Your band will love getting acquainted with Mexican Pictures a suite in four movements based on Mexican folk music. The first movement El Butaquito is based on a very lively folk-song of the same name and is characterised by its many contrasting rhythms. The second movement Romance Mejicano creates a peaceful and romantic atmosphere. The title of the third movement Ballaviejo means ‘Antique Dance’ in which the word antique refers to the rhythms that were taken to America by Africa’s black population. La Charreada the final movement depicts the popular Mexican Rodeo where the action in the arena is usually supported by instrumental ensembles the so-called ‘Mariacchi’.

During his short lifetime Max Reger (1873-1916) was a prolific composer with many of his best known works being composed for organ. The ten chorale preludes in this selection are from his set of Thirty Short Chorale Preludes Op.135a composed as short voluntaries for liturgical use rather than for recitals in these arrangements Philip Sparke has kept this in mind and each prelude can be performed with minimal instrumentation for those occasions where a small band is needed. They also make great pieces for band warm-ups or studies in intonation sound and balance.

Pour Tuba Ut ou Trombone ou Saxhorn basse Sib et Piano ou Orchestre de Chambre- No.3 from '5 Danses profanes et sacrées'

Edward MacDowell can be regarded as the first great American composer although he disliked the idea of being classified as any sort of musical nationalist. He composed a large number of orchestral works but it is the charming and unpretentious suite of musical miniatures Woodland Sketches that has survived as his best-known work with To a Wild Rose being the most popular. Philip Sparke has expertly arranged this simple work for brass band.

18 transcriptions for easy Piano. This book includes the songs A Paris - C'est si bon - Dans mon île - Hymne à l'amour - J'ai deux amours - Je suis seul ce soir - La mer - La vie en rose - Le rififi - Les feuilles mortes - Mademoiselle de Paris - Mon Dieu - Moulin rouge - Mourirr - Ne me quitte pas - Pigalle - Que reste-t-il de nos amours - Un homme et une femme . 18 transcriptions for easy Piano. This book includes the songs A Paris - C'est si bon - Dans mon île - Hymne à l'amour - J'ai deux amours - Je suis seul ce soir - La mer - La vie en rose - Le rififi - Les feuilles mortes - Mademoiselle de Paris - Mon Dieu - Moulin rouge - Mourirr - Ne me quitte pas - Pigalle - Que reste-t-il de nos amours - Un homme et une femme .

Russell Robinson always finds a way to take a song and make it accessible for the younger voice and inexperienced ensemble. He continues with this arrangement of Take the 'A' Train. The singer learns the melody in the opening then is ready to take on the faster movement of the same melody throughout. A great jazz classic for choral groups.

Morning Song features the horn quartet mostly in a soloistic role - indeed there is an accompanied cadenza towards the end of the piece - but there are moments where the horns assume their conventional fanfare band role as harmonic support or playing the counter melody. This expressive composition shows all the versatility of the horn quartet and gives them the chance to be in the spotlight.

Variations on a melody by Adriaen Valerius (1575-1625)-Dutch composer artist and poet Adriaen Valerius is mostly remembered today for his collection of 79 songs for voice and lute or cittern published posthumously in 1626. Philip Sparke has taken one melody from this collection that tells of the War of Independence with Spain. The beautiful slow melody is followed by a series of lively variations to form an extremely entertaining piece that will bring great joy to all who perform and listen to it.

1.Choral; 2.Mouvement perpétuel; 3.Lento; 4.Final (for 4 trombones)

12 Nocturnes for Piano solo (2000-2014) by Bent Sørensen . Manuscript copy. 12 Nocturnes for Piano solo (2000-2014) by Bent Sorensen . Manuscript copy.

Motette Nr. 3 aus Israelsbrünnlein-Johann Hermann Schein (1586 – 1630) a German composer and poet was an important predecessor of Bach taking up the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1616 where he remained until his death. A gifted composer he was one of the first to import the Italian style onto the traditional elements of Lutheran church music. The 'Israelsbrünnlein' from 1623 is a collection composed in the Italian madrigal style mostly using texts from the Old Testament.

French composer music teacher and Horn player Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864) studied at the Paris Conservatoire. His series Célèbres Etudes Pour Le Cor remains widely used to this day. The second in Gallay 's Célèbres Etudes Pour Le Cor series is 12 Grandes Études Brillantes. These studies address complex rhythms scalic patterns arpeggios accidentals chromaticism articulation performance directions breath control ornamentation dynamics and variations in time and key signatures among other aspects. Furthermore this new edition is edited and revised by Lucien Thevet a prominent Horn player of the 20th Century. For all advanced Horn players 12 Grandes Études Brillantes will ensure technical progression to a high standard.

