My First Christmas Concert. Par DE HAAN / J.A.P.SCH. La nouvelle collection Essential Elements European Band Series offre des pièces de concert idéales pour les Classes d’Orchestre, les Orchestres Juniors ou les Orchestres à l’école. Ces pièces ont été conçues parallèlement et en complément de la méthode Essential Elements, mais peuvent également être utilisées de manière indépendante. Chaque set est livré avec un CD sur lequel est enregistrée la version intégrale du morceau. Essential Elements European Band Series est une collection efficace pour progresser avec plaisir et satisfaction. MEIN ERSTES WEIHNACHTSKONZERT : My First Christmas Concert (Mon premier concert de Noël) s’ouvre avec une Intrada festive, suivie de la mélodie du chant Venez, mes enfants. Le développement offre une mosaïque de quelques célèbres noëls d’ici et d’ailleurs. Le medley se conclut par un finale joyeux : Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann (Le père Noël vient demain). Réjouissons-nous ! / Oeuvre accessible à partir de la page 9, Essential Elements 1 / Niveau : 0.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

This major concert work cosists o five movements.1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas a group of lagoons in isolated and mysterious surroundings. The water has healing powersand for centuries traditional healers have settled there in small villages. From far the sick come to the Huaringas to be treated in nightly rituals in which the hallucinating juice of the San Pedro cactus gives the prophet a look inside hispatient. The biggest lagoon is the ?Laguna del Shimbe? one of the countless wells of the immense Amazon stream.2nd movement: Los AguarunasFurther downstream in Northern Peru we come across the rain tribe of Los Aguarunas. It?s a proud beautiful andindependent race which has never succumbed to domination not even from the Incas. They live from everything the forest has to offer: fish fruit plants ... . They also grow some crops and live as semi-nomads. They take their fate into their ownhands and after having made contact with modern civilisation they have integrated new elements into their lives without betraying their own ways.3rd movement: MekaronMekaron is an Indian word meaning ?picture? ?soul? ?essence?. The Indians are theorigina inhabitants of the Amazon region. They either live in one place as a group or move around a large region. They all have their own political system their own language and an intense social life. At the same time they are master of music andmedicine. ?Everywhere the white man goes he leaves a wilderness behind him? wrote the North American Indian leader Seatl in 1885. As a result of these contacts with the whites the disruption of most Indian societies began. (In this century alone 80 tribes have vanished completely).4th movement: KêêtuajêThis is the name of the initiating ceremony of the Krahô tribe in the Brazilian state of Goias in which young boys and girls enter adult life. They are cleansed with water painted with redpaint and covered with feathers after which the ritual dance holds the entire tribe spell-bound.5th movement: Paulino FaiakanIn 1988 the Indian chiefs Faiakan and Raoni Kaiapo came to Europe to protest against the building of the Altamira dam inBrazil. As a result of the dam the Indians would be driven from their traditional land and enormous artificial would be created. The project was supported financially by amongst others the European Community. In February 1989 the Indian tribesaround Altamira held a protest march for the first time in their history together. Amongst other things they paid tribute tot Chico Mendez who murdered in 1988 was the leader of the rubber syndicate and a fierce opponent of the destruction of theBrazilian rain forest. Brazilian and world opinion was awakened. The building of the dam was -albeit temporarily - stopped.

The Yiddish word ‘Klezmer’ has been derived from the Old Hebrew words ‘Kley’ (tool instrument) and ‘Zemer’ (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. ‘Klezmer Discovery’ is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of anumber of motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and L’cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandel’s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently ‘Der Terk in Amerika’ a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of ‘Klezmer Discovery’ (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).

