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£50.00Chorale Warm-Ups for Young Bands (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Clark & Feldstein
Four effective warm-up chorales to build musicianship and work on tone quality, intonation, balance and blend with a young band. These chorales are based on popular hymns or songs like "Chester" and "In the Bleak Midwinter" and are scored for success by younger groups and will help to build their confidence and increase the beauty of tone produced by your band. These chorales are a perfect way to improve the legato and lyrical playing of your ensemble. This piece is correlated to The Yamaha Advantage band method book 2, but can be used with any band program of study.Duration: 3.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£420.99Four Earth Songs (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Putz, Marco
The hymn Nun ruhen alle Wlder (Now All Forests Rest), arranged by J.S. Bach (No. 6, So sei nun, Seele, deine, from Cantata BWV 13), is a guiding light throughout this four-movement composition. Pu?tz wrote this work as a musical outcry against the wilful, profit-driven destruction of our environment. When Bach used the word "ruhen" (to rest) over 350 years ago, it probably had a different nuance from the meaning it has today. At the beginning of the 21st century - the so-called age of progress - "nun ruhen alle Wlder" should mean "now all forests die" . Massive industrialization and globalization, coupled with pure greed, corruption, political scandals, an ever-widening gap between the rich and poor, and other such senseless human actions, are pushing our blue planet closer and closer to the point of no return. This work is not intended to be a ranting accusation. It should remind us of the beauty and harmony that can exist all around us in nature, if we take care of it. Pu?tz hopes that this will, one day, help put a greater emphasis on humanity's survival, and coexistence with nature rather than the exploitation described earlier. All four texts were created by Australian poet Graeme King, whose works were discovered by Pu?tz, by chance on the internet. Pu?tz was especially captivated by King's clarity, and intrigued by the possibilities of adapting and melding the strong rhythmical structure of King's writing with his own musical language. The four movements are as follows: 1. Tears of Nature 2. Grrrevolution 3. Stand up! 4. Tomorrow The world premire of Four Earth Songs took place on 7 July 2009 at the 14th WASBE-Conference in Cincinnati (USA). This work is dedicated in friendship to Jouke Hoekstra, conductor, and the Frysk Fanfare Orkest (the Frisian Fanfare-Orchestra).Duration: 27:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£87.50They Shall Run and Be Free (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Karrick, Brant
They Shall Run and Be Free portrays a daring and perilous slave escape. The opening main theme works its way through changing meters and dissonances and reflects running for one's life while being chased and never knowing what to expect. The slow, middle section includes a setting of the beautiful Negro spiritual Oh Freedom, the simple yet poignant lyrics undoubtedly reflecting the attitude and desperation of many slaves.Duration: 6.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£150.00Aerial Fantasy (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Mogensen, Michael A.
Commissioned by the United States Air Force Band, this Pulitzer Prize nominated work is brilliantly scored, expertly crafted, and sure to become a literature standard. In distinctive and sophisticated style, Michael A. Mogensen delivers a composition bursting with chills and breath taking excitement. Inspired by the thrill and exhilaration of flight, the piece incorporates ascending motives, quick tempi, energetic rhythms, and soaring melodies and countermelodies. The lyricism of the contrasting slow section begins gently with solo oboe, moves beautifully throughout many sections of the band, and then explodes into a full-blown, hair-raising climax certain to have listeners wanting more. A truly epic finale ensures lengthy and appreciative applause from audiences everywhere. A "must-have" showcase for mature ensembles. Absolutely spectacular!Duration: 10.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£248.99Odysseia (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Aulio, Maxime
Washed up on the Phaeacian shore after a shipwreck, Odysseus is introduced to King Alcinous. As he sits in the palace, he tells the Phaeacians of his wanderings since leaving Troy. Odysseus and his men fi rst landed on the island of the Cicones where they sacked the city of Ismarus. From there, great storms swept them to the land of the hospitable Lotus Eaters. Then they sailed to the land of the Cyclopes. Odysseus and twelve of his men entered the cave of Polyphemus. After the single-eyed giant made handfuls of his men into meals, Odysseus fi nally defeated him. He got him drunk and once he had fallen asleep, he and his men stabbed a glowing spike into the Cyclop's single eye, completely blinding him. They escaped by clinging to the bellies of some sheep. Once aboard, Odysseus taunted the Cyclop by revealing him his true identity. Enraged, Polyphemus hurled rocks at the ship, trying to sink it. After leaving the Cyclopes' island, they arrived at the home of Aeolus, ruler of the winds. Aeolus off ered Odysseus a bag trapping all the strong winds within except one - the one which would take him straight back to Ithaca. As the ship came within sight of Ithaca, the crewmen, curious about the bag, decided to open it. The winds escaped and stirred up a storm. Odysseus and his crew came to the land of the cannibalistic Laestrygonians, who sank all but one of the ships. The survivors went next to Aeaea, the island of the