Ouvertures partitions

Golden Winds est une commande de l'Harmonie des Jeunes de Schramberg, en Allemagne, pour marquer son cinquantenaire en 2012. L'orchestre a créé cette pièce sous la direction d'Andreas Hirt lors de son...

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...

Second to None is a perfectly suitable title for this work, though it actually refers to 'Nulli Secundus', the motto of the British Corps of Army Music, who gave the commission to Philip Sparke. The...

The Way to Heaven was commissioned by the Royal Air Force Music Services. 2015 was the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which took place between July and October 1940, when the courageous fi...

The Way to Heaven was commissioned by the Royal Air Force Music Services. 2015 was the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, which took place between July and October 1940, when the courageous fi...

Spirit of Andalusia was commissioned by The Glasgow Wind Band. The brief was to create a fascinating 5-minute opener, however, during the compositional process, the piece started to take the form of a...

Spirit of Andalusia was commissioned by The Glasgow Wind Band. The brief was to create a fascinating 5-minute opener, however, during the compositional process, the piece started to take the form of a...

A Bluegrass Overture was commissioned by Gabriel Wooley and funded by a grant from Leslie and Cathy Anderson for the Central Kentucky Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2016. This ene...

A Bluegrass Overture was commissioned by Gabriel Wooley and funded by a grant from Leslie and Cathy Anderson for the Central Kentucky Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2016. This ene...

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...

Song of Friendship was commissioned by the Concert Band of Jumonji University, Saitama, Japan and their conductor, Yutaka Nishida. The commission marked the 50th year of Yutaka Nishida's involvement w...

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...

March Prelude: Alnwick Town was commissioned by the Alnwick Playhouse Concert Band (with Ray Thompson as conductor) to celebrate their first 25 years. It opens majestically with answering phrases betw...

Mercury Rising est une commande du « sinfonisches blasorchester wehdel » et de son chef d'orchestre, Thomas Ratzek, pour célébrer le cinquantenaire de l'ensemble, en 2018. Celui-ci a créé cette pièce...

Mercury Rising est une commande du « sinfonisches blasorchester wehdel » et de son chef d'orchestre, Thomas Ratzek, pour célébrer le cinquantenaire de l'ensemble, en 2018. Celui-ci a créé cette pièce...

Bacchanalia est une commande du Yokohama Bacchus Brass Orchestra pour marquer son 20e anniversaire, en 2019. L'orchestre souhaitant que le titre de cette courte pièce d'ouverture reflète la référence...

Bacchanalia est une commande du Yokohama Bacchus Brass Orchestra pour marquer son 20e anniversaire, en 2019. L'orchestre souhaitant que le titre de cette courte pièce d'ouverture reflète la référence...

A Centennial Journey wurde von dem norwegischen Ensemble 'Stavanger Musikkorps av 1919' anlässlich seines 100-jährigen Bestehens im Jahr 2019 in Auftrag gegeben. Die Uraufführung fand am 28. September...

Apportez une touche de flamenco à vos programmes de concert avec des airs étincelants du sud de l'Espagne. Cette pièce comprend des mélodies dans toutes les parties et une présence importante pour les...

Fanfare for an Occasion a été écrite pour marquer le 20e anniversaire de la fondation d'Anglo Music Press, la maison d'édition consacrée aux oeuvres du compositeur britannique Philip Sparke. C'est une...

Ein mitreißendes Eröffnungsstück im typisch britischen Stil. Für eine wirkungsvolle Darbietung sind eine gute Dynamik sowie klar definierte stilistische Wechsel zwischen den einzelnen Abschnitten erfo...

Le titre de cette magnifique ouverture est éloquent : cette œuvre est pétillante et pleine de vivacité ! Des sons majestueux de fanfare enrichis d’ornements complexes aux bois alternent avec des thème...