Harlem Suburb Shuffle. From the beginning of the Middle Ages, we have known performance practices in which the duration of the notes can differ from the actual notation. In some cases, binary written melodies were performed in a ternary way. This is also the case in the present-day shuffle: the written quavers are performed in a long-short system in which the ratio is 2:1. In other words, the performance practice is based on a triplet feel. In this composition, all ingredients of the shuffle are featured: a vigorous swing rhythm, a walking bass, the successions of thirds in the accompaniment and the frequent use of triplets. To make sure that the binary written rhythms in the accompaniments are performed in the correct ternary manner, Peter Kleine Schaars has notated the melody themes in triplets as much as possible. Thus, this composition is a very useful exercise for the swing development of your ensemble. Additionally, the work is a treat to listen to, so your audience will really appreciate this up-tempo big band like composition. All ternary rhythmic cells 17 till 24 pass in revue, furthermore much attention had been paid to a correct performance of cell 4 in swing feel.

In Scotland the monster of Loch Ness is a hot issue but the American state of Montana enjoys a comparable phenomenon going by the name of Montana Nessie. In the western part of this remote state lies Flathead Lake: a lake of 45 kilometres /38miles in lenght and 24 kilometres /15 miles breath. At several places its depth exeeds 100 metres.Nessies discovery takes us back to the year 1889 when captain James Kerr aboard the passengership U.S.Grant was startled by a ship unknown to himsuddenly approaching his vessel across Flathead Lake. However it turned out not to be a ship but an undefinable animal of immense size.From that moment onwards life would never be the same again in and around Flathead Lake.The composer wasinspired by the story and summarized the events into a symphonic poem but from a surprising angle:that of the monster. The exiting opening allows us to follow the monster in its natural surroundings.The fast follow-up movement depictsMontana Nessie trotting and frolicking about the Montana woods and prairies.From its abode it thorougly enjoys everything around it. This period abruptly ends in a short climax (Chimes). The solo for cor anglais marks a new period in themonsters life.The presence of people has a paralizing effect and the apprehensive atmosphere of the slow movement may be felt profoundly.The monster observes and mildly teases the ship. Abhor sounds force the ship to a withdrawal.The movingmusical continuation depicts the triumphant monster dancing an ironic waltz. The monsters fear and anger at the intrusion of his freedom run through the piece like continuous threads and develop into the works final theme.

Arrangement and Orchestration by Andrea Cappellari. Full score and 24 parts: 1) C Instr. (Flute) / 1) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 2) C Instr. (Flute Violin) / 2) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 3) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 3) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 4) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 4) Bb I(Clarinet) / 5) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 5) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 6) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 6) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 7) C Instr. (Flute Violin Oboe) / 7) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 7) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 8) C Instr. (Violin ) / 8) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 8) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / Guitar / Piano 1 / Piano 2 / Bass Cello Bassoon / Snare drum /Bass drum / Four Hands Piano ad libitum. Performance possibile also without Piano.

