Concert band (Flute 1/Piccolo, Flute 2, Oboe, Eb Clarinet, Solo Bb Clarinet, Bb ...(+)
Concert band (Flute
1/Piccolo, Flute 2, Oboe,
Eb Clarinet, Solo Bb
Clarinet, Bb Clarinet 1,
Bb Clarinet 2, Bb
Clarinet 3, Bb Bass
Clarinet, Bassoon 1/2,
Alto Saxophone 1/2, Tenor
Saxophone, Baritone
Saxophone, Bb Cornet 1,
Bb Cornet 2, Horn in F
1/2, Trombone 1/2, Bass)
- grade 5
SKU:
CN.R10299
Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Michael Brand.
Score and parts. Duration
5:10. Published by G & M
Brand Music Publishers
(CN.R10299).
Holst's
masterful military band
orchestration of J.S.
Bach's Organ Fugue in G
Major BWV 577. Michael
Brand's new edition
expands/doubles some of
Holst's original parts to
make the piece playable
by today's modern concert
band.
When Holst
was commissioned to write
'Hammersmith' for the BBC
Wireless Military Band in
1928 he felt rather out
of practice in
orchestrating for the
medium. For some years he
had had the idea of
arranging some Bach
fugues for brass and
military band so he set
himself the task of
scoring the Organ Fugue
in G Major BWV 577 (from
Preludes, Fugues and
Fantasias). He, rather
than Bach, called it
'Fugue a la Gigue.' The
piece made an ideal
exercise and Holst's
brilliant dovetailing of
the counterpoint between
different instruments
shows his mastery. The
piece is technically
demanding and the
characteristic unison
clarinet writing suggests
the orchestral conception
of a large wind ensemble
rather than a band. It
was this conception which
the composer carried
forward into
'Hammersmith.' 'Fugue a
la Gigue' was published
for military band in 1928
by Boosey & Hawkes and
shortly afterwards for
orchestra, but with only
short scores, as was
customary at the time.
This edition has the full
score of Holst's original
orchestration with
optional added parts for
full concert band.
Bach, A. M.