witch-goddess Circe. Odysseus sent out a scouting party but Circe turned them into pigs. With the help of an antidote the god Hermes had given him, Odysseus managed to overpower the goddess and forced her to change his men back to human form. When it was time for Odysseus to leave, Circe told him to sail to the realm of the dead to speak with the spirit of the seer Tiresias. One day's sailing took them to the land of the Cimmerians. There, he performed sacrifi ces to attract the souls of the dead. Tiresias told him what would happen to him next. He then got to talk with his mother, Anticleia, and met the spirits of Agamemnon, Achilles, Patroclus, Antilochus, Ajax and others. He then saw the souls of the damned Tityos, Tantalus, and Sisyphus. Odysseus soon found himself mobbed by souls. He became frightened, ran back to his ship, and sailed away. While back at Aeaea, Circe told him about the dangers he would have to face on his way back home. She advised him to avoid hearing the song of the Sirens; but if he really felt he had to hear, then he should be tied to the mast of the ship, which he did. Odysseus then successfully steered his crew past Charybdis (a violent whirlpool) and Scylla (a multiple-headed monster), but Scylla managed to devour six of his men. Finally, Odysseus and his surviving crew approached the island where the Sun god kept sacred cattle. Odysseus wanted to sail past, but the crewmen persuaded him to let them rest there. Odysseus passed Circe's counsel on to his men. Once he had fallen asleep, his men impiously killed and ate some of the cattle. When the Sun god found out, he asked Zeus to punish them. Shortly after they set sail from the island, Zeus destroyed the ship and all the men died except for Odysseus. After ten days, Odysseus was washed up on the island of the nymph Calypso.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£141.99Concerto for Wind Ensemble (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Husa, Karel
Commissioned by the Michigan State University Alumni Band, this three movement work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa was the winner of the first Louis Sudler International Wind Band Composition Competition in 1983. Previously available only in rental, this important work is now available for sale.A note from the composer: Divided into three movements, this work is a display of virtuoso passages given to solo instruments as well as to the groups of the ensemble. In the Fanfare of the first movement, the brass section "concertizes" in groups of four brass quintets (2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba or baritone), spread from left to right in back. The saxophones (S, A, T, B) are placed in front of the brass quintets, and the woodwinds occupy the front of the stage, with percussion on the left and right side. These groups, like the brass quintets, play in the concertante style, particularly in the first and last movements. At the same time, each movement contains individual solo passages (for example, timpani and flute in Movement I - "Drum Ceremony" and English horn and other low woodwinds in Movement II - "Elegy"). The composition of this piece was prompted by the excellence of wind and percussion players today, and by the incredible growth of wind ensembles, orchestras, and bands in the last 25 years. It is intended for their enjoyment.Duration: 23:00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£164.95Tristan Encounters (Prestige Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Ellerby, Martin
This work is subtitled Prelude and Transfigurations for Brass, Wind and Percussion. It is derived from Wagner's Prelude to his opera Tristan and Isolde and consists of a series of tableaux-mood pictures which alternate between a romantic idiom and tritone-style aggressive music. The work is cast as a prelude and ensuing set of fourteen variations and is meant to be played as a continuous piece.Grade 5Performance time 16'25''Recorded on QPRM152D 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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£89.99A Boy's Dream (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Bocook, Jay
This expansive work explores the delight, wonderment and excitement of a young boy's hopes and dreams. Several stylistic elements combine to depict various emotions and imaginings. In the words of the composer, 'a boy's dreams are fantastical and mysterious, show great curiosity and yet most importantly, they are innocent and credulous.' A terrific and fresh work for winds!Duration: 6:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£104.99Little Rhapsody (Trumpet Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Waignein, Andre
Little Rhapsody is a contrasting triptych for solo trumpet and concert band. The warm and gentle introduction develops a lively theme and the accompaniment is kept light to best underline the soloist's flexibility and technique. The second movement is more romantic and reveals a serene and flowing melody. The third and last movement elaborates upon several joyful rhythmic patterns which give the composition a touch of freshness and elegance. Let your trumpet soloist shine with this first-class item.Duration: 7:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£52.95Reflection and Celebration (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jenkins, Darren W.
Reflection and Celebration has two main sections. The first is slower and meant to represent the pensiveness of a history of trials and tribulations in which every person must endure. The second section is faster and is meant to represent the joy and festivity associated with celebrating an important occasion, as well as aspiration of a bright and promising future.Duration: 4.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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