Concert Band Wind Band -
Advanced
SKU:
AP.12-0571564135
Composed by Nicholas Maw.
5 or More; Performance
Music Ensemble; Solo
Small Ensembles; Wind
Band. Faber Edition:
Faber Wind Band Series.
Score and Part(s). Faber
Music #12-0571564135.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571564135).
ISBN 9780571564132.
English.
Score
and parts
If
Nicholas Maw is best
known as a master of
expansive, often
melancholy, musical
statements, his riveting
American
Games for
symphonic wind band
displays a different side
of his fascinating
output. Unfolding as one
continuous span, this
driving, dynamic
7-movement work is filled
with rhythmic zest and a
sophisticated feeling for
colour. Commissioned for
the 1991 BBC Proms, the
work was first performed
there by the Royal
Northern College of Music
Wind
Orchestra.
‘A
sequence of dances which
make up a vigorous
rhythmic romp,
brilliantly written for
the
instruments.’
<
strong>The Guardian
(Edward Greenfield), 25th
July
1991
Nicholas Maw
