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A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice'...

shelter Island' is the first movement of 'East Coast Pictures'. It is a depiction of the Shelter Island itself, a few hours drive east of New York. In the summer it becomes a crowded tourist trap; but...

In upstate New York lie the Catskills Mountains - an extraordinary combination of tranquillity and power, peace and majesty. Once seen, they call you back again and again. This piece forms the second...

East Coast Pictures was commissioned by the British Youth Wind Orchestra with funds from the National Westminster Bank plc. These three short 'pictures' were inspired by several visits to a small part...

The term 'Danceries' can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master, an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the seventeenth century (and no doubt earlier). This publication was used...

Duration: 10 minutes Ray Farr’s arrangement of Malcolm Arnold’s Four Cornish Dances suite brilliantly retains the atmosphere of the orchestral original with its evocation of Cornish sea-farers, of des...

Immerse yourself in the magnificent and rich musical heritage of the renowned 'Four Cornish Dances', published by Faber Music. This captivating work masterfully captures the unique character, folklore...

Around the world in just over eight minutes! Although commissioned for a Youth Band, no concessions are made here for lack of technical ability, particularly in the percussion department. The chimes o...

Around the world in just over eight minutes! Although commissioned for a Youth Band, no concessions are made here for lack of technical ability, particularly in the percussion department. The chimes o...

This seven-minute concert overture recalls the early days of the railways, and one of the most famous engines of all time, 'The Rocket'. It was commissioned by the Director of the North Hertfordshire...

This seven-minute concert overture recalls the early days of the railways, and one of the most famous engines of all time, 'The Rocket'. It was commissioned by the Director of the North Hertfordshire...

Unlike Nigel Hess's other works for wind band, The Winds of Power is not a programmatic work. After a dark and menacing opening a solo trumpet introduces a theme which will eventually become the centr...

Instrumentation: 3 fl(III=picc).2 ob(II=ca).Ebcl.3 cl.acl.bcl.cbcl.2 asax.tsax.bsax.2 bsn.cbsn - 4 hn.3 tpt.2 trbn.btrbn.2 euph.2 tuba - timp - perc(3): glsp/vib/xyl/cyms/BD/SD/susp.cym/3 tom-t/ tam-t...

Commissioned in 1994 by the Royal Air Force, 'scramble!' Is a concert overture for symphonic wind band inspired by images of the RAF's airfields during the Battle of Britain, immortalised for ever in...

The TV Detectives brings together five of Nigel Hess's best-known television themes (Dangerfield, Campion, Wycliffe, Maigret and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates), all originally written for small-screen...

. . . a sequence of dances which make up a vigorous rhythmic romp, brilliantly written for the instruments. Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, 25th July 1991 Instrumentation: 3(II=afl.III=picc).3.Ebcl(=...

This tango was originally composed in 1990 as the fourth movement of the composer's Fourth Symphony. It was intended there as a modern equivalent of the classical minuet. The tango is the most allurin...

The term 'Danceries' can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master, an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the seventeenth century (and no doubt earlier). This publication was used...

This pack compliments the standard symphonic wind band sets of parts for 'shelter Island', one of the three movements from 'East Coast Pictures'.The extra parts include horns in E flat, tenor trombone...

This pack compliments the standard symphonic wind band sets of parts for 'The Catskills', one of the three movements from 'East Coast Pictures'.The extra parts include horns in E flat, tenor trombones...

This pack compliments the standard symphonic wind band sets of parts for 'New York', one of the three movements from 'East Coast Pictures'.The extra parts include horns in E flat, tenor trombones in t...

A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive hall and call upon the company to dance and dice'...