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Scarborough Fair is a traditional English ballad about the Yorkshire town of Scarborough, famously recorded by Simon and Garfunkel. This arrangement is available in versions for full brass band, concert band or 8 piece brass ensemble plus percussionist. -
Sonata Pian’e Forte is by the Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli and was probably written to be played as part of a service at St Mark’s, Venice. This is the earliest known piece to specify both the instruments to be played AND the dynamics in the written music. This arrangement is available for full brass band or 8-piece brass ensemble. -
gemini is a virtuosic solo for unaccompanied cornet - ideal for student recitals - inspired by the constellation of the same name. -
Land Under Wave is a challenging extended solo for cornet with piano accompaniment, inspired by the 'Wee Free Men' books by Terry Pratchett. -
This version of the famous 16th century Coventry Carol is a new and exciting arrangement of the traditional carol, available in versions for full brass band or smaller ensemble -
Dragon Dances is a virtuosic showpiece solo for tenor horn, commissioned by Owen Farr and featured on his 2014 solo CD 'A New Dawn'Dragon Dances is one of the most exciting and energetic pieces to be written for the tenor horn - Owen Farr
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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. -
The Sunne Rising is slow, melodic solo for euphonium in a Romantic style. -
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. -
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. -
strange geometry is a virtuosic showpiece for brass band commissioned by Hammonds Saltaire Band for the 2015 Brass in Concert Championship.It's a full on journey through our Solar System. Descriptive, intense and dramatic - www.4barsrest.com
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...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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The Cistercians is a concert overture which was written for (and won) Morecambe Band's centenary composition competition in 2004. -
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. -
Kopanitsa is an exciting virtuoso solo for percussion (vibraphone, tuned drums, cymbals and xylophone) with brass band and/or piano accompaniment, commissioned by Gavin Pritchard and featured on the Cory Band's 'Enter the Galaxies' CD -
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. -
An exciting and dynamic work ideal for opening a concert or creating an impact!...thrill a minute style! - Iwan Fox, 4BarsRest.com
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An antiphonal composition using spatial effects and mutes; winning composition in the 2014 Foden's Band composition competitionHaunting timbres... resonating, mixing and flowing with a deeply satisfying alchemy - www.4barsrest.com
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A three movement suite for brass band, suitable for bands of third section standard and upwards. The Once and Future King has been selected as the set test-piece for the 3rd sections of the Swiss National Brass Band Championships in 2007, the Regional Championships of Great Britain in 2009 and the NIBA Championship of Ireland in 2012.The Once and Future King is a superbly written, atmospheric piece with a thrilling climax - Rodney Newton, British Bandsman
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Commissioned by Middleton Band to mark their 140th anniversary in 2016, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and featured on Middleton Band's CD of the same name.
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