Baritone; Concert Band;
Euphonium - Grade 5
SKU: HL.44010538
Grade 5 - Score and
Parts. Composed by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Classical. Score Only.
Composed 2009. 40 pages.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP260. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44010538).
UPC:
884088481483. 9x12
inches.
English(US)/Deutsch/Franc
ais/Nederlands.
Als
o available for euphonium
and piano (HL44010860)
Scaramouche was
commissioned by Katrina
Marzella with a grant
from the BBC Performing
Arts Fund. Undoubtedly
the finest baritone
player of her generation,
Ms. Marzella was granted
an education bursary from
the BBC Performing Arts
Fund (as a result of
winning BBC Radio 2's
“Young Brass
Soloist of the
Year†in 2004),
which allowed her to
commission a series of
new works for euphonium.
Scaramouche continues
Sparke's series of works
that highlights the
Italian theatre tradition
of commedia dell'arte.
Like its predecessors
Pantomime and Harlequin,
Scaramouche draws on the
contrasting moods of
pathos and comedy
characterized by the
symbolic
“happy/sadâ€
masks of European
theatre. A slow,
expressive ballad
followed by a spirited
vivace allows the
composer to exploit both
the lyrical and technical
sides of the instrument,
and the soloist to
display its full
capabilities.