Based on famous themes by Antonio Vivaldi Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a unique twist!

An entertaining moment in a magnificent London park depicting the serenity of the foliage and the playing of children… The composer Pascal Proust has many years’ experience as a musician and music teacher. His output includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote Green Park for horn players at the level of approximately 3–4 years’ study and paid special attention to an easy-to-follow attractive musical style. As a result Green Park is an ideal performance or competition work for young musicians.

8 swinging play-along pieces with live band!-Take a nostalgic trip back to the era of Count Basie Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington. In this book you will find eight wonderful new pieces written in the big band tradition. The play-along CD contains a live jazz band together with a complete version of each piece to show you exactly how it should be done.

Knock on Wood was originally recorded in 1966 by Eddie Floyd who wrote the song together with Steve Cropper. Since then the song has been covered in literally every decade by famous artistes - including David Bowie Cher Eric Clapton and Michael Bolton - so that this hit really spans the generations and appeals to every audience.

This musical fantasy depicts the history of the Dutch fortified town of Elburg. The work begins with an atmospheric medieval picture of the Convent of St Agnes the nunnery that was built in the first half of the 15th century. We hear the sound of the convent bells together with an upward motif which will reappear later in the work. Next the rest of Elburg is featured including the fortress - from which the bells of the Sint-Nicolaaskerk (Saint Nicholas Church) are ringing. Then cheerful sounds can be heard at the Vischpoort (Fish Gate) where a dancing group is performing a 16th century French folk dance (a branle des chevaux). We also hear old wagons rumbling over the town’scobble stones. Trade made this Hanseatic town a lively place. The repetitive upward motif first heard in the introduction now develops into a more distinct feature reflecting the mercantile spirit of the town residents.Then follows the slow middle movement in which the clock has been turned back to the time when Elburg was still lying on the Zuiderzee (which was a bay of the North Sea) and was struggling with floods. After the second St. Marcellus Flood (1362) and the water flood of 1367 it was decided that the town would be relocated. We now hear the theme of branle des chevaux in a minor key followed by a death bell sounding in remembrance of the drowned citizens of the former town. Back in our own time a slow expressive theme in Baroque style mirrors Elburg’s tranquil places such as the Feithenhof (Feithen Court) and the Weduwenhofje (Widow Court). Then the bustle returns with motifs from the introduction followed by an attractive theme in which present-day Elburg is portrayed with its many tourists. Now suddenly there is an echo from the past depicting the dramatic floods and wars that once plagued the town. This leads to the grand closing theme: branle des chevaux is heard for a final time from the perspective of the historic town centre.

Solo Arrangements of 14 Classic Songs with CD Accompaniment-Now solo instrumentalists can play play along with 14 intermediate-level tunes from TV-series and movies like The Lion King Family Guy Pirates of the Caribbean and Twilight. These books include CDs with orchestral accompaniment.

This work in four sections is written for a four-part variable instrumentation together with drums. We start off_x001E_ in the _x001F_first movement on an adventurous safari. In the second and third movements we’re on the hunt for great beasts of Africa which can also be heard with all their stomping screeching and yelling. A wonderful musical safari that all musicians and listeners alike will enjoy!

While he was in the middle of writing a large-scale musical production Rik Elings sought diversion in composing these pieces for clarinet quartet. During a period of merciless deadlines working on PLAYTIME 4 CLARINETS turned out to be an excellentway of release. Out of the blue he created three playful little works in a mostly classical early Romantic idiom with a touch of jazz. The three short pieces are quite catchy and they guarantee some pleasant playtime for four clarinets.

This is a great value collection of 24 pop songs and traditional melodies arranged for unaccompanied solo. Every style of pop music is included with songs by Britney Spears (Sometimes and Born To Make You Happy) Queen (Crazy Little Thing Called Love) Lou Bega (Mambo No 5) Brian Adams (Everything I Do) Elvis (You’ll Never Walk Alone) and many more.

pour saxophone alto et quator à cordes-Cette pièce courte au caractère léger s'apparente par son style au divertimento dans son acception classique de pièce divertissante. Différentes couleurs harmoniques parsemant le développement du morceau de la monodie folklorique aux rythmes syncopés du jazz semblent émerger sous une forme déguisée et sortir tout droit d'un rêve.

for Alto Saxophone and Piano-The heat of the day ebbs away as the sun slowly dips from view over the western horizon. A dazzling display of warm hues vibrant yellows glowing oranges and burning reds lights up the evening before cooling to calm blues dark cool purples andfinally the black of night. Such are the unforgettable sunsets that inspired Jan de Haan to write this piece.

