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  • £64.95

    Platform to the Heavens

    The piece takes its inspiration from the mountain ranges from one of my favourite countries, Switzerland.I have visited the Swiss Alps on many occasions and I am still taken back by its sheer awesome beauty with every visit. This commission gave me the opportunity to pay homage to this wonderful landscape and paint my own musical picture of it.The piece opens with what I imagine daybreak would be like at one of its many peaks. With the sun growing behind the mountain range, the piece builds from a single note to a huge climatic chord revealing Mother Nature's creation.Then at rehearsal figure 'C' the tempo changes dramatically as we fly through the many slopes of the mountains as if on a manic skiing expedition, revealing the many dangers within the Swiss Alps.The twists, turns and climaxes begin to die away as we enter rehearsal figure 'M' - nightfall over the mountains. As the sun disappears, the sky darkens to reveal the beautiful starlit sky above the mountain range. This middle section starts with the various cadenzas that serve as echoes around the Alps. It then leads to a lyrical solo at rehearsal figure 'O' as the moonlight illuminates the icy mountain peaks. A final cadenza to conclude this section highlights the end of nightfall as the sun starts to rise again.This recapitulation from the opening, signals a new dawn as the sun rises above the snowy peaks once again. The music at this point in its slightly altered state highlights the dawn of a new day in the Alps. The fast manic ski ride follows which takes the piece to its grand finale conclusion.The idea behind the title of this piece is that the Swiss Alps are so beautiful and vast; I can only imagine that they could be a platform connecting the earth to the heavens above.Paul Lovatt-Cooper

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £44.95

    Judd: Canadian Folk Song Suite

    This suite of three movements (fast, slow, fast) features traditional Canadian folk tunes;1. Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin (Quebec) is full of fanfares and humorous touches.2. She's like the Swallow (Newfoundland) is both elegant and poignant.3. J'entends le moulin (Quebec) is a light-hearted 'moto perpetuo' which gathers pace and energy towards the whirlwind close.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £29.95

    Judd: Come and get Saved

    This fantasia is based on the old Salvation Army song, 'Never can tell' which includes the words, 'You never can tell when the Lord will call you...Come and get saved and happy be'. The piece has many different and contrasting moods but is generally light-hearted and amiable like the straightforward message of the song and its genial melody.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £29.95

    Judd: Deck the Halls

    An attractive setting by Barrie Gott, mixing 2/2 time signatures with 'waltz like' 3/4. Cleverly done, and a real crowd pleaser

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £29.95

    Judd: Exeter Temple

    This march was written for the centenary of Exeter Tempe Corps in 1981 and first played in Exeter Cathedral during those celebrations. While the march is intentionally retrospective, the unashamed absence of modernity receives some splashes of colour from the styles of march 'kings' like Bramwell Coles, Arthur Gullidge, Albert Jakeway and George Marshall.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £42.50

    The Clock with the Dresden Figures (Percussion)

    Howard Snell has arranged this delicious number by Albert Ketelby for three percussionists. It is the kind of seaside bandstand music that still delights listeners in the 21st century. Musically very skilled, Ketelby and other stalwarts like Percy Fletcher, Eric Coates, and later, Gilbert Vinter, turned out enormous quantities of high quality 'light' music" principally in the first half of the 20th century.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £39.50

    Anything You Can Do

    The 1st movement of 'An Irving Berlin Suite', Annie Oakley's boastful song is put through a variety of jokey variations before ending on a question mark that leads to the second movement... A Pretty Girl is like a Melody.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £44.95

    Irving Berlin for Brass

    Includes: A Couple of Swells; Change Partners; Easter Parade; The Piccolino; There's No Business Like Show Business; Top Hat, White Tie and Tails; We Saw the Sea.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £33.00

    Lux Aeterna (Score and Parts)

    The title Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light) can be interpreted on a number of levels. Musically it has a rather mystical feel to it, and the single note with which the piece begins continues uninterrupted throughout, like an inextinguishable flame, or a constant source of hope. There are lyrical and song-like solo lines for cornet, flugel and euphonium. In a recent review Paul Hindmarsh described the piece as a touching new work by Philip Harper that would have got my vote for best new work for its technical ingenuity if not its 'wow factor'.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
  • £54.20

    Sleigh Ride

    This popular work was originally written for light orchestra during a heatwave in July 1946! Lyrics about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day were written by Mitchell Parish in 1950.

    Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days