Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Ponder for a moment the lengths to which people have gone, the trials they have endured, and the risks they have taken while fighting to gain or preserve their freedom. After all, without freedom, wha...

Based on the hymn Come, Thou Almighty King

This short symphonic work was composed in 1905, during the first Russian Revolution. Rimsky-Korsakov takes his theme from a revolutionary worker's song.

Tchaikovsky, like countless composers who have found inspiration in folk melody, loved Russian folk music all his life. While composing his second symphony in 1872-73, he was inspired by farmers' song...

Prelude to a Celebration is a fantastic way to open any concert in the tradition of great symphonic openers. The work starts with a triumphant, majestic fanfare from the trumpet section that provides...