Cat No. JM31609
Price £36.50
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Arranger: Howard Snell
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, Howard Snell Music

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Great musical imagery, superbly scored for brass band by Howard - just the piece you need in your programme after the "fast opener" ( or "finisher" ), starts slow and softly, but builds very gradually to a very impressive huge climax. duration 5.25
(with a little adaptation;it can be played by any grade of instruments)

Howard Snell writes :
'A piece for orchestra without music' was one way that Ravel described his Bolero, one of his last compositions before illness finally subdued him. 'Simply a seventeen minute crescendo for orchestra' was another version of his opinion, although this reduced arrangement is closer to 7 minutes due to the lesser forces available to a brass band. Whatever his own thoughts on the matter, the Bolero remains one of the most recognisable and enjoyable of musical masterpieces.