A Monmouth Overture was composed for the Haberdashers’ Symphonic Winds as part of Philip Sparke’s year as composer-in residence at the Monmouth School. The work is based around the fifteenth century Agincourt Song written in honour of the victorious Henry V who triumphed over the larger but outdated French army. Henry V was born in Monmouth in 1387 giving this wonderful overture its historical title.

In search of 'La Valse'-WINNING PERFORMANCE EBBC LILLE 2016 Raveling Unraveling – In Search of ‘La Valse’ was written for the Cory Band as their own-choice test piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparke’s The Unknown Journey (2014) forconcert band and the use of Ravel’s La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparke’s aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composer’s view is that little inmusic does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of its stunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. Asthe music progresses more of the Ravel appears surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master. Winning Performance EBBC Lille 2016 Raveling Unraveling – In Search of ‘La Valse’ was written for the Cory Band as their own-choice test piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparke’s The Unknown Journey (2014) for concert band and the use of Ravel’s La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparke’s aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composer’s view is that little in music does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of itsstunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. As the music progresses more of the Ravel appears surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master.

Arranged and adapted by Andrea Cappellari. Include Backing Tracks CD.

en vingt-deux morceaux pour piano-Twenty-two pieces for Piano solo by French composer Darius Milhaud.

Vocal score for Thomas Hewitt Jones' Coventry Carol for SATB choir and Piano/Organ accompaniment. Thomas Hewitt Jones is an award-winning composer of contemporary classical and commercial music. Winner of the 2003 BBC Young Composer Competition his music has been published by Boosey & Hawkes Oxford University Press Banks Music the RSCM Encore Publications Universal Music and is frequently heard on radio TV and the cinema in the UK and abroad.

to my mother- Mysterious Waltz : this title should draw your attention! This particular waltz is not based on any specific example least of all the Viennese waltz. Two souls are latent in this work one lovely and cheerful and one melancholic with a touch of irony. Which of these two characters will finally dominate the listener depends on the conductor who will reveal this secret according to his personal disposition…

The St. John Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday of 1724. Written three years before the St. Matthew Passion it was a work Bach revised during the rest of his life in fact he did not leave us a definitive version either in print or fair copy. The sources give evidence of four different versions used at four performances - 1724 1725 around 1730 and during the last years of Bach 's life. They often contain two or more readings for the same passage or even different movements that on different occasions occupied the same place in the work. Barenreiter's edition uses the final version IV as its basis with alternativemovements and readings contained in the appendices. A comprehensive preface in the study score (German/English) TP197 gives full information. - Full score performance material (BA5037) vocal score (BA5037-90) and study score (TP197) available for sale.

Besides the Masses the Requiem and the Vespers Mozart's lengthier church-music works also include four Litanies all composed in Salzburg. After his first Italian journey (13 December 1769 to 28 March 1771) Mozart returned to his post as archiepiscopal Konzertmeister. Undoubtedly inspired by what he had just experienced he wrote the Litaniae Lauretanae (Loretian Litany) K.109 (74e) his first work in this genre which is dated May 1771. The form of the Litany was found already in early Christian times. Like its name suggests it is a prayer of supplication with a steady repetition of acclamations; however with regard to its manner ofperformance it is also a kind of responsory prayer. While the Loretian Litany is an eloquent expression of Marian devotion the Sacramental Litany is a testimony of praise and veneration of the Eucharist and a recognition of its salvational effect. - Urtext of the New Mozart Edition - Full score performance material (BA4890) and vocal score (BA4890-90) available for sale.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 887-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 887. Panufnik A

En 2007 Philip Sparke est nommé compositeur en résidence à l’établissement scolaire de Monmouth (Monmouth School) bourgade historique sur la frontière Angleterre/Pays de Galles. L’école puise dans un passé prestigieux qui remonte à 1614. Elle dispose d’un département de musique particulièrement actif qui peut s’enorgueillir de posséder deux Orchestres d’Harmonie en collaboration avec l’école des filles Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls et un Brass Band.Cette résidence passionnante et innovante a donné lieu à trois rencontres (entre le compositeurs et élèves) et à trois commandes d’œuvres une pour chaque formation. La création des œuvres a eu lieu dans lecadre du concert de fin d’année. Almshouse Street Blues est la pièce que Philip Sparke a composée pour le Brass Band dont les membres ont eux-mêmes choisi le style. L’établissement scolaire de Monmouth est situé dans Almshouse Street (Rue Almshouse). La ville de Monmouth accueille chaque année un festival d’été dynamique et créatif qui rassemble entre autres des groupes de blues mais propose également un large éventail de styles musicaux tels que le jazz la soul le rock et le bhangra.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1196-Study Score - Hawkes Pocket Score 1196. Britten B

Ten Songs For High Voice by John Blow edited by Michael Pilkington.

