Grade 4
SKU:
CL.012-3683-75
Composed by Bucalossi.
Arranged by Glover.
Concert Band. Gems of the
Concert Band Series.
Audio recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR358). Oversized,
spiral-bound score.
Composed 2008. Duration 5
minutes, 26 seconds. Opus
III Wind Orchestra
Publications
#012-3683-75. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-3683-75).
Ye Olde English
Hunt comes to life
through this colorful and
humorous musical
portrait. The opening
pastoral scene is
augmented with bird
whistles, duck calls, and
whatever wildlife your
percussion section can
conjure up. A series of
trumpet calls, followed
by a chorus of A Hunting
We Will Go leads us into
the frenzy of the hunt,
complete with barking
dogs and the galloping of
horse hooves. Great fun
for the band and
especially your audience,
this is a lighter, tongue
in cheek selection for
all.
About
Gems of the Concert
Band
A
series of transcriptions
and other works in
varying styles,
representative of the
programming of the Great
American Classic Concert
Band era of a century
ago, as exemplified by
John Phillip Sousa, Edwin
Franko Goldman, Karl L.
King, and Leonard B.
Smith