David Marlatt

Imagine yourself embarking on a thrilling expedition to the city of Saqqara. As you make new and astonishing finds, you are absorbed back to the life of ancient times. Great themes, strong percussion...

This is a stand alone movement from the suite Cardinal Elements which was written to combine band with Indigenous drummers and singers. When researching, Indigenous people spoke of the wisdom of the r...

This brilliant fanfare piece, written by the French organ giant Alexandre Guilmant, was written for both organ and orchestra and organ alone. No one knows which version came first but both have enjoye...

This famous melody has been attributed to Haydn but there is doubt whether he was the composer. Johannes Brahms wrote a famous set of variations based on this melody calling it Variations on a Theme b...

The title of this suite refers to the headdress (the glen) worn by the cadets of the Lorne Scots Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and the galley is the Galley of Lorne, which is displayed on the coat o...

This piece was influenced by the music of the Middle East and India. '˜Kaalin' is the Hindi word for '˜rug', much like the one ridden by Aladdin in the famous story. This piece can even be conside...

Western Fair is an energetic, uplifting piece that can be fun for both players to perform and listeners to hear. It is composed using two main melodies that are performed in many forms, combined in va...

Sounding very patriotic in nature, For Those Who Have Served would make an ideal selection to be performed at a reflective event or simply to pay homage to the thousands of men and women who have serv...

This work tells the story of the famous sailor and explorer - Christopher Columbus. His voyage to discover a trade route with China while traveling West led to the discovering of The New World - the A...

This popular organ solo is now available for a brass choir consisting of 4 trumpets (piccolo, e-flat and 2 b-flats), 2 horns, 2 trombones, euphonium and tuba. The energetic Allegro section contrasts t...

This is the ultimate tenor aria and has been arranged here for trumpet soloist and quintet. This version was requested and recorded by Jens Lindemann and the Italian Wonderbrass. A solo from the openi...

In ancient Japan, the shogun were the military commanders appointed by the emperor. Grand and regal, when a shogun appeared to the public, there was a sense of awe and power at this warrior leader. Fl...

The savage T-Rex, the lumbering huge four-legged sauropods and the gliding flying pteraosaurs are the characters in this fun piece for developing quintet. The sauropods open this piece and, at over 10...

Shaped by Time is a short fanfare/overture to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coledale Public School in Unionville, Canada. It opens with a brief fanfare section before breaking into a fun, shifting...

This is the most famous section from Bach's Cantata No. 208. It has been arranged here for brass quintet and organ and it makes an ideal piece to be used at events such as weddings or church services....

This piece, originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon seemed to scream to be transcribed for brass quintet. The interplay between the pairs of oboes (trumpets) and horns (horn, trombone) with the ev...

This is a fun show-off tune for brass quintet. Originally for string quartet, it works very well in this new setting. This is a simple theme and variations with the melody line being played by each me...

Firescape is the third piece in a series of elements inspired works. Through music it demonstrates the various characteristics of fire described by the titles of each section - Hephaestus - God of Fir...

Sunset Over Blue Water is a fresh new scoring of the famous hymn tune It is Well With My Soul. The simple melody combined with the powerful, heart-wrenching lyrics, have made this hymn popular around...

Mozart would have approved! This is one of the most famous classical pieces of all time and it works great for brass quintet. All the Mozartian lyrical lines are included in this version. All parts ar...

The elegant Intermezzo is the most famous part of this opera. It opens quietly, builds, then ends as it began. This beautiful melody is a great slow work for a concert or ceremony.

Canzoni were pieces composed for various combinations of instruments and various sizes of ensembles. This famous canzon has been arranged for brass quartet. Antiphonal spacing is always a successful p...

The rousing and well-known 'Anvil Chorus' or 'Gyspy Chorus' from Verdi's Il Trovatore ('The Troubadour') depicts Spanish gypsies striking their anvils at dawn and singing the praises of hard work, goo...

The principal theme from the second movement is equal in fame and popularity to Pachelbels Canon and Albinonis Adagio. This incredibly simple and beautiful theme was set to words by one of Dvoraks pup...

This Sonata features the trumpets and the trombones with the horn and tuba filling in harmonies representing a part of an organ. 2 b-flat trumpets and 2 e-flat trumpets are used to allow the brilliant...