Par SPARKE PHILIP. Hail the Dragon! est une commande du Brass Band gallois Cory Band pour les festivités du 125e anniversaire de la création de la formation. La première a eu lieu, le 20 juin 2009, dans le cadre du gala d’anniversaire au St. David’s Hall de Cardiff. Philip Sparke a écrit : « Après avoir composé, The Year of the Dragon, en 1984, pour célébrer le centenaire du Cory Band, je fus ravi…

It's a Christmas carol time machine---start with a 1940s 'Saint Nick' and 50s 'Deck the Hall,' add 'Up on the Housetop' 60s-style and disco 'Jingle Bells,' then top it off with a 1980s 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.' Hip! High-spirited! A showstopper! / Choeur SSA

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Commissioned by the Japan Band Clinic Committee of Yamaha for the Nemu Band Directors Clinic in Nemu no Sato, May 18-20, 1997. The surprising title of this work is an indication of its content. By combining the somewhat similar names ‘Nemu no Sato’ and ‘Susato’ into a new word, Jan Van der Roost has produced a significant and interesting subject. The Yamaha corporation has e…

The Beatles' North American tours turned the entertainment business on its ear and forever changed the landscape of the concert touring industry. In February 1964, after finally achieving a number-one hit in America, the Fab Four came to the country with high hopes, performing on the wildly popular Ed Sullivan Show in both New York City and Miami and playing concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Washi…

My Violin Concerto is scored for a Classical-sized orchestra, with the addition of a harp and celeste, and lasts around 17 minutes. Although the work sets out to explore the lyrical characteristics of the solo instrument, it is only gradually that the violin finds its full, lyric voice, and thence, as the work progresses, a more dominant role. This, in one sense, is the 'journey' of the piece.The …

Un séraphin est un être céleste ou ange, habituellement et traditionnellement associée aux trompettes. MacMillan 'Séraphin' est un concertino pour trompette et cordes, en trois courts mouvements contrastés, et une addition bienvenue à répertoire de concerto de l'instrument, à la suite du même compositeur 'épiclèse' (1993). 'Séraphin' est dédié à Alison Balsom, qui le premier a effectué le travail …

Description The celebrated and award-winning series continues with a selection of pieces in a wide range of styles and varieties, chosen to give you a superb repertoire of music at an early stage. From well-known classical melodies and showstoppers of the stage, to jazz hits, folk songs and film themes - the diversity of these accessible arrangements will provide vital early experience in all …

Arrangement: Sebba Jane. Par SEBBA JANE. These three delightful songs by Jane Sebba are guaranteed to bring rays of sunshine to your concert hall! With the irresistible rhythms of 'Come With Me' and 'Banana Papaya' and the laid-back swing of 'Swish Wish' these songs will become firm favourites in no time. / Date parution : 1998-08-20/ Feuillet / Choeur

Est-ce qu'il ya quelqu'un qui ne sait pas 'Guantanamera' la chanson? Pour en revenir à une mélodie de l'cubaine style de musique Guajira et un texte de la section locale du héros national José Martí, il a été utilisé par José Fernández Díaz dans les années 1930 comme un refrain pour des improvisations sur les nouvelles du jour d'actualité. En 1963, Peter Seeger a pris la version originale de Martí…

Farewell to philosophy. Par BRYARS GAVIN. I have a great fondness for the lower string instruments: I am a bass player, my mother is a cellist, as are both my daughters; my own ensemble includes two violas, a cello and a bass, and for the instrumentation of my opera Medea I omit the entire violin section from the orchestra. As I have written a number of works for solo instrument or voice with or…