Concert Band Signature Series. Par WALKER GEORGE. In 1946, George Walker was still doing graduate work at the Curtis institute when he composed Lyric for Strings, which would prove over the coming decades to become one of the most performed and enduring string orchestra works of the 20th Century. This first-ever edition for symphonic wind band was arranged by Dr. Luci Disano and premiered by The President's Own United States Marine Band on August 24, 2022. George Walker (June 27, 1922 - August 23, 2018) began his groundbreaking career as a young piano virtuoso and was admitted to Oberlin College on a scholarship following his first public recital at the age of 14. Graduating with the highest honors in his Conservatory class, he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music, becoming the first black graduate of this renowned music school. His works demonstrate a wide range of artistic excellence in genres ranging from instrumental and vocal solos and chamber music to compositions for orchestra and other large ensembles. He is the first black composer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Suite from the Incidental Music. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) a composé la musique de la pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Le Songe d’une Nuit d’Été) à deux moments différents. En 1826, à l’âge de 16 ans, il écrit une ouverture de concert (Op. 21). Seize ans plus tard, en 1842, il composa la musique de scène (opus 61) pour le roi Frédéric-Guillaume IV de Prusse, dans laquelle il incorpora l’ouverture existante. L’ouverture a été créée à Stettin (alors en Prusse, aujourd’hui Szczecin, Pologne) le 20 février 1827, sous la direction de Carl Loewe. Mendelssohn a dû parcourir 80 miles à travers une tempête de neige déchaînée pour se rendre au concert, qui est devenu sa première apparition publique. La première représentation britannique de l’ouverture fut dirigée par Mendelssohn lui-même le 24 juin 1829, aux Argyll Rooms de Londres. Après le concert, Thomas Attwood a reçu la partition de l’ouverture pour la garde, mais l’a laissée dans un taxi et n’a jamais été retrouvée. Mendelssohn a réécrit plus tard l’ouverture entièrement de mémoire. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Pavane for a Dead Princess-Maurice Ravel was only 24 when his piano solo 'Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte ' which translated means Pavane for a dead princess became the rage of the drawing rooms and salons of Paris in 1899 but the work already held the unmistakable stamp of his style. Ravel orchestrated the work in 1910. Jerry Brubaker presents this lovely work in a Concert band setting with all of the lush melodies and harmonies of the original work but with simplified ranges and a comfortable key. A marvelous choice for a truly beautiful piece of impressionistic literature!

Opus 39-En 1878 Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski compose un recueil de 24 pièces faciles pour piano « qui plairont aux enfants » comme l?avait fait précédemment Robert Schumann. L?originalité des 24 pages de L?album pour enfants de Tchaïkovski étant d?y avoir introduit une série de danses. James Curnow a choisi quatre pages du recueil pour en faire un arrangement contrastant et contrasté. Les couleurs mélodiques et atmosphériques des pièces ouvrent vos jeunes musiciens à de nouveaux horizons pédagogiques.

Impressionist composer Claude Debussy wrote his set of Préludes for the piano between 1909 and 1913. In their entirety, his Préludes total 24 individual pieces in two volumes. It is from these that Karel Deseure has selected fivepreludes for his Cinq Préludes. La fille aux cheveux de lin is probably the most well-known of the five (and Debussy?s 24).Deseure approached each prelude as being musically independent of the others. Consequently, they do not have to be played in a specific order or even as a complete set. It is worth noting that in Debussy?s original edition the titles wereprinted at the end each prelude, almost like a footnote, so the performer could look at the music without being influenced by Debussy?s descriptive titles. The Préludes also demonstrate Debussy?s superb orchestration skills. Deseure took great care orchestrating these five preludes so he could capture and convey their original character and mood as accurately as possible. The original key signatures were kept and only very minute changes were made to the pitchesthemselves, such as occasional octave doublings to fill out the ensemble.

Par WAESPI OLIVER. Cette pièce contient une série de variations sur la mélodie de « Ami, dans cette vie », un chant français du XVIIIe siècle. A l?instar du fameux poème« Canzona di Bacco » de Lorenzo de? Medici, ce chant invite l?auditeur à jouir de la vie, de l?amitié, de l?amour et du vin tant qu?il est encore temps. Ce texte à caractère épicurien contraste avec une mélodie profondément mélancolique, une contradiction qui se trouve explorée dans la présente ?uvre. Après une première partie plutôt tourmentée, la mélodie d?origine est révélée dans une section intermédiaire tranquille et pensive, qui met en exergue plusieurs solistes. Dans le mouvement final, l?atmosphère se transforme et devient de plus en plus exubérante, telle une incantation de Bacchus. La pièce se termine par une dernière affirmation fulgurante du thème originale. Canzona di Bacco est une commande de l?Harmonie municipale de Vesoul, qui en a assuré la première le 24 Juin 2022 théâtre Edwige Feuillère à Vesoul (France) sous la direction de Mathieu Anguenot. / Date parution : 2022-07-30/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie