Solo features with a live big band-For many musicians playing in a big band is an ultimate high point. The special line-up of the big band guarantees amazing tuttis but equally allows the opportunity to perform quiet ballads. Playing in the wind section of a big band is an experience you will not forget in a hurry. Unfortunately playing a solo - as the word suggests - is reserved for only a few. However with this book you can be the centre of attention as you get the opportunity to play the leading part in these swinging pieces. On the enclosed CD you will hear fantastic solos which give you a good idea of the how it should be done. Of course you do not have to copy the solo you can also improvise to thewritten chords. Almost all the pieces have been newly written in the style of the great big bands but you will also come across two famous hits: Barry Manilow’s sultry Copacabana and Stevie Wonder’s fabulous You Are the Sunshine of My Life.

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Four Swinging Clarinet Quartets-This unique series allows you to form a jazz quartet with three players playing either the same instrument or playing any combination of flute clarinet alto saxophone or trumpet. The CD contains accompaniments from a tight jazz backing band which makes playing in a swing style easy.

The magnificent concert march Aurum (lat. gold) was written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the cunductor of the municipal band of Wolfach in Baden-Württemberg Germany. The march begins with a light and playful theme. Thefollowing lyrical trio provides a contrast with its nod to Edward Elgar. After a number of key changes the introductory theme returns in canon. Finally the music heads to a majestic finale in which the trio theme is played as a splendid baroquechorale.

De los Zapatos Rotos-‘El batallón de los zapatos rotos’ literally means ‘the regiment of the wornout shoes’. This composition is a sort of hybrid between the typically Spanish paso doble and a Belgian hunters’ march. The title is a metaphor for fighting for a just cause even without the necessary means. An original variation on the standard paso doble!

15 Pieces with Accompaniment on CD (CD also includes complete Recordings)

Since the Treaty of Lisbon came into force at the end of 2009 a lot has happened within the European Union. There were (and are) sceptics as well as ardent supporters. In the meantime however something like a ‘European identity’ has arisen radiating optimism and vitality. Europe’s Glory gives voice to the positive message of solidarity and joined forces.

This piece was written for two sons of the composer as a welcome to young and innocent lives in to this big world. The concept and instrumentation of the composition allows any young band to play this piece. The optional celesta (keyboard) is a refreshing addition evoking the sound of an ancient music box and has a meaningful part as the music box fades out at the end of the piece.

from Love's Labour's Lost-Voice Piano. Finzi G.

Version for accompanied SATB Choir-A choral work inspired by the photograph of the same name taken from lunar orbit in 1968 considering the positive and negative sides of the human race's mastery and control of the world. The work was commissioned by the UK choir Ex Cathedra for its 40th anniversary which fell in the same year (1969) as the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing. It was written for 40-part choir on the model of Thomas Tallis's famous Spem in alium. A choral work inspired by the photograph of the same name taken from lunar orbit in 1968 considering the positive and negative sides of the human race's mastery and control of the world. The work was commissioned by the UK choir Ex Cathedra for its 40th anniversary which fell in the same year (1969) as the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing. It was written for 40-part choir on the model of Thomas Tallis's famous Spem in alium.

Minuit Chrétiens - O Holy Night-The French composer Adolphe Charles Adam's (1803- 1856) carol Cantique de NoÏl (better known in France as Minuit Chrétiens and also widely known as O Holy Night) was initially criticised by church authorities who observed a lack of musical taste and the absence of religious perception. How wrong they were is now clear as the song is popular worldwide and is often performed in churches as well as carol concerts. Roland Kernen has produced this beautiful version of Cantique de Noël for brass band.

for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band-Dance of Uzume is a concertino that is based on a Japanese myth: out of anger toward her brother Susanowa the storm god the sun goddess Amaterasu hides in a cave. The goddess of joy Uzume succeeds in luring the sun goddess out of the cave by dancing wildly. The joy and laughter of the other gods as they watch Uzume arouses Amaterasu’s curiosity and with her appearance the light on earth returns. This fantastic new original work will make a much needed addition to the advanced repertoire for saxophone and concert band. A version for saxophone and piano is also available.

