SKU: FP.FSR01

ISBN 9790570504152.

Robin Steven’s Balmoral Suite is an affectionate tribute to the Royal Family in the late reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring musical sketches of imagined family life during summers at their Scottish home, the work is a pastiche of well known Scottish folk tunes, delivered with the occasional modernist twist and plenty of humour.

A version a version for string orchestra and harp accompaniment is also available and can be heard recorded by John Turner with the Manchester Sinfonia conducted by Richard Howarth, on the album Balmoral Suite and Other Recorder Favourites.

SKU: BT.AMP-047-020

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressive musical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement, Ardross Castle, features solo passages for clarinet and bassoon and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. The second movement, Alladale, is a saxophone trio with an accompaniment featuring the percussion section. The final movement, Dundonnell, features two highly contrasting melodies, a wild presto and the bagpipe melody first heard in the first movement.

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands schetst drie indrukwekkende muzikale beelden van de Schotse Hooglanden. Hoewel is gekozen voor een Schots thema, zijn er geen volksliedjes gebruikt. Het eerste deel, Ardross Castle, wordtgekenmerkt door solo’s voor klarinet en fagot of euphonium, voordat een doedelzakmelodie wordt ge ntroduceerd. Het tweede deel, Alladale, is een trio voor saxofoon waarin het slagwerk een belangrijke rol speelt. Dit leidtnaar de finale, Dundonnell, die contrastrijk heen en weer beweegt tussen een wild presto en de doedelzakmelodie uit het eerste deel. Met de zwaarddans Strathcarron is deze suite uit te breiden tot een vierdelig erk.

SKU: BT.AMP-047-140

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressive musical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement, Ardross Castle, features solo passages for clarinet and bassoon and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. The second movement, Alladale, is a saxophone trio with an accompaniment featuring the percussion section. The final movement, Dundonnell, features two highly contrasting melodies, a wild presto and the bagpipe melody first heard in the first movement.

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands disegna tre espressivi quadri musicali delle highland scozzesi. Il primo movimento, Ardross Castle, si distingue per gli assoli del clarinetto e del fagotto e per una aff ascinante melodia di cornamusa. Il secondo movimento, Alladale, è un trio di sassofoni con un accompagnamento caratterizzato da una sezione di percussioni. Il movimento finale, Dundonnell, propone due melodie molto contrastanti, un presto agitato e la melodia della cornamusa ascoltata nel primo movimento.

SKU: AP.31614S

UPC: 038081355184. English.

A musical postcard to the world! Your audiences will be thrilled with this early piece of Americana, and your musicians will love the colors and energy of this uniquely American music as imagined by the great Czech master following his visit to America in the 1890s. This work contains music inspired by African-American, Native-American and Scottish music and features three movements (I, IV and V) of Antonín Dvorák's original five-movement suite.

SKU: CN.S11278

This three-movement gem captures the composer's different impressions of Italy beautifully, evident in the programmatic titles of each movement - Last night we danced the Tarantella, The Sistine Chapel is staggeringly beautiful and The view from the top of Vesuvius is amazing. Take your students on a field trip to Italy without leaving the band room!

Scottish composer Bruce Fraser spends much time in Italy and has become well-known in that country as composer, conductor, and adjudicator. It was inevitable that some of his Italian impressions would find their way into his music - and this three movement gem captures the different moods beautifully. 1) Last Night we danced the Tarantella 2) The Sistine Chapel is staggeringly beautiful 3) The view from the top of Vesuvius is amazing.