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£25.00English Electric Lightning - Brass Band - LM956
COMPOSER: Alex McGeeThe English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that servedas aninterceptorduring the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s.It remains the only UK-designed-and-built fighter capable ofMach 2.The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric,which was later absorbed by the newly-formedBritish Aircraft Corporation.Later the type was marketed as the BAC Lightning.It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the Kuwait Air Force (KAF), and the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF).A unique feature of the Lightning's design is the vertical, staggeredconfiguration of its twoRolls-Royce Avonturbojetengines within the fuselage.The Lightning was initially designed and developed as an interceptor to defend theV bomber airfields from attack by anticipated future nuclear-armedsupersonic Soviet bombers such as what emerged as the Tupolev Tu-22,but it was subsequently also required to intercept other bomber aircraftsuch as theTupolev Tu-16and theTupolev Tu-95.
In Stock: Estimated dispatch 3-5 working days
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Northern Landscapes - Peter Graham
The four movements of Northern Landscapes provide musical mood pictures of various aspects of Northern working life. 1) Industry opens the suite with the bustle of factory machinery, followed attacca by 2) Seascapes which evokes the calmness of local waters during a fishing expedition. 3) Earth Dance references the mining industry where the blackness of the environment is mirrored by the darkness of the music while 4) Flight evokes the path of an aircraft on its maiden journey in this tribute to the aircraft industry. Northern Landscapes has its origins in music written for the Ulster Orchestra Brass Quintet. This revised and updated version for brass band was commissioned by the Boarshurst (Greenfield) Silver Band, with National Lottery funds, supported by the Arts Council of England. It was set as the 2003 National Brass Band Championships Area Third Section Test-Piece.
Estimated dispatch 5-14 working days
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£25.00Scramble (Alex McGee) - Cornet & Brass Band Full Score and Parts - LM424
COMPOSER: Alex McGeeScramble was composed for Kidlington Concert Brassto be performed as part of their 2022 series of events.A solo cornet feature, the principal cornet needs his orher wits about them as they take to the skies,musically speaking in their Spitfire.The work was inspired by the history of what is now Oxford Airport,but was in a previous life RAF Kidlington.During WWII numerous squadrons were based there as forwardoperating Spitfires were a staple of the bases arsenal.Scramble is told from the perspective of a young pilot,a begins with him in a troubled sleep,which is shattered by the wail of an air raid siren.From that point we rushed to his aircraft and races into theskies to defend the United Kingdom as one of 'the few'who prevented the risk of invasion during the legendary Battle of Britain.This work is dedicated to all those, in the air and on the ground,and of all nationalities who served in the Battle of Britain.
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£25.00Take To The Skies - Brass Band Full Score & Parts - LM298
COMPOSER: Alex McGeeImagine you are there!From take off to landing your aircraft.Start your engine, Chocks Away and take to the Air.Suitable for Most Bands - Duration 4'.15" (Approx.)
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£29.95Cadillac of the Skies - John Williams - Jonathan Bates
Cadillac of the Skies is taken from the score of the 1987 film Empire of the Sun, by John Williams. As Jim, played by a young Christian Bale, watches in amazement as a P-51 aircraft attacks the camp where he...
Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days
