Cat No. JM30932
Price £65.00
Composer: John Golland
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)

Previously used as a Championship Section Testpiece.

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This work was composed for Markus Bach and the Swiss National Youth Band in 1991.

The music is typical of the style of John Golland’s original works for brass band. His most famous composition “Sounds” was used for the European Championships held in Plymouth, England, shortly after his untimely death in 1993.

“Concerto” opens in a distinctive and mysterious style which sets the scene for the exciting ‘allegro’ movement which gives so much scope for dynamic and musical contrasts. The ‘adagio cantabile’ has solos for cornet and euphonium, this leading into the avant garde cadenza section with euphonium, cornet, horn, flugel horn and trombone all featured, a great chance to impress. The final ‘lento’ bridge leads into the ‘allegro molto’ which, after a pianissimo passage builds to the ‘maestoso’ section concluding the concerto in a rousing style.
Duration: circa 16.30

Percussion requirements:
Drum Kit, Tom Toms, Clashed Cymbals, Timpani, Tam Tam, Tambourine, Tubular Bells, Bell Tree, Glockenspiel,
Xylophone, and Vibraphone.