Concert Band - Grade 4
SKU: HL.44007487
Grade 4 - Score
Only. Composed by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2007.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP201140. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44007487).
UPC:
884088256036. 9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Symphonic
Metamorphosis was
commissioned by the
Sierra Vista High School
Symphonic Band, Las Vegas
(NV). The composer was
given free hand to choose
the style of the new
commission and originally
planned to use the
opportunity to fulfil a
long-held ambition to
write a set of variations
on the famous chorale
from Saint-Saens' Third
Symphony (Organ); in
beginning work he was so
moved by the work's
highlights that he
decided to include more
than just the chorale
melody. Therefore, while
Symphonic Metamorphosis
starts out as an original
set of variations for
concert band, it is
gradually subsumed by
other elements in the
symphony (particularly
the slow movement), and
the piece closes with a
finale that has been
reorganized and rescored
from the majestic closing
pages of the
symphony.