What Child Fantasy réunit deux mélodies traditionnelles de Noël : l?air anglais What Child is This? (Greensleeves) et la mélodie Russian Bell Song. Ces deux airs présentent une particularité commune : ils sont tous deux écrits dans un mode mineur élément assez inhabituel pour un événement aussi réjouissant.Le Quintette de Cuivres Rekkenze Brass a été fondé par des membres de l?Orchestre Symphonique d?Hof en Allemagne et reconnu internationalement comme un des meilleurs ensembles du genre. La devise de l?ensemble se résume par ?BRASSzination® : la fascination par les cuivres?. C?est avec grand plaisir que nous vous présentons la CollectionRekkenze Brass qui couvre un large éventail de styles. Chaque œuvre publiée dans cette collection est accompagnée d?un compact disc sur lequel sont enregistrées les versions intégrales de la plupart des œuvres disponibles dans une interprétation unique du Rekkenze Brass. Instrumentation : 2 Trompettes Sib Cor en Fa/Mib Trombone en Ut BC Tuba

Free World Fantasy (?Fantaisie du monde libre?) symbolise le rêve que nous chérissons tous : celui d?un monde sans guerre et sans haine. Dans cette composition Jacob de Haan combine le style classique à une rythmique récurrente issue de la musique pop pour créer un genre proche de la musique de film. Une fresque musicale qui sonne comme un appel à la paix.

When I was approached to compose a work for brassband and church organ I already envisioned the concept I would use. It would indeed literally become a work for brassband and organ. Without the traditional solos the organ would form an addition to the brassband orchestration as would the brassband provide an extra register for the organ. In short a homogeneous entity. The most important reason for doing this is quite simple. Since this work can only be performed in a church and because of the specific acoustics of the church the brassband would sound in al its tone colour like an organ. By using certain registers of the organ and combining these with the brassband a wonderfulsound palette can be created. The use of complementary or contrasting tone quality is also possible. The primary theme of this composition is based on these three methods of ?colouring?. As far as structure is concerned this work consists of two parts. slow ? fast. It is built on a number of motifs in which some behave like a consecutive canon. In the fast movement the primary motif develops into a fugue-like section. The canon and fugato are techniques frequently used in classical and contemporary organ literature. The liberal use of structure and motif has lead to the title. ?Fantasy for Brassband and Organ?.

Easter Fantasy-Fantasia di Pasqua is a fantasy in which traditional Easter melodies have been used. The work is written for brass band with a separate brass quartet which since this music is often performed in churches the composer suggests should be positioned on a gallery. This creates a double choir effect and perfectly fits the Renaissance-like style. Each of the melodies is played in various dance-like cadences that partly because of the double choir effect will result in a very lively and original performance.

This fantasy tells the story of Oregon one of Americas north-western states. Traveling by train on the Northern Pacific Railroad the listener is taken through the fascinating Oregon landscape. Indians cowboys golddiggers and hooded wagons will file past on this adventurous journey. The piece has some similarities with a soundtrack of a movie. Various melodies which could be the main themes of a movie pass the review.The piece begins in a slow movement introducing the first theme in minor. Then we hear in the following fast movement the trombones imitate the train whistling the steam-flute. We hear the characteristic minor theme again but now in differentvariants(also in major). The rythmic structure of 'western' stile and rock succeed each other. This is leading to the slow movement where the signals of horns and trumpets introduce a wonderful vocal melody. After this characteristic melody the fast movement appears shortly again the trombones whistling the steam-flute again (now in major). We hear also some musical elements that plays a part in the following Presto. Barchanges jazzy chords interesting rhytmic patterns (with bongo) and an original theme are the characteristics of this Presto. After this the horns announce the last section of the piece. Interesting is the fact that we hear in this Allegro section a variant of the vocal melody in the slow movement. Also the Presto theme returns shortly followed by the Allargando which is a grand characteristic end of a soundtrack. The movie of our travelling fantasy has come to an end.

Fantasy on Old Carols-Good Christian Men Rejoice ? God Rest You Merry Gentlemen ? Come Ye Lofty Come ? The First Nowell / La musique de Noël de Gustav Holst est touchante par sa fraîcheur et sa chaleur. Composée en 1910 cette fantaisie basée sur quatre noëls anglais anciens témoigne de la créativité et de l?imagination du compositeur. Originellement pour Chœur mixte et Orchestre ou Orgue Robert van Beringen en a réalisé cet arrangement pour Brass Band et Chœur (ad lib.).

For Euphonium and Brass Band-This piece was commissioned by Swiss Euphonium virtuoso Erich Schmidli. Bert Appermont dug deep into Celtic music for inspiration and created a fantasy that shows off the incredible but often overlooked versatility of the Euphonium. Charming lyrical melodies virtuosic runs and exciting colourful tuttis create plenty of contrast in this exciting work. The difficulty level for the soloist and band means almost any band to perform this piece and showcase their Euphonium player.

A Fantasy on the Hymn Tune 'Helmsley'-With Clouds Descending est une fantaisie basée sur le profond cantique de l?Avent Helmsley associé depuis longtemps à un autre cantique de l?Avent ? Lo ! He Comes with Clouds Descending de Wesley. Le cantique est divisé en une introduction et trois couplets complets de Helmsley entourant une section centrale plus lente dont la mélodie est dérivée de la dernière ligne du cantique. L?arrangement de niveau 4 de Philip Sparke de ce morceau majestueux pour orchestre est aussi convenable pour l?ouverture d?un concert que comme pièce principale.