Brass Band (Score &
Parts)
SKU:
HL.44012872
For
Brass Band
(Score/Parts).
Composed by Philip
Sparke. De Haske Brass
Band. Classical.
Softcover. Anglo Music
Press #AMP373030.
Published by Anglo Music
Press (HL.44012872).
Fanfare and
Celebration was
commissioned by the Brass
Band of the Western
Reserve (Dr Keith M.
Wilkinson, director) to
celebrate their 15th
anniversary. Based in
north-west Ohio, the band
was formed in 1997 and
was competing in the
Championship Section of
the North American Brass
Band Championships in
less than three years.
The first performance of
Fanfare and Celebration
took place in Akron,
Ohio, on November 10th
2012.The opening Fanfare
features the cornet
section, in two groups
standing either side of
the band. A central horn
theme brings a change of
mood before the cornets
take the lead once more.
Celebration follows
seamlessly and continues
the declamatory style
until a cantando theme in
uneven meter is
introduced. A transformed
recapitulation ushers in
a return of the Fanfare
to close the work.