Par SEARLE LESLIE. Il s'agit d'un nouvel aspect de la créativité de Leslie Searle - c'est une marche dans la meilleure tradition anglaise. La première partie est caractérisée par des motifs se référant aux signaux militaires, la mélodie du Trio a une qualité accrocheuse.Il est efficace et à la même heure facile concert piece. Il est particulièrement adapté pour la marche des compétitions et des concours./ Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent

Par SEARLE LESLIE. Il s'agit d'un transfert d'agitation, habile de style pop musique pour bande de vent de jeunesse. L'original peut composition il effectué par des groupes plus petits : le plus gros score est pour Instruments supplémentaires. Leslie Searle est entré à l'Allemagne en 1965 comme saxophoniste dans la bande de la Royal Air Force. Il a composé et fait des arrangements de musique par Kurt Edelhagen, entre autres et a joué dans de nombreux groupes. Il est maintenant directeur de l'école privée de musique de Remscheid./ Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent

Leos Janacek almost seventy years old characterised the wind sextet he had just finished as 'a kind of memory of youth' in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite Youth was written in the summer of 1924 prompted by the composer's need to take stock on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Janacek also heard the Parisian ensemble Societe moderne des instruments a vent several times in Salzburg and Brno. He expanded the classic quintet scoring by the addition of a bass clarinet.Janacek referred to an earlier part of his life in this work not only by quoting a theme from March of the Blue Boys but particularly through his general freshness ofexpression astute humour and use of form which adhered to the classical style.The piece was enthusiastically received by both critics and the public and appeared in print as early as 1925 issued by the Prague publisher Hudebni matice.Wind sextet in the classical styleUrtext based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos JanacekNew foreword by Jiri Zahradka (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Scales and Tuning Exercises for Superior Bands is a great resource for those bands seeking to improve their development in scale studies intonation and balance through chorales and harmonized studies. This book can be used as a daily warm-up for intermediate or advanced ensembles.Included is an in-depth explanation of how major and minor key signatures and scales are constructed as well as exercises for the students to complete. In addition to major and minor scales the whole tone blues and pentatonic scales are included.Balance is also addressed in detail. The student will not only study band balance but sectional balance as well. When playing the choralesand harmonized studies in this book the student should understand the importance of tone quality intonation blend and balance. Tips for playing chorales and harmonized studies are also included.This book continues the sequence of books in the Superior Bands series. Earlier books include Superior Bands in Sixteen Weeks and Chorales and Rhythm Etudes for Superior Bands.

This seven-minute concert overture recalls the early days of the railways and one of the most famous engines of all time ‘The Rocket’. It was commissioned by the Director of the North Hertfordshire Wind Band Phillip Ellis who is the great-great-great-grandson of Stephenson and depicts the Victorian carnival atmosphere on the day of the engine’s inauguration. An ideal work for a good school youth or county level band.