Par SPARKE PHILIP. Norfolk is one of the most beautiful counties in England, famous for its charming villages and boundless broads, a popular centre for sailing holidays. It is also the home of one of the best known of all British composers, Sir Malcolm Arnold. The date of the premiere of this piece was to fall close to his 80th birthday, so Philip Sparke decided to write something of a birthday tribute. Some of Arnold’s best-loved orchestral works are his sets of dances: there are two sets of English Dances, Four Scottish Dances, Four Cornish Dances etc. , most of which have been arranged for concert band at one time or another. Philip Sparke thought it would be appropriate for the concert band tohave its own set of dances and wrote Four Norfolk Dances very much in the style of Arnold’s suites. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Four Old Dances est une suite de quatre danses originales composées dans le style de la musique de la Renaissance. Simples de structure et accessibles aux Orchestres Juniors, ces quatre danses sont écrites à quatre voix avec partie de clavier électronique / synthétiseur ad lib. et partie optionnelle de percussion. / Niveau : 1 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie ou Fanfare

Par CURNOW JAMES. Throughout the colonial period in America, country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England, and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area. / Niveau : 5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. The first performance of the Four Irish Dances was given by the Wren Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold as part of the Leeds Castle Festival on 10th October 1987. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Conducteur

Par HADERMANN JAN. / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par BROEGE TIMOTHY. / Niveau : 2 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie