Du compositeur de l'homme armé un nouveau réglage du poème de Laurence Binyon emblématique du souvenir. Un hymne simple mais intimement liées à l'agitation Last Post, la pièce s'ouvre, tout comme le poème, dans une ambiance d'action de grâces fière, puis s'oriente vers un climax puissant et parfaitement jugé, monumental, mais pas exagérée. Première au Festival Royal British Legion du Souvenir au R…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This work, in two movements, was written for the 50th anniversary of “Harmonie St. Cecilia” in Oudenburg, Belgium, and is dedicated to its conductor, Arne Wyntin. The first part is rather quiet and pastoral in character, and is written in a gently rocking 12/8 time. The tranquility of the area around the medieval town of Oudenburg, a rustic region not far from the North Sea,…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. In the most literal sense: a piece for an occasion. The actual occasion was Jan de Haan’s twentieth anniversary as a conductor of the top Dutch brass band, “Soli Deo Gloria” (Leeuwarden). To mark the occasion, the band commissioned the Belgian comopser Jan Van der Roost to create a surprise piece: without knowledge of the person being celebrated, a suitable source of inspira…

Composé entre 1830 et 1831, ce Nocturne en mi bémol majeur de Frédéric Chopin est le morceau favori de tous les jeunes pianistes. Son charme mélodique, sa simplicité strophique, sa brièveté et sa relative facilité d'exécution l'ont rendu célèbre à travers le monde. Chopin y adopte le ton de la confidence et développe le thème principal de manière fort expressive, sans renier ses influences directe…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost originally composed each and every note of ‘Slavia’ (as in case in ‘Puszta’, ‘Rikudim’ and ‘A Highland Rhapsody’). Consequently, ‘Slavia’ does not contain any arrangement of existing tunes, but is an original composition ‘in the style of…’. The introduction has an ABA structure and exposes a broad melodic line. Following a short cadenza, there is a second m…

Aus tiefer Not. Par RENTZSCH FRIEDHELM. Friedhelm Rentzsch, long a cellist in the Dresden Philharmonic, set Psalm 130, whose character of penitence is especially impressive here, through the reduction of the musical forces to a solo alto with orchestral accompaniment, and this in a most unique, urgent manner. Through the addition of a sombre text by Erich Arendt the subective manner of the song is…

for String Orchestra. Par WHITACRE ERIC. A brand new orchestration of Eric Whitacre's popular composition for concert band, Sleep for String Orchestra is a lush and achingly beautiful work. This haunting chorale begins softly and slowly then blossoms to a powerful climax. Can also be performed with optional SATB chorus, with original text by celebrated American poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. / Da…

Par HADERMANN JAN. Refraction is a work that uses the entire band and all the colours it can possibly produce. As the title suggests, it was inspired the fascinating physical phenomenon known as refraction. Just like light is split and disbursed into all its colours, the main theme is split into little motives. As the individual motives are disbursed throughout the band, different sections become …

Par MURPHY RYAN. SATB chorus and orchestra Pulsating rhythms underpin this energetic arrangement of a traditional spiritual. The voice parts progress from a forthright rendition of the famous tune at the beginning to bold and exciting harmonies by the end. The arrangement would provide a high-spirited and rousing climax for any Christmas concert. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Répertoire / Choeur S…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Hanover Wind Symphony, New Jersey, USA was founded in 1984 by its conductor Peter Boor. He commissioned HANOVER FESTIVAL to celebrate the band’s 15th Birthday and the first performance took place on October 27th 1999. The piece starts with a solemn brass fanfare. Woodwinds join in and the music subsides into an expressive chorale. A climax is reached and the fanfare returns.…

Par HAMMERSTEIN II OSCAR. Young players sometimes need a lyric piece with built-in emotional points and dynamic variety. This easy arrangement starts softly with just clarinets and F horn on the melody, then gradually builds to a powerful climax. / Date parution : 2022-04-01/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par SPARKE PHILIP. A Centennial Journey est une commande de l’ensemble norvégien Stavanger Musikkorps av 1919 pour célébrer son centenaire, en 2019. L’orchestre a créé cette pièce sous la direction de Morten E. Hansen lors de son concert de jubilé au Konserthus de Stavanger, le 28 septembre 2019. La pièce s’ouvre de façon spectaculaire avec une ample mélodie aux cors et saxophones sous des figures…

Par AHO KALEVI. Lasting 27 minutes, Kalevi Aho’s String quartet no. 4 (2021) is in four movements. The first, Nocturne, begins with a hazily muted melody dominated by the interval of a minor third on the second violin. Though the first movement begins in nocturnal mood, there is also some more forceful music around the middle. The second movement, Allegro capriccioso, is quick with quirky rhythms.…

Aus tiefer Not. Par RENTZSCH FRIEDHELM. Friedhelm Rentzsch, long a cellist in the Dresden Philharmonic, set Psalm 130, whose character of penitence is especially impressive here, through the reduction of the musical forces to a solo alto with orchestral accompaniment, and this in a most unique, urgent manner. Through the addition of a sombre text by Erich Arendt the subective manner of the song is…

for Tuba and Piano. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Après une courte introduction, le/la soliste introduit une mélodie quelque peu nostalgique avant un interlude légèrement plus rapide qui met le piano en vedette et aboutit à un climax dramatique. Puis le piano expose à nouveau le thème principal, auquel se superpose une contre-mélodie ornementée interprétée par le/la soliste, qui clôt la pièce avec un brève c…