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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Puccini Material: Alan Beaumont
This most beautiful piece from Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly has been wonderfully arranged fora brass band of any standard to perform to perfection. Simple and well structured,whether it is performed to a full concert hall, or on a bandstand in the park, audiences everywhere will appreciate this lovely piece.
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, Howard Snell Music Composer: Hector Berlioz Material: Howard Snell
Included at the last minute in a performance of Faust conducted by the composer in Budapest, The Hungarian March caused a sensation in the politically charged atmosphere of the Hungary of the time. It was encored time and time again. The clever build-up to a stunning climax shows the professional composer scoring a bull's-eye. In fact the opera has nothing whatsoever to do with Hungary : Berlioz' placing the scene 'on a plain in Hungary' was the merest cover up for trying to be sure of a triumph in his concert-tour in that country. Success on the cheap ! In the right circumstances artistic integrity is (a little) negotiable.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Strauss Arranger: Bill Willis
Known for his melodic themes, this Hungarian Polka (Eljen a Magyar) from Johann Strauss is one of his lesser known works. Fast and furious, a great way to start (or finish!) a concert.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Franz Liszt Arranger: William Rimmer
Duration 9.39
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You can buy the full recording of this work in the CD section of our site. The recording is SPECTACULAR CLASSICS with the Black Dyke Mills Band, conducted by James Watson CD845
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Traditional Arranger: Elgar Howarth
Duration 3.41
Several items were written for the 1976 tour to America by the Cory Band and the Grimethorpe Band. The trip was part of American celebrations marking the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence. The tour was significantly backed financially by the American mining unions; hence the pairing of Britain’s finest mining bands.
American Dream, David of the White Rock, Hunt the Hare and Greensleeves were all generated for this tour. Interestingly Hunt the Hare, which features a Welsh tune by the same name and an English tune, A Hunting We Will Go, was never actually performed in America because of an industrial dispute and until recently, the score and parts were lost. We believe this is the premiere recording of the work.
A short mp3 audio extract is provided here to give you a sample of this work. Access it by clicking on the "MORE DETAILS" button. You can buy the full recording of this work on the CD section of our site.
The recording is The LIGHTER SIDE of ELGAR HOWARTH on Doyen DOY CD215
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