audience. The poem Beware the Krampus (written by the composer) helps frame the piece as familiar carols The Ukranian Bell Carol, Up on the Housetop, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and other holiday favorites are distorted.Duration: 5.15
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£375.00Facade - An Entertainment, Suite from (Concert Band with Optional Narrator - Score and Parts) - Walton, William - Noble, Paul
This Suite from Facade - An Entertainment, composed by William Walton, with poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, presents for the first time a grouping of movements selected and arranged by Paul Noble for Concert Band and optional Reciter. The original composition was written between 1921 and 1928, containing forty-three numbers. They had their origin in a new style of poetry that Edith Sitwell evolved in the early 1920s, poems that her brother Osbert later described as 'experiments in obtaining through the medium of words the rhythm and dance measures such as waltzes, polkas, foxtrots... Some of the resulting poems were sad and serious... Others were mocking and gay... All possessed a quite extraordinary and haunting fascination.' Possibly influenced by the dance references in some of the numbers, Osbert declared that the poems might be further enhanced if spoken to a musical accompaniment. The obvious choice of composer was the young man who lived and worked in an attic room of the Sitwell brothers' house in Carlyle Square W[illiam] T[urner] Walton, as he then styled himself. The now historic first performance of the Facade Entertainment took place in an L-shaped first-floor drawing-room on January 24, 1922. Accompaniments to sixteen poems and two short musical numbers were performed by an ensemble of five players. The performers were obscured from the audience by a decorated front curtain, through which a megaphone protruded for Edith to declaim her poems. This was, as she put it, 'to deprive the work of any personal quality'. The first public performance of Facade was given at the Aeolian Hall on June 12, 1923. By now, fourteen poems had been set, others revised or rejected, and an alto saxophone added to the ensemble. The occasion gave rise to widespread publicity, both pro and contra, and the name of the twenty-one year old W. T. Walton was truly launched. In the ensuing years the Facade has gone through revisions and additions, with full orchestral arrangements of selected movements being made without the Reciter. Former Band Director Robert O'Brien arranged some movements for band, again without Reciter, which are now out of print. So this 'history making' addition is the first opportunity for Concert Bands to present some movements of Facade with poems as originally intended. The luxury of electronic amplification allows the full ensemble to perform without necessarily overshadowing the Reciter. And the arrangements are written with considerable doubling so that the ensemble may play in full, or reduced in size as may be desired for proper balance. And, though not encouraged, the arrangements are written so that the band can perform the music without the Reciter. Program notes are adapted in part from those written by David Lloyd-Jones and published by Oxford University Press in the Study Score of William Walton's Facade Entertainments.
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£70.50A New Birth of Freedom (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Bass, Randol Alan
This narrative setting of Lincoln's immortal Gettysburg Address is as beautiful as the speech is on paper, the best way to appreciate Lincoln's musical instinct for timbre, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns is through recitation and American composer Randol Alan Bass has created a unique musical opportunity for us to do that.Duration: 4:30
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£75.00Another Night Before Christmas (Narrator & Keyboard with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Lane, Philip - Noble, Paul
The parody on the original poem is by England's Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University and is the first laureate to be chosen in the 21st century. The story is about a little girl who wants to see Santa Claus to prove to herself that he is real, but falls asleep at a critical moment.
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£75.00The Night Before Christmas (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Lane, Philip - Noble, Paul
Everyone from childhood probably knows the poem by Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. This gorgeous setting is perfect for a seasonal concert, and brand new. Be among the first bands to perform this work and thrill your audiences with nostalgia.
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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£64.99Bridges (Narrator with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Hazo, Samuel R.
Composed at the request of Virginia Tech University and performed on the band's 2007 commencement tour, this work from Samuel Hazo pays tribute to the university's fallen students through a touching tone poem and accompanying inspirational text that helps build the bridges to healing.
Estimated delivery 7-14 working days
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