Ocean Drive - Jérôme Naulais - Bertrand Moren

October - Eric Whitacre - Philip Sparke

The continuing popularity of Eric Whitacre's dramatic and evocative music is evident in concert programming everywhere, with his symphonic, choral and operatic works. October is arguably his most notable symphonic work, now adapted in this stunning version for brass band.

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Octodurus - Claivoz

Octopussy - John Barry - Ted Parson

Ode To Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven

Ode To Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven - Jérôme Naulais

Ode To The Yellow River - Xian Xinghai - Michal Worek

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Odessa - Marc Reift - Bertrand Moren

Odin, King Of Asgard - Bertrand Moren

Of Distant Memories - Edward Gregson

Parts only. Of Distant Memories pays homage to the brass band composers that form the backbone of the brass band repertoire and their music, and in the process summons up a kind of subconscious memory bank of the musicallanguages, styles and forms used by them. The music is conceived in the form of a 'traditional' tone poem, reflecting certain aspects (e.g. melodic, harmonic, textural)of those early test pieces. Although fairly traditionalconcepts have been kept in planning the architecture of the work, certain aspects of the instrumentation, or scoring, are more contemporary in colouristic terms, as befits a composer writing in the 21st century. However, thepercussion requirements are fairly modest, similar to those used in the works of that period. The brass band tradition owes much to the composers of that period, for through their music they established a truly homogenous'British' brass band sound which has spread throughout many parts of the world. That tradition flourishes today and remains important for today's composers, even if their musical language is far removed from that of theirpredecessors. Of Distant Memories is the composers own way of repaying that gratitude.