Partitions pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

TIME LINES. The time line is a western musicological device that allows us to define many of the rhythms used in sub-Saharan music. It is essentially a 12-beat pattern that can be subdivided as 6x2, 2...

A Special Place was composed and dedicated to 'The Children's Hospice South West' - a charity founded to aid children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and to give support to their fa...

A Concert overture, inspired by both the stress and vibrancy of twenty-first century life. The harsh and dissonant opening passage is contrasted by a mellow second subject theme in the saxophones. The...

Rob Wiffin has taken this classic work - attributed to King Henry V - and given it an exciting yet delicate percussion feel which make for a great opener - or closer! (Grade 3) Performance time c. 3 m...

The 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan tells a true, sad story of nineteenth century love. One of the endearing characteristics of this movie was the use of the Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No....

In 2005 The Royal Marines Band Service commissioned Martin Ellerby for a Wind Band transcription of Terra Australis. Originally commissed by the YBS Band, in consultation with their professional condu...

Since a child, the composer has been fascinated by Latin American rhythms - especially the tango, a dance with strong roots in Argentina. This work attempts to capture much of the darkness, violence,...

Mosaic is an ancient ornamental art form that involves fitting together small pieces to form a larger design. In a like way, the opening movement of this work contains a number of short musical statem...

This suite - originally a brass band work - was commissioned jointly by the Black Dyke Band and the Brass Band Heritage Trust. The composer later made this version for concert band. The work is intend...