CONCERT BAND SERIES

Concert Band Series

GUSTAV HOLST FESTIVAL

BY GUSTAV HOLST / ARR. BY ANDREAS SCHORER

“GUSTAV HOLST FESTIVAL” IS A BEAUTIFUL SOUNDING ARRANGEMENT FOR WIND BAND BY ANDREAS SCHORER. IT INCLUDES THE JUPITER ANTHEM AND PARTS FROM SUITE NO. 1 AND NO. 2.

Libertango

BY ASTOR PIAZZOLLA / ARR. BY MIGUEL ETCHEGONCELAY

“LIBERTANGO” BY ARGENTINIAN COMPOSER ASTOR PANTALEÓN PIAZZOLLA (* 11. MÄRZ 1921 IN MAR DEL PLATA; † 4. JULI 1992 IN BUENOS AIRES), ARRANGED BY MIGUEL ETCHEGONCELAY FOR SYMPHONIC WIND BAND.

DURATION 3:30

SMP-10-0072-1 FULL SET................................................................................

SMP-10-0072-2 CONDUCTOR SCORE..............................................................

Tannh User

BY RICHARD WAGNER / ARR. BY ANDREAS SCHORER

Festmusik Der Stadt Wien

BY RICHARD STRAUSS / ARR. BY JAN BOSVELD

GERMAN COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR RICHARD STRAUSS WAS NOTED FOR HIS SYMPHONIC WORKS, INCLUDING DON JUAN, TILL EULENSPIEGEL, ALSO SPRACH ZARATHURSTRA, AND HIS OPERA DER ROSENKAVALIER. HE COMPLETED THE FESTMUSIK DER STADT WIEN ON JANUARY 14, 1943, WHILE WINTERING IN VIENNA (WIEN). THE LEADER OF THE TROMPETENKORPS DER STADT WIEN ASKED HIM TO COMPOSE A WORK FOR THEM.

THIS STELLAR GROUP INCLUDED 22 MEMBERS OF THE BRASS SECTIONS, ALONG WITH PERCUSSION OF THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC, THE VIENNA SYMPHONY, AND THE VOLKSOPER ORCHESTRA.

DURATION 2:30

SMP-10-0151-1 FULL SET................................................................................

SMP-10-0151-2 CONDUCTOR SCORE..............................................................

Feierlicher Einzug

BY RICHARD STRAUSS / ARR. BY JAN BOSVELD

RADETZKY

€ 84.90

DURATION 6:40

BY JOHANN STRAUß - VATER / ARR. BY CARL LEE SLAGLEY

IN 1978, THE SCORE OF RADETZKY MARSCH WAS DISCOVERED AT ITS ORIGINAL PRINTING WORKS IN VIENNA. ON EASTER SUNDAY 1979, JULIUS RUDEL CONDUCTED MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN PERFORMANCE. TO THIS DAY, RADETZKY MARSCH REMAINS A SIGNATURE ENCORE AT THE VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNUAL “NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT”.

Clair De Lune

BY CLAUDE DEBUSSY / ARR. BY THORSTEN WOLLMANN

THE THIRD AND MOST FAMOUS MOVEMENT OF SUITE BERGAMASQUE IS CLAIR DE LUNE, IN Db MAJOR. ITS NAME COMES FROM VERLAINE’S POEM “CLAIR DE LUNE”, WHICH MEANS “MOONLIGHT” IN FRENCH. IT IS WRITTEN IN A SLOW 9/8 METER AND USES VERY SOFT DYNAMICS MOSTLY. THE ARRANGEMENT FOR WIND BANDS ADDS MORE COLORS TO THE ORIGINAL PIANO PIECE, WHILE THE FLOWING HARMONIC ARPEGGIOS ARE EXPRESSED WITHIN THE WOODWIND SECTION. CONDUCTORS SHOULD TAKE THEIR TIME TO STUDY THE CHANGING RUBATO TEMPOS, THAT ARE SO CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS IMPRESSIONISTIC MASTERWORK.

DURATION 6:00

€ 89.90

€ 22.90

IN ENGLISH, THE TITLE OF THIS WORK IS “FANFARE FOR THE SOLEMN PROCESSION OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN”. IT WAS COMPOSED IN 1909 AT THE REQUEST OF THAT SOCIETY, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN JERUSALEM DURING THE FIRST CRUSADE. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR BRASS ENSEMBLE, STRAUSS LATER SCORED IT FOR FULL ORCHESTRA.

FULL

Ave Maria

BY ANTON BRUCKNER / ARR. BY NAOYA WADA

GOLLIWOG'S CAKEWALK

BY CLAUDE DEBUSSY / ARR. BY WIL VAN DER BEEK CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 1918) HAS CREATED THIS SERIES OF 6 PIECES FOR HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY MEANT FOR ADULTS. “GOLLIWOG’S CAKEWALK” IS THE LAST OF THE SIX PIECES AND IS ABOUT A NEGRO DOLL THAT DANCES THE CAKEWALK. DEBUSSY CHOOSES A CHEERFUL JAZZ-LIKE THEME (RAGTIME) AND COMBINES IT WITH THE MELANCHOLIC SO-CALLED TRISTAN CHORD BY RICHARD WAGNER, WHICH MAKES THE PIECE WORK AS A PARODY.

THE PIECE IS FULL OF SYNCOPATION AND BANJO-LIKE EFFECTS AND LARGE DYNAMIC DIFFERENCES, WHICH WORK VERY EFFECTIVELY.

Guzm N El Bueno

BY TOMÁS BRETÓN / ARR. BY WIL VAN DER BEEK TOMÁS BRETÓN (1850 – 1923) WAS A SPANISH COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR. “GUZMÁN EL BUENO”, COMPOSED IN 1875, IS BRETÓN’S FIRST OPERA; LIKE HIS OTHER OPERAS, IT WAS NOT RECEIVED WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE ZARZUELAS THAT BRETÓN COMPOSED, WHICH WERE MORE SUCCESSFUL.