Christmas Concert Works for Band

This masterful arrangement by Carl Strommen will allow your ensemble to explore 17th- and 18th-century music. The Bourrée is a lively dance of French origin, characteristically played in cut time, wit...

For more than a century, countless audiences have thrilled to the iconic sounds of the tour de force that is George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Three of its five themes have been captured in this ful...

Explore multiple style periods with this clever arrangement that sets Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in the style of a march! The familiar melodies, presented with a creative twist, are sure to make...

This spirited and authentic arrangement of Michael Praetorius's Bourrée from Terpsichore is stunningly accessible to young players as early as their first year of study. Arranger Mekel Rogers has made...

This stunning arrangement of Elgar's well-known ninth variation from the Enigma Variations has been expertly scored by Brant Karrick for the intermediate level. It retains all of the emotion and integ...

Based on the songs: Princess Royal ' Admiral Benbow ' Portsmouth.

Welsh composer Karl Jenkins dedicated his landmark mass The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace to the victims of the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo. More recently it is been associated with remembrances of 9/11. Th...

'Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind...

Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind e...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's 'Young Person's Guide' follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind ban...

This tune comes to us from England during the 'Bloodless Revolution' of 1688 that saw King James deposed and Wiliam and Mary placed on the throne. Lilliburlero was a satirical political song that help...

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, whose works are still often performed and recorded today. His work is among the most important Baroque repertoire. His rondo is part...

In 1866, Strauss was commissioned to write a work for the Wiener Männergesangverein. He wrote the waltz ‘An der schönen blauen Donau’, but at its premiere on 13 February 1867, this waltz had little su...

Anton Bruckner composed his 'Kleine Orchesterstücke' in 1862 as a first attempt in that field which later he was to make his very own: orchestral music. These four pieces are melodious little 'moments...

A short aria for lyric soprano. Delicate orchestration contributes to an extremely moving rendition of this splendid melody. (Concert Band)

This magnificent Andante con moto is ideal for creating a moment of quiet in a concert programme. It is a pearl of Schubertian melody development and harmonic twists. (Concert Band)

Beside his 150 waltzes Johann Strauss composed several operettas of which 'Die Fledermaus' his best contribution to this genre is. The Csardas, sung by Rosalinde demands great virtuosity and gypsy fee...

Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Voi che sapete' is sung...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

The duet La ci darem la mano (Give me the hand) from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is sung in the first act when Don Giovanni asks the peasant daughter Zerlina to marry hem. (Soprano, Baritone and Conce...

The Gypsy Chorus (Coro di Zingari) 'Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie' is the opening of the second act of he opera Il Trovatore. It is dawn at a gypsy encampment in Biscay, the gypsies prepare for the...