‘God rest ye merry Gentlemen’ is an ancient English carol. It was first published in 1833 but it can be traced as far back as the 15th century which makes it one of the oldest carols known. ‘God rest ye merry’ is a Middle English salutation. In this manner people wished one another greatness and might. In modern English the first line of this carol would read ‘May God keep you mighty gentlemen’. Andrew R. Mackereth has not kept to the original words in his up-tempo arrangement of the carol. It is still clearly recognizable but the arranger has taken a good many liberties. Sometimes a particular note is held longer at times motifs follow oneanother in various parts. If you listen carefully you may even be able to detect a motif from another well-known song.

La source exacte de cet hymne chrétien anglais est incertaine cependant il apparaît dans une anthologie publiée par William Sandy en 1833 Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (Chants de Noël anciens et modernes). Incontestablement la sérénité et la douceur de God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ont largement dépassé les frontières anglaises. L?italien Lorenzo Bocci s?est laissé gagner par la magie de cet ancien cantique et nous en propose un chaleureux arrangement pour orchestre d?harmonie.

As it explores various moods and sounds of the world's endangered rain forests this programmatic work gives each section of the band the opportunity to perform harmonies and textures usually found in more demanding literature.

Jefferson Forest Sketches dépeint la beauté de cette forêt des Appalaches ? l?aube sur les montagnes des panoramas extraordinaires et grandes étendues sauvages. Cette pièce descriptive se termine avec une sélection de danses populaires decette région splendide.

Suite from Once Upon a Time ...-Jan Van der Roost a cr?? Grimm?s Fairytale Forest en reprenant la partie orchestrale de l??uvre Es war einmal... (Il ?tait une fois...). Color?e et vari?e les m?lodies et th?mes les plus m?morables de l??uvre source y occupent unelarge place. Bienvenue dans l?univers magique des fr?res Grimm un monde plein de fantaisie qui refl?te pourtant la r?alit? de la vie ? comme c?est souvent le cas dans les contes de f?es.

Here is a terrific march for young players written in the traditional British style. The opening strains are folk-like in nature with underlying modal harmonies while the stately trio is reminiscent of the processional style of Elgar and other British composers. The ?New Forest? refers to a region in southern England established as a royal hunting preserve by William the Conqueror around the year 1079 which has remained largely unchanged since ancient times.

Score-Paul Creston's Liberty Song '76 for Band.Liberty Song '76 is based on three principle songs of the Revolutionary period: 'The Liberty Song ' the first American patriotic ballad written by John Dickinson to the tune of 'Hearts of Oak'by William Boyce; 'Enraptured I gaze' by Francis Hopkinson the earliest American composer of secular music and a signer of the Declaration of Independance; and theubiquitous 'Yankee Doodle ' the only true tune which Ulysses S. Grant could identify ('I only know two tunes' Grant said 'one is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't').The eleven-measure introduction presents the threethemes in fragmentary suggestion and affirms the emotional basis of the piece. Each tune is first presented in its original form and then harmonised and developed in 1976 style. 'Yankee Doodle' is in the unorthodox fugal style and the concluding measures of the fugue combines all three tunes is a quasi-stretto.Liberty Song '76 was commissioned by Ithaca College for the Walter Beeler Series memorialising his many contributions tothe Band World. The first performance of the work was by the Ithaca College Band conducted by the composer on February 9 1976.

Everest is the name of a restaurant on the 40th floor of a skyscraper in Chicago. In 2003 the composer Jacob de Haan had dinner there together with his publishers and other fellow composers. The idea of composing a march to honour the excellent cuisine the magnificent view of the skyline and the pleasant atmosphere in the restaurant arose during the visit. The results can be heard in this delightful and unusual work.