Par CURNOW JAMES. Come to the party! The joyous spirit of Christmas abounds in this new offering for your mid-level band. The set of continuous variations on the timeless favorite “Deck the Halls” will delight everyone. Spirited from beginning to end and filled with humor and good cheer, CHRISTMAS PARTY will add an energetic spark to any holiday season program. Frequent style changes and imitative motifs keep all the winds actively involved while a “stocking full” of colorful percussion writing adds just the right amount of spice. Join in the revelry this year with James Curnow’s CHRISTMAS PARTY! / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Cette marche de Noël a été réalisée spécialement pour permettre aux Orchestres Juniors d’ouvrir ou de clore avec éclat un concert autour de la Nativité. Le thème principal est un thème original sur lequel viennent se greffer deci delà, de nombreux courts fragments mélodiques extraits de célèbres noëls tels qu’ Adeste Fidelis, Deck the Halls, Good King Wenceslas et Jingle Bells. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen constitue la ligne mélodique du trio. / Niveau : 2 / Marche / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven 's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony (No. 9) which came down to us in nearly 20 different sources. So it was not surprising that Bärenreiter's new Urtext edition caused a considerable stir in the music world. Since publication, Del Mar's edition enjoys the unabashed praise of conductors, performers and critics alike and has become the most widely used publication of the Beethoven Symphonieswhich can be heard not only every day in concert halls, but also on CD recordings by John Eliot Gardiner, David Zinman, Jos van Immerseel and Claudio Abbado. Full scores, study scores and complete performance material to Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies are available for sale./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven 's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven 's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony (No. 9) which came down to the publisher in nearly 20 different sources. So it was not surprising that Bärenreiter's new Urtext edition caused a considerable stir in the music world. Since publication, Del Mar's edition enjoys the unabashed praise of conductors, performers and critics alike and has become the most widely used publication ofthe Beethoven Symphonies which can be heard not only every day in concert halls, but also on CD recordings by John Eliot Gardiner, David Zinman, Jos van Immerseel and Claudio Abbado. Full scores, study scores and complete performance material to Beethoven ’s Nine Symphonies are available for sale./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Par WEILL KURT. Kurt Weill developed his creative energies mainly within the world of musical theater, where he proved to be an immensely productive and imaginative innovator, but he also left behind a small body of work for the concert hall. The Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra op. 12 dates from the spring of 1924. Scored for two flutes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, one oboe and trumpet, percussion and four contrabasses, the concerto comprises three movements. While composing the work, Weill informed his publisher: 'I am working on a concerto for violin and wind orchestra that I hope to finish within two or three weeks. The work is inspired by the idea - one never carried out before - of juxtaposing a single violin with a chorus of winds.' The specific character of Weill's concerto as music written for chamber orchestra (with an often soloistic treatment of instruments) leads to a transparency that requires utmost precision in the ensemble playing. In the quest for an overall sonic balance, the coarser-sounding wind instruments need to explore all dynamic nuances. The solo part is challenging not only from a technical standpoint but also from an acoustic one (it is crucial to make the violin 'sound'). In spite of these challenges - or precisely because of them - critics in the 1920s called the solo part highly idiomatic and extremely rewarding. Since then the concerto has become a 'modern classic' in concert halls around the world. (Elmar Juchem, August 2010)/ Répertoire / Violon et Orchestre d'Instruments à Vent