Cette originale fanfare d?ouverture est basée sur l?orthographe du nom de l?orchestre dédicataire : tout comme Maurice Ravel écrivit son Menuet sur le nom de Haydn Satoshi Yagisawa a transformé 'Alphamonic' en ?la-mi-si-la-la-fa-la-sol-si-do? des notes qui viennent colorer d?une manière inaltérable toute sa composition.

Par BULLA STEPHEN. This rhapsody for concert band describes programmaticallythe period of history when knights fought bravely in suits ofshining armour. The tournament was a time of fierce joustingfor the favour of royalty as well as a duel of mortal combat. The music portrays this battle by showcasing the variousinstrumental sections, each fighting for attention with ‘calland response’ patterns. Each section of the band has its ownmoment of glory in this heroic concert work / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Gulliver's Travels-1. Voyage à Lilliput ? 2. Voyage à Brobdingnag ? 3. Voyage à Laputa/Voyage à Balnibarbi; l?Académie de Lagado/Voyage à Glubbdubdrib l?île des Magiciens /Voyage à Luggnagg; Les Struldbruggs ? 4. Voyage chez les Houyhnhnms / Maxime Aulio a composé Gulliver's Travels (Les Voyages de Gulliver) pour l?Orchestre d?Harmonie du Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse placé sous la direction de Jean-Guy Olive. L?œuvre a été donnée en création mondiale le 25 avril 2001 à l?Auditorium Saint-Pierre des Cuisines de Toulouse par la formation dédicataire.Vers 1720 lorsque Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) écrivain irlandais d?origine anglaise envoie Lemuel Gulliver un vieux chirurgien malicieux à la découverte de contrées extraordinaires il débute en réalité l?écriture d?un roman satirique sur la vanité la morale et l?hypocrisie de la société humaine. L?utopie littéraire était alors l'unique moyen d?éviter la censure. Mais en écrivant ce livre dont la rédaction dura six ans Swift eut le temps de mûrir ses idées si bien que sa réflexion grinçante sur la condition humaine est toujours d?actualité. Le génie imaginatif la finesse d?esprit et la prose simple qui caractérisent Les Voyages de Gulliver ont fasciné des générations de lecteurs. Ce voyage littéraire entre raison et folie s?est également arrimé dans l?imaginaire de Maxime Aulio qui nous offre avec sa suite en quatre mouvements une vision musicale des pérégrinations de Gulliver à la manière d?un kaléidoscope qui juxtapose de petits fragments de couleur dans une trame linéaire.

This rhapsody for concert band describes programmaticallythe period of history when knights fought bravely in suits ofshining armour. The tournament was a time of fierce joustingfor the favour of royalty as well as a duel of mortal combat.The music portrays this battle by showcasing the variousinstrumental sections each fighting for attention with ‘calland response’ patterns. Each section of the band has its ownmoment of glory in this heroic concert work

In some European Christmas traditions, Saint Nick (Santa Claus) does not work alone. He travels with the 'Krampus,' a 'Christmas Devil' who doles out punishment to bad boys and girls on Christmas Eve. This work serves as a darkly delightful Christmas piece, intended to educate, entertain, and creep out your audience. The poem 'Beware the Krampus' (written by the composer) helps frame the piece as familiar carols 'The Ukranian Bell Carol,' 'Up on the Housetop,' 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas,' and other holiday favorites are distorted. (4:50) / Concert Band

Written in 1987 as the accompaniment to New England Time Capsule an Omnimax travelogue and recently recorded by the Boston Pops this three minute concert work adapts wonderfully for band. With true Williams craftmanship itfeatures brassy fanfares and a rich sonorous hymn all based on the same melodic intervals. John Williams' brilliant orchestration is successfully captured making this a superb concert opener for bands.

Belkis Queen of Sheba-Suite for Wind Orchestra-In 1931 Ottorino Respighi began composing the music for his most ambitious theatre work: Belkis regina di Saba. The ballet describes the journey of Belkis the Queen of Sheba to Solomon the King of Israel with whom she was in love. She travels with a large caravan including elephants camels slaves and many valuable treasures through the desert. Kimura has arranged this colourful Oriental suite for wind band.