A fantastic collection of well-known tunes from traditional to classical. The pieces have been ordered by level of difficulty and are designed to correspond with the Look Listen and Learn method book 1. These melodies are also suitable for use with any method book as additional solo material.

for Concert Band Mixed Choir and Organ (optional)-This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia’s feast day Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason many ensembles have annual concerts dedicated to Saint Cecila which was the inspiration forthis piece. It is a festive optimistic but also comforting work which in style perfectly suits the character of Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day. After Missa Brevis Missa Katharina and The Gospel Mass Missa Santa Cecilia isthe fourth published mass by the Dutch composer Jacob de Haan.Choral parts available separately.

Small Masterpieces for Great Performances-ESSENTIAL CLASSICS is a collection of pieces ideally suited to introduce beginning bands whether in or outside of school to the classical repertoire. The easy arrangements make the most popular melodies of all time accessible to young musicians without the frustration of playing music that is too difficult for them. Now they can enjoy music from instrumental works and operas to oratorios and lieder from Tylman Susato to George Gershwin. The pieces are arranged in ascending order of difficulty coinciding with the progress students are making in Volumes 1 and 2 of ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS the complete method for music education in schools and bands. But even without ESSENTIALELEMENTS ESSENTIAL CLASSICS is an excellent source of repertoire by itself. In addition to the music the individual parts contain short snippets of information about the music composer and genre written in a style younger players will understand. The full score contains more in-depth information on the music. No matter how you use ESSENTIAL CLASSICS with your band your players will love all the fun and engaging arrangements it as to offer.

All Glory Be to God on High-Jacob de Haan begins his arrangement of the well-known hymn Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr (All Glory Be to God on High) with a quotation from his own Missa Katharina a mass for choir soprano and band. To this melody he sets the Latin text from the last part of the Gloria. The chorale is then heard after an interlude and can at the director’s discretion be accompanied by the choir singing in either German or English. A perfect work for church concerts.

Les arrangements de Ad Wammes réunis dans ce recueil prouvent qu’il est tout à fait possible de simplifier des pièces sans pour autant nuire à la qualité des oeuvres originales. Il a su maintenir les harmoniques la tonalité et le rythme de chacune d’entre elles afin que vous puissiez les interpréter comme des chefs d’oeuvres de la musique classique. Sur le compact disc joint sont enregistrées les versions démo de chaque morceau.

As performed by Queen-Brian May’s We Will Rock You was not Queen’s biggest hit when it first came out. However looking back it has become much more than simply a successful song. It is the group’s hymn welcomed with loud cheers whenever and wherever it is played.Let the good times roll with Lorenzo Bocci’s outstanding arrangement that will rock your band!

This three-movement work is a tribute to French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. The first movement depicts what is without a doubt Bartholdi’s most famous sculpture the Statue of Liberty in New York which also gives this piece its name. Next listeners get to experience the trumpeting angels which can be seen atop the First Baptist Church in Boston. The final movement takes listeners to France to view the Lion of Belfort in France.

In A Flemish Christmas Jan Hadermann tells the Christmas story by means of four Old Flemish Christmas Songs.Mary is chosen to bring Jesus Christ the son of God into the world: Het was een maged uitverkoren (‘She was a virgin chosen’).On the occasion of a census Mary who is with child and Joseph her husband to be travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem where Jesus will be born in a humble stable: Maria die zoude naar Bethlehem gaan (Mary would go to Bethlehem’). O kerstnacht schoner dan de dagen (‘Oh Christmas Night more beautiful than the days’) is a stately chorale that sings the praises of Jesus’ birth.Three wise men from the East Caspar Melchior and Balthazar follow a bright star in the sky which leads them to Bethlehem. There they worship the newborn King and offer him gold frankincense and myrrh: Wij komen van Oosten (We’ve come from the East’).This musical Christmas story ends with a festive repeat of the third movement the stately chorale.

Naohiro Iwai the master of entertaining concert band arrangements has selected four songs from the wide repertoire of George Gershwin for this wonderful medley. A fitting tribute to one of the all time jazz masters.