SKU: BT.GOB-000733-120

During the eighteenth century a person called 'the Dance Master' made his appearance in Ireland. He was a travelling dance-teacher, who moved from one village to another to teach the people there how to dance.
They were often flamboyant personalities, gorgeously dressed and holding a staff in one hand.
In order to teach their pupils the difference between their right and left leg, the dance master used to tie a small bunch of straw or hay to their leg and then would order them to either lift their 'hay-leg' or their 'straw-leg'.
The dancing masters used to stay in one particular village for about six weeks (if they were not claimed by a neighbouringvillage), after which they continued their journey.
Having a famous dance master gave a village a certain distinction and did not seldom lead to boasting and pride.
Also on account of the popularity of Celtic music in general at the moment, William Vean was inspired to writing 'The Irish Dance Master'. He 'teaches' you two dances, the Reel and the Jig. In between these two dances there is a short breathing space, during which a traditional Irish rhythm can be enjoyed.

In de achttiende eeuw verscheen een persoon met de naam ‘The Dance Master' op het Ierse toneel. Hij was een rondreizende dansleraar die van het ene dorp naar het andere trok om er mensen te leren dansen. Dit werk bestaat uit twee dansen: een Reel en een Jig.

SKU: BT.DHP-1064013-020

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Why should rock musicians have all the fun? Now your band can experience the thrill of playing a piece in a classic 12-bar blues style. Many players are given the chance to show off their skills as a soloist before the work builds to a grand fortissimo finale with the whole band playin’ the blues!

The Mayor’s Blues, in 2005 geschreven voor het afscheid van burgemeester Remco Heite van de gemeente Weststellingwerf, is een klassieke blues over een twaalfmatig schema. Een korte fortissimo-inleiding maakt de weg vrij vooreen solo met het bluesthema. De begeleiding door trombones met plungers (gootsteenontstoppers) en de vibrafoon werkt hierbij sfeerverhogend. Het thema wordt in een vraag-en-antwoordspel herhaald door de rest van het orkest. Eenkorte fortissimopassage volgt en al gauw mogen zich enkele solisten presenteren als de muziek kalmeert. Na de solo’s volgt een herneming van de openingsmaten, waarna hele orkest zich vol overgave in de blues kan storten.

The Mayor’s Blues ist ein klassischer Blues über ein zwölftaktiges Bluesschema. Eine kurze, sehr schnelle Einleitung macht den Weg frei für ein Solo mit dem Bluesthema. Die Begleitung durch die Posaunen mit Dämpfer und das Vibraphon unterstreichen die Atmosphäre. Das Thema wird vom übrigen Blasorchester in einer Art Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel wiederholt. Es folgt eine kurze Fortissimo- Passage; bald darauf dürfen ein paar Solisten in den Vordergrund treten,während die Musik verebbt. Nach den Soli werden die Eingangstakte wiederholt. Dann taucht das komplette Blasorchester mit Begeisterung und im Fortissimo in den Blues ein...

The Mayor’s Blues est un blues en douze mesures aux couleurs sonores multiples. Brillant, puissant et mystérieux, la texture offre un vaste espace de jeu pour l’ensemble des pupitres de la formation avant d’entreprendre une plongée enthousiaste, fascinante et corsée dans l’univers du blues…

The Mayor’s Blues è un blues in dodici misure dai molteplici colori sonori. Brillante, potente e misterioso, esso offre un vasto spazio di esecuzione per le varie sezioni dell’organico prima di intraprendere un viaggio entusiasmante nell’universo del blues….

SKU: BT.DHP-1064013-120

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Why should rock musicians have all the fun? Now your band can experience the thrill of playing a piece in a classic 12-bar blues style. Many players are given the chance to show off their skills as a soloist before the work builds to a grand fortissimo finale with the whole band playin’ the blues!

The Mayor’s Blues ist ein klassischer Blues über ein zwölftaktiges Bluesschema. Eine kurze, sehr schnelle Einleitung macht den Weg frei für ein Solo mit dem Bluesthema. Die Begleitung durch die Posaunen mit Dämpfer und das Vibraphon unterstreichen die Atmosphäre. Das Thema wird vom übrigen Blasorchester in einer Art Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel wiederholt. Es folgt eine kurze Fortissimo- Passage; bald darauf dürfen ein paar Solisten in den Vordergrund treten,während die Musik verebbt. Nach den Soli werden die Eingangstakte wiederholt. Dann taucht das komplette Blasorchester mit Begeisterung und im Fortissimo in den Blues ein...

The Mayor’s Blues est un blues en douze mesures aux couleurs sonores multiples. Brillant, puissant et mystérieux, la texture offre un vaste espace de jeu pour l’ensemble des pupitres de la formation avant d’entreprendre une plongée enthousiaste, fascinante et corsée dans l’univers du blues…

The Mayor’s Blues è un blues in dodici misure dai molteplici colori sonori. Brillante, potente e misterioso, esso offre un vasto spazio di esecuzione per le varie sezioni dell’organico prima di intraprendere un viaggio entusiasmante nell’universo del blues….

SKU: BT.DHP-0900226-120

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.

SKU: BT.GOB-000529-020

There are people who are capable of planning well. They live their lives in a well-structured manner and know exactly what they have to do. On the other hand, there are also people who are the exact opposite: they want to do too many things at once and are often somewhat absent-minded, which occasionally results in frantic situations. The outcome of one such situation is ‘They are coming’.
John Emerson Blackstone had been working on a new composition for some time when he received a telephone call from his editor, who told him that the deadline was approaching rapidly, even worse, that it would expire at the end of that same day and that he would drop by in person to fetch thecomposition!
Blackstone set to work in a frenzy and completed the last details. When his editor arrived, the piece was finished ..... and got its definitive title: ‘They are coming’.

Er zijn mensen die goed kunnen plannen. Ze leven zeer gestructureerd en weten precies wat ze moeten doen. Er zijn er ook die dat niet kunnen. Ze doen vaak vijf dingen tegelijkertijd, zijn niet zelden enigszins verstrooid met als gevolgdat er af en toe gespannen situaties ontstaan. Het resultaat van zo’n situatie is ‘They are coming’.
John Emerson Blackstone was al een poosje bezig met een nieuwe compositie toen de hij zijn uitgever aan de telefoon kreeg.De deadline kwam met rasse schreden in zicht, sterker nog, het einde van die bewuste dag was de deadline en zou de uitgever het materiaal bij de componist ophalen.
Blackstone is als een razende Roeland aan het werk gegaanen heeft de laatste puntjes op de i gezet.
Toen de uitgever arriveerde was het stuk klaar... en kreeg haar definitieve titel: ‘They are coming’.