Fanfare Band - Grade 2
SKU:
BT.DHP-0930474-020
Composed by Jan Van der
Roost. Flexible 4 Series.
Festive and Solemn Music.
Set (Score & Parts).
Composed 1993. De Haske
Publications #DHP
0930474-020. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0930474-020).
This hymn was
commissioned by
“Antwerpen
93â€. And this city,
on the banks of the river
Schelde has been
nominated “Cultural
Capital of Europeâ€
for 1993. The work-group
“animatieâ€
took the initiative and
commissioned a hymn,
which -as the finale to a
grand open-air event on
27th March- was
premièred by hundreds
of musicians from all
over Europe. Philippe
Langlet (France) was the
conductor at this
majestic
occasion.Musically
speaking the piece can no
doubt be labeled easy.
Indeed it is meant to
represent a hymn,
playable by all in
different instrumental
combinations.
Consequently a variable
instrumentation was
chosen and a type of
music, which by native is
easily accessible
anduncomplicated.The
conductor is free -in the
instrumentation- to score
this piece according to
his own taste. It is
perhaps advisable to use
the sharp brass in the
forte parts, in order to
make the range in the
sound of the orchestra as
colouful as possible. The
percussion parts are not
absolutely essential, so
that the hymn can also be
performed without
percussion.