SKU: CL.032-2397-01
From the Images album by the hot LA Group FREEWAY, Andy Clark has skillfully arranged Max Bennett’s wonderful tune for full jazz ensemble while capturing all of the unique and subtle qualities that have made this tune so popular. Features Alto Sax and is an excellent choice for medium level bands who are looking for a really special chart.
SKU: CL.032-2397-00
SKU: HL.14021017
ISBN 9780711984677. 5.5x7.5x0.082 inches.
This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 2nd May 2000 at the Barbican Centre, London, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. Duration c.23 minutes. Peter Maxwell Davies: The horn writing is extremely virtuoso throughout - not least in exploring the full range of the horn, from the deepest notes in the bass, normally exclusive to an orchestral fourth horn player, to the highest, most exposed sostenuto of a first horn soloist, presenting here challenges of embouchure and sheer stamina I should think fairly unprecedented. Solo part and piano reduction on sale (CH61758), Conductor's score and orchestral parts available for hire.
SKU: HL.14008415
UPC: 884088808242. 8.5x11.0x0.261 inches.
This work, written by Maxwell Davies in 1983 for chamber orchestra, was commissioned to celebrate the quartercentenary of Edinburgh University. The first performance was given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edward Harper in October 1983. Duration c. 29mins. This work was thought through in outline following a visit to the ruined pre-Reformation church of Hoy in Orkney, on a fine Spring afternoon after Maxwell Davies had played the harmonium for the tiny congregation in its large bleak Victorian replacement. The old church was surrounded by the graves of centuries, the more recent ones with familiar names, largely of people who lived in houses now ruinous - crofters, fishermen, clerics, sea-captains. Next to it stood the chief farmhouse, the Bu, going back to Viking times. He thought of the lives and deaths encompassed there, expressed through hundreds of years of music in the church, and in the big barn of the farm. The plainsongs 'Dies Irae' and 'Victimae Paschali Laudes' are used throughout the work - the first concerning the Day of Judgement, from the Mass for the Dead, the second particular to Easter Sunday and the Resurrection. These are subject to constant transformation - the intervallic contour slowly changes from one into the other, and their notes are made to dance through Renaissance astrological 'magic square' patterns. The orchestra consists of double woodwind, two horns, two trumpets and strings.
SKU: BA.BA08453
ISBN 9790006507320. 30 x 23.1 cm inches. Key: C major.
Our “Symphonic Organ“ series focuses mainly on organ works from the late 19th century and early modern period: It includes unjustly neglected or previously unknown literature and rarities, all of masterly workmanship and superior quality.
SKU: CA.4029970
ISBN 9790007066642.
SKU: HL.14021000
ISBN 9780711959927. 5.5x7.5x0.2 inches.
Commissioned to write a piece for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Davies provided a musical General Assembly of his own: a bright overture based on an Australian aboriginal song which gives rise to 'national anthems' of various kinds and instrumental colourings. Finally the 'anthems' are combined, 'if not triumphantly', Davies says, 'at least in a manner whereby they get along together'. The first performance took place in June 1995 in Nottingham. It was given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies. Score (miniature). Duration c. 14mins.
SKU: HL.14020963
9.0x12.0x0.5 inches.
Peter Maxwell Davies' 1979 work for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra, commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra, who gave the first performance in May 1992 at the Royal Festival Hall, with Simon Rattle conducting. The 'Black Pentecost' is the coming of uranium mining, which was a threat to Orkney when the work was written. The text tells of the destruction of old ways of life, the eclipse of the human by the technological. Davies sets it as a gripping dramatic cantata which is also a four-movement symphony, with the songs for imperious baritone and lyrical mezzo-soprano linked by orchestral transitions. The work is a lament, and at the same time a fiercely argued protest. Score. Duration c. 40mins.
SKU: HL.14008406
ISBN 9780711948716.
