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£60.99Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Ralph Vaughan Williams
This piece combines the simple, elegant thematic material of Elizabethan church composer Thomas Tallis, expanded and modernized through the luxurious harmonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams. A setting for band was long overdue, and Jay Bocook does a masterful job of transforming the original work for string orchestra into a magnificant setting for winds. Fantasia was used to great effect in the recent film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Dur: 3:45 (Includes full performance CD)
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£42.50Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Based on Mozart's keyboard variations on Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman, K. 265, the main theme of this arrangement is also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. The variations are sophisticated yet easy to learn, and every section in the band has a chance to play the melody. Creative and effective writing for beginning players. (2:25)
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£38.50Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
The only thing missing from this is the lyrics (and the hoof prints), but the music will leave your audiences with a grin. A great novelty for a developing band's winter program.
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£109.99Satiric Dances (for a Comedy by Aristophanes) - Norman Dello Joio
A significant figure in American music, Norman Dello Joio composed several works for band that have become part of the standard literature. This composition from 1975 features Mediterranean folk dance influences and offers a distinctive and dramatic setting for band. (Grade 4)
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Praise!
1Where Eagles SingPaul Lovatt-CooperThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards4.322Swingtime ReligionBarrie GottThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.583ShenandoahLeonard Ballantine arr. Brian BowenThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards2.534Deep RiverWilliam BroughtonThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.535CommitmentStephen BullaThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.576Christmas JoyErik Leidz?n trs. Brian BowenThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards2.197A Carol FantasyEric Ball trs. Stephen BullaThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards6.108Angel TrumpetsRichard PhillipsThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.499Yuletide RagRichard PhillipsThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards2.3610Opening CeremonyRichard PhillipsThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards4.2811Dance Like DavidAndrew MackerethThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.0512Waltz in A FlatJohannes Brahms arr. Brian BowenThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards1.3913DanielBarrie GottThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards2.2614I Vow to Thee, My CountryGustav Holst arr. Ray Steadman Allen trs. Brian BowenThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.2915PraiseWilfred Heaton trs. Brian BowenThe Band of the Welsh Guards supported by The Band of the Life Guards3.10
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£206.99Omaggio (Euphonium Concerto No.4) (Euphonium Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts)) - Sparke, Philip
Omaggio was commissioned by Steven Mead in celebration of his 60th birthday and in memory of his father, Rex. He gave the premiere of the brass band version in Rome in March 2022, accompanied by the Italian Brass Band conducted by Filippo Cangiamilla. The concert band premiere took place on 6th July that year as part of the 2022 Spanish International Tuba Euphonium Conference, accompanied by the Banda municipal de msica de Malaga.The concerto is set in 3 continuous movements, which are united by a recurring syncopated interval of a fifth. The first movement, Fantasia, opens with this motive accompanying an extended monologue for the soloist. This is followed by a lengthy bridge passage by the band, which is eventually joined by the soloist, who guides the music back to the opening soliloquy, leading to an energetic central section. This develops until the opening material again returns to introduce the second movement, Ballad, which revolves around an expressive melody for the soloist, interspersed by accompanied cadenzas. The third movement, The King Triumphant, pays homage to Steven's late father, Rex, and its title alludes both to Rex's name (Rex being Latin for king) as well as his love of Eric Ball's Salvationist masterpiece, The Kingdom Triumphant. The finale is an energetic tour-de-force featuring an acrobatic 6/8 melody, which is interrupted twice by the magnificent hymn tune, Helmsley, which Ball uses so effectively in The Kingdom Triumphant. A galloping coda brings the work to a close.
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£110.00All Creatures of our God and King (Concert Band with Optional Choir - Score and Parts) - Rutter, John - Noble, Paul
All Creatures of Our God and King is an English Christian Easter hymn by William Henry Draper, based on a poem by St. Francis of Assisi. It was first published in a hymn book in 1919. The words of the hymn were initially written by St. Francis of Assisi in 1225 in the Canticle of the Sun poem, which was based on Psalm 148. The words were translated into English by William Draper, who at the time was rector of a Church of England parish church at Adel near Leeds. Draper paraphrased the words of the Canticle and set them to music. It is not known when Draper first wrote the hymn but it was between 1899 and 1919. The hymn is currently used in 179 different hymn books. The words written by St Francis are some of the oldest used in hymns after Father We Praise Thee, written in 580 AD. Like Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones, Draper's text is usually set to the tune of Lasst uns erfreuen, a German Easter hymn published by Friedrich Spee in 1623 in his book Auserlesene Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesng. This tune became widespread in English hymn books starting with a 1906 arrangement by Ralph Vaughan Williams. John Rutter also wrote a piece of music for the hymn. Despite the hymn being initially written by Draper for Whitsun (the Anglican and English designation for Pentecost), it is mostly used in the ealier weeks of the Easter season. This setting by John Rutter begins with a rousing fanfare for trumpets and trombone, which segues in to the first verse of the hymn. There are seven verses included, but the director has the option of deleting verses as desired.
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£375.00Facade - An Entertainment, Suite from (Concert Band with Optional Narrator - Score and Parts) - Walton, William - Noble, Paul
This Suite from Facade - An Entertainment, composed by William Walton, with poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, presents for the first time a grouping of movements selected and arranged by Paul Noble for Concert Band and optional Reciter. The original composition was written between 1921 and 1928, containing forty-three numbers. They had their origin in a new style of poetry that Edith Sitwell evolved in the early 1920s, poems that her brother Osbert later described as 'experiments in obtaining through the medium of words the rhythm and dance measures such as waltzes, polkas, foxtrots... Some of the resulting poems were sad and serious... Others were mocking and gay... All possessed a quite extraordinary and haunting fascination.' Possibly influenced by the dance references in some of the numbers, Osbert declared that the poems might be further enhanced if spoken to a musical accompaniment. The obvious choice of composer was the young man who lived and worked in an attic room of the Sitwell brothers' house in Carlyle Square W[illiam] T[urner] Walton, as he then styled himself. The now historic first performance of the Facade Entertainment took place in an L-shaped first-floor drawing-room on January 24, 1922. Accompaniments to sixteen poems and two short musical numbers were performed by an ensemble of five players. The performers were obscured from the audience by a decorated front curtain, through which a megaphone protruded for Edith to declaim her poems. This was, as she put it, 'to deprive the work of any personal quality'. The first public performance of Facade was given at the Aeolian Hall on June 12, 1923. By now, fourteen poems had been set, others revised or rejected, and an alto saxophone added to the ensemble. The occasion gave rise to widespread publicity, both pro and contra, and the name of the twenty-one year old W. T. Walton was truly launched. In the ensuing years the Facade has gone through revisions and additions, with full orchestral arrangements of selected movements being made without the Reciter. Former Band Director Robert O'Brien arranged some movements for band, again without Reciter, which are now out of print. So this 'history making' addition is the first opportunity for Concert Bands to present some movements of Facade with poems as originally intended. The luxury of electronic amplification allows the full ensemble to perform without necessarily overshadowing the Reciter. And the arrangements are written with considerable doubling so that the ensemble may play in full, or reduced in size as may be desired for proper balance. And, though not encouraged, the arrangements are written so that the band can perform the music without the Reciter. Program notes are adapted in part from those written by David Lloyd-Jones and published by Oxford University Press in the Study Score of William Walton's Facade Entertainments.
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