Based on the old English Sussex Mummers Carol, Zaninelli artfully combines original and traditional melodic elements to produce an exciting modern version of this memorable carol.Program NotesThis is actually two works in one. We first hear a slow melodic…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Luigi Zaninelli
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
All the West Was Moving is a tribute to those who fought, endured at home, or died in World War II. This piece is a tribute to those who saved the West during the bleakest hours of humankind. It is a tribute in hopes that history will preserve the…
Style:
Woodwind, String
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Commissioned by Laura Lynch and Jason Kihle from the University of Jamestown (Fargo, ND), Allez! was written to be a dynamic opener or closer for a program that features the instruments equally. From the opening notes, the piece just "goes" and never lets up…
Style:
Woodwind, Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Cast in three movements, David Gillingham's Alto Saxophone Sonata is a tour-de-force that showcases the versatility of the instrument of both the saxophone and piano. It was premiered at the World Saxophone Congress in Japan in 1988 by John Nichol, Professor…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This unique tour-de-force for woodwind trio sparkles with fast swing, sultry adagio and blazing fusion. Gillingham's grasp on motivic transformation is unparalleled.
Grade Level: 4 Copyright: 2002 Number of Players: 3 Duration: 5:00 Publisher: C. Alan…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Based on the hymn, And Can It Be?, Gillingham takes the work to new heights to depict the escalating violence in this country. The substance of this work is derived from the hymn, starting with a partial statement of the hymn which becomes twisted and snarled…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
David R. Gillingham
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Op. 49, No. 1
Beethoven's Sonata No. 19 is one of the shortest and simplest of his piano sonatas. Barry Ward has taken great care to respectfully adapt the piece for clarinet quintet, such that Beethoven himself might have scored it.Program NotesBeethoven's…
Style:
Woodwind
Composer:
Barry Ward
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Set in three movements, The Arrival Suite is a lovely duet for flute & marimba that uses ambitious themes & uncertain harmony to depict the expectation of mysterious revelation found within the discovery of the unknown.Program NotesThe Arrival Suite…
Style:
Percussion, Woodwind
Composer:
Michael Iorio
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Gackstatter explores the ancient mysteries of the Aztec people with this exciting work for wind ensemble. The driving, percussive multi-meter vigor that characterizes most of the piece is broken up by several free, aleatoric sections, utilizing many special…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Spanish for the color blue, Azul is a two-movement work that explores the contemplative mood of the vast icy-blue glaciers of Antarctica (with the harsh, metallic sounds of crotales and vibraphone) and the infernal unpredictability of sapphiric flames (with…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Nathan Daughtrey
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications