Cat No. JM46280
Price £104.95
Composer: Philip Sparke
Category: Solos

Grade 4
Duration 9:30
Cornet solo duration 4.54
The two movements capture both the lyrical and technical movements of the soloist.

Manhattan was commissioned by the United States Army Band for their solo cornet player Woodrow English and first performed by them in Carnegie Hall, New York, in November 2003. The two-movement work demonstrates both the lyrical and technical abilities of this outstanding player. The 'theme' is a weekend in New York and the opening bluesy movement, Saturday Serenade, describes the city on a Saturday night. While writing Sunday Scherzo, the composer pictured an early morning jog in Central Park. This vivaciously rhythmic second movement ends with an even quicker coda bringing the work to a brilliant close. Each movement can also be played individually when a shorter solo is required.

A short mp3 audio extract is provided here to give you a sample of this work, as is a sample part.

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

The recording is POLES APART - Riki McDonnell & Alexandra Kerwin on Doyen DOY CD222