This new overture (fast-slow-fast) from Michael Sweeney opens with a dynamic unison statement and features powerful percussion writing throughout. The lyrical slow section includes a short trumpet solo and lush woodwind scoring. Mike's unique use of harmonies and dramatic effects makes this particularly impressive for younger players.
Categories: New & Recent Titles, MusicWorks Grade 1, MusicWorks Grade 2 Composer: James Curnow
Grade 1.5 Duration 2:00
Named in honor of the mighty Alaskan grizzly bear, Kodiak! is a musical portrait of this beautiful creature and its surroundings – sometimes fierce, sometimes gentle; but always impressive. Listen for the bear's “growl” represented in the bass drum!
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Gabriel Grovlez Arranger: Jan Molenaar
Difficulty: 4
Duration: 13m 26s
L’Almanach aux Images was composed in 1911, originally consisting of eight piano miniatureseach preceded by a poem. It is perhaps the best-known work of French pianist, composer and conductor, Gabriel Grovlez. The influence of Debussy and Fauré is clear to hear in these charming pieces for concert band, arranged by Jan Molenaar.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Gabriel Grovlez Arranger: Jan Molenaar
Difficulty: 4
Duration: 13m 26s
L’Almanach aux Images was composed in 1911, originally consisting of eight piano miniatureseach preceded by a poem. It is perhaps the best-known work of French pianist, composer and conductor, Gabriel Grovlez. The influence of Debussy and Fauré is clear to hear in these charming pieces for concert band, arranged by Jan Molenaar.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer / arranger: Christopher Marshall
The 15th century tune that has exercised the imaginations of generations of composers is examined from almost every angle in an extended and compelling set of variations, organised with symphonic sweep and scored with masterly resource, skill and imagination. Marshall’s tour de force is successively energetic, reflective, playful, meditative and emphatic; a systematic exploration of the ensemble’s resources and colour combinations. 17 minutes
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Traditional Arranger: Henk Ummels
Difficulty: 2
Duration: 3m 00s
This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list at number 345. In 1987 it was covered by the American band Los Lobos, for the film La Bamba, about the life of Ritchie Valens. This arrangement has been made for flexible setting, and is suitable for a developed student band.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Traditional Arranger: Henk Ummels
Difficulty: 2
Duration: 3m 00s
This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list at number 345. In 1987 it was covered by the American band Los Lobos, for the film La Bamba, about the life of Ritchie Valens. This arrangement has been made for flexible setting, and is suitable for a developed student band.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Mario Burki
Grade 4
Duration 9:00
This publisher rates grade difficulty as follows:
1 = very easy 2 = easy 3 = easy/medium 4 = medium/difficult 5 = difficult 6 = very difficult
Odilia was born into a ducal family. She founded and confined herself to a convent (Odilienberg, named after her) and encouraged women and girls to join. Under her guidance, these women led a life dedicated to God. Her life was filled with prayer and caring for her fellow sisters. She was especially devoted to St. John the Baptist to whom she dedicated the convent chapel. She allowed a shelter to be built in which the poor could sleep at night and be fed. Legend has it that Odilia was born blind and thus cast out by her father. When she was baptised at fifteen she was suddenly able to see. This saint is always prayed to for good eyesight and is known as the patron saint of the Alsace. Mont Saint-Odile, where she was buried, is a holy place for the Alsatians. Nobody may pass the spring there without moistening their eyes. The piece was commissioned in 2012 by the CDMC in France, the largest European library for wind orchestra music.
Category: New & Recent Titles Composer: Nigel Hess
Written for the feature film starring Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith, directed by Charles Dance, Nigel Hess’s score has become a favourite with concert audiences and radio listeners. The composer has now made it available to the band communities in this fine arrangement.
Set in a picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in the 1930s, Ladies in Lavender starred Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as sisters Ursula and Janet Widdington. A young Polish violinist from Krakow, Andrea, is swept overboard from a ship bound for America. When the sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of both Ursula and Janet, and the community in which they live.
Nigel Hess is a multifaceted composer and conductor active mainly in the area of films, television and theatre. He studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Music Director of the Footlights Revue; from 1981–5 he served in the same role for the Royal Shakespeare Company, writing music for over twenty productions. His subsequent career includes music for many major films (notably Ladies in Lavender which includes the lovely Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra performed by violinist Joshua Bell with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) and television dramas (Maigret, Dangerfield, Wycliffe, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates), together with a growing catalogue of concert music including a Piano Concerto commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales and performed by international piano virtusos Lang Lang.
Category: New & Recent Titles Material: Lady Gaga Arranger: Ted Ricketts
Lady Gaga has taken the pop music world by storm with her distinctive style and well-produced recordings. Featuring her best-known dance hits, each song in this upbeat medley can also be performed individually. Includes: Poker Face, Bad Romance, and Just Dance.
Categories: New & Recent Titles, MusicWorks Grade 4 Arranger: John Wasson
Grade 4 Duration 5:45
Featuring classic patriotic melodies spanning the history of our great nation, here is a stirring medley for mature bands. John Wasson effectively uses unique treatments and scoring devices blended with seamless transitions in creating this impressive work for the concert stage.
Includes Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean; Chester; Yankee Doodle; America, The Beautiful; and My Country, 'Tis of Thee.
Categories: BIGGIES - Grade 2.0, New & Recent Titles Composer: Traditional Arranger: Michael Story
Grade 2.0 Duration 2.52
Based on the song from the southern Asian country of Bhutan, this powerful setting of "Chumo La Dingshoin" features four contrasting variations. Inspired by the potent thunderstorms that cascade down the Himalayas, this piece, with its compelling melodic content, is a show-stopper! (3:00)
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