Partitions pour harmonie pour avancés

Doyen was written to commemorate the launch of the luxury motor coach of that name and is a sort of musical journey which includes sounds of the coach starting up, cruising at speed and slowing down a...

Score & Parts

This is a continuous set of variations on the famous Ronde tune by sixteenth century composer, Tielman Susato. To add spice, Bedford takes a sequence of chords from Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde a...

Extra Score only. Symphonic sequence after William Blake for Symphonic Winds using Holy Thursday from Songs of Innocence. Duration: 21 mins. Extra Score only. Symphonic sequence after William Blake fo...

A Leadsman, Landsmen and Dances begins with The Jolly Sailor, a boisterous portrait of the subject. Then comes O Shepherd, O Shepherd, Won't You Come Home? which perhaps presents both austere and idyl...

Score & Parts: Picc; 2 Fl; 2 Ob; Cor Ang; Eb Cl; 2 Cl; B.Cl; 2 Bsn; 2 A.Sax; Ten.Sax; Bar.Sax; 4 Hn' 3 Tpt; 2 Tbn; B.Tbn; Tuba; Timp; 3 Perc' Pno' Hp' Dbl.Bass.

A miniature masterpiece! This short prelude describes both the funny and serious sides of comedy. Bitter-sweet in mood, it is tightly constructed and gives all sections of the band a chance to shine.

Duration: 5:30 Minutes.

A suite for band with optional choir (choir parts sold separately) which features well-known songs characterising England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There's even an optional bagpipes solo!

Commissioned by the National Trust for the opening of the Stratford Canal in 1964. The Allegro Maestoso opens with a brass fanfare which introduces the interval of a minor seventh from which much of t...

Symphony No. 5 (Op. 74). Score available separately (large format)

Symphony No. 5 (Op. 74). Large format Score

A beautiful arrangement, from th heart, of this ever popular tune.

An exciting 'Latin' work - lots of vitality and fun! (Recorded on QPRM140D DANCING & DRUMMING, Central Band of the Royal Air Force)

Duration 3'25'

SPECTRUM. This work caused much consternation when it was used as the brass band test piece at the 1969 British Open Competition. The score is an uncompromising one and as colourful as its title sugge...

In 2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II held a massive garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace bringing children from across the UK face to face with music and characters from British literatu...

This is possibly Elgar's most famous melody. Used at so many famous ceremonial occasions including the Cenotaph Service and other Festivals of Remembrance throughout the country and, indeed, the world...

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...

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....

L'une des toutes premières ouvertures de la main de ce vieux maître des orchestres à vent.