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£24.95The Dark Side Of The Moon (Score Only)
This piece was commissioned by Dr. Nicholas Childs and Black Dyke Band on behalf of Rotary International and received its world premire performance at St. David's Hall, Cardiff on Saturday 27th January 2007. It is dedicated to the composer's father, Harry Cooper.The music was selected by the National Contesting Council as the 3rd section test piece for the 2008 Regional Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. A Note from the Composer...Have you ever thought of a holiday destination, tourist attraction, event, place, site or period in history and thought 'I wonder what it would be like?' - somwhere you have never been and can only let your imagination run wild on. What would the place be like, and all the things surrounding it such as the mood, feelings you get experiencing it, the temperature? Who would be there and what you would see? This piece is my musical imagination of the dark side of the moon. I know from news reports, the internet and other footage that the moon is a very desolate place, very barren and rugged. So from the start the piece gives the listener a musical picture of the rugged landscape with little light and warmth.However, the one place that has had me thinking about is the side of the moon that we don't see in our night skies, the side of the moon with no sun and no light pollution from civilisation. I can only imagine the eeriness one would feel being stood in complete darkness on the moon's surface looking around.As you slowly explore the surroundings and your eyes drift up to the night sky, there is an awesome sight unfolding in front of you - countless stars and galaxies, planets and different solar systems and all right in front of you glistening from the light of the sun beaming from the other side of the moon. The Dark Side of the Moon portrays a musical picture of the whole experience as seen in my imagination taking the listener from the rugged landscape to the awesome beauty that sits endlessly in front of you.Paul Lovatt-Cooper, September 2007
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.50Vienna Nights (Score Only)
The City of Vienna stands at one of the historic crossroads of the world, linking east and west and embracing artistic influences from all sides. In the 250th anniversary year of Mozart's birth, this fantasy on Mozart's celebrated Piano Sonata in A (K331), has been composed true to the form and content of the original, but also to the underlying substance of the conception.One of Mozart's distinguishing features, and one that links him to later music by Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Schoenberg, is the breadth of his musical vision. His music links intellectual rigour with ecstatic utterance and darker preoccupations. It is, perhaps, this shadow-laden side of his musical nature which gives his work a profundity often absent in the work of his contemporaries. Admirers of his Requiem Mass or the Statue music in Don Giovanni will recognise that it is this extra sense of reality which makes Mozart so relevant to the modern age, and where he may link hands with the other great Viennese thinkers such as Berg, Webern and Adorno.The composer follows the three movement plan of the Sonata closely. The original begins with a Theme and Variations which is freely quoted. His Minuet is mirrored in the Recitative and Notturno, where each section of the band lays down a metaphoric rose to his memory. Famously, the sonata ends in populistic style with a Turkish Rondo. Ever since the Hapsburg-Ottoman Wars, which came to an end in the seventeenth century, Viennese composers have included Turkish elements in their music, not least in the use of certain percussion instruments. Vienna Nights is thusly a homage.It celebrates the world's greatest composer, but also the city which fostered his work. Here, in your imagination, you might easily conjure up a caf table near the Opera House, where Mozart, Mahler and Sigmund Freud, observed by us all from a discreet distance, may meet as old friends.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.00
Antiphonary - Lane, L
The Berkeley Family antiphonary is a beautiful book of texts and chants dating back to 1457, and this piece traces an historical timeline of Berkeley Castle's history, incorporating Vivaldi arias from an opera discovered at the castle in 2002. The music has moments of hymn-like reflection as well as great triumph and features the flugel horn.1st section + Duration 6 mins This piece exists in three other formats - Symphonic brass, Brass ensemble, and Wind dectet and piano. For details of these orchestrations please visit Composers Edition
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£33.00
Battle of the Planets - Curtin, H - Harper, P
70s anime-style cartoon Battle of the Planets, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year and all 85 episodes have been released in DVD box sets. Hoyt Curtin, composer of the main title theme, was one of America's most prolific composers of television cartoon themes, his most famous being The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.3rd section +
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£40.00
English Counterpoint - Furber, L
The winner of the inaugural RWCMD Cory Composition Prize in 2015, debutant brass band composer Lewis Furber unlocks an original and evoactive soundworld, where the influence of composers such as Vaughan Williams is never far away. Features solos for flugel horn, euphonium and baritone.1st section +Duration 5 minsListen to Cory BandCourtesy of World of Brass
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£33.00
Gopak from Fair at Sorochinsk - Moussorgsky - Byles, D
Moussorgsky started this work in 1874, seven years before he died at the age of 42. He never completed the work, and three other Russian composers added "their" endings. From The Fair at Sorochinsk, an opera based on an Episode from Gogols, Gopak is in a Russian folk tune style. A very skillful arrangement from David Byles.3rd section +
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£33.00
The Great Train Robbery - Goldsmith, J - Phillips, L
The Great Train Robbery is based on an actual train robbery which took place in 1855. The film boasted a rip-roaring score by Jerry Goldsmith. Composers have long been interested in depicting train movement through music and Goldsmith is no exception - this dashing scherzo music bristles with excitement and energy and is intended to open the evening with a bang!2nd section +
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£35.00
Candlelight Carol - Rutter, J - Griffiths, D
John Rutter (b. 1945) has established a reputation as one of the most successful composers of modern-day carols, and the Candlelight Carol is one of the most popular. Written in 1984, this is a Nativity carol, and has been recorded by Glyn Williams on Cory Band's new Christmas CD release A Festival of Fanfares and Carols4th section +Duration 5 mins
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£113.00Mitt hjerte alltid vanker - Hans Adolphe Brorson
One of the world's most famous Christmas songs was composed by the Dane Hans Adolph Brorson, who was primarily a theologian and bishop, but is also recognized as one of Scandinavia's greatest composers of hymns. "My Heart Remains in Wonder" was first published in 1732.This arrangement was originally written for the Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag with soloist Christine Gulbrandsen for their recording "A Christmas Journey with Eikanger-Bjorsvik."This published version has been adapted so that it can also be performed instrumental. What should be omitted when using a soloist is clearly noted in the score and parts.
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£134.99The Lost Circle - Jan van der Roost
With the original work, Stonehenge, released in 1992, composer Jan Van der Roost has yet again dedicated a new work to this very special monument - in response to recent research revealing that the middle circle might originate from Wales. A blend of scientific facts, ideas and hypotheses in combination with the composer's creativity has resulted in a varied composition full of imagination.
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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