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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Otto Schwarz
Duration 5.10 Original light concert opener/ finisher/ encore. Grade 5
Last Call was commissioned by and written for Brass Band Oberösterreich (Austria) as a special concert finale. Austrian composer Otto M. Schwarz was asked to write an encore piece with which the band could really show off. Featuring all the sections of the band in turn, your audience will surely be dazzled by their skills!
If you enjoyed listening to this extract, you can buy the full performance CD on this site. The CD is "GO FOR BRASS" with Brass Band De Bazuin Oenkerk conducted by Klaas van der Woude.
A collection of the finest and most famous repertoire, from the most quintessential of English summer classical music festivals, “The Last Night of the Proms”. Unravel your Union Jack flag in preparation for “Rule Britannia” (Thomas Arne), “The Saucy Arethusa” (Henry Wood), “The Sailor's Hornpipe” (Traditional), “Land of Hope and Glory” (Edward Elgar), “Jerusalem” (Hubert Parry) and “The Can-can” (Jacques Offenbach). Arranged by Tom Barton
Percussion: 2 Players playing timpani, snare drum, wood blocks, triangle and suspended cymbal
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composers: Edward Grieg, Philip Littlemore
Edvard Grieg was born in June 1843 in Bergen, Norway and died there in 1907. His song Våren (meaning ‘Spring’, or The Last Spring) was composed in 1880 and was soon transcribed for string orchestra, minus the voice, from which this arrangement is adapted. Våren, the poem, is spoken by someone who senses that life is drawing to a close, and that this Spring will be their last. Grieg’s musical depiction offers simple lyrical lines from start to finish. Even though it is not over sentimental there is still a sense of deep longing – not focusing so much on life’s end, but a life fulfilled.
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Edward Greig Arranger: James Curnow
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Edward Grieg is probably the best known of all Norwegian composers. He was one of the most important figures during the nationalistic romantic period and his music always contained the essence of this beautiful Scandinavian country.
The Last Spring comes from Two Elegiac Melodies for String Orchestra and this version for brass band retains all the beauty and solemnity of the original. Evoke the peaceful atmosphere of Grieg’s native land with this beautiful haunting work.
Grade: 4+ Performance lime: 4:30 Full recording on CD: Composer’s Portrait: James Curnow, Volume 3 (CR 205-032-3)
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