Cat No. JM40368
Price £149.95
Composer: Philip Sparke
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC

Grade 4.0
Duration 17.00

Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressive musical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement,Ardross Castle, contains solo passages for horn and baritone and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. The second movement, Alladale, is a trio for tenor horn, flugel horn and baritone with an accompaniment featuring the percussion section. The final movement, Dundonnell, features two highly contrasting melodies, a wild presto and the bagpipe melody first heard in the first movement.

You can buy the full recording of this work on the CD section of our site.

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.