Par CURNOW JAMES. Brass Miniatures features four contrasting sections, each linked by the fact they are based on the same interval. The opening is an exciting fanfare which leads into a lovely ballad, introduced by a solo cornet. The third section is a playful pseudo-blues and the work comes to a thrilling close with fanfare and march. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Brass Band
Par CURNOW JAMES. Brass Metamorphosis as the title suggests is a set of variations based on an original theme. Each of the five variations is in a different style with the first being a lively rondo, the second slow and intense, the third an agile scherzando, the fourth slow and expressive and the fifth full of majesty as it brings the piece to a triumphal close. Brass Metamorphosis as the title s…
Par CURNOW JAMES. In 1868 William Francis Allen published a collection of spirituals, songs sung by slaves whilst they worked. This book started a flood of enthusiasm for the spiritual which continues to this day. Jubilation (a time for celebration) uses the spiritual 'My Lord, What A Morning' as the main melody for transitions and modulations throughout and to introduce three further spirituals: …
Par PURCELL HENRY. Henry Purcell’s epitaph in the Westminster Abbey reads “Here lyes Henry Purcell Esqre, who left this Lyfe and is gone to that Blessed Place where only his Harmony can be exceeded. ” Purcell’s setting of this melody composed by Frenchman Louis Bourgeois has been skillfully arranged for concert band by James Curnow. Delightfully characteristic Baroque counterpoint and harmonies fo…
Opus 39. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. En 1878, Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski compose un recueil de 24 pièces faciles pour piano « qui plairont aux enfants » comme l’avait fait précédemment Robert Schumann. L’originalité des 24 pages de L’album pour enfants de Tchaïkovski étant d’y avoir introduit une série de danses. James Curnow a choisi quatre pages du recueil pour en faire un arrangement contrastan…
