Ensemble

For SATB choir and brass band. Commissioned by the people of Arbroath to celebrate the 700th year of the Arbroath Declaration 1320-2020. 16 minutes. Text from ‘The Declaration of Arbroath’ (1320) and...

Bring on the big brass sound! Like the dance of the same name, Farandole is upbeat, high energy, and best done with friends. Your brass choir performance will feature every instrument as melodies are...

Bring on the big brass sound! Like the dance of the same name, Farandole is upbeat, high energy, and best done with friends. Your brass choir performance will feature every instrument as melodies are...

Bring on the big brass sound! Like the dance of the same name, Farandole is upbeat, high energy, and best done with friends. Your brass choir performance will feature every instrument as melodies are...

Bring on the big brass sound! Like the dance of the same name, Farandole is upbeat, high energy, and best done with friends. Your brass choir performance will feature every instrument as melodies are...

Evan VanDoren has masterfully crafted Elgar's most memorable and definitive works for the mature brass ensemble. Enigma Variations, characterized by its distinctive portrayal of Elgar's friends and it...

An operatic classic, very well suited to the brass band.

Puccini makes the leap from opera house to band stand!

This work was originally written for a Junior Brass Band with the title Suite for Saturday and was road-tested at a Band Day organized by West Sussex Music Service.    It became a piece for 2 clarinet...

Avsked från vildgässen, version 7 (2020) composed by Britta Byström

Gratitude is one of Grieg's beautiful lyrical pieces, Op. 62 No. 2. Eva Knardahl made a beautiful recording that I well remember was used as background for a picture cavalcade by the Norwegian Broadca...

The 'Rákóczi March' (Hungarian March) was the unofficial state anthem of Hungary before Ferenc Kölcsey wrote the Himnusz which is today the official national anthem of Hungary. The first version of th...

Schiller's text of 1785 was partially used by Beethoven in1824 when he did finish the 4th movement of his 9th Symphony. The melody has later been used in very many contexts. As the anthem of the Europ...

Henry Purcell (1658 - 1695) is generally considered as one of the greatest English composers. He incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions and made uniquely English baro...

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

The movies from Disney have always included a lot of great music. 'Once Upon a Dream' was written in 1959 to the musical animation movie 'Sleeping Beauty', a movie produced by Walt Disney. It is base...

The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is widely recognized as his country's greatest composer, and through his music he helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for i...

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was a British composer. His most famous work is the orchestra suite 'The Planets'. 'Jupiter Hymn' is an excerpt from the fourth movement named 'Jupiter'. This Young Band arra...

Adiós Nonino was written by the Argentinian bandonion player and composer, Astor Piazzolla as a tribute to his father Vicente 'Nonino' Piazzolla in 1959. The title, translated, means Farewell Grandda...

Edward Elgar composed his 'Variations on an Original Theme', Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen vari...

This arrangement of 'Abide with me' slightly differs from the traditional representation of the hymn. The piece has a majestic introduction based on elements from and around the hymn. Furthermore, the...