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Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer: Lucy Pankhurst
An emotive work showing many facets of Lucy Pankhurst's musical innovation. Originally commissioned and performed by the Blackley Band for their attendance at the 2009 French Open.
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, NEW & RECENT Publications Composer: Peter Graham
Strange New Worlds was commissioned by Nicholas Childs for the National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain with funds provided by Arts Council England.
The COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary for the 2020 course to transition from residential to virtual and the work was designed to accomodate this change. The participants individually filmed themselves to a click track and the videos were collated to create a “virtual” performance. The premiere was streamed live on YouTube on August 7, 2020.
The work is in 5 movements with a narrative dictated by the individual movement titles. Although to me this narrative is clearly defined, multiple scenarios present themselves. Some may interpret the story as being one from the ancients while others might identify with the science-fiction of H.G. Wells. Others still will relate to the recent surge of interest in 1980s culture and the Netflix series Stranger Things (to which the title of my work pays homage). Nor would it be unreasonable to consider the piece an analogy reflecting events in 2020. Listeners will decide the story (or message) for themselves.
The five movements are:
I - Things to Come
II - Descent to Darkness (featuring Cornets, Trombones and Percussion)
III - Resistance (featuring Horns, Baritones, Euphoniums, Basses and Percussion)
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC Composer / arranger: Philip Sparke
Grade 5.0 Duration 5.40
Sword Dance. One movement from a seven movement suite, featuring different soloists.
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The recording is "HYMN of the HIGHLANDS" on Polyphonic QRL 214D
HYMN of the HIGHLANDS was commissioned by David King and the Yorkshire Building Society Band for first performance at the 2002 European Brass Band Championships Gala Concert in Brussels.
The complete suite lasts approximately 36 minutes. however it is possible to construct pieces of different lengths in order to feature particular soloists or fit different programming constraints, and to this end most of the movements are published separately. The only exceptions to this are the first and last movements which are published together (with Alladale) as "Suite from Hymn of the Highlands".
Strathcarron is a movement from Philip Sparke’s Hymn of the Highlands, in which each movement reflects a different location in the beautiful Scottish highlands. Strathcarron, named after a village at the head of Loch Carron, near the Isle of Skye, takes the form of a sword dance which alternates between fast and slow tempi. Duration 5.40
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