Republica embraces musical ideas found in some of the more serious folk songs and popular songs of Singapore that celebrate nationhood and a sense of community.Program NotesRepublica embraces musical ideas found in some of the more serious folk songs and…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The musical descriptors, "playful, pulsing and precise" set the scene for the interpretation of this piece.Program NotesScherzino Sinfonica was commissioned by the Extra Curricular Activities Branch of the Ministry of Education for the 1997 Singapore Youth…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The Incredibly Useful Series is an expandable and flexible format allowing performance by as few as four and as many as four thousand players. The first and second parts are doubles at the octave to enable the settings to be utilized as full band or orchestra…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Brian West, Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed. The music is slow and singing in style. Providing musical challenges through the tension and release of the melodic and harmonic lines, it is plaintive and evocative in nature and it is…
Style:
String Orchestra
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed.Program Notes"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed. My colleague, Peter Francis, Conductor of the Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony, posed that question…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
My grand children delight me. From the youngest to the eldest I am overwhelmed by the wonder of being “Pa”. My Mum would sing to us when we were young; songs with a Scots lilt and accent. I remember especially her singing to my little sister and seeing the…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Star of the Sea is about celebration. It is about being in Queensland and celebrating being 150 years old in 2009. It tells of our history and the wonder of a bountiful land with stories that go back beyond everything but memory. It celebrates a faith that…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
The Incredibly Useful Series is an expandable and flexible format allowing performance by as few as four and as many as four thousand players. The first and second parts are doubles at the octave to enable the settings to be utilized as full band or orchestra…
Style:
Flex Band
Composer:
Brian Hogg, Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
"That I May Love draws its title from the first verse of the hymn, “Breathe on me, Breath of God”. It’s prayer-like request is that the loving nature of God bestowed on those who sing the hymn so that they may love as consistently and deeply as God does.…
Style:
Brass Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music
That I May Love draws its title from the first verse of the hymn, “Breathe on me, Breath of God.” Its prayer-like request is that the loving nature of God bestowed on those who sing the hymn so that they may love as consistently and deeply as God does. Given…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Ralph Hultgren
Publisher:
Brolga Music