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£99.99The Divine Right (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Harper, Philip
At the time of composing this piece, the Arab Spring was sweeping through the Middle East. It seemed that almost every week a new country's people had risen up against the regimes and dictatorships which had prevailed for generations, leaving many nations at a defining crossroads in their history. There were so many possible ways ahead: so many hopes, yet so many uncertainties.This music is a depiction of these revolutionary times, and several musical themes are in turn presented, discussed, considered, fought over, altered, rejected or accepted.Most nations have had, or probably will have, their own Arab Spring, including the United Kingdom. Events of 17th Century Britain provide the context for this piece, particularly those following the execution of the tyrant King Charles I on 30 January 1649. The regicide was in part due to Charless steadfast belief in the Divine Right of Kings, and led to a tumultuous interregnum, where England stood at its own defining crossroads. The music begins turbulently, before King Charles appears and is led to the gallows outside Banqueting House in central London where he is brutally decapitated. From the assembled crowd rose, according to one observer,a moan as I never heard before and desire I may never hear again.The music descends to emptiness.The musical argument which follows is not strictly programmatic, but a number of musical themes are all thrown into the melting pot, representing ideas such as: religion; military force; reasoned Parliamentary debate; and the chattering, irrepressible voice of the people. Additionally, there are some quotations from the music of royalist composer Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), who was often in tune with the feeling of the times.This defining episode in England's history was brought to a close with the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, and as the exiled King Charles II rode back into London the diarist John Evelyn wrote:Never was so joyful a day seen in this nation. I stood in the Strand and beheld it, and blessed God.At the end of the piece the bells ring out, and the musical appearance of the King has transformed from turbulent to triumphant.Duration: 17.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Car Wash (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Whitfield, Norman - Bernaerts, Frank
Performed by Rose Royce and Christina Aguilera. Duration: 03:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£69.99Willow Pattern (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - Harper, Philip
Composed in 2009 for Nicholas Childs and the Black Dyke BandThis piece tells the Willow Pattern legend through music. Several leitmotifs are used both for the different characters and also for some of the important emotions in the tale. Additionally, Knoon-se's part is mainly played by the flugel horn, Chang by the euphonium, the Mandarin by the Eb Bass and the Duke Ta-jin by the trombone.The Willow Pattern Legend:Once, in ancient China, there lived a wealthy and powerful Mandarin who had a beautiful daughter, Knoon-se. She had fallen in love with Chang, a humble accountant, which angered her father who imprisoned her in the Pavilion by the river with only the exotic birds for company. She learnt that the Mandarin planned to marry her to the pompous Duke Ta-jin and that the wedding would take place on the day the blossom fell from the willow tree, so she sent Chang a message: "Gather thy blossom, ere it be stolen". The Duke arrived by sea amid great fanfare when the tree was heavy with bud, and nights of magnificent banquets followed. After one such occasion when the Mandarin slept, Chang crept over the crooked fence and tiptoed into the Pavilion to rescue Knoon-se, but as they escaped the alarm was raised. They fled over the bridge with the Mandarin close on their heels brandishing his whip. They managed to escape by boat to a secluded island where they lived happily for a time. Meanwhile, the Mandarin learned of their refuge and, intent on revenge, he ordered his soldiers to kill them. As Knoon-se and Chang slept at night, the men set fire to the pagoda in which they lived and the lovers perished in the flames. However, the Gods, moved by the lovers' plight, transformed their souls into two turtle-doves which rose from the charred remains, soaring above the Earth, symbolising eternal happiness.Willow Pattern is dedicated to the memory of Jean Harper who passed away as I was completing the piece and who was a great collector of porcelain and china-ware.Duration: 12:00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Matrimony (Brass Band - Score and Parts) - O'Sullivan, Gilbert - Kernen, Roland
Gilbert O'Sullivan rose to fame in the 1970s. Dressed in his cap and golfing trousers he sat at the piano and sang charming and cheerful songs. Roland Kernen has produced this arrangement of Matrimony - one of Gilbert O'Sullivan's most popular hits.Duration: 3:15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£46.20BLUEBERRY HILL (Brass Band) - Rose, Vincent - Fernie, Alan
Medium/Easy
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£48.95CHRISTMAS SUITE, A (Brass Band) - Bulla, Stephen
First published in 1984, this has always been a popular work for brass bands all over the world. This new edition is now available with a full score. Lasting about eight minutes, the three movement suite includes settings of Wassail Song, Lo, how a rose e're blooming, and to finish a 'Pot-pourri' bursting with tunes and energy.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£59.99Pasadena (Brass Band - Score and Parts)
This piece takes you on a journey to the sunny Californian city of Pasadena. The piece reflects two contrasting aspects of the city,. Firstly the serene expressive side with exquisite statues, works of art and sun drenched villas and secondly the hot Latin side with the street parade which leads up to the famous American Football final in the Rose Bowl stadium. 05:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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The Crown of Roses - Tchaikovsky - Len Jenkins
Tchaikovsky wrote this in his 'Songs for Young People' in Moscow in 1883 to words by Pletchtcheev. The story it tells is about Jesus Christ when he was a young child, having a small wild garden in which roses grew. Passing children saw the roses and plucking them mockingly asked if he wove rose garlands in his hair. Christ says to take the roses, but to leave the thorns. Instead, they make a crown of these and forced it onto his head so that it bleeds, symbolic of what was going to happen later in his lifetime. The melody contains all the passion that we associate with Russian church music and is equally suitable for a contemplative Christmas or Passiontide. This arrangement is faithful to the four verses of the original lyrics, but with an optional ending half-way if preferred.
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£48.95A Christmas Suite (Score and Parts) - Stephen Bulla
The three-movement suite begins with the jaunty Wassail Song. The second movement is a wonderful version of Lo, how a rose e're blooming while the final movement is a bustling Pot-pourri with hints of several Christmas favourites. This new edition features a freshly engraved A4 size full score and parts and is compatible with the first edition.
Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days
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£32.00Chorale (Score only) - Ray Steadman-Allen
Chorale is a set of variations based on an old carol tune, Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (There is a Rose that Bloometh). After an introduction the theme is presented followed by four variations and a finale; thoughout, thou, there is a genereal pervasive sense of the chorale's presence.
Estimated dispatch 5-7 working days
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