High Flyers Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000495-030 Composed by Andrew R. Mackere...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000495-030
Composed by Andrew R.
Mackereth. Set (Score &
Parts). 22 pages. Gobelin
Music Publications #GOB
000495-030. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000495-030).
From the
composer:
High
Flyers are regarded as
people with promise and
potential.They are
winners. This is
music for
winners.
The
title, as well as being a
play-on-words, implies
the nature of the work.
It is a bright,
optimistic, and upbeat
piece attempting to
depict an exhilarating
ride on flying
carpet. The opening
rising chords immediately
suggest the gentle
elevation of the carpets'
ascent towards unknown
heights, leading to a
hint of a first theme in
the horns at Fig. B.
The first four notes
provide the thematic
material for the whole
work: C F G A. A
perpetual sense of
movement is achieved
through accented quaver
chords punctuating the
melodicmaterial of the
first main theme.
Fig. E sees the music of
the opening bars fully
realised, with flourishes
from the euphonium and
baritones representing
swirling clouds, shooting
stars, or passing birds
in flight. The same
subject is developed into
a lyrical second theme
with a new lush harmonic
treatment, evocative of
gliding over an expanse
of sparse
countryside.This section
ends with a note of
serenity but is shattered
by the urgent insistence
of the percussion
rhythms. The third
section introduces a new
idea with a slightly
distorted fanfare in the
cornets and
trombones. This
figure suggests for the
first time that there may
be trouble ahead. In
fact, there is no need to
fear and the journey can
continue without
aggravation. This fanfare
returns near the end to
signal a final note of
triumph. A new
rhythmic variant of the
cell motif emerges as the
third theme now
transformed by the
addition of a triplet
figure. The music
steadily gains momentum
before moving inexorably
towards the climactic
return of the music and
tonality of the opening
bars of the piece.
High Flyers Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Facile Gobelin Music Publications
Brass Band - Grade 3 SKU: BT.GOB-000495-130 Composed by Andrew R. Mackere...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.GOB-000495-130
Composed by Andrew R.
Mackereth. Score Only. 22
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000495-130. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000495-130).
From the
composer:
High
Flyers are regarded as
people with promise and
potential.They are
winners. This is
music for
winners.
The
title, as well as being a
play-on-words, implies
the nature of the work.
It is a bright,
optimistic, and upbeat
piece attempting to
depict an exhilarating
ride on flying
carpet. The opening
rising chords immediately
suggest the gentle
elevation of the carpets'
ascent towards unknown
heights, leading to a
hint of a first theme in
the horns at Fig. B.
The first four notes
provide the thematic
material for the whole
work: C F G A. A
perpetual sense of
movement is achieved
through accented quaver
chords punctuating the
melodicmaterial of the
first main theme.
Fig. E sees the music of
the opening bars fully
realised, with flourishes
from the euphonium and
baritones representing
swirling clouds, shooting
stars, or passing birds
in flight. The same
subject is developed into
a lyrical second theme
with a new lush harmonic
treatment, evocative of
gliding over an expanse
of sparse
countryside.This section
ends with a note of
serenity but is shattered
by the urgent insistence
of the percussion
rhythms. The third
section introduces a new
idea with a slightly
distorted fanfare in the
cornets and
trombones. This
figure suggests for the
first time that there may
be trouble ahead. In
fact, there is no need to
fear and the journey can
continue without
aggravation. This fanfare
returns near the end to
signal a final note of
triumph. A new
rhythmic variant of the
cell motif emerges as the
third theme now
transformed by the
addition of a triplet
figure. The music
steadily gains momentum
before moving inexorably
towards the climactic
return of the music and
tonality of the opening
bars of the piece.