Laudate is a work consisting of two contrasting elements. After a noble introduction, we hear the first material; a graceful, florid prelude featuring the woodwind section. An interlude follows, preparing the arrival of a hymn tune by Joseph Haydn. Material…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Telling the story of one of the most revered martyrs, Zaninelli has created a striking work for advanced solo piano and young band. Saint Cecilia, the patroness of musicians, is said to have "sang her heart to the Lord" as musicians played at her wedding.…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Little Scherzo was written for the composer's four-year old son (who appeared as the triangle soloist at the first performance). Zaninelli creates melodic and rhythmic material of charming simplicity. The mood is mischievous, irreverent, and at all times…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A dramatic and modern Thad Jones style take on an extended blues form makes for a challenging chart for everyone. Beginning with the opening glissando and punch, this chart announces itself in style. Muted trumpets take the melody and then hand it off to the…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Rick Lawn
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Program NotesAs the sun rises, the sleeping carousel slowly awakens welcoming the happy people who have come to enjoy its pleasures. Throughout the day, they ride round and round, smiling and laughing with endless delight. As darkness approaches, the people…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
I first heard this melody years ago only to discover that it was a beloved English hymn written by C.H.H. Parry. I heard it again in the film CHARIOTS OF FIRE. It has continued to haunt me with it’s graceful nobility. In this setting for wind orchestra, I…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
(with optional treble choir)
Majestic! For concert band with optional treble choir, My Father's World opens with a noble introduction leading to a tender exposition of the hymn, then develops through a series of melodic variations, always superimposed on the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This arrangement of My Father's World for SATB choir and piano/organ is based off of Zaninelli's setting of the same hymn for wind orchestra. His original counterlines, obligati and descants combine to create a beautifully rich work for choir.Program…
Style:
Mixed Choir
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
The Nightingale is a work for piccolo and xylophone. In writing this work it was my intention to share with others my personal feelings about these two instruments. The bravura virtuosity of these instruments can be easily found in countless works however, I…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written in memoriam for a friend and fellow service member who passed too early, Nocturne was premiered in a nearly pitch black space, alluding to the nature of a “nocturne.” While this is not a requirement for all performances, a dimly lit stage, etc. lends…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Andrew Thomson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications