Concert Band
SKU:
AP.12-0571572383
Composed by Frank Bridge.
Concert Band; Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Faber Edition.
Score and Part(s). Faber
Music #12-0571572383.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571572383).
ISBN 9780571572380.
English.
Frank
Bridge (1879--1941) was
one of the leading
English composers of his
time. In October 1922, he
adapted his popular
string quartet Sir Roger
de Coverley for full
symphony orchestra and
Sir Henry Wood agreed, at
the last minute, to
include it in the last
night of the Queen's Hall
Promenade Concerts at the
end of that month. This
elaborate and colourful
orchestral version has
never been widely
performed, but has now
been brilliantly
transcribed by Alastair
Wheeler to provide a
miniature dance poem for
grade 5 level concert
band. Bridge's lively
treatment of one of
England's most famous
traditional dance
melodies will make a
fitting end to any
concert, with the strains
of Auld Lang Syne
introduced by Bridge as a
nod towards Sir Roger de
Coverley's traditional
function as the final
dance of a Christmas
Ball, as it was in Old
Mr. Fezziwig's party in
Dickens' A Christmas
Carol.
