for Baritone and Brass Band- Score and parts for Philip Sparke's Scaramouche composed for Baritone/Euphonium Concert band.

Cette marche de Noël a été réalisée spécialement pour permettre aux Orchestres Juniors d’ouvrir ou de clore avec éclat un concert autour de la Nativité. Le thème principal est un thème original sur lequel viennent se greffer deci delà de nombreux courts fragments mélodiques extraits de célèbres noëls tels qu’ Adeste Fidelis Deck the Halls Good King Wenceslas et Jingle Bells . God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen constitue la ligne mélodique du trio.

This contrasting work builds up twice from quiet relaxation or meditative calm to a climax for the entire ensemble before the main section a rhythmic vivo begins. Golden Winds ensures truly precious moments in your concert right up to thelast note! This contrasting work builds up twice from quiet relaxation or meditative calm to a climax for the entire ensemble before the main section a rhythmic vivo begins. Golden Winds ensures truly precious moments in your concert right up to the last note!

Quelle est cette odeur agreable-‘Whence is that Goodly Fragrance Flowing?’ is the first line of an old French Christmas song that originated in the 17th century. In 1728 John Gay used this joyous and markedly festive melody that honours Jesus Christ and His miraculous birth in his Beggar’s Opera . Philip Sparke has given this melody a new lease of life with his charming and imaginative arrangement for the Christmas season.

In Letter from Home Philip Sparke portrays the many feelings and emotions that a letter from home can evoke. This intimate work opens with a gentle woodwind melody which gradually becomes more confused as new emotions are introduced. Finally resignation sets in but a sense of peace and balance is restored with the final chorale. In this emotional work Philip Sparke truly captures the highs and lows of being away from home.

Festival Prelude ‘Ad Excel’ was commissioned by the AD Concert Band from Solihull in the UK to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2016. The title Ad Excel is a play on words: it is Latin for ‘to excel’ but also celebrates the band’s anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject played first by woodwinds followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda derived from the opening fanfare brings the work to a close.

England enjoys a rich folk song tradition. Composers such as Cecil Sharp and Vaughan Williams rekindled an interest in this heritage at the beginning of the 20th century by arranging numerous songs some of which were transcribed for the _x001F_first time. Philip Sparke selected three songs from the 18th and 19 century for his Three Folk Song Miniatures : the _x001F_sherman’s song Dance to Your Daddy the love song O Waly Waly and Bobby Shafto a song from the northwest of England.

Spirit of Endeavour is a virtuosic piece of music with a positive musical message. It tells the story of a wind band embracing hard work friendship musical excellence love marriage and birth as well as the sad loss of cherished members. Composer Philip Sparke decided to salute the history of the Canadian concert band ‘Harmonie de Charlesbourg’ with a work that falls into two contrasted sections. One Vision deals with forming the band and the subsequent united desire to create an ensemble espousing the idea of musical perfection. The Pursuit of Excellence salutes the 20 years of hard work of the wind band. This concert work ends with a chorale of thefull band symbolising the fulfilment of a united dream!

This celebratory work which Philip Sparke wrote for the 20th anniversary of the Nottingham Concert Band starts with a hymn-like theme played as a fanfare in the brass. With a change of mood from ‘solemn’ to ‘merry’ and back to ‘majestic’ together with an unusual orchestration in which may different instruments feature and in which at points the entire wind orchestra shimmers in tutti passages A Nottingham Festival is a real pleasure for musicians and public alike.

Philip Sparke’s Starter Studies is the first volume of a progressive series of study books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician.This collection of 65 studies offers a choice of starting note to suit individual tastes and carefully introduces new musical elements such as articulation dynamics and key signatures in a structured progression to speed the learning process.

The history of rock and roll can be traced back as far as the musical influence of the first African slaves to arrive in North America. The style borrows heavily from rhythm and blues and early rock stars such as Ike Turner Bill Haley Chuck Berry Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley had a huge influence through the newly-invented juke box and liberated the youth of the day by giving them a music of their own. Rockin? Tumpets gives the young band a chance to rock and roll with the trumpets taking the lead. Treat your trumpets to this lively solosection feature.