A work for solo violin and orchestra, commissioned by Donald McDonald for the 21st birthday of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the 60th birthday of the composer. It was first performed in November 1993 in Glasgow, by James Clark and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxwell Davies. The spell is one quoted by George Mackay Brown in his book An Orkney Tapestry: 'Let not plough be put to acre except a fiddle cross first the furrow.' Davies's dancing concerto imagines the fiddler following a route from field to field, from dance to dance, accompanied by a bunch of companions in the form of an orchestra. As the music goes on, so it gets brighter and livelier, moving from the dark colouring of clarinets, bassoons and strings to full ensemble with prominent brass and (solo) tuned percussion, as if the dancers as much as the fields were beginning to glow with new life. Score (miniature). Duration c. 20mins.
SKU: HL.14021002
ISBN 9780711955103. 9.0x12.0x0.054 inches.
Two dances for flute and harp from Peter Maxwell Davies' ballet Caroline Mathilde. A new instrumentation restores this linked pair of dances from Davies's second full-length ballet, Caroline Mathilde based on the story of the eighteenth-century British princess sent in marriage to Denmark, to the eighteenth-century milieu of the work's setting and musical world. The period manners - a gavotte in the first dance, a gigue at the start of the second - are typically overlaid with the composer's Scottishness. In general the harp has an accompanying role, but it comes forward alone in the second movement, which ends with bravura from both instruments. These two dances were first performed in September 1993 at the Northlands Festival by David Nicholson and Eluned Pierce. Score and flute part. Duration c. 5mins. Harp part edited by Elune Pierce.
SKU: CL.026-4535-00
This famous melody, arranged for the Build-A-Band series, is now accessible to bands of virtually any instrumentation. Every instrument has the opportunity to share in the melody, and it is carefully scored to help even the smallest bands sound full and mature. The melody is presented first for a solo instrument, and then leads with a dramatic modulation to a glorious final chorus. Provides many teaching opportunities, and carefully designed to ensure maximum musicality. Beautiful!
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The Build-A-Band Series provides educational and enjoyable music for bands with incomplete or unbalanced instrumentation. Written using just four or five parts (plus percussion), these effective arrangements will work with any combination of brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments as long as you distribute the parts so that each of the five parts is covered. All of the publications in the Build-A-Band Series have been arranged to be playable with any instrumentation as long as each part is used: 1st Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part, 4th Part, and Bass Part. (Please note: In some of these arrangements the 4th Part, and the Bass Part are the same, making it possible to play those arrangements with only 4 parts.)
SKU: CL.069-2042-00
An exciting opportunity to develop physical playing skills to maximum potential. These are HI TECH studies that teach the performance skills needed for marching band music. Great for warm up and includes detailed teacher's guide. Warm-up.
SKU: CL.032-2825-00
High speed industrial strength big band jazz from the powerful pen of Dominic Spera. Not for the faint of heart, this incredible chart is a perfect competition vehicle for better bands. Great ensemble writing, lots of solo space, and a breakneck tempo combine to provide maximum excitement.
SKU: CL.031-3183-01
Your developing jazz band will get maximum results from this smooth rock ballad which can feature either Alto Sax or Trumpet as soloist. Ranges are modest and allow the band to work on making music not just getting the notes and it’s playable with limited instrumentation. Also includes a guitar performance help sheet. Perfect for concert or contest, each performance will truly result in One Special Moment. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
SKU: CL.031-2536-00
A classy little swing tune that is a terrific teaching tool for inexperienced bands. Carefully edited and marked to show the proper interpretation of many basic swing figures, this attractive tune allows a maximum of training while providing a wonderful concert or contest tune for young bands. Has a section which can be repeated for solos as you wish and written suggested solos are provided.
SKU: CL.032-3609-01
Did someone say shuffle? From the stop-time intro to a poppin’ shout chorus, this Howard Rowe chart is maximum excitement! Subway Shuffle is an excellent showcase for soloists and ensemble alike and builds to a rousing finale!
SKU: CL.023-4367-01
The percussion section - and your entire band - will love the driving and infectious rhythms of Band Rocks! A perfect selection for that first spring concert or recruiting performances to show how much fun band is! With limited ranges and difficulty but maximum appeal, Band Rocks! will be a sure hit with your young musicians and audiences alike.
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