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£57.50Kiskiminetas (To Make Daylight) - Paul Murtha
Kiskiminetas is a Native American word that means to make daylight and was likely a command given to break camp and continue the journey. Paul Murtha's escriptive work for young players opens with a noble fanfare suggesting the break of day. A lyric section follows depicting scenic vistas along the path, and finally an exuberant adventure theme celebrates the conclusion of the journey. Nicely paced with plenty of variety.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Between Earth and Sky - Michael Oare
Myths and legends of dragons have stirred our imaginations down through the ages. Between Earth and Sky is a programmatic work opening with mystical strains and haunting melodies. The pace quickens as our beast takes flight and soars over the countryside; musically propelled by a driving 3/4 pulse and powerful thematic statements. All beautifully paced with variations in textures and dynamics, this is an effective and appealing work for young players.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£47.50Tangents - Michael Oare
The term tangent appears in geometry, art and language, and can describe lines, shapes or thoughts that connect or touch, but do not cross or overlap. In this exciting and creative work for young bands, Michael Oare usescontrasting marcato and legato themes along with an underlying rhythmic ostinate to create an unsettled yet dramatic sense of going off on a tangent.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.70Princess March - Øystein Sjøvaag Heimdal
This march is well suited both for concert and marching. It was composed for a newborn girl, a little princess... This Flex 4-Edition can be performed together with the previously published version for Young Concert Band.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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Makalaka Boom! - Haakon Esplo
With rock beats and fun rhythms you can let the young musicians have fun in this simple and captivating rock song! It has challenges and small solo parts in all parts, including percussion, and allows you to add your own improvisations if you want. You can repeat sections, especially after measure 14, and give individual musicians the task to create small solo motifs or to be creative in other ways.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.70Welcome to the City of Friends - Carl Christian Hamre
"The City of Friends" is a Norwegian animation series for children that was broadcasted on TV2 in Norway for the first time in 2011. The story was created by police officer Carl Christian Hamre. It's inspired by children's fascination with the emergency services. The three main characters in "The City of Friends" are the monkey "Apa" (Police), the elephant "Elfie" (Fire Brigade) and the bear "Ted" (Emergency Ambulance). Your young musicians will find it fun to play the title song "Welcome to the City of Friends" from the hugely popular TV-series!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50Sucker
The return of the Jonas Brothers to the pop charts was highlighted by this standout hit single. Featuring a dynamic groove and a strong melody, this tune adapts perfectly for young bands.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50High Hopes
Featuring a driving rock tempo and plenty of variety in scoring, Matt's arrangement for young players of this hit song by Panic! At the Disco will be fun to play and easy to learn.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£435.40Goldberg 2012 - Svein H. Giske
The first time I heard Bach's Goldberg Variations was in the movie Silence of the lambs, in the early 1990s. I noticed the beautiful background music in one of the scenes, but at that time I didn't know what it was. A few years later, when I was studiying at the Grieg Academy, I got to know the entire piece. For me, this is a piece of music which I can listen to countless times. I think it sounds as fresh today as it did more than 15 years ago and it never ceases to inspire me. Both Bach's composition and Glenn Gould's famous 1955 recording (which was the first one I heard) still makes a great impression on me. Before Gould recorded it at age 22, it wasn't a highly ranked piece amongst pianists and Bach was by many viewed as a bit old-fashioned. The young Canadian turned all this around. He managed to portray Bach in a reformed way, producing fine nuances in phrasing and making the many layers in Bach's music more transparent than anyone before him. Thus he plunged both himself and Bach (back) onto the international music scene. When The Norwegian Band Federation (NMF) asked me to write the test piece for NM in 2012, it was only natural for me to use the Goldberg Variations as a starting point and inspiration for my work. Since I was a teenager at NMF's summer courses in the mid eighties I've always listened to many different styles of music. Growing up in Sunnmre with the Brazz Brothers as teachers and mentors, jazz-, pop/rock- and folk music were early on a natural part of my musical background. I also have my classical education from the Grieg Academy on trumpet. As the title of my piece implies, I've wanted to bring Bach to the present and put his music into various modern musical landscapes. I think you can bring about a special kind of energy when music from different genres are mixed and I've tried to do this by mixing Bach with artists and musical styles from the present. In Goldberg 2012, the music is often constructed by several layers, which in a way are living parallel musical lives. They are seemingly moving or floating freely, almost unaware of each other, but bound together by the same basic pulse. The rythms, however, are often notated on a different rythmic subdivision level than the usual 8th- or 16th note levels. By doing this, I hope to achieve transparent sounds that rythmically are perceived as more free and detached from each other. In large sections of the piece, pop/jazz is fusioned with elements from Bach. I guess you could have this little scene as a synopsis for the piece: picture a group of musicians meeting: some are classical performers, some are jazz. They start to improvise together, each in their own voice or musical dialect and I'm sort of in the middle, trying to write down what they are playing. This is what I feel much of Goldberg 2012 is about. The foundation of the piece, in addition to Bach and references from pop/jazz music, lies also in my own material. This material, basically two chords, is heard in it's purest form in the 1st movement. I use these chords to create scales, new chords and different motifs which contribute to blend together the different moods of the piece. It has not been my intention to copy Bach's form (theme and 30 variations), but rather to use the bits and pieces that I like the most as an inspiration for my own variations. The 1st movement, Aria 2, is for my 3rd son, Olav, who was born on the 21st of April 2011, and the 5th movement, From long ago, is dedicated to the memory of my father, Svein J. Giske, who passed away on the 6th of June 2011. -Svein H. Giske, January 2012-
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£183.20La Ville Blanche et Bleue - Stig Nordhagen
This piece is a kind of flashback on my experiences of my time as an amateur musician in my hometown of Gjvik (often called "The White City"). It was at a time when the expressionas had to be created by myself and the music performed by the band ("The Liverflower") was a kind of a voyage of discovery for a young boy. A lot of the music I played at that time has shaped me as composer and musician. I remember the beautiful melodies and the rhythmic passages with a nostalgic smile. Maybe this music can make an impression on new generations of band musicians.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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