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The Very Best of Festival of Music Volume 1
1Old ComradesCarl TeikeThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force2.182ElegyDavies/Dyson/HingleyThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.533633 SquadronRob GoodwinThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force2.414NimrodEdward Elgar/HingleyThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.415Sun and MoonSchoenberg/Maltby/BoubillThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force2.556USAF MarchCranfordThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force1.487Highland CathedralGilmourThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.328Robin Hood, Price of ThievesMichael KamenThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force9.469Marching with Sousaarr. Gordon LangfordThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force5.4510Spitfire PreludeWilliam WaltonThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.4311Bohemian RhapsodyFreddie MercuryThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force7.1812Irish Tune from County DerryPercy GraingerThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.4813In the MoodRazaf & GarlandThe Squadronaires3.2514Pomp and Circumstance No.1Edward ElgarThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force6.0315RiverdanceBill WhelanThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force5.5316Evening Hymn and Sunsetarr. Rob WiffinThe Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force3.26
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£34.95Kyrie Eleison
Composer: Rob WiffinDuration: 4:30Series: TradeWinds Silver Concert Band SeriesGrade/Difficulty: 64Here is a setting of Kyrie Eleison, Lord, have mercy, from the pen of Rob Wiffin OBE, former Principal Director of Music of the RAF. It has a sensitive and flowing melodic line and will provide a contrasting and reflective piece in a concert programme.
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£44.95Eyes on the Stars (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
Eyes on the Stars was commissioned by the Surrey Police Band in 2022 in memory of George Rowland. George was a remarkable character. He was born in Vienna but spent his early days in Tuscany, coming to England with his family at the start of WW2, where he went on to be one of the pioneers of cancer research. He was an avid skier, tennis player and extremely keen musician. Wherever he went he joined a community band so when he and his family settled in Surrey he joined the Surrey Police Band. To them he was George who played bass clarinet, a polite chap with a lovely deep Surrey accent! In trying to fulfil the terms of a commission for a five-minute work I attempted to embrace the verve and aspirational nature of George and his overwhelmingly positive nature, hence the title Eyes on the Stars.- Rob WiffinFirst performed by the Surrey Police Band on 18 March 2023 at Emmanuel Church in Stoughton.Duration: 5.15
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£49.95A Life Well Lived (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
A Life well lived was commissioned by the Morrish family in 2023 on the death of Ian Morrish. It is dedicated to them with the inscription in loving memory of Ian.I knew Ian from early days at Southall Citadel Salvation Army Corps and then our paths crossed again briefly when I joined the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Ian had been a euphonium player in the band for many years and was about to leave to take up a teaching post in Surrey. He was always very involved in choral music, conducting choirs throughout his life. I therefore wanted to keep this piece song-like and actually started with the song which appears from letter D to the end, which can always be performed on its own. From there I used the rising octaves that introduce the song to form the beginning of the work, with the feeling in the back of my head of a river starting to flow. There is nothing referential in the more dramatic sections towards the beginning, but every life has its dramas and I wanted something to give some balance to the tranquil nature of much of the piece. In the middle of the work I use a little motif taken from a song I remember Ian singing in his floating tenor voice. I develop the motif a little as an accompaniment to a new line which has, for me, a sense of purpose and directness and has an oblique reference to the RAF March Past. This builds to the aforementioned song and from there the music flows with its highs and lows to its peaceful conclusion.- Rob WiffinDuration: 3.30
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£36.95Remember Me (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Purcell, Henry - Wiffin, Rob
An arrangement for wind band of Purcell's haunting Dido's Lament. This arrangement was made in the period of national mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. I needed something as a reflective concert piece and chose to arrange Dido's Lament - the aria "When I am laid in earth" from the opera Dido and Aeneas by the English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695). There have been various versions of this beautiful song from Stokowski's lush orchestration to Annie Lennox's more lateral slant. While not wanting to try and completely emulate the original, I did not want to stray too far from it. Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English and, for the theoretically minded, this aria makes exemplary use of the passus duriusculus in the ground bass.- Rob WiffinDuration: 3.30
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£59.95Blue Jeans (Trombone Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
In 2008 the trombonist, Chris Jeans, was invited to be a featured soloist at a British Trombone Society event. He contacted Stan Kitchen at Studio Music Company to see if he had any new material for trombone. Stan then got in touch with me, as I had already written a piece for another trombone player, Brett Baker. This piece, 'Shout' was programmed for the same event so we needed to find something new for Chris.The title 'Blue Jeans' came to my mind, thus linking a blues-style piece with the obvious reference to Chris's surname. I spoke to Chris and he liked the sound of it so then I had to go away and write a solo to match the title!I managed to get a version with piano accompaniment done in time for Chris to perform at the trombone event and have now had a chance to complete the band version. Chris is a great chap, a good friend and a wonderful trombone player so I hope people enjoy listening to this solo that bears his name.- Rob WiffinDuration: 3.30
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£36.95Heroic Etude (Trombone Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
Back in the day I always enjoyed playing the well-known trombone works by Alexandre Guilmant and Ferdinand David and I wanted to return to that type of language and writing in a short concert piece. The music is direct in its expression, mostly exciting but sometimes expressive. The pace of this tude is relentless and requires some deft double tonguing although I stayed away from too many running semiquavers. The last note should ideally be the high D (concert) but a B flat is indicated as a suitable alternative.- Rob WiffinDuration: 3.45
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£13.95SPIRIT OF THE DANCE (Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra) (CD)
Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.17 Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra conducted by Clark Rundell, Mark Heron & Rafael Sanz-Espert. Guest Soloist: Rob Buckland (Saxophone).Includes:Their Finest Hour (A Portrait Overture) (Nigel Clarke)A Norfolk Rhapsody (Martin Ellerby)Looking In (A Self-Portrait) (Tom Davoren)Cinnamon Concerto (for Solo Alto Saxophone/Concert Band) (Martin Ellerby)Harlech Variants (Duncan Stubbs)Spirit of the Dance (Rob Wiffin)
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£36.95The Red Kite (Euphonium Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
At one time the Red Kite was close to national extinction in the UK but now it is possible to admire this distinctive bird of prey with its red colouring and forked tail. I love watching it soaring so gracefully through the sky. I attempted to catch that feeling in this solo composed for Martin Smith. In writing it I had in mind making the euphonium glide solitary and effortlessly, occasionally swooping down then reclaiming its high altitude.To create the desired atmosphere, I avoided too many root position chords and enhanced the feeling of floating by adding notes to a lot of the harmony, giving it subtle colour. The harmonic rhythm is slow but the movement switches in the way that the Red Kite can make slight changes of direction by minor adjustments of its tail. On top of this accompaniment the soloist is left to sing with a sense of grace and freedom.- Rob WiffinDuration: 3.45
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Just As You Are - Score and Parts - Rob Wiffin
Just As You Are is a laid back, almost smoky, number where the relaxed tempo and bluesy notation is prevalent. The piece is structured in ABA form that offers the listener a sense of familiarity when the opening theme returns. This is a contrasting item that leans on the saxophone section to provide a beautifully calm, unhurried feel.
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