A Suite of British and Irish Folk Songs. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Songs from Across the Water est une commande du Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds et de Phil Evans, fondateur et directeur. Phil Evans est originaire du Royaume-Uni où il a joué dans l’orchestre des HM Royal Marines pendant 25 ans. Vivant désormais aux Etats-Unis, il y a fondé le Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds en 2008 et lui a donné le slogan « …

Suivant Starter Solos, Skilful Solos est le nouveau recueil motivant offrant une présentation structurée des techniques de jeu et d'apprentissage. Les solos composés par Philip Sparke constituent les premiers pas plaisants de votre entrée dans le formidable monde de la musique ! Sur le compact disc inclus, vous trouverez une version intégrale de chaque pièce ainsi qu'une version où ne subsiste que…

Quelle est cette odeur agreable. ‘Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?’ is the first line of an old French Christmas song that originated in the 17th century. In 1728 John Gay used this joyous and markedly festive melody that honours Jesus Christ and His miraculous birth in his Beggar’s Opera. Philip Sparke has given this melody a new lease of life with his charming and imaginative arrangement…

Bohemian Rhapsody - Bicycle Race - Who Wants To Live Forever - We Are The Champions. Bohemian Rhapsody - Bicycle Race - Who Wants To Live Forever - We Are The Champions / Niveau : 4.5 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Brass Band

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Philip Sparke a tissé pour cette composition ensoleillée, une toile orchestrale audacieuse, dans la lignée de celles de la Symphonie n° 4 dite « Italienne » de Mendelssohn, de l’ouverture In the South (Alassio) d’Elgar et de la « trilogie romaine » de Respighi, utilisant les couleurs instrumentales pour créer une oeuvre lumineuse et chaleureuse, souvenir d’un séjour en Italie du…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Morning Song features the horn quartet mostly in a soloistic role - indeed there is an accompanied cadenza towards the end of the piece - but there are moments where the horns assume their conventional brass band role as harmonic support or playing the counter melody. This expressive composition shows all the versatility of the horn quartet and gives them the chance to be in the…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Earth, Water, Sun, Wind is a four movement work with the unifying theme of these four elements. The music varies from being purely descriptive of the movements’ titles to specific sound painting - Earth, for example, is pure music and non programmatic whereas Sun attempts to paint a specific sound picture. The Symphony as a whole concerns itself with man’s relationship with thes…

From the Paramount and DreamWorks Motion Picture S. Par WILLIAMS JOHN. Quand on pense à Steven Spielberg, on évoque facilement ses films à grand spectacle. Mais c'est occulter l'homme engagé qui a signé plusieurs chef-d'oeuvres dont Saving Private Ryan (Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan) couronné par 5 Oscars. Avec Hymn To The Fallen, le générique de fin, John Williams nous offre un puissant hymne en …

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical structure and his later compositions were referred to as 'cathedrals of sound'. Panis Angelicus is poetic and almost serene and this arrangement by Philip Sparke ret…

A Tribute to Jules Verne (1828-1905). Par SPARKE PHILIP. Three Extraordinary Journeys was commissioned to mark the centenary of the death of the famous author Jules Verne. Based on three novels from his Voyages Extraordinaires series of travel stories, the music aims to capture the excitement and adventure of these famous books. A fantastic new major concert or ‘own choice’ contest piece. / Niveau…