Minuit Chrétiens - O Holy Night-Le compositeur français Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856) est initié à la musique par son père Jean-Louis Adam professeur de piano au Conservatoire de Paris. En 1821 il entre au Conservatoire de Paris dans la classe d’orgue et d’harmonium de François Benoist et celle de Boïeldieu pour la composition. Vers les années 1823 il connaît ses premiers succès grâce à ses chansons composées pour des vaudevilles parisiens. Il assied sa notoriété avec ses ballets notamment avec le gracieux Giselle et quelques opéras-comiques. Vers la fin de sa vie il est nommé professeur de composition au Conservatoire de Paris. En 1847 Adolphe Adam compose le Cantique de Noël surle poème Minuit Chrétiens de Placide Cappeau. L’Église émet de vives critiques à l’encontre de la musique jugée trop pompeuse et du texte trop païen. Bien à tort car le noël d’Adam éblouira le monde entier. Il est interprété encore de nos jours même dans les églises. Roland Kernen en a réalisé ce bel arrangement pour Orchestre d’Harmonie.

bearbeitet von Ferruccio Busoni- Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 - Komm Gott Schopfer heiliger Geist BWV 667 - Nun freut euch lieben Christen gmein BWV 734 - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 659 - Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645

An album of easy traditional and pop tunes arranged for twoinstruments. Includes: I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys) If YouBelieve (Sasha) Molly Malone Music (John Miles) and A Groovy KindOf Love (Phil Collins).

Arrangement and Orchestration by Andrea Cappellari. Full score and 25 parts: 1) C Instr. (Flute Violin) / 1) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 2) C Instr. (Flute Violin Oboe) / 2) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 3) C Instr. (Flute Violin Oboe) / 3) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax. Trumpet) / 4) C Insiolin Viola) / 4) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax.) / 5) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 5) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 6) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 6) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 7) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 7) Bb Instr. (Clarinet Soprano Sax. Trumpet) / 7nstr. (Alto Sax.) / 8) C Instr. (Violin Viola) / 8) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 8) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / Guitar / Piano 1 / Piano 2 /Bass Cello Bassoon / Timpani / Basco / Cymbals Bass drum / Four Hands Piano ad libitum. Performance possibile alsot Piano.

Song To The Seals from Songs of the Western Isles in G . For Voice and Piano or Keyboard instrument.

Here is one of the signature dance numbers from the landmark musical West Side Story. Michael Mossman has created a masterful adaptation for jazz band using elements from the original and a creative touch of his own.

Four Romantic Madrigals is a new edition of selected madrigals composed by John Stainer (1840–1901). Jeremy Dibble of Durham University brings Stainer’s expressive and enticing part-songs to a wider audience by presenting them in modern notation. This collection contains: 1. ‘Disappointment’ – a six-part madrigal which sets the popular ‘Pastoral Ballad IV’ of the eighteenth-century poet William Shenstone 2. ‘Dry your sweet cheek’ – an emotionally turbulent setting of Herrick’s ‘Comfort to a lady upon the death of herhusband’ from Hesperides (1648) 3. ‘The Castle by the Sea’ – a rich and complex setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s prose romance Hyperion for two five-part choirs(SSATB SSATB) 4. ‘Like as a ship’ – an ambitious and harmonically colourful setting of sonnet XXXIV from Edmund Spenser’s sonnet cycle Amoretti (1595) This edition coincides with the release of the CD English Romantic Madrigals (Hyperion CDA68140) an exciting new recording of works by Stainer Sir Hubert Parry Elgar and other composers of nineteenth-century English part-songs performed by Rupert Gough and the Royal Holloway Choir. Four Romantic Madrigals is a new edition of selected madrigals (for unaccompanied SATB choir) composed by John Stainer (1840–1901). Jeremy Dibble of Durham University brings Stainer’s expressive and enticing part-songs to a wider audience by presenting them in modern notation. This edition coincides with the release of the CD English Romantic Madrigals (Hyperion CDA68140) an exciting new recording of works by Stainer Sir Hubert Parry Elgar and other composers of nineteenth-century English part-songs performed by Rupert Gough and the Royal Holloway Choir.

Seasons arranged for Upper Voice Choir with Organ by Toby Hession. Seasons arranged for Upper Voice Choir with Organ by Toby Hession.