Par DE HAAN JACOB. Originally Cornfield Rock was written by Jacob de Haan as a version for male choir. It was based on a text by William Shakespeare on a melody of Thomas Morley (It was a lover and his lass). The original melody however was abandoned completely and in its place Jacob de Haan created a new one in rock style. The title refers to the text: That o’re the green corne fields did passe. …

Swing it William!. Par BLANKEN JOHN. The King's Swing basiert auf der niederländischen Nationalhymne Wilhelmus. John Blanken präsentiert diese aber zur Abwechslung in einem völlig neuen Gewand als Swingnummer. Blankens Werk enthält eine Reihe verschiedener Elemente: die rhythmisch angepasste Melodie, einen Walking Bass, eine Gegenstimme und eine rhythmische Begleitung. Eine witzige Idee, gekonnt u…

Swing it William!. Par BLANKEN JOHN. This lively work includes a ‘jazzed-up’ version of the Dutch national anthem! Many jazz elements help this arrangement fly by like a whirlwind. Let your band simply swing with this fun piece. / Niveau : 4 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Brass Band

Par DE HAAN JACOB. The Book of Urizen is a work for concert band, solo soprano, and a male narrator in which sound collages of religious expressions are used. The piece is inspired by the compelling visionary poem of the same name (which the poet illustratedhimself) by the Englishman William Blake (1757-1827), who occupies a unique position in western literature and the visual arts. He was not jus…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Of Schubert, Franz Liszt once said 'Such is the spell of your emotional world that it very nearly blinds us to the greatness of your craftsmanship. ' The subtle beauty and superb compositional skill of this Schubert INTERLUDE are perfectly captured in a masterful arrangement by William Bellis. Certain to become a standard of concert and contest literature, you owe it to your ba…

Oper in 4 Akten- Libretto von Bernhard Lang nach William Shakespeare und Arrigo Boito. Par LANG BERNHARD. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Your Servant, Elizabeth' for choir and orchestra was commissioned for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebration at the Proms by BBC Radio 3. The 5 minute work also pays homage to William Byrd’s O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, a prayer for Queen Elizabeth I written over 400 years ago. / Date parution : 2025-01-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte et Orchestre

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Your Servant, Elizabeth' for choir and orchestra was commissioned for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebration at the Proms by BBC Radio 3. The 5 minute work also pays homage to William Byrd’s O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth, a prayer for Queen Elizabeth I written over 400 years ago. / Date parution : 2025-01-21/ Répertoire / Choeur Mixte et Orchestre

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge forces marshalled for the occasion delighted the audience, who demanded no fewer than eight encores and loudly acclaimed the composer despite an injunction to observe the solemnity of the occasion by refraining from ap…

Par SMITH PAUL. A beautiful and flowing work for SATB choir, SATB solo quartet and piano, with textures that celebrate love, cherishing our place among the stars. A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets. The music and texts link to form a narrative that questions what sort of ‘New Wo…

Par RATKJE MAJA S. K.. William Butler Yeats once wrote a poem titled To a Friend Whose Work has Come to Nothing (1931). In 1960, the American poet Anne Sexton wrote the following poem, as a part of her first published work, Bedlam and Part Way Back. I see it as an encouraging advice to reach the sun. If you never tried, you'll never know. I thought it fitted very well to the trombone concerto and …

Arr. William Himes. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie ou Fanfare ou Brass Band

Praise The Lord Among His Holy Ones. Par BYRD WILLIAM. SSATB unaccompanied Latin and English Texts Edited by E H Fellowes. Revised by Thurston Dart/ Répertoire / SATB a Cappella

Per Gli Sponsali Di Teti E Peleo - Hwv 73. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel's three-part serenata Parnasso in festa was premiered in March 1734 for the wedding of Princess Anne and Prince William IV of Orange. The music is largely based on the English oratorio Athalia. The Italian libretto, by Giacomo Rossi, takes up the Greek myth of the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. As so often in Handel's ca…