Jubiloso was commissioned by Utsunomiya Brass Society a talented and versatile group of brass players whom Philip Sparke has conducted on many occasions. When they asked him to compose a ‘signature’ march to celebrate their 30th anniversary they asked for a bright and breezy march which they could use to open concerts. Jubiloso is in the same ‘Broadway’ style as Sparke’s Slipstream and The Bandwagon with heavily syncopated melodies and the conventional cantabile trio section but also contains sudden bars with unusual time signatures which trip up the march rhythm. Jubiloso was commissioned by Utsunomiya Brass Society a talented and versatile group of brass players whom Philip Sparke has conducted on many occasions. When they asked him to compose a signature' march to celebrate their 30th anniversary they asked for a bright and breezy march which they could use to open concerts. Jubiloso is in the same Broadway' style as Sparke's Slipstream and The Bandwagon with heavily syncopated melodies and the conventional cantabile trio section but also contains sudden bars with unusual time signatures which trip up the march rhythm.

Johann Sebastian Bach ’s famous concerto for Organ BWV 593 is an arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto Op.3 No.8 from L’Estro Armonico for two solo Violins Strings and Basso Continuo. This edition in turn is an arrangement of this Organ concerto and has been scored for Violoncello solo Strings and Basso Continuo. It was commissioned for the renowned cellist Sol Gabetta who premiered it at the 2013 Bachwoche in Ansbach - a famous music festival in southern Germany. The composer and arranger Joachim F. W. Schneider provides an idiomatic arrangement and cellists will welcome this addition to their repertoire. Idiomatic arrangement forcellists.

Hercule (Heraklès en grec) le héros mythologique est célèbre pour avoir accompli Douze Travaux particulièrement difficiles. Sa force son courage et sa persévérance devinrent légendaires. Hercules est une œuvre palpitante qui se caractérise par une trame constituée de motifs bien ciselés de rythmes complexes de mélodies fluides et expressives et d’un finale grandiose. Les intervalles de quarte et de quinte qualifiés d’intervalles parfaits servent de base à la structure mélodique. Ils symbolisent la force d’Hercule. Le motif concis extrait de la fanfare d’ouverture se transforme en un thème rythmique énergique qui voyage à travers l’univers de chiffragesde mesures complexes avant de s’évaporer progressivement. On perçoit des échos de trompettes planant au-dessus de la cadence du saxophone soprano qui préfigure l’atmosphère feutrée du mouvement central lent. Une mélodie expressive et ample monte de l’orchestre. Elle s’ouvre avec les sauts de quarte et de quinte initiaux. Après plusieurs pérégrinations harmoniques la musique s’apaise. L’ allegro qui suit développe une fugue dont le thème dérive de la mélodie expressive. Une ligne polyphonique exubérante et bouillonnante flotte au-dessus du sombre ostinato des percussions (en 10/8) et chemine vers la reprise majestueuse du thème du mouvement central. Le finale (presto) est puissant. Chaque motif principal est réexposé. Hercules est un défi pour les musiciens et le chef. La trame foisonnante permet à chacun d’exprimer toutes ses compétences et tout son talent.

from '5 Ensembles de Percussion'

Philip Sparke a composé cette pièce pour le Western Plains Wind Consortium placé sous la direction de son fondateur Daniel Baldwin. La création fut assurée par l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’Université d’État de l’Oklahoma Panhandle (Dr. Matthew C. Saunders direction) le 1er décembre 2009 au Centennial Theatre à Goodwell en Oklahama (États-Unis). Les orchestres membres du Western Plains Wind Consortium qui ont contribué à la commande de cette œuvre sont :Garden City High School Symphonic Band - Ryan Elliot & Daniel Baldwin directionSouthwestern Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble - James South directionPanhandle State University Band - Matthew Saunders direction Holton High School Band - Donald McDaniel directionHolcomb High School Band - Paul White directionBethel College Band - Timothy Shade directionGarden City Community College Band - Daniel Baldwin directionLa commande stipulait que l’œuvre devait synthétiser une ambiance hivernale sans référence au cycle de la Nativité. Philip Sparke a réalisé une scène d’hiver en pleine campagne. A Winter’s Tale s’ouvre avec une série d’accords soutenus joués par les bois et colorés par le timbre cristallin des cloches tandis qu’un saxophone alto chante une complainte crépusculaire. Un passage orchestral court mais dense prélude à l’exposition du thème principal. Les couleurs douces et vaporeuses enveloppent les champs et les forêts enneigés. L’orchestre reprend le thème tandis que l’on entend au loin un tintement de grelots annonçant le passage imminent d’une troïka. Une fois passée la musique s’apaise et le thème principal revient avant de laisser la place au motif d’ouverture qui vient conclure la trame musicale.

for clarinet (or alto saxophone) and piano

The Missa in D minor published here the third of Haydn's six late masses was written during the summer of 1798 between the two late oratorios. According to the dates given on Haydn's autograph score he completed the composition in less than eight weeks. The score bears no particular title but in Haydn's manuscript thematic catalogue of his works he referred to it as Missa in Angustiis. Joseph Haydn's Missa In Angustiis (Hob. XXII:11) for SATB.

Standard: Elementary Set for the Guildhall School examinations.