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£60.50Conquest - Sandy Feldstein
This true festival-style piece for beginning Band uses limited notes and rhythms, but is very creatively written. Your youngest students will feel like they are playing serious music, as the piece is bold, aggressive, and sounds far more difficult than it plays. This piece is correlated to "The Yamaha Advantage" band method book 1, but can be used with any program of study.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50Arcturus (Guardian Of The Sky) - Michael Sweeney
This incredibly well-written work for beginning players lives up to its title! Your young musicians will absolutelty love this heroic piece that sounds like it was written as the score to a movie about ancient warriors. Broad fanfares, big impact moments, driving rhythms, crisp articulations and perfectly scored and accessible chromatic harmonies will hold players and audience from beginning to end. Who says beginner musicians don't get exciting music?!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£87.99Tokyo Nocturne - Philip Sparke
Tokyo Nocturne was commissioned by the Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra to celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2023. They gave the world premiere under maestro Keita Matsui on November 5th that year. The work opens quietly on a solo clarinet with a modal phrase, which builds as more instruments enter until, over a static, muted brass chord, the textures thin to introduce a chorale-like passage for the woodwinds. This intensifies until the brass enter with a chorale of their own, again building to a celebratory full-band climax. The optimistic mood changes abruptly to one of uncertainty but only to reintroduce the brass chorale, this time on the woodwinds, in a quieter, calmer iteration. The music again builds to a climax, where the brass majestically repeat the opening clarinet melody, before the mood relaxes to bring the work to a peaceful close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Oingo Boingo in Concert - Danny Elfman
Before Danny Elfman was a celebrated film composer he was the front man and songwriter for the hugely successful rock band Oingo Boingo. This medley of three of their biggest hits, Just Another Day, Weird Science and Dead Man's Party perfectly captures Danny's genius. A nostalgic moment for the parents and the perfect opportunity to introduce your students to this amazing chapter in rock history.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£204.00Lencis - Franco Cesarini
Inspired by the ancient name of Lenzburg,Lencis byFranco Cesarini takes listeners back to the medieval origins of this historic Swiss town, whose majestic castle still overlooks the Aare valley. In three captivating movements - Castles and Fortresses, Where Waters Merge, Rise of the Modern Age - the work blends landscape, history, and sonic memory into a vivid and cinematic experience. From the monumental grandeur of castles and fortresses, through the poetic confluence of rivers at the "Wasserschloss", to the driving energy of industrial modernity,Lencisunfolds as a symphonic fresco of transformation and continuity. Commissioned to celebrate the 30th anniversary of musiXmaX - the Wind Orchestra of Mittelaargau (Niederlenz, Switzerland) - this composition by Franco Cesarini is a tribute to heritage, nature, and progress, brought to life through powerful orchestration and evocative soundscapes. Lencis: A powerful musical journey through time.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£124.99Resurgence - Philip Sparke
Resurgence was commissioned by Nishiusuki Kyoiku Shinko Rengokai to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2023. The commissioners are a non-profit organization for educational promotion in Japan and have founded a concert band, who gave the premiere at their anniversary concert. The piece opens with a flourish which leads to a martial theme in the brass, but this quickly subsides to introduce a chorale in the lower brass. After reaching a climax, the work slowly builds to the main vivo section. Here the opening fanfare is repeated, but instead leads to a dance-like tune in the clarinets. This is taken up by the full band and develops until the saxes change key with a legato melody. Following a repeat on trumpet, the chorale from the introduction briefly reappears to herald a recapitulation, which drives to a short coda, where hints of the opening martial theme bring the work to a triumphal close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99For Whom the Bell Tolls - Philip Sparke
For Whom the Bells Tolls was commissioned by the Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra, who gave the premiere in their 10th anniversary concert, held in the Artane School of Music, Dublin, on the 31st August 2024.The commission was funded by money raised to provide a piece which commemorated friends and members of the orchestra who had recently passed away. This prompted the choice of title, taken from the famous poem by English writer John Donne (1572 - 1631), which reminds us that the death of anyone affects us all.The work opens with an enigmatic duet between oboe and clarinet. This is taken up by the full band and leads to the work's main theme, a lyrical chorale, which builds to a passionate climax. A central section, introduced by the English horn (cue clarinet), eventually leads back to a triumphal return of the chorale on full band. The mood subsides to introduce an echo of the opening material, which brings the work to a peaceful close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£68.99The Castle on the Hill - Philip Sparke
The Castle on the Hill was commissioned by the Harmonie l'Abeille de Lucens, based in western Switzerland, and premiered by them in their 2025 Spring Concert on April 12th in the Grande Salle in Lucens. The band has a proud history dating back to 1883 and boasts a separate youth band as well as a music school. The march is in traditional form. After a brief introduction the main theme unfolds on the full band. This is followed by a bold theme in the bass, decorated with woodwind flourishes. A bridge passage leads to a second theme on clarinets and saxophones, repeated by the full band. A change of key heralds the trio section featuring a legato melody, again on clarinets and saxophones and taken up in a fresh key by the full band. This leads directly back to a recall of the opening material in a slightly abridged and decorated version, leading to an emphatic close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£94.99Beauty of Nature - Jacob de Haan
This attractive work is about the Dutch province of Drenthe, a region where the beauty of nature flourishes. In Beauty of Nature, the composer reminisces about childhood holidays spent here with his parents. From bird sounds, via the regional song of Drenthe, and a children's song to wonderful tutti passages, this is a joyful piece of music for players as well as the audience.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Abracadabra - Carol Brittin Chambers
This arrangement perfecty captures the infectious groove and catchy melody that this Lady Gaga hit brings to the party while remaing highly accessible. Make practicing fun!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
