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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Pascual Marquina Arranger: Gareth Thomas
Pascual Marquina (1873—1948) was a Spanish bandleader who wrote music for his hand to play at bullfights in Madrid, Espana Cani means Spanish Gypsy Dance. The music is popular amongst ballroom dancers as a Paso Doble.
The Paso Doble is traditionally used as introduction music for a bull fight. and is the music used to usher in the matadors. picadors. horses and bandilleros, Espana Cani was written in 1925 and is suitable for all grades of hand.
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, SALVATIONIST MUSIC Composer: Eric Ball
Salvation Army Selection
The recurrent theme is the hymn 'Still, still with Thee' with which the composer has blended his own consideration of words from Psalm 139 (verses 7 - 11). In contrast, there are three opposing movements subtitled 'The Imprisoned Spirit', 'The Heart's Grief' and 'Tribulation' while the final section reaffirms 'The Eternal Presence'.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Andre Waignein
Duration 4.51
If you enjoyed listening to this extract, you can buy the full performance CD on this site. The CD is "TOCCATA e FANTASIA" with Foden's Brass Band conducted by Ian Porthouse.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Chris Ellis
Duration: 4′ 30″
A toe-tapping piece to add variety to your band concerts. The Minor key adagio opening bars of this number has an uplifting ‘choral like’ orchestration with an almost ‘what’s coming next’ undertone, with Euphoniums leading the way.
The pace and feel changes totally at the Allegro with the tom toms taking the tempo up with a toe tapping jig like rhythm and a move to the Major Key.
A clever contrast in the next section has the rhythmic triplet pattern played against a quaver melody, before full band join in with the dance quality of this section. The end section of Euphoria returns to the adagio with an uplifting and real sense of reaching a goal.