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NEW RELEASES FOR BEGINNER BAND
(Concert Band only unless
indicated)
Grade 1
Pastoral Hymn (from Symphony No 6) (Beethoven)
The Painted Desert
Soft-shoe Shuffle
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
March from Scipio (Handel)
The Long Day Closes (Sullivan)
Snow Valley Sleigh Ride
Grade 1.5
La Caracolá - Flamenco for Band
See Amid the Winter's Snow (Goss)
Battle Pavan (Susato)
Mexican Holiday
Prof. Googleheimer's Clarinet Polka
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Tales of the River Wye
Grade 2
Land of Hope and Glory (Elgar) (also brass band &
fanfare)
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Holst) (also brass band &
fanfare)
Parade of the Clockwork Soldiers
O Holy Night (Adam)
Rockin' Trumpets (also brass band and fanfare) Brass
band version is called Cornet Rock
A Repton Fantasy (Trumpet Solo) (also brass band &
fanfare)
A Sullivan Ballad (Sullivan) Duet for Flute or Alto
Saxophone (or Clarinet)
Cambridge Intrada
Grade 2.5
A Klezmer Karnival (also brass band & fanfare)
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster) (also brass
band & fanfare)
An English Sea Song Suite
When The Spirit Soars
Meditation (also brass band & fanfare)
A Stroll in the Park
Let Us Rejoice (Anon!)
MUSIC FOR BATTLE
CREEK
Available
for: Brass Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
Commissioned by the
Michigan-based Brass Band of Battle Creek, this new piece has been selected as
test-piece for both the Dutch and British National Brass Band Championships
2007. A virtuoso work which celebrates the stunning talents of the BBBC.
Please note: until October
20th 2007 this piece may only be purchased by bands taking part in the British
and Dutch Championships and must not be performed in public before that date.
Full scores and study scores
are available for sale without restriction.
 DANCES AND ALLELUIAS
Available for: Brass Band
- Publisher: Anglo
Music Press
Dances and Alleluias was commissioned by the
British Federation of Brass Bands for the inaugural English National Brass
Band Championships, held in the Lyric Theatre at The Lowry, Salford Quays,
on July 1st 2006.
My chief concern when writing Dances and Alleluias
was that I knew I couldn’t continue the line of thought that had led to Music of the Spheres, a piece which had taken me about as far as I
currently could (or wanted to) go in terms of scale and virtuosity. In
addition, I wanted to write ‘absolute’ music rather than a programmatic
piece but keep the same emotional journey which is for me the most important
aspect of Spheres.
My first idea for the new piece was a final ‘alleluia’
- I didn’t imagine any specific religious connection but wanted the slow
music to be vocal in nature and ecstatic in mood, as that word implies. It
was then logical to intersperse the slow music with faster dances.
The work opens with a very quiet unison passage,
leading to the first alleluia, which is intoned by horns and trombones. It’s
not clear here whether the music is fast or slow and this ambiguity
continues until the first dance is reached at bar 51. This reaches a climax
but is interrupted by a euphonium cadenza which leads to the second
alleluia, sung first by trombone and then euphonium and soprano cornet. This
again reaches an emotional peak which dissolves into a second dance, in the
form of a nimble and delicate scherzo. Despite a turbulent central section
the scherzo ends quietly before a baritone introduces a chorale-like episode
for the lower half of the band. A solo cornet then begins the final alleluia
section which builds to a passionate close.
 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Available for: Concert Band, Brass Band
- Publisher: Anglo
Music Press
Winner of the 2005 NBA/William D. Revelli Band
Composition Contest
- Commissioned by
the Yorkshire Building Society Band as their own choice piece for the 2004
European Brass Band Championships. This piece is about space and our place
in the universe, based on Pythagorean views of the Cosmos.
"The easiest way to describe the piece is that it is perhaps the nearest
composition for brass band that sounds like blockbuster film music – it is the
soundtrack of a sci-fi film from Ridley Scott or Steven Spielberg; music that
someone like John Williams or Danny Elfman would write – all fantastically
atmospheric, brilliantly scored with colours, textures, effects and timbres
mixed with flowing musical lines that capture the essence of the subject matter
to a tee. The concept from the composer is captured completely; the end result
is a piece that takes the brass band to a different plane of achievement, both
technically and musically." 4BarsRest
TALES OF THE RIVER WYE
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A tranquil piece describing a summer Sunday afternoon on the banks of the
composer's favourite river.
A QUIET MOMENT
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A short and reflective piece written in memory of American band director
James Krofta
AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS - with opt. SATB Choir
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A medley of well-known English carols for band with optional choir
COLORADO SPRINGS
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A 3-movement suite written for the USAF Academy Band
ROYAL SALUTE - CONCERT MARCH
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Fanfare
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A traditional British march, in the style of Sir Edward Elgar, for
intermediate band
THE CONQUEROR
Available for: Brass Band (Concert Band in preparation)
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A traditional contest march with a modern twist
THE CAMELOT CHRONICLES
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
An evocation of the court of King Arthur for young band
SCENES FROM A COMEDY
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A fantasy based on the various characters from the
tradition of Commedia dell'Arte
PRELUDE ON AN IRISH FOLK TUNE
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band
Publisher:
Anglo Music Press
A delightful prelude based on Slane; ideal for that
quieter moment in your concert
TUBA CONCERTO
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Piano Accompaniment
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A 14-minute, two-movement concerto,
commissioned by Markus Theinert. Approachable in style, it shows off all the
best aspects of the instrument
PRELUDE TO A CELEBRATION
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press An up-tempo 5-minute opener, accessible to
bands of all grades
THE GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR (Debussy)
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press Debussy's most popular piano Prelude,
arranged for the intermediate band
HALLELUJAH CHORUS from The Messiah (Handel)
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press An ideal Christmas concert item, this
magnificent chorus is arranged for band only and not suitable for accompanying a
choir
FIESTA DE LA VIDA - A Celebration of Life
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press An energetic and colourful Latin
America-style overture, written to celebrate the life of John Swain, founding
director of the Golden State British Brass Band
from California, USA
MADRIGALUM
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Fanfare
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press Something unusual by way of a concert
opener
SIERRA NEVADA
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press An atmospheric evocation of the Sierra
Nevada mountains in California
THREE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Fanfare
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A three-movement suite, written as a
tribute to Jules Verne in his centenary year
...the quest for peace.....
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A tribute to the late Adlai E.
Stevenson (1900-1965), former US Ambassador to the UN and Governor of Illinois
PROCESSIONAL
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Fanfare
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A short piece in Elgarian style, for
concerts or weddings and other ceremonial occasions
THE EARL OF OXFORD'S MARCH (Byrd)
Available for: Concert Band; Brass Band; Fanfare
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A new arrangement of this exciting keyboard
piece
THE HARBOUR: SUNDAY MORNING
Available for: Concert Band
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A descriptive piece which salutes our
fascination with the sea
HARLEQUIN (Euphonium Solo)
Available for: Brass Band; Concert Band; Piano Accompaniment
Publisher: Anglo Music
Press A showpiece in the tradition of
Pantomime and written for David Childs
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