Cat No. JM31310
Price £69.95
Composer / arranger: Philip Sparke
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)

Composed in 1988 to a commission from the Berne Music Association.
The overture starts with a noble and spacious fanfare based on a Bb major triad. A quieter moment follows with a long theme unfolding from echoes of the opening fanfare, this builds to a climax at which point the fanfare returns. After a short Euph. cadenza the music accelerates into a lively vivo. New rhythms are hammered out by the percussion section followed by the emergence of a perky new tune - quietly at first, but eventually taken up by the full band. Ultimately there is a recapitulation of the opening fanfare. 9.11