Par HIGGINS GAVIN. Fanfares and Love Songs was commissioned by the National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain for performance on 25th July 2009. Its three movements contrast the extrovert and lyrical qualities of the traditional brass band. The fanfare with which the work opens involves the whole cornet section. The second movement is reflective in mood, beginning somewhat pensively on muted …

Progrès de la technologie d'enregistrement ont changé les règles de la route, mettant les musiciens dans le siège du conducteur. Filaires pairs dans la personnalité des artistes-producteurs avec profils, essais en photos et descriptions complètes de leurs studios home. Photographie conceptuelle Stark refléteront les personas d'artistes tels que sans aucun doute, Sonic Youth, Snoop Dogg, Korn et pl…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Singapura Suite was commissioned by Singapore's Ministry of Education Extracurricular Activities Branch to serve as a compulsory piece for the 1999 Singapore Youth Festival. 'Singapura' is the original name of Singapore in Malay, the native language there. Because Singapore is one of the most important harbors in the world, this two-piece work opens with a seaman's dance. An…

Par JANACEK LEOS. Works for choir are represented in the œuvre of Leoš Janácek (1854-1928) from his beginnings as a composer until almost the last days of his life. Already in his youth he was intensively involved as a choral director in Brno – as successor to Pavel Krížkovský with the Augustinian church choir, later with the choir of the Svatopluk tradesmen’s association and with the Beseda Phil…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed by restless motifs in the percussion. A second theme, in the woodwinds, begins much calmer but is quickly pushed aside by that same brass offensive. This introduction is the mu…

10 Shakespeare settings for mixed voices. Par CHILCOTT BOB. Variety of composers, including Bob Chilcott, Alan Bullard, Howard Skempton, Cecilia McDowall, and Will Todd Accompanied and unaccompanied settings Well-known Shakespeare texts, including 'It was a lover and his lass', 'If music be the food of love', and 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' Beautiful arrangement of Walton's 'Touch he…

Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Cette collection de pièces originales pour début aux étudiants intermédiaires continue la tradition bien connu et même intitulées collections de Schumann, Khachaturian et autres compositeurs, sauf que cet album se concentre uniquement sur le jazz, rock, pop, blues, boogie woogie, ragtime et easy listening des pièces qui reflètent les populaires d'aujourd'hui, les styles de mus…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Singapura Suite was commissioned by Singapore's Ministry of Education Extracurricular Activities Branch to serve as a compulsory piece for the 1999 Singapore Youth Festival. 'Singapura' is the original name of Singapore in Malay, the native language there. Because Singapore is one of the most important harbors in the world, this two-piece work opens with a seaman's dance. An…

Arr. Sykes S. Par WILLIAMS JOHN. John Williams' instantly recognisable Fanfare And Flying Theme (from E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) is colourfully arranged for brass band by Steve Sykes. Brass Band Grade 4: Advanced Youth and 3rd Section Duration: 5 minutes/ Recueil / Brass Band (Conducteur)

Par DOBSON SIMON. Firefly was composed by award-winning composer Simon Dobson (b.1981) to provide an entertaining uptempo concert work for community and youth bands. Composed in funk-rock style, and is based on the groove beat with which it opens. Dobson says, 'Firefly was written as a break from my more serious music and as a 'hat tip' to the various types of beat orientated music I listen to.” I…