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£87.50Foundation - Mark Camphouse
is a true tour-de-force for the modern symphonic band that incorporates the hymn (better known as by Jean Sibelius). The traditional American hymn is also woven into the work to create a masterful and powerful composition that is destined to become standard of the band repertoire. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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£73.50Interstate 90 - Alan Shulman / arr. Adam Michlin
In the late 1960s, Alan Shulman composed four works for symphonic winds. dates from a 1962 sketch depicting a drive heading west on the Massachusetts Turnpike and New York State Thruway. It was completed in August 1968 and received its first performance in 1969 by the Gloria Concert Band conducted by Don Butterfield. This arrangement was written by Adam Michlin. (3:00)
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£92.50Fusion - Brian Balmages
Just as its title suggests, this three-movement contemporary work draws from various types of pop music and dance forms, and sets them in a symphonic framework. The opening movement, Overture, is a short fanfare based loosely on Irish dance rhythms and melodies. The second movement, Ballad, receives its inspiration from various aspects of pop ballads, though no direct references are made. Dense harmonies and interesting textures play an important role throughout the movement. The final movement, Fusion, is a literal combination of rock, funk, swing, and classical in a contemporary setting. Intense and driving, this is an excellent concert finale! You may even want to consider performing the last movement alone as an encore.
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£80.95Appalachian Dreams - Roland Barrett
Based on material borrowed from two English folk songs that were popular in the Southern Appalachians during the early years of American history---"Going to Boston" and "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?". After a very peaceful and tranquil opening, a bold, powerful statement leads to a dreamlike, mesmerizing section. With a powerful percussion contribution, the driving conclusion resounds. An epic work, this is a striking addition to symphonic band literature. (4:45)
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£73.50The Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks / arr. John Tatgenhorst
Johnny Marks' holiday classic has never sounded fresher or more upbeat than in this new John Tatgenhorst arrangement. Latin percussion and jazz rhythms work incredibly well in this soon-to-be standard. Recorded on the Frederick Fennell and the Fennell Symphonic Winds CD You've Been Verrry Good, ELF 30991018.
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£82.95Rising Dragons - Robert W. Smith
Commissioned by the Korean Navy Symphonic Band under the direction of Lt. Commander Joon Hyung Park, Rising Dragons pays tribute to the legacy of Yi Sun Shin and his impact on naval operations throughout the world. Beginning with a commanding fanfare, the authoritative statement gives way to the lone flute representing the solitude and reflection that any great leader must endure. The mechanized sounds of the turtle ships are brought to musical life through melody that rises and falls like the sea. The sea battle is depicted with opposing forces of percussion giving way to a final victorious fanfare. A line from a poem written by Yi Sun Shin inspires the title: "I call to the sea, and the dragons are moved."
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£82.95Occident and Orient - Camille Saint-Saëns / arr. Loras John Schissel
Designated a 'Grand Symphonic March' Occident and Orient is really much more, a tone poem in the manner of Liszt. This is original music for band by one of the giants of French music, an important contribution to wind literature which deserves to be programmed by every serious band.
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£62.95Champions of Our Future - Jon Bubbett
This energetic opener explodes off the top and never lets up throughout the work. Driving rhythms, strong melodies, and clever harmonies make this a great piece for both performers and audiences. was written for the Thompson Middle School Symphonic Band by Jon Bubbett to honor the leadership of Alabaster, AL City Schools and all they have done to promote band programs in the community.
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£45.95Theme from "The Moldau" - Bedrich Smetana / arr. John Kinyon
John Kinyon has another winner with this transcription of the symphonic masterpiece "The Moldau." A tribute to Bedrich Smetana's beloved river, this captivating piece describes the flowing and turmoil of water in musical terms. The parts are written well within the capabilities of young performers while keeping the essence of the original. This will add more than a little class to your next concert!
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£170.00Second Symphony - Alfred Reed
Commissioned in the late Fall of 1975, work on the SECOND SYMPHONY was not begun until the Summer of 1977, when the score was completed in sketch form in three months, July through September. The instrumentation was begun in the late Winter of that same year and the Full Score completed on March 27th, 1978. The first performance took place in Fairchild Auditorium on the campus of Michigan State University on May 6th, 1978, by the Michigan State University Symphonic Band under the direction of Kenneth G. Bloomquist. The symphony is a single-movement work embracing three distinct sections. The first, marked is a freely constructed passacaglia built on a flowing theme derived from the tone row that underlies the entire score: Bb-F-E-Ab-G-D-Db-C-Cb-Gb-Eb-A, and which is developed in alternating variations leading to a powerful climax at its close. The second section is, in reality, a tense, hard-driving double fugue characterized by a constant march-like rhythm underlying the further development of the original theme and its countersubject in both duple and triple meters. This section, marked also ends in an overwhelming climax and then dies away, preparing for the third and final section. This final portion of the music, marked is based upon two long, lyric themes, also derived from the row, that alternate with occasional reminders of some of the thematic material from the second section, now transformed into a rich, glowing and relaxed tonal tapestry woven together from the myriad of tonal colors available in contemporary scoring practice for the winds. At the very end, after a fortissimo re-statement of the theme in its original form as derived from the row, there is a gradual ebbing of the flood of tone from the full ensemble as the various choirs drop out one by one, leaving only a dark, warm color of low Clarinets, Baritone and Tuba, hinting at the opening of the symphony, together with a last reminder of the original motif in the Bells and Vibraphone, suggesting, for the work as a whole, an arch-form.
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