Gawan Roberts wrote this march in 2001 on the occasion of the play Brassed Off, which took place in the Frisian village of Jorwert. The march has been written in the virtuosic English brass band style.
Gawan Roberts wrote this march in 2001 on the occasion of the play Brassed Off, which took place in the Frisian village of Jorwert. The march has been written in the virtuosic English brass band style.
Please note that there is no score published for this work - historically conductors have used a cued Solo Cornet part to rehearse with. Click on MORE DETAILS to view the Solo Cornet part.
Category: MARCHES Composer / arranger: Brian Bowen
The Southern Cross is one of several excellent marches by Brian Bowen in which he carried on the more sophisticated pattern of British marches by Wilfred Heaton, Leslie Condon and Ray Steadman-Allen. It was written for the Box Hill (Australia) Corps jubilee celebrations in 1970 and formed part of the band's repertoire when it toured Great Britain in the same year. The first half of the march features part of the song, 'March on!' by Klaus Ostby, an early pioneer of Salvation Army music in Scandinavia. The contrapuntal layering of melodies in the trio, especially in the finale where 'March on!' sounds one more triumphant time, is notable, as is the shift to a slower, more stately tempo. The harmonic and rhythmic style also represents the more modern sounds of Salvation Army brass band music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Right from the opening gestures, listeners at early performances knew that a page had turned in the evolution of the Salvation Army march.
Category: MARCHES Composer / arranger: Roy Douglas
Duration 3.45
Roy Douglas was not only assistant to Ralph Vaughan Williams, Noel Coward, and a host of others, but a composer in his own right. This short ceremonial march for brass band bears all the hallmarks of the best of the English composers.
Please note that there is no score published for this work. Historically, conductors have used a cued Solo Cornet part to rehearse and perform with – click on MORE DETAILS to view.
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