A Festive Christmas Celebration-La nouvelle collection Essential Elements European Band Series offre des pièces de concert idéales pour les Classes d?Orchestre les Orchestres Juniors ou les Orchestres à l?école. Ces pièces ont été conçues parallèlement et en complément de la méthode Essential Elements mais peuvent également être utilisées de manière indépendante. Comme son titre l?indique cette nouvelle collection plonge ses racines dans la musique européenne. On y trouve des arrangements et des medleys de chansons/thèmes connus par le jeune public européen. La musique est donc en parfaite adéquation avec leur expérience. Chaque set est livré avec un CD sur lequel est enregistrée la versionintégrale du morceau. Essential Elements European Band Series est une collection efficace pour progresser avec plaisir et satisfaction.FESTLICHE WEIHNACHTSMUSIK/A FESTIVE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION : Cette fantaisie débute avec une Fanfare de Noël signée Robert van Beringen suivie de l?exposition des trois mélodies Macht hoch die Tür Kling Glöckchen klingelingeling et Tochter Zion (À toi la gloire !). Un medley festif et pétillant ! / Œuvre accessible à partir de la page 19 Essential Elements 1 / CD inclus dans le set.

Par CURNOW JAMES. Throughout the colonial period in America, country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England, and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area. / Niveau : 5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This spirited new Christmas medley from the pen of James L. Hosay will be a delight for all as the crown jewel of your holiday performance. The unmistakable sounds of the Emerald Isle are artfully portrayed here by one of the finest band composers of modern times. A thrilling opening with the rhythmic counterpoint of a 6/8 against 3/4 effect introduces this festive holiday rhapsody of popular European Christmas carols in traditional Celtic settings. A CELTIC CHRISTMAS includes six of the classic melodies which bring the holidays alive for millions, including I SAW THREE SHIPS, AWAY IN A MANGER, HERE WE COME A WASSAILING, and others. This setting goes well beyond the usualholiday medley. You?ll find Gaelic gold when you unwrap this sparkling musical gift with your band this year ! / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Throughout the colonial period in America country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area.

Throughout the colonial period in America country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area.

for Wind Orchestra Additional European Parts. Fascinated by the beauty of Chicago, Franco Cesarini has translated his emotions into music: this is how Symphony No. 3 ?Urban Landscapes? Op. 55, was born, a musical portrait of this metropolis overlooking Lake Michigan. The composition is divided into three movements: The Wrigley Building from Dawn to Noon, Blue Silhouette and Cloud Gates, which by sharing the same thematic material arranged in cyclical form, strengthen the overall cohesion of the piece. The first movement, preceded by a short slow introduction in which the main theme is presented in an almost dreamlike form, metaphorically represents the city at dawn. The sudden change of time symbolizes the start of activities with all its noises and sounds: you can hear the bell that announces the closing of the subway doors, the sound of cars speeding by, the siren of a patrol car. If the first movement represents the day, the second introduces a nocturnal environment: a melancholic melody played by the English horn anticipates a more animated tempo depicting melodies coming from jazz clubs. Powerful fanfares that take up the second theme of the first movement introduce the third movement. In this finale, the role of the two themes is reversed compared to the first movement and one takes the place of the other in a kind of games of mirrors. Symphony No. 3 ?Urban Landscapes? Op. 55: a sumptuous musical portrait of the ?Windy City?.. Edition Franco Cesarini

European Parts-Composed in the summer of 1984 Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication it has become one of the composer'smost popular works and has been arranged for a variety of ensembles. The composer writes “I composed this little piece so that younger players would have the opportunity to play a piece that is more or less in the style of(Grainger's) Irish Tune from County Derry.”

for wind orchestra (European Parts included). Par DE MEIJ JOHAN. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par CURNOW JAMES. Based on Marc-Antoine Charpentier's (1634-1704) Te Deum, Fanfare and Flourishes for a Festive Occasion was originally commissioned for the 1991 European Brass Band Championships held in Rotterdam, Holland. Based on Marc-Antoine Charpentier's (1634-1704) Te Deum, Fanfare and Flourishes for a Festive Occasion was originally commissioned for the 1991 European Brass Band Championships held in Rotterdam, Holland. / Niveau : 4 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie