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£8.99Classic Hymns for Orchestra - The Music of Kenneth Downie - Full Album (WAV)
This unique and innovative album features 15 magnificent arrangements of classic hymns for orchestra by Kenneth Downie. All hymns have been given imaginative and highly creative treatments, being both contemplative music for personal listening as well as 'pre-service' church music. Most of the 15 tracks can also be used as congregational accompaniment music, thus breathing new life into these timeless classics. Ranging from soothing to majestic and from bold to sprightly, each hymn has been mixed using state-of-the-art sample libraries as well as using the actual sounds of some of the finest musicians around. These include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a number of London and Berlin's most sought after session musicians, the renowned Estonian Chamber Choir, the dulcet tones of a Yamaha CFX 9' grand piano, and the iconic sounds of the Royal Albert Hall organ. In enhancing the album, Cory band's Principal Cornet Tom Hutchinson and London-based mezzo soprano Susanne Dymott add their own touch with specially recorded tracks. To view a promotional video please visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFnPPYVl78 "This new collection of traditional Classic Hymns will become a welcome resource with beautiful orchestral settings for listening and worship. Kenneth Downie's imaginative arrangements are enhanced by a track each from Tom Hutchinson's lyrical cornet and the rich sound of mezzo soprano Susanne Dymott. This recording is one to savour." Stephen Bulla - Composer & Conductor"Kenneth's brass band music has been part of my musical experience for 50 years. His prolific writing for brass band displays sincerity, imagination and skill in equal measure. I admire especially the way his subtle harmonic sensibility reaches to the heart of familiar hymns and sacred songs. To experience this for the first time in full orchestral colour is a revelation." Paul Hindmarsh - Music Critic, Journalist & Author Tracklist: Fanfare on 'Now thank we all our God' All your Anxiety Come Home! Featuring Cornet Soloist Tom Hutchinson Regent Square He Hideth my Soul Lathbury Cwm Rhondda It is well Welcome Home To walk with God Featuring Vocal Soloist Susanne Dymott Ring the Bells of Heaven! Just as I am Count your Blessings Sweet hour of Prayer Bonus track - Softly and tenderly Please note this download includes digital WAV files. A hard copy of the CD can be ordered here. For bank transfer or cheque payments please contact Kenneth Downie at [email protected]
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£37.65Jazz Suite for Brass Quintet (Gregory Fritze)
Jazz Suite for Brass Quintet was composed in 2021 expressly for the Spanish Brass. The four movements are composed in different styles and eras of Jazz. i. Cool Bop is of the 'Cool' era of jazz played in clubs of New York City in the 1950s. ii. Corona Blues is in the style of jazz played in the streets of New Orleans in the 1920s. iii. Brass Bossa is of the Bossa Nova era played in Brazil in the 1960s. iv. Up is of the Big Band 'Swing' era of the 1940s. In the third movement, Brass Bossa, the 2nd trumpet player plays claves and the horn player plays triangle. In the fourth movemen, Up, the horn plays triangle and the first trumpet player plays a percussion solo on instrument cases or 'gig bags'. Every jazz suite needs to end with a drum solo! Jazz Suite for Brass Quintet was recorded Spanish Brass and is on the CD Music for Brass Quintet by Gregory Fritze on the Spanish Brass label. It also was the First Prize Winner of the American Prize in Composition - Pops/ Light Music division in 2022. In addition, the first movement Cool Bop was the winner of the inaugural BrookWright International Brass Ensemble Composition Competition 2021. Duration of the entire suite is 15 minutes. To view a video of Spanish Brass performing the work please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAcQ7xBMF7g Sheet music available from: UK - www.brassband.co.uk USA - www.solidbrassmusic.com Difficulty Level: Advanced Instrumentation Part 1 - Trumpet Bb Part 2 - Flugelhorn Bb Part 3 - Horn (includes parts in Eb & F) Part 4 - Trombone (includes bass clef and Bb treble clef parts) Part 5 - Tuba (includes bass clef and Eb & Bb treble clef parts)
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£48.72Angel Voices (Rhapsody for Soprano Cornet & Band) Brian Bowen
This solo for soprano cornet and brass band was written by the late Brian Bowen for the New York Staff Band in 1989 when Gordon Ward was its very fine soprano cornetist. The title comes from a song by Ernest Rance (music) and Reginald Woods (lyrics) published by The Salvation Army in 1955. In this rhapsody Rance's melody is first alluded to by the horns at the pick-up to bars 19-21, then more fully with the soloist's entry to bar 51 (but in minor mode until bar 55). Much of the original music is ethereal in nature, maybe reflecting the angelic hosts. Published by BrookWright Music in 2023, the score now carries the inscription 'To the memory of Linda Ward' - Gordon Ward's wife who very sadly died in November 2021. The first commercial recording of the rhapsody was released in 1990, performed by Gordon Ward and the New York Staff Band on its Music Makers CD (TRCD 1049), available to listen to here: https://on.soundcloud.com/nHch1 PDF download includes score and parts. Sheet music available from: UK - www.brassband.co.uk USA - www.solidbrassmusic.com Difficulty Level: 2nd Section + Instrumentation: Soprano Cornet Soloist Eb Solo Cornet Bb Repiano Cornet Bb 2nd Cornet Bb 3rd Cornet Bb Flugel Horn Bb Solo Horn Eb 1st Horn Eb 2nd Horn Eb 1st Baritone Bb 2nd Baritone Bb 1st Trombone Bb 2nd Trombone Bb Bass Trombone Euphonium Bb Bass Eb Bass Bb Percussion
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£26.23The Three Kings (Euphonium Solo with Brass Band) Cornelius arr. Wainwright
This beautiful arrangement of the much loved tenor solo The Three Kings was made for the GUS Band and euphonium soloist Mark Giles, for the CD recording Christmas Fantasia - The Music of Andrew Wainwright (2013). The Three Kings, or Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar, is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set Die Konige for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern ('How Brightly Shines the Morning Star'), which he erroneously thought was an Epiphany hymn. In fact, it is an Advent hymn in which the morning star is an allegory for the arrival of Jesus, not the Star of Bethlehem. In Cornelius' original second setting, the accompaniment was played on a piano but the English organist Ivor Atkins later arranged the accompaniment for choir, with the choir singing the words of the original hymn. The carol describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the Infant Jesus during the Nativity and is also used as an Epiphany anthem. To view a rolling score video of Mark Giles performing the solo with GUS Band, please visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsLVNknim7w PDF download includes score and parts. Sheet music available from: UK - www.brassband.co.uk/sheet-music/the-three-kings-euphonium-solo-with-brass-band-cornelius-arr-wainwright-brookwright USA - www.solidbrassmusic.com Difficulty Level: 4th Section + Instrumentation: Euphonium Soloist Bb Soprano Cornet Eb 1st Cornet Bb 2nd Cornet & Flugel Bb 1st Horn Eb 2nd Horn Eb 1st Baritone Bb 2nd Baritone Bb 1st Trombone Bb 2nd Trombone Bb Bass Trombone 2nd Euphonium Bb Bass Eb Bass Bb
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