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£13.95YORKSHIRE OVERTURE, A (Progress Concert Band Extra Score) - Sparke, Philip
Extra Score. A brilliant example of Philip Sparke's mastery of wind band orchestration, bursting with rhythmic energy. Performance time 5'28" (Recorded on QPRM117D FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 1991 (Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force); QPRM153D MOSAIC: Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.13 (Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra)
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YORKSHIRE OVERTURE, A (Progress Concert Band) - Sparke, Philip
A brilliant example of Philip Sparke's mastery of wind band orchestration, bursting with rhythmic energy. Performance time 5'28" (Recorded on QPRM117D FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 1991 (Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force); QPRM153D MOSAIC: Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.13 (Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£13.95Concertino (Wind Band CD)
Steven Mead on Euphonium with The Lillestrom Musikkorps conducted by Gert Buitenhuis. Includes: Concertino (Rolf Wilhelm); Peace, Please (Frode Thingnaes); Fantasy (Philip Sparke); Vintage (David Gillingham); Lento from Euphonium Concerto (Joseph Horovitz); Russian Dance (Oskar Bohme arr. Jonathan Smith); Concerto (originally Trombone Concerto)(Derek Bourgeois).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£106.99Glorioso! - Philip Sparke
The name of this glorious overture speaks for itself: this work is vivacious and sparkling! Majestic fanfare playing enriched by florid woodwind decorations alternates with lively themes full of fierce energy, but there is also lyricism to be found in a lovely cantabile passage. An appealing flashy coda closes the work. This composition will be thoroughly enjoyed by musicians as well as the audience.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.99The Eagle's Quest - Philip Sparke
The Eagle's Quest was commissioned by Brevik Musikkorps (Norway) to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Cort Adeler, a renowned Norwegian-Dutch sailor who was born in the town of Brevik in 1622. His Dutch name Adelaer means 'eagle'. This work celebrates his life but is not programmatic, simply reflecting Brevik's pride in one of its most famous sons. Towards the end of the piece there is a brief quotation from the town song, Brevikssangen, which is a fitting and captivating conclusion.
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£126.50Variations on a Fourth - Philip Sparke
Variations on a Fourth was written for an innovative project initiated by the Siena Wind Orchestra from Tokyo. Four European and four Japanese composers created a new wind orchestra piece for a special concert held on 15 June 2019 in Bunkyo Civic Concert Hall, where all eight works - that were recorded for a CD release the previous day - were performed. Variations on a Fourth comprises four variations, all of which feature the musical interval of a fourth in much of their melodic and harmonic material. The result is a four-movement work of wide-ranging appeal that will be an absolute joy to play!
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£252.99Sinfonietta No 5 - Philip Sparke
Sinfonietta No 5n consists of three movements: Fanfare, Interlude and Toccata. It is a work full of variety, featuring turmoil and passion as well as peaceful passages. The different moods make this an appealing composition which is wonderful to play for all sections, as well as a joy for the audience to listen to. Highly recommended for your next concert.
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£260.99Pentangle - Philip Sparke
Pentangle, set in three movements without a break, uses the traditional concept of the baroque concerto grosso as its model, treating the brass quintet and accompanying concert band as separate but equal ensembles. Interplay between the two, and frequent use of the quintet players as soloists, permeates the work in various combinations, making it a captivating composition full of variety.
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£122.50Mercury Rising - Philip Sparke
Mercury Rising was commissioned by sinfonisches blasorchester wehdel and its conductor Thomas Ratzek, to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2018. They premiered this piece in their half-century concert on 2nd November 2018 in the Bremerhaven Stadttheater in Germany. Designed as a virtuosic and lively opener, Mercury Rising opens with nervous energy and driving, syncopated rhythms in a blaze of colour. The horns and saxophones then introduce a broad melody, which the trumpets subsequently take up after a change of tonality. A quieter moment introduces a distant fanfare on muted horns over bubbling semiquavers in the low clarinets. This is interrupted by a passionate tenor melody but soon returns on the full brass section, accompanied by echoes of the opening woodwind figuration, and is extended to bring the piece to a triumphant close.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£118.99North Hills Fantasy - Philip Sparke
North Hills Fantasy was commissioned by the North Hills High School Bands, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (director: Len Lavelle) as part of a commissioning programme that has run since 1965 - the longest of its kind in the USA. The work opens with a reflective, unaccompanied solo for alto saxophone which develops into a chorale for horns and saxes. This is taken up by the trumpets and subsides to a change of key and mood, with highly decorated folk-like solos for clarinet, bassoon and saxes. These solos build to a climax for full band, which heralds a triumphant return of the horn chorale, accompanied by florid woodwind figuration. But the mood soon winds down; fragments of earlier melodies return calmly to peacefully close the work.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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