Friendly Takeover was composed for the 2016 Swiss Wind Band Convention in Montreux. In this three movement piece the composer experiments with lyrical motives combined with rhythmical pulses in different meters throughout the piece. In the finale the musical scene is taken over completely by groove-based rhythms. This takeover however is of a friendly nature as the various beats are not being conceived as rivals of the lyrical motives but are rather supposed to infuse energy and vitality to the latter. Thus one gets the impression of an ongoing acceleration throughout the piece.

Jam with seven classic Santana tracks. This book allows you to learn and play using top quality backing tracks. Each song is fully transcribed in both standard music notation and in guitar tab. The included CD enables you to learn how to play each piece by following full track note-for-note version and then to perfect your skills with the play-along minus one tracks - like performing with a live band.

Work first published in 1950.

as performed by Ed Sheeran-Ed Sheeran is currently one of the hottest artists dominating the international charts. His music is contagious and makes you smile and dance! This arrangement of the hit Sing will turn your concert into a party! Ed Sheeran is currently one of the hottest artists dominating the international charts. His music is contagious and makes you smile and dance! This arrangement of the hit Sing will turn your concert into a party!

Volume 3 in our successful “Enjoy the Organ” series offers attractive organ pieces from the 17th to 20th centuries suitable for performance on smaller instruments and capable of producing impressive results with a limited amount of practice time. Among the pieces in Volume 3 are Juan Cabanilles “Batalla Imperial I”; Johann Baptist Vanhal “Sonatina in F major”; Robert Schumann “Adagio” from op. 70; Gabriel Fauré “Cantique de Jean Racine” op. 11; and Pietro Yon “Humoresque”. These pieces are intended primarily for the amateur organist but will also appeal to professional church musicians who will find the collection useful as literature for sight reading and as a starting point for improvisation. • Geared towards amateur church musicians and organists • Collection of easy-to-play concert pieces for organ • Also effective on smaller instruments Volume 3 in our successful “ Enjoy The Organ ” series offers attractive Organ pieces from the 17th to 20th centuries suitable for performance on smaller instruments and capable of producing impressive results with a limited amount of practice time. Among the pieces in Volume 3 are Juan Cabanilles' “ Batalla Imperial I ”; Johann Baptist Vanhal's “ Sonatina in F major ”; Robert Schumann's “ Adagio ” from op. 70; Gabriel Fauré's “ Cantique de Jean Racine ” op. 11; and Pietro Yon's “ Humoresque ”. These pieces are intended primarily for the amateur organist but will also appeal to professional church musicians whowill find the collection useful as literature for sight reading and as a starting point for improvisation. Contents: Batalla Imperial I [Juan Cabanilles] Andante - Poco vivace [Johann Georg Albrechtsberger] Sonatina F major [Johann Baptist Vanhal] Adagio from op. 70 [Robert Schumann] Offertoire [Antoine-Édouard Batiste] Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11 [Gabriel Fauré] Humoresque Toccatina for flute stops [Pietro Yon] - Geared towards amateur church musicians and organists. - Collection of easy-to-play concert pieces for Organ. - Also effective on smaller instruments. - Already published Enjoy the Organ 1 (BA 11207); Enjoy the Organ 2 (BA 11208).

Francis Jackson's The Lamb's High Banquet arranged for SATB.

Ode-The vocal score for Gerald Finzi's Intimations Of Immortality Op.29 an ode for tenor solo mixed chorus and orchestra with words by William Wordsworth. Arranged here for tenor solo and SATB Choir with Piano accompaniment.

In The Pioneers Philip Sparke salutes the bicentenary of an expedition by two all time American heroes - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They were commissioned by US President Thomas Jefferson to find the headwaters of the Missouri and a route to the Pacific following the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the USA. They set out as the ‘Corps of Discovery’ from Louisville Kentucky in May 1804 and not only did they succeed in reaching the Pacific through hostile territory but also found their way back - in 3 years! The piece is not descriptive of the journey but gives the composer the opportunity to celebrate the 200th anniversary of this amazing feat. Add a touchof the wild-west to any concert with this exciting work.