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£93.50The Legend of Lorelei - Larry Clark
This programmatic work, based on the ancient and legendary warrior Lorelei, is a great new work for contest & festival performance. Scored with reduced instrumentation with only 2 Bb Clarinet & Trumpet lines and limited Saxophone, Horn in F and Low Brass - this exciting new work for band will work great for smaller bands and still sound big and full with larger ones.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£93.50Golden Panther March - Robert Sheldon
If a traditional march could be called "fresh and new!" The Golden Panther March would check every box. Composer Robert Sheldon has given us a wonderful new march in 6/8 that has all the calling cards of a traditional style march, perfect for contest & festival performance, with all of the modern charm we have come to love from this beloved composer. As well-suited to a concert opener as it is to an enthusiastic encore, the Golden Panther March will be the hit of any concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£62.95
Touch of Christmas, Suite 1, A - Stan Applebaum
New York Pops arranger Stan Applebaum has done it again! This time, he has combined four classic carols in an exciting and musical arrangement with new harmonic twists, playful countermelodies, and lush harmonic settings. Consider this if you're looking to spice up the holidays without the excessive technical demands. Highly recommended.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£58.50
Sea Trilogy - Elliot Del Borgo
An excellent new festival work from Elliot Del Borgo! Based on three songs inspired by the sea, it opens with exciting woodwind flourishes and an excellent use of percussion. The middle section is a beautiful setting of Eternal Father, Strong to Save that captures the essence of the piece while providing some interesting new harmonies. The last section is a fantasy on The Drunken Sailor that is quite effective and worthy of your utmost consideration.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50South African Suite - John Higgins
From the composer of Pueblo and Black Wolf Run comes yet another outstanding piece for younger bands. This new suite is based on the simple, diatonic melodies that come from the rich musical culture of South Africa. John employs African sounding percussion and other unique effects to keep students interested and excited to perform something new and different.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£47.50Ice Breaker - James L. Hosay
It's always a treat when James L. Hosay introduces a new concert march. He brings fresh ideas to the form in surprising ways. In Ice Breaker, the opening is a force of nature that leads to a highly charged and punctuated maintheme. Key and harmonic relationships creatively reshape and renew the core ideas, following a relentless path to the stirring conclusion. A bold new perspective! (Grade 2-1/2)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50The Quest - William Himes
A major new piece for this level, The Quest is an uplifting thematic canvas that challenges and inspires. Dynamic power, endearing lyricism, divergent rhythmic interplay and bold unison statements all contrast to fashion a richand triumphant performance experience for your band. There is much to explore in this enticing new work. (Grade 2-1/2)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Wondrous Star
Whether a powerful opener or a thrilling centerpiece, this stirring new arrangement of We Three Kings maintains relentless momentum. Melodic and orchestrational surprise after surprise unfolds. Timothy Johnson gives thisdelightful old favorite an entirely new wardrobe in an arrangement that bears great gifts for the musicians and the audience alike. (Grade 3)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£47.50A Rollickin' Christmas - Timothy Johnson
Easy transitions from rock to swing and beyond make this delightful new Christmas gem a toe-tapper from the first note to the last. It's a sure thing your band will love playing the bluesy riffs and interpreting the popular musicfeel. Timothy Johnson's savvy arranging means the piece will be effective with any sized group. Directors are always looking for fun new Christmas pieces. Rock out!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£113.30Moderate Dances - Angelo Sormani
This piece is a tribute to dance music, especially passionate, intense and meditative dance music. "Moderate Dances" is divided into three movements: a "Tango", a "Slow Waltz" and a "Bossa Nova". Each movement and each dance has its own particular characteristics but, when combined, these different rhythmic beats and times give the piece a feeling of completeness and uniformity. The Tango started to flourish in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in around 1880. There is still some doubt as to its origins, which may be Cuban (Habanera) but are probably African. It was most popular in Argentina and Brazil: here the male protagonist was originally the "gaucho" with his inseparable guitar, later to be replaced by the proud, elegant "compadre". By around 1910 the Tango had spread to Italy and France. New clubs opened, where the upper classes could watch and dance the Tango. Here the dance also underwent some rapid transformations. The exaggerated and extravagant gestures and body movements disappeared. Slow, gliding steps replaced the old rotational movements. The women's red ankle-boots and the partners "staring into each other's eyes" accentuated the erotic nature and sensuality of this dance. So much so that, in 1913, the German government banned soldiers from dancing the Tango. Those who broke the law were immediately discharged from the army. From a strictly musical perspective, the basic instruments were a flute, a harp (the diatonic harp typically played by the Indians of Paraguay) and a violin, or flute, guitar and violin or even clarinet, guitar and violin. These instruments were easy to transport, ideal for playing at parties, in the streets and in courtyards. The musicians played by ear, frequently improvising: there were no scores, no records, which is the main reason why it is impossible to trace the Tango back to its exact origins. However, the Tango's evolution (and growing popularity) was once again fostered by its fundamental ability to absorb "other" cultures, languages and sounds. And it was the arrival of the "bandoneon" (an accordion-like instrument that was invented in Germany and brought to Rio de la Plata by some immigrant), which replaced the flute, that marked the beginning of the Tango's huge success outside Argentina. A number of talented composers, above all the great Astor Piazzola (1921-1992), transformed the bandoneon from a simple accompanying instrument to a solo instrument that was to become the distinguishing feature of the 20th century Tango. The Slow Waltz originated from the Waltz, the typical dance of the Bavarian and Tyrolese peasants in the 1700s. It was composers like Johann Strauss, father and son, who carried the Waltz to its zenith in the 1800s, creating the sensual and melancholy yet joyful and charming dance we are all familiar with. When the Waltz first became popular in Germany, the members of respectable society were shocked at the closeness of the dancing partners, who had always previously danced apart. The main difference between the Waltz and Slow Waltz is that the latter has a slower, more expressive rhythm: the men wear tails and the women wear ball gowns decorated with beads and feathers and couples dance in graceful rotational movements. "Bossa Nova" is the title of the last movement in the piece. Jobim, the great Brazilian musician, described this musical genre as a combination of modern Jazz and Samba. Bossa Nova means "new wave". This was the name of the artistic and musical movement that evolved in Brazil in the late Fifties and was extremely popular throughout the Sixties. The songs are usually about love or social matters, drawing inspiration from the slums of Rio De Janeiro and the lives of their inhabitants. Bossa Nova, with its original compositions and the artistic talent of its musicians, also became hugely popular in the United States and Europe, and top Jazz musicians (Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Bob Cooper, Charlie Bird, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie) started to include Bossa in their repertoires.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days