Philip Sparke
Hail The Dragon!
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Philip Sparke
Hail The Dragon!
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Philip Sparke
- Series Elite Series
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- Edition Score
- Publisher Anglo Music
- Order no. DH-AMP278-140
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Description:
Hail the Dragon! was commissioned by the Cory Band of South Wales to celebrate their 125th anniversary. A spectacular concert opener, it begins with a vivacious and energetic fanfare, which leads to a dance-like figure playedfirst by the woodwinds and then the brass. The mood subsides and a solo trumpet introduces an expressive central section, which builds to an emotive climax. This hails a return to the opening music, which now acts as a descant to a short musical quotation from the last movement of The Year of the Dragon (also written by Sparke for the group's centenary in 1984) before crashing to a close.