SKU: HL.48021088

UPC: 884088649074. 7.25x10.25x0.169 inches.

Britannia was written in 1994 as a celebration of a major force in our musical life, the British orchestra. The work fulfils a commission from British Telecommunications plc with the Association of British Orchestras as part of the BT Celebration Series, and provides all the major UK orchestras with a new concert overture for performance in the 1994/95 season. Britannia is a ten-minute orchestral fantasy based on patriotic themes. There is no programme of story as such but the tapestry ofpopular melodies and resonant allusions, given their new and unfamiliar contexts, may provoke some surprising scenarios in the mind of the listener, particularly at a time when petty chauvinism threatens to rear up once again throughout Europe. The piece grows outof a short sketch written earlier this year, Memoire Imperiale, which is based on a march tune by General Reid, an 18th century British army officer who established the music department at Edinburgh University. This theme and the imperial themes of Elgar andArne are thrown into a volatile concoction with other materials an Irish reel (which becomes a jig), a Cockney drinking song, other march tunes and a hazy Celtic modality. All the main ideas are presented in a quick and stark succession during the fast opening section. The slow middle part begins with aserene canon which is gradually undermined by military allusions on brass and percussion. This confrontation leads to the works climax followed by an unsettled coda. Britannia is dedicated to Libby MacNamara of the Association of British Orchestras.

SKU: YM.GTW01097328

ISBN 9784636973280.

22 famous melodies arranged for Horn Ensemble

1. Holst: Jupiter from The Planets; 2. Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music; 3. J. Strauss, Jr.: Overture from Die Fledermaus; 4. J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire; 5. Bizet: Habanera from Opera Carmen; 6. Borodin: Polovtsian Dance from Opera Prince Igor; 7. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; 8. Offenbach: Can Can from Opera Orpheus in the Underworld; 9. Bizet: Intermezzo from Opera Carmen; 10. Rachmaninoff: 3rd Movement from Symphony No.2; 11. Moussorgsky: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition; 12. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; 13. Puccini: Nessum Dorma from Opera Turandot; 14. Mascagni: Intermezzon from Opera Cavalleria Rusticana; 15. J. Strauss, Sr.: Radetzky March; 16. Pachelbel: Canon; 17. Dvorak: Humoresque; 18. Schubert: Military March; 19. Handel: Harmonious Blacksmith; 20. Mozart: Turkish March; 21. Wolf-Ferrari: The Jewels of the Madonna; 22. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue.

SKU: YM.GTW01097329

ISBN 9784636973297.

22 famous melodies arranged for Trombone Ensemble

1. Holst: Jupiter from The Planets; 2. Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music; 3. J. Strauss, Jr.: Overture from Die Fledermaus; 4. J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire; 5. Bizet: Habanera from Opera Carmen; 6. Borodin: Polovtsian Dance from Opera Prince Igor; 7. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; 8. Offenbach: Can Can from Opera Orpheus in the Underworld; 9. Bizet: Intermezzo from Opera Carmen; 10. Rachmaninoff: 3rd Movement from Symphony No.2; 11. Moussorgsky: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition; 12. Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; 13. Puccini: Nessum Dorma from Opera Turandot; 14. Mascagni: Intermezzon from Opera Cavalleria Rusticana; 15. J. Strauss, Sr.: Radetzky March; 16. Pachelbel: Canon; 17. Dvorak: Humoresque; 18. Schubert: Military March; 19. Handel: Harmonious Blacksmith; 20. Mozart: Turkish March; 21. Wolf-Ferrari: The Jewels of the Madonna; 22. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue.