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£104.50Highland Dance - Larry MacTaggart
Take a delightful romp through the highlands with this tuneful and lively selection in the style of an Irish jig. The highlight of the piece is the light-hearted and tuneful melody that every section of the band gets to play. A thoroughly fun and refreshing change of pace for any concert program!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£121.00Dances For Sem Yeto - Gary P. Gilroy
Commissioned and premiered by the Solano County Honor Band Association to commemorate their 50th anniversary with the composer conducting. Mysterious samplings from the percussion section open while an American Indian flute presents the first theme. As with other works by Gilroy, the composition explores an extensive variety of percussion timbres to keep the piece interesting and always changing. After the introduction, the spirit of the work changes to a lively and festive dance with constantly changing meters which makes the piece come alive. This then winds down to an Indian lullaby, the simple and pensive melody providing a relaxing and welcome change before a dramatic a return to the original festive dance with a slightly modified setting. The final moments of the work are quite fierce with bold and intense percussion accompanying tight harmonies and complex rhythms for an exciting and driving ending..
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£121.00Always With Grace - Gary P. Gilroy
Always With Grace, commissioned by the Lloyd C. Bird High School band, includes references to Amazing Grace. Not meant to be an arrangement of this wonderful melody, it is instead a tribute to this favorite hymn. From the opening bars of driving eighth-note rhythms through the solemn and lyric middle section, the concept of "time moving forward" is represented by numerous musical devices. As the composition concludes, the full hymn is heard while an off-stage saxophone quartet and metallic percussion sounds "tick away" to an intriguing, unique conclusion.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50Christmas Bells Are Ringing - Darren W. Jenkins
Christmas Bells are Ringing is a work of three holiday songs, all with the common theme of the joy and happiness that the ringing bells of the season can evoke. The introduction includes quotes from both Ding! Dong! Merrily on High and Jingle Bells before transitioning into the first carol, Ding! Dong! Merrily on High. The slower, lyrical section of the work is based on the moving melody of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. The closing section features Jingle Bells with a few fun surprises thrown in to lead the piece to a festive conclusion. A delightful work that will highlight any seasonal performance.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Waltz Noel - Larry MacTaggart
Using The First Noel as a basis, this tender waltz-like setting will be the seasonal highlight of holiday programs. Bits and pieces of the popular carol weave in and out the first half of the lilting and lyrical material before the full melody emerges toward the finish. The tender and moving melodies are as gentle as a quiet snowfall and bring out the natural beauty and appeal of this seasonal favorite.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Rhapsody On A French Hymn - David Gorham
The unifying theme of this striking concert work is the Picardy Hymn, better known by the 1906 setting by Ralph Vaughn Williams entitled Let All Mortals Keep Silence. This historic melody is effectively displayed throughout in various instrumentations and styles that create a concert masterwork. Thoroughly musical, it exhibits the sonority and color of concert band instrumentation, and the variety of styles makes it perfect for concerts and festivals.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£71.50Dreidl Adventure - Scott Watson
A dreidl is a four-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a childrens game of chance. Playing with a dreidl at Hanukkah can be more than a game; in the mind of a child it can be an adventure. This fanciful premise inspired this spirited setting with the intense rhythmic drive of the beloved melody SVivon (The Dreidl), all within the ability level of younger players.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£82.50Dark Prophecy - Gary D. Ziek
Dark Prophecy begins in an intense, agitated manner that projects ominous portents of danger. It then transforms into an urgent dance, this time with the original melody played in a savage manner, before settling into a calm, more reflective mood. At this point, long soaring melodies take over, dominating throughout and leading to a moment of triumph at the conclusion of the section. This feeling is short-lived - the music takes a violent turn with the reappearance of the original thematic material. The piece then pushes to a fearsome conclusion that seems to pose the question, "Has the prophecy been fulfilled?"
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50Ancient Hymn Tune Variants - John Prescott
The medieval plainchant melody Divinum Mysterium is used as the source material for this piece, as its melodic elements are constantly varied throughout. Beginning in a slow, stately tempo as it might have been heard in a cathedral in the middle ages, the initial setting ultimately gives way to fast, driving rhythms which support more and more variations on the tune. The arch-like form of the plainchants final phrase is mirrored in the brasses three times within the piece, the most dramatic of which occurs near the end as Ancient Hymn Tune Variants reaches its exciting and triumphant conclusion.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.50Bonnie Annie Laurie March - John Philip Sousa
According to Sousa scholar Paul Bierley, Sousa often remarked that the old Scottish ballad Annie Laurie was the most beautiful of all folk songs. In 1883 he wrote the march Bonnie Annie Laurie based on this favorite folk song. In 1880 Sousa became the fourteenth leader of the United States Marine Band, and this was undoubtedly one of the marches that he composed during this period. Highlighted and enhanced in this march-style setting, this wonderful melody never sounded better.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days