Categories: Music from the First World War, MARCHES Composer: Teike Arranger: Norman Richardson
March Card size - please note that there is no full score for this work. Traditionally conductors have used a cued Solo Cornet part to rehearse with - click on MORE DETAILS to view.
A grand concert march commissioned by the Third Carrickfergus Band to mark the occasion of their Golden Jubilee
Circa 4'30"
Section: 2+
"I was contacted by conductor and friend Desmond Graham who wanted to have a traditional concert march composed to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of his band; The Third Carrickfergus Band.
Immediately my mind started wandering as I thought about all the great marches that I have enjoyed playing and listening to over the years. So when I put pen to paper I had already planned out the structure of the march and which instruments to feature.
The march itself is split into two halves, the first in a minor key the second in a major key. The opening section starting loudly in F minor features stereotypical passages one would come to recognise in a traditional concert march: a cornet solo, a melodic bridging section and a robust bass solo led by the basses and trombones.
The second half of the march changes pace and mood as it lifts into a major key giving it a more lighter feel. We hear a second cornet solo which plays the second theme of the march. After a second bridge section the theme is played by the front row cornets to allow the soprano to play an obligato melody similar to that heard in marches like “Army of the Nile” and “Stars and Stripes Forever”. It all builds to a grandioso ending where the tempo drops and the final theme is played with a quick accel to the end.
As for the title? In Carrickfergus lies an old castle that faces the town which is situated on a small plot of luscious green grass – “On The Castle Green”."
Duration 3.34 Click on MORE DETAILS to view the Solo Cornet part and to listen to an audio extract.
The CD recording is called "PATRONS' CHOICE" featuring the Foden's Richardson Band conducted by Michael Fowles, and is available to purchase on this website in the CD section.
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Lively march dedicated to The Sun Life Band, Bristol.
Because of the historical context in which this set was composed and typeset, there was no full score produced, it was standard practice for the Conductor to use the solo cornet part - sometimes cued, for rehearsal purposes.
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