Anglo Music

Composer Philip Sparke has long been fascinated by history's pioneers. In all fields of human activity, there has been someone with enormous vision who has made the first step into the unknown. Explor...

Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was composed in a period of not much more than a month in 1746. As with the famous Messiah, use was made of previously composed material and indeed See, the Conqueri...

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 mus...

Blazon heisst Wappenschild oder Schmuck und dieser Marsch ist auch bestens geeignet als Aushängeschild, mit dem sich das ganze Blasorchester wunderbar präsentieren kann. Er beginnt mit einer ausgiebig...

Includes: The Bandwagon - Spirit of the Sequoia - Manhattan - Måndalen Landscapes - Flying the Breeze - Festival Fanfare - Variants on an English Hymn Tune - Postcard from Singapore - Marchissimo - Be...

Includes: Manhattan - Euphonium Concerto No. 2 - Tuba Concerto - Harlequin - Trombone Concerto

Includes: Royal Salute - Prelude to a Celebration - A Quiet Moment - The Camelot Chronicles - Scenes from a Comedy - Prelude on an Irish Folk Tune - The Legend of Celobrium - The Girl with the Flaxen...

Includes: Music for Life - Beethoven's Greeting - Kentish Dances - Sandstone Centennial - A Midwest Celebration - Sounds of the Saint Lawrence - Deserts - A Monmouth Overture - Albion Heritage

Includes: Maple Leaf Overture - The Sun Will Rise Again - The Godfather Waltz (Rota) - Bolero (Ravel) - A Savannah Symphony (Symphony No. 2) - White Light - Sinfonietta No. 4 (Stramproy Centennial) -...

Chor Set

In Classic Hymns, Philip Sparke has taken 10 of the best-loved hymn tunes, popular around the world, and used them as the basis of a collection of short recital pieces, ranging from simple descant arr...

The birth of Philip Sparke's second son, Benjamin, was the inspiration for composing Ballad for Benny. A short calm introduction leads to the main ballad theme, a gentle waltz melody. Following the wo...

Part of the ANGLO MUSIC PLAY-ALONG Series, Philip Sparkes 15 INTERMEDIATE CLASSICAL SOLOS is aimed at the young instrumentalist who can play about an octave and a half and follows on from Sparkes 15 E...

Marchissimo will make a fantastic opening piece for any concert. It does however come with a twist! It can be played simply as written, but is really designed to be 'staged' with players coming on the...

A Monmouth Overture was composed in 2007 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 15th centu...

Norfolk is one of the most beautiful counties in England, famous for its charming villages and boundless broads, a popular centre for sailing holidays. It is also the home of one of the best known of...

Philip Sparke has taken this traditional melody and produced an attractive arrangement for concert band. The piece is ideal for use in Christmas concerts and is guaranteed to get everyone's toes tappi...

Part of the ANGLO MUSIC PLAY-ALONG Series, Philip Sparkes 15 INTERMEDIATE CLASSICAL SOLOS is aimed at the young instrumentalist who can play about an octave and a half and follows on from Sparkes 15 E...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J. S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sac...