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Behold a Ladder Set Up on the Earth - Frank McKinney
by Frank McKinney is a composition that touches upon both the thoughtful meditation and the emotional response to the lyrics of the African American slave spiritual "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder." There are abundant opportunities for both sensitive and robust musical moments. A variation of the well-known theme is stated in the opening Adagio trumpet solo and then repeated several times throughout the piece. A more upbeat Allegro variation then enters before the familiar tune is finally introduced calmly by the bassoon. The climactic Religioso section presents the main theme in all of its call and response glory. (3:50)
Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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£61.00
High Voltage - Thierry Deleruyelle
High Voltage is an especially energetic composition in the big band style. The blaring brass and the ornate interplay of the woodwinds lend this work great character and conviction. In the second half of the piece two solos are played: firstly the tenor saxophone (alternatively alto saxophone), followed by a virtuoso variation in the trombone (alternatively baritone or euphonium).
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£43.00
Contemplation
Contemplation by composer Larry Clarkis written in a contemplative manner for beginning students. It begins with a lush opening section with an elegant melody. This is contrasted by an uptempo section with a frolicking feel, which is a variation on the same musical material. Contemplationis a very musically gratifying piece for beginning wind players.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£74.00
Aberystwyth Variants
A classic hymn is given an exceptional variation style treatment by popular composer William Harbinson. You can find Bill's pieces on many state festival lists and this one will be no exception. You will hear glorious fanfare gestures, beautiful lyrical lines, lush harmonies and more in this sophisticated setting of the hymn. Alert your music list committee about this excellent new piece.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£74.00
Happy Birthday Theme and Variations - Mildred Hill
Use this piece to celebrate someone's birthday or just for fun in a concert setting. Happy Birthday Theme and Variations is a novelty arrangement that incorporates traditional melodic variation techniques along with familiar classical-music themes to entertain your audience. Challenge your students and audience to identify these melodic fragments.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£58.00
Callisto
A winning and moderately easy concert piece that takes its name from one of the moons of Jupiter, Callisto is a vibrantly scored set of two variations on a fragment of a theme from the Jupiter movement of Gustav Holst's orchestral suite, The Planets. The characteristic flatted-7th of much English folk music is retained in both the quick opening section and the slow, reflective variation that forms the B section of this clever and appealing overture-style piece.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£115.60
Romjulsdrm - Thoralf Borg
The poem Romjulsdrm ("Christmas Dream") was first published in Arbeiderbladet on January 3rd 1959, and became known when Thoralf Borg set a melody to it in 1968. Up until this, Alf Prysen had used a melody quite similar to the song Lijan uti dalen, when he sang the song in the TV program Ei vise vil jeg synge in 1964. At the same time that Borg's melody was written, the last four lines of text were also added to the poem, and the song took on the form we know today.The form and structure of this arrangement originates from a version for big band and vocals commissioned by stre Toten Storband, written in 2018 for one of their traditional midnight concerts on the day before Christmas. In an attempt to give the arrangement a nice calm and the text a lot of room, as is often the case in songs like this, it ended up in a relatively narrative style where the variation in tempo and the shifts between swing and straight eighth notes are particularly central.The song is about family, friendship and the quiet days of the Christmas holidays, which hopefully is something most people can recognise. The arrangement for the aforementioned midnight concert was ordered because my sister was to be the soloist for the concert, and since my father also played lead trombone - as he has done in this big band for as long as I can remember - it was natural to add a small trombone solo as well. It's always special to write and arrange music for people I know and appreciate, but it's extra special when it's also for two of my great role models.- David Stre Hveem -
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£129.99
The White Deer - Thomas Doss
This composition for concert band was commissioned by Orchesterverein Wadgassen e. V. (Saarland/Germany) and its conductor Holger Jakobs. Thomas Doss has depicted the legend of the knight Maldix vom Litermont, a fierce hunter and an excessive drinker who, despite the warnings of his mother, was killed during a driven hunt in the woods, in a magnificent way. With the portrayal of various characters, the work offers a lot of variation.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£66.95
Leading Light - Jack Wilds
Based on a school's powerful growth in the arts, this piece follows a single melody from a slower, quiet beginning filled with potential into a faster section crackling with energy. The theme steadily builds momentum through each variation until it reaches a joyful outpouring of sound in the final bars.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£110.40
Epic Variants - Alexandre Carlin
Also available for Solo and Piano (060934050)Epic Variants was commissioned for the 1st clarinet day in Anet (France), not far from La Couture-Boussey where the clarinet was first created.The work was premiered in 2022 on may 7th by Didier Pernoit, bass clarinet soloist of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, accompanied by the concert Band of B, conducted by the composer.The work is based on a theme harmonized with strong epic chord progressions, exploiting the whole register of the bass clarinet, from dark low sounds to soft higher notes.The piece is in one part, but divided in three different moods, each thematic material being a variation from the first one.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days