Score-The suggestion that I write my autobiography was made at a time when anyone who did not write one risked being called eccentric. It became and still is a major sport among the oldsters. Some of the contemporary books are goodreading indeed. One of the best of them is the result of an enormous research job as is brought out in the introduction to the work. Imagine spending long hours and traveling many miles to find out about oneself: I am sure Iwould be one of the first to be utterly bored by the subject. It was not so easy however to dismiss the whole idea as my friends presented it.The only answer I could think of with any degree of enthusiasm was this one written purely for whatever pleasure it could give. My own part of the pleasure is mostly in utilizing the musical language of the concert band with its apparently inexhaustible colors and its fabulous vitality.The form(if the term has any right being here) is seven short pictures each about two minutes long of my own personal seven ages. The two-minute idea may be the result of the loudspeakers spread all over the hotel in Arizona where thepiece was composed. There was no getting out of ear-shot of those two-minute gems - in the dining rooms around the swimming pools by the putting green everywhere-but I honestly do not believe any of them crept into what I waswriting. I do not believe I paid much more than passing attention to them.Part One:I. 1894: Cherry StreetII. 1899: South OmahaIII. 1900: Corn Cows and MusicThe three of my seven ages inPart One took us to the legal end of my youth. Gathering up my unspectacular belongings including my entire fortune of less than two hundred dollars I swooped down on New York for no more reason than that it was New York and hada street in it called Broadway. The music borrows two or three rhythms from the era but the only note-for-note quote is what the bugler at Camp Funston played every morning while we put on our shoes. Later when we get to Paris

Virgil Thomson's Fugue And Chorale On Yankee Doodle from 'Tuesday in November' a film by John Houseman and Nicolas Ray.Transcribed by Frank Erickson for Concert Band. Duration: approx. 4minutes.

Score-Carlos Surinach's Ritmo Jondo (Flamenco) for Concert Band.The three flamenco rhythms Ritmo Jondo were first performed in a concert of Percussion music at the Museum of Modern Art New York on May 5 1952. This original version is written for Clarinet Trumpet Xylophone Tamburo Timpani and three hand clappers. Its duration is six minutes.In an extended version for chamber orchestra - about twenty minutes in length - Ritmo Jondo was commissioned by the Rothschild Foundation for a ballet with choreography by Doris Humphrey. It was first performed at the Alvin Theatre New York on April 15 1953 bythe Jose Limon Dance Company.The present version for Concert Band eight minutes long has been orchestrated by the composer.

Inspired by the huge Japanese temple bells and written to celebrate a royal wedding this two-minute fanfare by John Williams may be the ultimate concert opener! Originally conceived for brass and percussion it was later scoredfor orchestra by Williams and used by the Boston Pops. This edition for band features a festive aura and the splendidly powerful writing that we have come to expect from Mr. Williams.

Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) was one of the leading English composers of his time. In October 1922 he adapted his popular string quartet Sir Roger de Coverley for full symphony orchestra and Sir Henry Wood agreed at the last minute to include it in the last night of the Queen’s Hall Promenade Concerts at the end of that month.This elaborate and colourful orchestral version has never been widely performed but has now been brilliantly transcribed by Alastair Wheeler to provide a miniature dance poem for grade 5 level concert band.Bridge’s lively treatment of one of England’s most famous traditional dance melodies willmake a fitting end to any concert with the strains of Auld Lang Syne introduced by Bridge as a nod towards Sir Roger de Coverley’s traditional function as the final dance of a Christmas Ball as it was in Old Mr. Fezziwig’s party in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Based on the codices of Leonardo da Vinci-Leonardo by Otto M. Schwarz is an 11-minute work for Concert Band based on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci.Born in Italy in 1452 da Vinci was a polymath of the Renaissance period whose interests included astronomy philosophy science and mathematics as well as the visual arts. He is considered one of the greatest painters of all time - who does not know of his famous ‘Mona Lisa’ or ‘The Last Supper’?Inspired by da Vinci's notebooks or codices this composition takes the listener on a journey through the artist's incredible career. Through his music Schwarz brings da Vinci back to life. The listener will beable to sense the passion and the urge for innovation that set da Vinci apart as one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 16th century.This set includes a score and parts.

Written in 1987 as the accompaniment to New England Time Capsule an Omnimax travelogue and recently recorded by the Boston Pops this three minute concert work adapts wonderfully for band. With true Williams craftmanship itfeatures brassy fanfares and a rich sonorous hymn all based on the same melodic intervals. John Williams' brilliant orchestration is successfully captured making this a superb concert opener for bands.

The premiere of Riverdance took place on April 30 1994 during a seven-minute pause in the Eurovision Song Contest at the Point Theatre Dublin. Thanks to 10 000 performances on four continents TV audiences in the millions and sales of CDs and videos by the bucket-load Riverdance has since become one of the most successful shows on Earth. This new Riverdance arrangement for concert band is after The Seville Suite the second collaboration between Bill Whelan and Johan de Meij.Medley from: ???Cloudsong??? ???Firedance??? ???Lift The Wings??? ???Dance Of The River Woman??? and ???Riverdance???.

Plenty of Horn was commissioned by the Seattle Symphony as part of its ?Echoes? project featuring classical works transformed and reinterpreted by contemporary composers. The 4-minute work is based on the familiar Trumpet Voluntary ofJeremiah Clarke with the melody assembled from fragments and layers of register. Recorded by Seattle Symphony/ Gerard Schwarz Naxos 8.559679.

Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics stand as milestones in the world of American Musical Theater. He won Tony Awards for Best Score for a Musical for Passion Into the Woods Sweeney Todd A Little Night Music Follies and Company. All of these shows won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985. Now for the first time some of his best-loved songs from acclaimed shows are included in a 25-minute choral medley a by Mac Huff. Featuring nine songs that are crafted into three distinct sections this ground-breaking medley provides groups with outstandingchoral treatments of these unique and compelling songs. Available for SATB and SAB voices both concert and show choirs alike can now experience and celebrate the creative artistry of Stephen Sondheim. Songs include: Comedy Tonight Into the Woods Putting It Together Not While I'm Around Losing My Mind Send In the Clowns Company The Little Things You Do Together Being Alive.

Since his first successes in the 1990s the amiable popular singer Frans Bauer has grown into a megastar in the Netherlands. In Germany too he has a great number of fans. Although he is derided by many because of his schmalzy style Frans Bauer sells CDs galore attracts full houses everywhere and can be viewed in his own reality soap on television. In 2004 he was even awarded a Gouden Harp (Gold Harp) which is the most important prize within Dutch music. It is presented to artists and composers who have promoted Dutch light music in their own unique way during their career. The cheery singalong Heb je even voor mij (Got a Minute for Me) is a great top hit: a winner in everypub and at parties. This arrangement by Klaas van der Woude willput the musicians as well as the audience in a happy mood.

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.

Score-Norman Dello Joio's Satiric Dances for a comedy by Aristophanes for Concert Band.This work was commissioned in commemoration of the Bicentennial of April 19 1775 by the Concert Band Concord Massachusetts; William Toland Musical Director.Duration: approx. 7 minutes.

Par COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SAMUEL. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor\'s Christmas Overture appeared posthumously in 1925. Originally orchestrated by Sydney Baynes, it features God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Hark the Herald Angels Sing. It is thought by some to have been put together from incidental music he wrote for a children\'s play called The Forest of Wild Thyme. This band arrangement, based on Baynes\' orchestra score, omits the largely developmental middle section of the original, shortening the performance time by two minutes, while retaining all of the traditional carol material. / Date parution : 2022-09-20/ Répertoire / Concert Band