Post Horn (Brass Band - Score and Parts)

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POST HORN GALOP (Post-Horn/Brass Band)

Postcard to Grimethorpe (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Gregson, Edward

I composed the original version of Postcard to Grimethorpe in 1993 at the request of Elgar Howarth, for a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, given by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. This was at a time when after the Grimethorpe Colliery pit closed the future of the band was in severe jeopardy. The concert was given in aid of the band, both through publicity and funding.Then in late 2022 Jack Stamp, the American composer, conductor and educator, and at that time international composer-in-association with Grimethorpe, contacted me to say that he had discovered my short piece in the band library, and asked if I might extend it for a recording he was sponsoring for the band - the repertoire to consist entirely of music specially composed for Grimethorpe.I agreed and decided to extend the piece by using the miner's hymn Gresford, as a symbolic gesture of protest at the many thousands of miners in the UK who were made redundant from their jobs. After an angular (quasi-atonal) first section, the hymn enters, softly at first, but with each phrase it becomes more powerful and insistent, ending with the final phrase triumphantly accompanied by melodic percussion (replacing the drums and cymbals of the earlier phrases, as if the band were then on the march). However, this short work ends softly and gently, as if anger has been replaced by quiet resolution and determination, looking to the future with confidence.- Edward GregsonDuration: 3.00

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Powerhouse (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Downie, Kenneth

Spirit divine, come as of old. So begins the song by Brindley Boon, and that phrase becomes the message of this piece, and an important motif in the music. It appears at the very beginning of the work and recurs at important points during the piece. The theme of the need for spiritual power is further underlined by the use of the hymns Show your power, Wonder-working power and the very old chorus Send a new touch of power on my soul, Lord.The composer first heard Boon's song Spirit Divine when it was sung by Parkhead Songsters in the Sunday morning meeting at his home Corps of Greenock Citadel. They were visiting for the weekend from Glasgow, and were conducted by Songster Leader Walter Chalmers, himself a beautiful lyric tenor soloist. They sang it in a moving fashion, unaccompanied, and such was the impact that, at the conclusion, many people went to the mercy seat. It made a huge impression on the young composer. It was the first time that Downie discovered the enormous power of music in worship. It also serves as a reminder to us all that young people of a tender age are very capable of grasping deeply significant events happening around them. This music was written for the 2020 UK Territorial Youth Band course.

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Powerhouse (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Scott, Raymond - Murtha, Paul

The zany music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, originally recorded in the late 1930s, was a popular resource for the early Warner Bros. cartoons scored by Carl Stalling. Filled with surprise and humour, any fan of Bugs Bunny will recognise these unforgettable themes!Duration: 2:45

PRAEFECTUS (Brass Band Marchcard) - Ringgenberg, Jorg

Grade: easy

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PRAELUDIUM & ALLEGRO (Trombone Solo with Brass Band Set)

Trombone Solo with Brass Band

Praise (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Heaton, Wilfred

Composed when he was just 16, Praise has become Wilfred Heaton's most performed work. Published in 1949, this march is a firm favourite with bands of all kinds and abilities.

Praise (Brass Band - Score only) - Heaton, Wilfred

Composed when he was just 16, Praise has become Wilfred Heaton's most performed work. Published in 1949, this march is a firm favourite with bands of all kinds and abilities.

Praise and Celebration (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Wainwright, Andrew

Festival Arrangement based on the hymn Praise my Soul. An ideal opener to a programme.