Band director and radio presenter Yutaka Nishida hails from Tokyo and has long been a friend of composer Philip Sparke. As well as conducting bands and teaching he also presents a weekly two-hour music programme focusing on both brass and concert bands on the Japanese national radio station Digital Radio Musicbird.The programme is called The Bandwagon and the radio station commissioned Philip Sparke to write a march which could be used as a theme tune for the programme. The result is this bright and breezy march in simple ABA form.

from Cantata No 208 'The Hunt Cantata'-There are just over twenty secular cantatas in Bach's prolific output which include The Coffee Cantata (No 211) The Wedding Cantata (No 202) Phoebus and Pan (No 201) and the Hunt Cantata (No 208) which contains the famous aria Sheep May Safely Graze. Written for four vocal soloists it was originally scored for a relatively large orchestra (including flutes (recorders) oboes and horns) and mixed choir. Although secular in character the words describe how well a faithful shepherd keeps watch over his flock and hence has obvious allusions to the teachings of the Christian church. Bring a bit of the Baroque era to your concert with this first class arrangement by Philip Sparke.

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 concert 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.

25 Famous Carols-Philip Sparke’s Classic Christmas brings together 25 of the most popular Christmas carols which can either be played with the CD accompaniments or with organ or piano using the separate accompaniment book which fits with all the instrumental books. They can be performed as solos and are all in suitable keys to accompany congregational singing. Twenty-five famous Christmas carols for Instrumental solos or Ensembles with the same instruments. Includes a Play along CD of accompaniments and demonstration tracks.

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.

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.

A feature for flugel and tenor horns based on the Passion Chorale-This timeless melody by Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) is now chiefly remembered because of its inclusion in J S Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (hence its title) where it is treated to a variety of rich harmonisations. It is mostly sung to Paulus Gerhardt’s words O Sacred head! sore wounded .This setting features the flugel and horns who first play a lyrical descant to the famous hymn tune and then the melody itself against a Bach-like obbligato in the accompaniment.

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.

I>Colorado Springs est une œuvre de commande pour l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’Académie Militaire de l’Armée de l’Air des États-Unis placé sous la direction et le commandement du Lieutenant Steve Grimo.La ville de Colorado Springs siège de l’Académie Militaire de l’Armée de l’Air des États-Unis est située à l’extrémité sud des montagnes Rocheuses dans un environnement naturel spectaculaire. Véritable paradis pour les randonneurs les grimpeurs et les skieurs la ville attire chaque année des touristes du monde entier. L’Académie Militaire joue un rôle important dans la vie de la région. Elle est la résidence principale de l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de l’Académie Militaire del’Armée de l’Air des États-Unis une des formations professionnelles qui assurent la vie musicale des Forces Aériennes américaines.Cette suite est composée de trois mouvements : 1. The Springs Fanfare“The Springs” est le surnom donné à la ville par ses habitants. Le premier mouvement s’ouvre avec une éblouissante fanfare pour cuivres et percussion. Les cors débutent à l’unisson. Les autres cuivres se joignent à la structure tandis que les bois développent des motifs ornementés. Après un bref changement de style le matériel thématique initial est repris et mène le mouvement vers sa conclusion.2. Seven FallsSeven Falls est le nom d’une superbe cascade haute de cinquante-cinq mètres et dont l’eau cristalline descend le long de sept marches moulées dans le décor granitique de Pikes Peak. Dans ce mouvement les bois illustrent le cheminement de l’eau étincelante qui coule vers un célèbre poste d’observation situé au pied de la chute.3. Pikes PeakAu nord-ouest de Colorado Springs se dresse Pikes Peak qui culmine à 4300 mètres. Il est le sommet le plus à l’est des montagnes Rocheuses attisant la convoitise des explorateurs et des pionniers qui y découvrirent de l’or en 1859 provoquant une véritable ruée vers l’or. Le nom de la montagne devint un cri de ralliement : Pikes Peak or bust! (“Pikes Peak ou la mort !”). Pikes Peak est le