Grade 4

It's waltz time. A first-rate piece that features the most elegant of all musical styles. Poor Wandering One features a solo clarinet with the whole band getting involved in the rapture of the waltz.Genre: Solo Clarinet with...

This curtain raiser sets a lively mood by bursting into a fanfare, followed by a short bouncing figure and a lively clarinet solo. Rhythmic bi-play, trombone glissandi and a light-hearted obbligato, all add to the merriment...

From the film "49th Parallel," this Prelude is a hymn in praise of freedom and mutual trust, which accompanies the film's prologue which is spoken over majestic shots of the Canadian Rockies. Osmon's orchestration retains...

For many, Lancastrian William Rimmer is BritainÕs ÔMarch KingÕ. His marches are wonderful, every one with its own unique personality and form. Like Sousa, he also created and played a vast catalogue of...

Genre: Band # of Players: Standard Level: 4.5Publisher: G & M Brand

When it comes to Pomp and Pageantry with a good time being had by all, Britain's Last Night of the Proms takes some beating! This fanfare treatment of Rule Britannia was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London and...

Scenes from an English Landscape is a brief nostalgic tone poem taking its inspiration from visions of rural England as depicted in the paintings of John Constable, the novels of Thomas Hard, and the music of Gustav Holst...

Paul Hart's tongue-in-cheek piece is an inevitably programmatic version of a silent film score. We can hear the story unfold from the opening credits to a clown-like hero and his beautiful heroine to the villain who ties her...

Dedicated to the officers, staff and students of the Royal Military School of Music, this delightful march by Gordon Jacob is the perfect alternative to the tried & true Sousa marches. Genre: Band | # of Players:...

Philip Sparke's popular Song and Dance for cornet is now available for soloist with concert band. The Song commences with a 'Scotch snap' rhythm leading to a lyrical cadenza and ending with a return of the opening theme,...

Start marching to a new destiny. From an original brass band musical by Michael Brand and Ian Chippandale, Song of Socialism is a rousing concert march sure to please any audience. This new arrangement by the composer is for...

This Rondo March is pure Prokofiev with a minimal amount of adaptation for western bands and was written for the Berlin Olympic Games held in 1936.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 4 | Duration: 5:00...

Carrying on the fine tradition of British military band marches, The Spirit of Pageantry is filled with fanfare, grace and honor. If you like the military band music of Gustav Holst, try this lovely work by Percy Fletcher...

Sunrise - a song to the sun, music to be warmed by. From its softly stroked opening timpani rhythm, setting the mood for a solo horn to emerge and expand as it makes its tonal journey serenely from East to West, the music is...

Ron Goodwin captures all the dignity and grandeur of masted Tall Ships in the form of a fugue with shades of the Baroque era. This is powerful music from a master of the big screen - and the big occasion.Genre: Band | # of...

A Tameside Overture is yet more proof of Philip Sparke's ability to contribute serious band literature which also has definite audience appeal. A fanfare opening followed by the sonorous full band leads to a lively tuneful...