Concert Band (Score) - Grade 4 SKU: HL.44013285
Concert Band Score. Composed by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Classical. Softcover. 32 pages. Duration 300 seconds. Anglo Music Press #AMP459140. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44013285). UPC: 888680908850.
Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the bands anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, bringsthe work to a close.
