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£44.95Walking Tune (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Grainger, Percy Aldridge - Sheldon, Robert
Grainger composed this lovely tune while hiking in Scotland. This arrangement uses the main thematic material along with a combination of harmonies found in both the original wind quintet and solo piano versions. Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£44.95Lightning Strike (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
This march was commissioned by the Royal Air Force Halton Area Voluntary Band to mark their move to Air Command at RAF High Wycombe. The compositional approach to it is reasonably conventional with echoes of the rhythmic cells of the RAF March Past but balanced with some sections imbued with rhythmic energy. There is also a typically broad trio melody which seems to be the quintessential trademark of an RAF march.Duration: 3.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95Golden Lullaby (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
This lyrical little piece started life as a song on the subject of gold but I wanted to see if it would stand alone as an instrumental piece. The gentle lilt of the melody suggests a lullaby although the texture of the piece builds in an un-lullaby-like fashion towards the end. There is a little 'white-note' dissonance but it is basically traditional in its language. Duration: 3.40
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£80.00Clarinet Concerto (The Fallen) (Clarinet Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wilson, Jeffery
The three movements are 'Conflict', 'The Fallen' and 'Resolution', themes that are freely interpreted musically. In 'Conflict', the solo clarinet begins with an ascending figure based on octave leaps, while the accompaniment contrasts with marcato quavers and harsh dissonances. The melody features seventh intervals, and while the movement is marked 3/4 the accompaniment is often 6/8. This is more evident in the second theme where the clarinet line moves much more by step. The development takes these ideas and the cadenza comes from yet more conflict between the now calm clarinet and dissonant clashes in the accompaniment. 'The Fallen' is the slow movement and poignantly features notes from 'The Last Post' in the opening and a beautiful working of 'David of the White Rock' later on. The final movement 'Resolution' is a Rondo in 6/8, brighter but with hints of the initial conflict through the sevenths in the meno mosso sections which interrupt the flow. Another long cadenza takes short ideas from the piece before the work comes to a triumphant end with all four E notes across the whole range, echoing the beginning. Wilson set out to write a concerto for a versatile instrument and has found ways to exploit its capabilities while keeping tonal centre. There are frequent altissimo notes within all three movements. Wilson does use the very low notes, most notably in the cadenzas, but much of the work is high, presumably to allow the clarinet to carry over the wind band accompaniment. A good command of all notes right up to A sharp an octave above the stave is needed, plus technique to travel to and from altissimo notes (legato). The piece is around 25 minutes long. Printing is clear and the piano accompaniment comes as a spiral bound volume.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.99Freedom Forever (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Fiala, Gunther
The fanfare-like piece Freedom Forever deals with the chances and possibilities that arise with freedom and is uses two famous quotes from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and from Jean-Jacques Rousseau as a basic idea. The piece alters two themes in different styles representing the different faces of freedom as such. A fantastic and reflective opener or closing piece for your concerts! Duration: 3.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95You Left Me Reeling (Clarinet Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
A fun and challenging solo for clarinet and band. This fast and increasingly frantic solo started life as an attempt to capture the quintessential spirit of Irish Reels. It's a real work-out for the soloist, not that the rest of the band remains completely unscathed. The reels appear in various guises and the dancing becomes more frenzied as the pace accelerates to the end. Duration: 3.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£36.95The Lark in the Morning (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
A vibrant folk dance set for full band. This is one of several folk tunes associated with this title. It's a jig in a minor key with suitable drumming which plays with and across (in hemiola style) the 6/8 rhythm. The setting is dramatic and intense while maintaining the feel of the jig. The outer sections are balanced by a quieter section which momentarily takes the heat out of the music before the dance takes over again and builds to a conclusion.Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£44.95Grandeur and Glory (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
Every now and again I feel the impulse to return to my ceremonial background from my time in the RAF. Grandeur and Glory is one of those pieces that suits those occasions when pomp and circumstance is required. It starts and ends with a slow-building fanfare in the style of Handel's Zadok the Priest. These sections flank a jaunty tune which is flavoured by a few lateral harmonic twists. - Rob Wiffin. Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£79.99Baba Yetu (from Civilization IV) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Tin, Christopher - Conaway, Matt
Although composed for a video game, this African-flavored modern masterpiece has taken on a life of its own in pop culture as well as on the concert stage. This transcription by Matt Conaway matches the original orchestration and is compatible with the composer's own version for chorus. Performed with or without chorus, the effect is dramatic and moving. Duration: 3.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99Easy Lover (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jeanbourquin, Marc
This song, performed by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey, was a smash hit in most of Europe and North America. The peculiar video - a video making a video of making a video - stood out from the crowd and helped elevate the song to a No. 1 and all-time hit. Collins' legendary songwriting talent and longstanding career in the music industry has made him a name known by all generations. An ideal song for any concert! Duration: 3.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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