This 50th anniversary release is a very welcome publication that should prove highly attractive to both performers and audiences. A master musician has revisited his youth and resurrected a gem for all to savour and enjoy! - Ronald W. Holz, The Brass Herald, August 2018
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At last…..it’s published! On the 50th anniversary of its premiere at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Edward Gregson's Concertante for Piano and Brass Band, the work that launched the composer’s career in the brass band world is now finally published. Having been withdrawn from public performance in the 1980s the work has remained unavailable until now. It’s a wonderful opportunity to explore a new genre. From its dramatic opening Prelude, to its tender and lyrical Nocturne, and the final rhythmic and joyful Rondo, this eighteen minute work is an exhilarating showcase for both pianist and brass band. -
Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod is a popular setting of the well-used Latin text and was originally published in 1853 as Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach. The piece consists of a melody by the French Romantic composer Charles Gounod that he superimposed over a very slightly changed version of the Prelude No. 1 in C major from J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, written 137 years earlier. Gounod improvised the melody, and his future father-in-law Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann transcribed the improvisation and in 1853 made an arrangement for violin (or cello) with piano and harmonium. In 1859 the setting was published with the familiar Latin text. This arrangement features the tenor horn and was commissioned for Sheona White and the Brighouse and Rastrick Band to perform at the 2017 Brass in Concert Championships by their conductor Dr David Thornton, at which Sheona won the prize for best tenor horn. It was subsequently adapted into versions for B flat solo instruments (euphonium, tenor trombone or baritone) and with percussion accompaniment only. -
...and the winter moon rises is a slow, descriptive musical postcard of a winter journey as recorded by the Virtuosi GUS Band on their CD '80 Years in the Making'Andrew Baker's portrayal of winter over the Yorkshire moors is evocatively brought to life - Malcolm Wood, 4barsrest.com
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LeFay’s Mirage for E flat Tenor Horn and Piano was commissioned by Nicky Abkiewicz who is also the work’s dedicatee, to add to the competition and concert repertoire for solo tenor horn. -
This outstanding CD contains all of Edward Gregson's significant works for Symphonic Brass, including the seminal Brass Quintet, the Symphony in two movements and Music of the Angels, performed by some of the UK's leading professional brass musicians. -
This arrangement of Corelli's famous Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No. 8 (known as the "Christmas Concerto") features soprano cornet, two solo cornets and solo euphonium playing the 'concertino' parts, and is playable by all grades of band. A PDF download option of this piece is available. -
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.
- William Shakespeare: Henry the Fifth, Act 1, Prologue Ascend the Brightest Heaven... was commissioned by Emley Band to mark their 150th anniversary in 2020. -
To Harry and Bram This short concert prelude is ideal for marking a musical birthday - if your band, or a supporter, or even one of your audience is celebrating! -
Written in memory of Philip Jones, this short work was first performed at his memorial concert held at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2000. Scored for Brass Quintet, it was performed by former members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Instrumentation:- 2 Trumpets in C
- Horn in F
- Trombone
- Tuba
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gemini is a virtuosic solo for unaccompanied cornet - ideal for student recitals - inspired by the constellation of the same name. -
The Sunne Rising is slow, melodic solo for euphonium in a Romantic style. -
Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen is a simple arrangement for brass band of Praetorius’s chorale, with countermelodies and a small amount of added percussion, suitable for bands of all standards. -
Canzona XIII (a.k.a. Canzon Septimi Octavi Toni a 12) is music composed for St Mark's Venice by the renaissance master Giovanni Gabrieli, arranged here for a brass band split into three 'choirs. -
Instrumentation:- 1 Trumpet in E flat
- 3 Trumpets in B flat
- 3 Tenor Trombones
- 1 Bass Trombone
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Deus in Adjutorium is the opening chorus of the Vespers of 1610 by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, arranged for brass band by Andrew Baker. -
Celebration Fanfare was specially written for the 50th Anniversary concert of the Port Sunlight Lyceum Band. It was a gift from the composer to his cousin, Ralph Peters, co-founder of the band in 1973. -
Postcard to Grimethorpe was composed in 1993 for a fundraising concert for the Grimethorpe Colliery band, in the wake of the announcement of the closure of the pit, and re-discovered in Grimethorpe's library in 2022. -
This set includes two short fanfares for six-piece brass ensemble, Flourish for an Occasion (1981) and Fanfare for PL (2014). Instrumentation:- 3 Trumpets in B flat
- 2 Tenor Trombones
- Bass trombone
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Ring'd with the Azure World is a brass quintet for brass band instruments commissioned by the Harmonia Brass quintet for their final recital at the University of Huddersfield in 2016. An alternative version for orchestral brass is available. -
Land Under Wave is a challenging extended solo for cornet with piano accompaniment, inspired by the 'Wee Free Men' books by Terry Pratchett. -
The Sword and the Star is a concert overture for brass band which features the Scottish lament "The Flowers of the Forest". It was written for Middleton Band and the title refers the Assheton family crest which features in the arms of the town, and the 'Flodden Sword' captured at the battle in 1513 and still kept in St Leonard's Church in Middleton. -
A simple, relatively easy melodic solo for tenor horn and brass band. Also available with a piano accompaniment. This work is available as a PDF download. -
This arrangement of Boccherini's charming suite of Spanish folk tunes features four of the original seven movements, including the famous Passe Calle which featured in the final scenes of the film Master and Commander. -
The Cistercians is a concert overture which was written for (and won) Morecambe Band's centenary composition competition in 2004.
