Par MASHIMA TOSHIO. Toshio Mashima composed this work for the 40th anniversary of the concert band of the Kwansei-Gakuin University in Japan. The composition is based on the biblical story of the patriarch Jacob, who in a dream sees a ladder reaching into the sky. This story or its symbolism has inspired many artists - the rungs of the ladder representing the virtues through which man climbs durin…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. “In this work I gave everything I had to give. […] What I did here I will never do again”. Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of his Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78, dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Like Beethoven’s Ninth, this so-called “Organ Symphony” was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society in London, where itreceived its premiere on 19 May 1886. In …

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Version of 1736 (final version) Bach 's St. Matthew Passion passed through several stages in its progress towards its final form, stages that today cannot be completely reconstructed. It may be taken as certain that the work was performed on Good Friday 1729 in St. Thomas's Church, Leipzig, in a version of which the copy made by Bach 's son-in-law Johann Christoph Altnic…

Choral- und Psalmvariationen. Par SWEELINCK JAN PIETERSZOON. With Volume 3 of Sweelinck's complete works for keyboard instruments, 'Chorale and Psalm Variations, ' editor Harald Vogel presents a group of works that can enhance many of today's religious services. Vogel's approach to the fundamental issues of performance practice in this edition is exceptionally knowledgeable. He begins by supplying…

Percussionists must learn both the rudiments and the scales. This piece provides the wind players some exposure to the rudiments. 'Paradiddles' creates patterns played by the winds that mimic two types of paradiddles---the single paradiddle and the double paradiddle. This may be the first piece for concert band inspired by, and based on, percussion rudiments. (5:50) / Concert Band

Volume 1 of Bach’s organ music presents some of the most frequently played organ pieces altogether. Here they appear in a new engraving based on the New Bach Edition (NBA).This updated edition takes into account the latest findings of Bach scholarship: thus, for example, a newly-discovered copy of the first edition containing inscriptions in Bach’s own hand could be incorporated into the musical t…

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. The sixth volume of the series of 12 Sonatas, this book contains the Sonatas K. 256 to K. 305. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged for Piano. Based on the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatrick…

Par HABIAN CLIFF. Jazz Piano Essentials includes a collection of riffs, patterns, and exercises as well as explanations of stylistic piano idioms such as stride, walking bass, rootless voicings, rhythm changes, blues, swing, bebop and others supported with transcriptions, arrangements, and solos based on standards. It also contains many intros and endings along with standard runs and fills. A uniq…

Mozart's 'Missa in C major? (K. 220), nicknamed the 'Sparrow Mass? for its frequently recurring characteristic motifs in the violins, has retained a firm place in the choral repertoire to the present day. Now it has been arranged for female choir and is appearing as part of the recently started 'Bärenreiter Female Choir? series.Heribert Breuer has judiciously transferred the tenor and bass solos t…

Arr. James Curnow. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert (1797-1828), great Austrian composer, was a supreme melodist and master of lieder. This transcription is based on his Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy) from his German Mass in F. (ca. 1815) for four-part choir and lends itself well to the expressive qualities of the modern brass quintet. / Niveau : 3 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Concer…

Laling for Concert Band. Par . Laling is a Norwegian folktune from Bø. The arrangementet of the lullaby starts off with a calm atmosphere (like a dream). The dream develops into a more funky section, until it calms down again. Laling was commissioned by Korpsnett Norge, for their project ?Arvegods? (Heritage), based on Norwegian folk tunes. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/H…

Variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield. Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. The work is based on a tune called The Nag written by the jazz guitarist/composer John Scofield, of whom I have long been a fan and with whom I worked closely when writing Blood on the Floor (Mark-Anthony Turnage) ‘The grim frenzy, the waste and the futility of war are all embedded in Silent Cities’ (The Times)/ Répertoire / O…