Concert band (Flute 1, Flute 2, Bb Clarinet 1, Bb Clarinet 2, Bb Clarinet 3, Bb ...(+)
Concert band (Flute 1,
Flute 2, Bb Clarinet 1,
Bb Clarinet 2, Bb
Clarinet 3, Bb Bass
Clarinet*, Bassoon*, Alto
Saxophone 1*, Alto
Saxophone 2*, Tenor
Saxophone*, Baritone
Saxophone*, Horn in F 1,
Horn in F 2, Bb Trumpet
1, Bb Trumpet 2, Trombone
1, Trombone 2*, Euphoni)
- grade 3
SKU:
CN.R10183
Composed by
Bruce Fraser. Arranged by
Geoffrey Brand. Band
Music. Score and parts.
Duration 4:30. Published
by G & M Brand Music
Publishers (CN.R10183).
The music of
War, Women and Witchcraft
is a web with strands of
magic, a romantic
impression of the
Scottish landscape and
the sounds of battle
using fanfare-like
figures and drum effects,
and a lovely melody near
the end when everyone
lives happily ever
after.
The titles
comes from a book by the
Scottish poet, author and
composer James Hogg,
known as The Ettrick
Shepherd. It is the
subtitle to his wonderful
book The Three Perils of
Man. I was commissioned
to write a wind band work
of this title for the
Borders Festival in 1991.
The book weaves fact and
fantasy togethers around
the Scottish Borders in
the thirteenth century. I
have used a note row
based on some of Hogg's
melodies and also created
my own mixture
representing Master
Michael Scott, the Black
Magician, and his wild
adventures, the battle
for the castle at
Roxburgh and the prize of
the Princess' hand to the
winner of the battle. The
music is a web with
strands of magic, a
romantic impression of
the Scottish landscape
and the sounds of battle
using fanfare-like
figures and drum effects,
and a direct quote of a
Hogg Strathspey melody
near the end when
everyone lives happily
ever after. -BF.
