Concert Band Brass Band &
Percussion
SKU:
AP.12-0571572375
Composed by Kenneth
Downie. 5 or More; Brass
Band; Masterworks;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Solo Small
Ensembles. Faber Edition:
Faber Brass Band Series.
20th Century; Masterwork.
Score. Faber Music
#12-0571572375. Published
by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571572375).
ISBN 9780571572373.
English.
Handel in
the Band is a virtuoso
set of symphonic
variations on one of
Handel's best known
keyboard dances, the
Sarabande from his Suite
in D minor, HWV 437,
based on the Spanish
traditional dance La
Folia. Kenneth Downie's
work was commissioned by
Brass Band Treize
Etoiles, for performance
at the 2013 Swiss
National Brass Band
Championships, where it
was conducted by James
Gourlay. The title is a
reference to Percy
Grainger's popular Handel
in the Strand, and is
indicative of the witty
and theatrical nature of
the music, which is more
playful than conventional
competition pieces and as
such offers different
challenges to brass bands
as well as being
thoroughly entertaining
for audiences.
Kenneth Downie is
one of the most respected
and experienced brass
band composers. His music
has been widely performed
and published throughout
the brass band world
since the 1960s.
James Gourlay
