Scored for : 4 x Bb. Trumpets 1 x Horn in F 4 x Trombones 1 x Tuba 1 x Drum Kit 2 x Percussion - Large Bass Drum, Tubular Bells in F# and B, two hand drums - high and low.
Trumpets 1 and 2 require Piccolo Trumpets in A
* Alternative Parts are included for standard British Brass Band Ten Part Instrumentation : Eb. soprano Cornet Eb. Tenor Horn Bb. Trombone Euphonium/ Baritone in TC Eb. and Bb. Bass parts in TC
The Cantigas de Santa Maria (Canticles of the Blessed Virgin Mary), composed at the Court of King Alfonso X of Castile in the second half of the 13th century, are a vast repertory of poetry in medieval Galician. The 420 compositions include 353 narratives of miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as numerous devotional and liturgical poems, almost all set to music. Jock McKenzie’s fine arrangement of this canticle, in which contrasting meters evoke the limping of a lame man then healed by the Virgin Mary.
This arrangement was written especially for Superbrass and featured the fabulous piccolo trumpet playing of both Brian Thomson and Paul Mayes and can be heard on our 2011 debut recording “Under the Spell of Spain”
Como Poden Per Sas Cupas, arranged by Jock McKenzie, is available on the CD 'Under the Spell of Spain' by Superbrass.
