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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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