Partitions pour harmonie pour avancés

La vie parisienne" is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by French composer Jacques Offenbach. It was Offenbach's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier...

La vie parisienne est un opéra bouffe, ou opérette, composé par le compositeur français Jacques Offenbach. C'est la première opérette complète d'Offenbach qui dépeint la vie parisienne contemporaine,...

Dieses Werk entstand auf Anregung des Landesjugendreferenten des Niederösterreichischen Blasmusikverbandes Mag. Gerhard Forman. Er wünschte sich eine Eröffnungsmusik für die Niederösterreichische Bläs...

Des fanfares de trompettes dramatiques annoncent un thème principal fluide, créant une atmosphère d'exaltation et d'anticipation. Commandée pour les Jeux olympiques du centenaire d'Atlanta en 1996, la...

James Curnow presents an outstanding new overture for band. A wealth of enchanting musical ideas are masterfully developed and contrasted in this magnificent composition. What a delightful musical sta...

Dans la veine populaire de Mannheim Steamroller, Overture to Joy donnera un coup de fouet énergique à n'importe quel concert d'orchestre ! Composée principalement en 7/8, cette version énergique de la...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

Cloud Factory is an industrial piece, inspired by a huge steel plant in Holland. Following an opening section that recalls the sounds of the nearby North Sea, we hear the factory locomotives, the mach...

The Continental Overture was commissioned by the California Band Directors Association [CBDA] and was premiered on February 23rd 1997 at the 40th annual CBDA Conference in Bakersfield [CA] by the Cali...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

Ein Konzert in drei Sätzen, das den vielfältigen Facetten des Instrumentes Rechnung trägt. Der Eröffnungssatz ähnelt im Stil fast einem Rag. Der langsamere zweite Satz erforscht zunächst das Chalumeau...

Euphonium Concerto No. 2 est une adaptation du Concerto pour Clarinette composé à l'origine pour la clarinettiste concertiste Linda Merrick. Philip Sparke en a réalisé une adaptation pour euphonium po...

The idea behind this work was to create an opening piece, something to start a concert in an unusual way. The title is a portmanteau word derived from madrigal. The work indeed begins in Renaissance m...

The Battell was written during the late 14th Century when England was in a mood of national celebration after victory over the Spanish and French Armadas. The movement which Byrd called Marche Before...

Philip Sparke a composé cette œuvre à l'occasion du 40e anniversaire de l'Orchestre d'Harmonie Izumiotsu City Band d'Osaka au Japon. La création a eu lieu le 19 novembre 2006 par la formation dé...

Maple Leaf Overture porte l'emblème du Canada (la feuille d'érable) jusque dans son titre... Ce morceau, composé par Philip Sparke, a été joué par l'Orchestre Symphonique du Lycée de Calgary dans le c...

Five States of Change est une commande de l'institut Kunstfactor pour la 4e division des Championnats néerlandais de Brass Band en 2011. Cette œuvre est dédiée à Jappie Dijkstra et au Music Info...

The work opens with a stern fanfare in bare fifths, which leads to a cantabile theme introduced by alto saxophone. This builds to a climax and reintroduces the fanfare, which slowly evolves into the s...

With Clouds Descending is a fantasy on the powerful Advent hymn Helmsley which is long associated with another Advent hymn - Wesley's Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending. The hymn tune is divided into...

Highdays and Holidays was commissioned by the South Berks Concert Band to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016. The band rehearses in the village of Mortimer, which has a long and fascinating histor...

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to...

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to...

Watch Your Step! was commissioned by Stadtmusik Biel from Switzerland and is dedicated to the mayor of Biel/Bienne, Erich Fehr. The title was chosen to represent Biel as the watch-making capital of Sw...

Ce célèbre morceau du compositeur suisse Franco Cesarini est une façon festive de commencer votre concert.