Partitions Phillip Sparke pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

Ce célèbre chant de Noël anglo-saxon (dont la mélodie est également connue sous le nom d' Humility) a été composé, en 1771, par John Goss (1800-1880), sur un texte d'Edward Caswall (1841-1878). John G...

Christina Rossetti wrote the words to this famous Christmas carol in 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. They were set to music by Gustav Holst (18...

Adolphe Adam (1803-56) est peut-être plus connu pour son ballet classique Giselle, mais c'est son Cantique de Noël (plus connu dans le monde anglophone sous le nom de "O Holy Night", la première ligne...

Snow Valley Sleigh Ride ('Promenade en traîneau à travers la vallée enneigée') dépeint une promenade nocturne en traîneau à cheval. Les lumières défilent sous nos yeux tandis que nous glissons vers le...

'Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?' is the first line of an old French Christmas song that originated in the 17th century. In 1728 John Gay used this joyous and markedly festive melody that hon...

Dans de nombreux pays, Noël est un moment privilégié, célébré par de nombreux chants et mélodies dont beaucoup constituent un élément central du culte chrétien. Le fait que ces chants anciens subsiste...

Personent Hodie est un chant de Noël extrait d'un livre de cantiques finlandais édité en 1582, rassemblant 74 chansons médiévales composées à partir de textes en latin. Arrangé par Gustav Holst, il de...

The birth of Philip Sparke's second son, Benjamin, was the inspiration for composing Ballad for Benny. A short calm introduction leads to the main ballad theme, a gentle waltz melody. Following the wo...

Here's a brilliant concert work from the master of the contemporary British band style. Brassy and full of contrast, it maintains a forceful rhythmic vitality throughout. A sensational addition to the...

Marchissimo will make a fantastic opening piece for any concert. It does however come with a twist! It can be played simply as written, but is really designed to be 'staged' with players coming on the...

En 2007, Philip Sparke est nommé compositeur en résidence à l'établissement scolaire de Monmouth (Monmouth School), bourgade historique sur la frontière Angleterre/Pays de Galles. L'école puise dans u...

Norfolk is one of the most beautiful counties in England, famous for its charming villages and boundless broads, a popular centre for sailing holidays. It is also the home of one of the best known of...

Philip Sparke has taken this traditional melody and produced an attractive arrangement for concert band. The piece is ideal for use in Christmas concerts and is guaranteed to get everyone's toes tappi...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J. S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sac...

This work was commissioned in 1996 by the Arosa Cultural committee and first performed in Arosa in that year. The majestic introduction opens with trombones and euphonium, heralding a legato theme, ch...

The Eagle's Quest wurde vom Brevik Musikkorps (Norwegen) in Auftrag gegeben, um den 400. Geburtstag von Cort Adeler, einem berühmten norwegisch-niederländischen Seefahrer, zu feiern, der 1622 in der S...

London is famous for its history and pageantry. No part of the city epitomises this better than the area known as Westminster. It is home to The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, We...

Strathcarron is a movement from Philip Sparke's Hymn of the Highlands, in which each movement reflects a different location in the beautiful Scottish highlands. Stratcarron, named after a village at t...

The Four Noble Truths are the most basic expression of the teaching of Buddha and therefore still form the guidelines for Buddhists to this day. The four truths are Dukkha, which describes times of ma...

When Philip Sparke composed this piece he tried to create a work that characterised man's ability to overcome personal tragedy and the feeling of serenity gained when the tragedy is forgotten. To do t...

Das Stück Pentangle besteht aus drei Sätzen, die ohne Unterbrechung gespielt werden, und orientiert sich am klassischen Aufbau des barocken Concerto grosso. Das Blechbläserquintett und das begleitende...

Acclaimed Canadian composer/arranger Robert Farnon penned this distinctive march theme for the 1970s BBC television drama Colditz telling the story of prisoners held at Colditz Castle in Germany durin...

Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674-1707) belongs to the generation of English composers following that of Henry Purcell. Not much is known about his early life, but by 1685 he was a chorister of the Chapel Roya...