Philip Sparke
Centennial Salute
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Philip Sparke
Centennial Salute
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Philip Sparke
- Series Anglo Music Midway Series
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- Publisher Anglo Music
- Order no. DH-AMP309-140
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Description:
Just based on its title, this piece has to be celebratory and up-beat, which it is! It opens with a stately fanfare, first played on the low brass before the entire band joins in. This gives way to a contrasting lyrical theme which develops until it joins up with the fanfare to complete the opening section. A lively and heavily syncopated vivo follows, cast as a traditional march, complete with a 'bass strain' and trio. After the original march theme returns, a climax leads back to a reprise of the majestic opening, which brings the piece to an appropriately triumphant close.