Song of Socialism from 'In the Red'

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 full concert band.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 4 | Duration: 4:40

Instrumentation
1st Flute
2nd Flute/Piccolo
1st & 2nd Oboe
1st Bb Clarinet
2nd Bb Clarinet
3rd Bb Clarinet
Eb Alto Clarinet*
Bb Bass Clarinet*
1st Bassoon
2nd Bassoon*
1st Eb Alto Saxophone
2nd Eb Alto Saxophone*
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone*

1st Bb Cornet
2nd Bb Cornet
3rd Bb Cornet
1st Bb Trumpet
2nd Bb Trumpet
1st F Horn
2nd F Horn
3rd F Horn
4th F Horn*
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone*
3rd Trombone
Euphonium
(TC Baritone)
Tuba

String Bass*

Percussion 1 (snare drum)
Percussion 2 [2 players] (side drum, cymbals)
Tuned Percussion (glockenspiel)

Parts marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT ESSENTIAL, although their presence will obviously enable a fuller realization of the composer's intention to be achieved.

Program Notes
"In the Red" is an original brass band musical by Michael Brand and Ian Chippendale. It is based on Robert Tressell's famous socialist novel, "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists," which describes the trials and tribulations, the humour and the marriages of working-class life in Edwardian England.

This powerful book has been allied to a powerful score and the show ends with the show's hero, Will Easton, exorting all the working men - painter and decorators - to embrace socialism and overthrow the bosses. In this Song of Socialism, the men start marching to a new destiny. It never happened in England of course, but it did elsewhere!

The composer has now arranged this stirring march for Concert Band.