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£44.95The Flowers of the Forest (Brass Band - Score only) - Bennett, Richard Rodney - Hindmarsh, Paul
In a preface to the score, the composer explains that 'the folk song The Flowers of the Forest is believed to date from 1513, the time if the battle of Flodden, in the course of which the archers of the Forest (a part of Scotland) were killed almost to a man'. Bennett had already used the same tune in his Six Scottish Folksongs (1972) for soprano, tenor and piano, and it is the arrangement he made then that forms the starting-point for the brass-band piece. A slow introduction (Poco Adagio) presents the folk song theme three times in succession - on solo cornet, on solo cornets and tenor horns, and on muted ripieno cornets in close harmony - after which the work unfolds through five sections and a coda. Although played without a break, each of these five sections has its own identity, developing elements of the tune somewhat in the manner of variations, but with each arising from and evolving into the next. The first of these sections (Con moto, tranquillo) is marked by an abrupt shift of tonality, and makes much of the slow rises and falls characteristic of the tune itself. The tempo gradually increases, to arrive at a scherzando section (Vivo) which includes the first appearance of the theme in its inverted form. A waltz-like trio is followed by a brief return of the scherzando, leading directly to a second, more extended, scherzo (con brio) based on a lilting figure no longer directly related to the theme. As this fades, a single side drum introduces an element of more overtly martial tension (Alla Marcia) and Bennett says that, from this point on, he was thinking of Debussy's tribute to the memory of an unknown soldier (in the second movement of En Blanc et noir, for two pianos). Bennett's march gradually gathers momentum, eventually culminating in a short-lived elegiac climax (Maestoso) before the music returns full-circle to the subdued melancholy of the opening. The work ends with a haunting pianissimo statement of the original tune.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.95
CAROUSEL, The (Soprano Cornet or Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Newsome, Roy
Soprano Cornet or Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 7
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
CONCERTO FOR HORN IN E FLAT (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Bellini, Vincenzo - Newsome, Roy
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 8
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£42.95
ESCAPOLOGY (Baritone/Brass Band) - Davoren, Tom
Baritone Solo with Brass Band. Also Available: Baritone Solo with Piano edition.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
HANDEL'S HORNPIPE (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Handel, George Frideric - Reader, Bernard
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 8
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
HIGGY JIG (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Richards, Goff
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 8.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
OVER THE RAINBOW (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Arlen, Harold - Richards, Goff
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. Recorded on QPRL084D Light as Air. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 6
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
RHAPSODY No.1 (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Golland, John
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 8
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£37.95
SWAN (Tenor Horn/Brass Band) - Saint-Saens, Camille - Hanmer, Ronald
Tenor Horn Solo & Brass Band. A separate Piano Accompaniment edition is also available. Solo UK Grade 5
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.95Sonata - Derek Bourgeois
This work, composed in 1998, was commissioned by the American trombonist Don Lucas as a work for trombone and piano and first performed by him in Birmingham on 19th May 2000. Subsequently, I arranged the music for both solo trombone and brass band and solo trombone and wind band so that it now exists in three formats. The first movement, in B flat major, is brisk and energetic, and is cast in sonata form. The second subject is gentler and more lyrical. The second movement, a scherzo in C major, is the most complex of the four. Basically the structure is a rond. For a long time the music remains in the opening 5/8 time until a new theme introduces more broken rhythms in a more jazzy idiom. After a return of the opening theme the following episode is more tonally ambiguous. Finally, the main theme returns to round off the movement. The third movement, a lyrical adagio, is really one long extended melodic flow. The harmonies are lush and the textures simple and direct. The tonal center is A minor, but the music meanders through so many keys, that this key centre is heavily disguised. The finale is a fiery affair. G minor is really its home key, but throughout the movement the music moves about a lot and the second subject is first heard in A flat minor. The movement's underlying sonata structure is masked not only by its loose tonality but also by its frequently changing time signatures. Like the first movement the second subject is more lyrical in nature and for a while it seems that the music will end peacefully, but a final flurry heralds a triple forte unison on the home note of the first movement - B flat. Derek Bourgeois
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days