In Nativitate Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger's 'Mass in A Major' is a work that ist easy to perform. Making no use of polyphonic developments, it remains within a harmonic style that is lightened by brief imitative phases. The organ accompaniment serves as a tonal support and expands the three-part writing into four parts. / Messe / Répertoire / Orchestre: Choeur SSA, Flûte T…

In Nativitate Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger's 'Mass in A Major' is a work that ist easy to perform. Making no use of polyphonic developments, it remains within a harmonic style that is lightened by brief imitative phases. The organ accompaniment serves as a tonal support and expands the three-part writing into four parts. / Messe / Répertoire / Orchestre: Choeur SSA, Flûte T…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Who did it? is a composition for youth bands with limited instrumentation. While composing it, Jacob de Haan was inspired by a familiar situation: a child caught doing something mischievous such as taking another child’s toy, and trying to get away with it. The other children, however, notice this. The fast tempo of this work reflects the chase that follows - this will be fun fo…

Par JANACEK LEOS. Leos Janacek, almost seventy years old, characterised the wind sextet he had just finished as 'a kind of memory of youth' in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite Youth was written in the summer of 1924, prompted by the composer's need to take stock on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Janacek also heard the Parisian ensemble Societe moderne des instruments a vent several time…

Original for Violin (and Piano). Par REGER MAX. Max Reger’s well-known Romance in G major WoO II/10 was written as a supplement for the Neue Musik-Zeitung, which was the recipient of works - particularly songs and piano pieces - by Reger in the years 1900 and 1901. Reger himself designatedhis Romance shortly after its publication as “an occasional piece of the worst kind - for me!” The work was pu…

Created for students in the end of their first year in band utilizing the first several notes presented in most first-year methods, the speed of the warp drive is up to you! A tremendous opportunity to teach rhythm, pitch and ensemble precision with this high energy original work. (1:30) / Concert Band

Par BLANKEN JOHN. COME ONE AND ALL! Come see the great Circus Bamboni! This four movement work, with flexible four-part instrumentation (+ drum set), will amaze and charm you like no other. The fi rst movement features the band as it tunes up and prepares for the show. Then the talented trapeze artists make an appearance as they fly through the sky high above the audience. The elephants parade aro…

Par BYRD WILLIAM. The Byrd Edition Volume 17. Edited by Kenneth Elliott Though Byrd's In nomine settings for consort were probably the first of his works to circulate widely, the dating of his consort music in general is problematical. The famous 'Browning' variations are probably an early display of the composer's mastery of the form. The only complete Fantasia à 4 is found in the Psalmes, Songs …