Score-The suggestion that I write my autobiography was made at a time when anyone who did not write one risked being called eccentric. It became and still is a major sport among the oldsters. Some of the contemporary books are goodreading indeed. One of the best of them is the result of an enormous research job as is brought out in the introduction to the work. Imagine spending long hours and traveling many miles to find out about oneself: I am sure Iwould be one of the first to be utterly bored by the subject. It was not so easy however to dismiss the whole idea as my friends presented it.The only answer I could think of with any degree of enthusiasm was this one written purely for whatever pleasure it could give. My own part of the pleasure is mostly in utilizing the musical language of the concert band with its apparently inexhaustible colors and its fabulous vitality.The form(if the term has any right being here) is seven short pictures each about two minutes long of my own personal seven ages. The two-minute idea may be the result of the loudspeakers spread all over the hotel in Arizona where thepiece was composed. There was no getting out of ear-shot of those two-minute gems - in the dining rooms around the swimming pools by the putting green everywhere-but I honestly do not believe any of them crept into what I waswriting. I do not believe I paid much more than passing attention to them.Part Two:IV. 1916: Mo. to N.Y.V. 1919: The Merrill MiracleVI. 1926: A Parisian in ParisVII. 1935: What Was theQuestion?The three of my seven ages in Part One took us to the legal end of my youth. Gathering up my unspectacular belongings including my entire fortune of less than two hundred dollars I swooped down on New Yorkfor no more reason than that it was New York and had a street in it called Broadway. The music borrows two or three rhythms from the era but the only note-for-note quote is what the bugler at Camp Funston played every morning

This work takes both its name and inspiration from a lighthouse ?Sword Cape? that keeps watch near Japan?s naval base. The piece describes how come rain or shine the lighthouse bids a safe journey to departing ships guides them during their travels and eventually welcomes them home again. The music evokes many musical images - grand ships sailing by white-capped waves the deep blue of the ocean and the light of ?sword cape? as it silently guides ships over the mysterious waters.

The term ?passage? can variously describe a ?passageway? of travel a musical phrase or perhaps the soul's moving on from this world to the next. In this work for band dark and rich sonorities arecontrasted with a lilting Celtic-flavored melody as it alternates with striking ?passages? from the brass. Later an alto sax soloist adds a haunting quality to the mood followed by a return of the ethnic drummingheard earlier. This unique and rewarding composition is beautifully paced and skillfully orchestrated using every section of the band. Dur: 7:00 (Grade 4)

Pacific Dreams describes the experience of Miguel a traveling composer from Spain who feeling somewhat alienated from his homeland is wandering through an area of Sydney known as The Rocks. At a small outdoor market in a typical street of this oldcolonial neighbourhood he discovers a print of William DeShazos painting 'Pacific Dreams' Portrayed in the painting is the surf of one of the exotic islands in the Pacific. Next with the impressive Sydney Harbour Bridge looming over the narrowstreets of The Rocks he envisions sultry Pacific beaches. Suddenly a theme he once composed about the lakes in Japan comes to him. Is it the Asian influences present in cosmopolitan Sydney that bring this theme to mind? Or perhaps the waters aroundSydney over which he could sail to Tahiti? He is uncertain. Could this same theme be used to create a new composition about his feelings for the metropolis Sydney? How then to work his Pacific Dreams into the mix? Miguel is certainly no fan ofHawaiian music. Mayby he could use the vocabularies of islands like Hawaii and Tahiti their beautiful vowel combinations being sung ad libitum by a mixed choir.With these ideas and his newly purchased print of 'Pacific Dreams' he boards the Metroat Circular Quay. He has a final glimpse of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House as the train races into the ground. On to the hotel! To work! He must compose!Maestoso : Miguel is impressed as he gazes upon the Sydney Harbour Bridge. And yet hewants to go away from this city. Away to an exotic island in the Pacific.Steady Rock : In the Rocks musicians are playing at a square. Miguel basks in the atmosphere but at the same time he is fantasizing about Hawaii and Tahiti.Andante Lamentoso :In his hotel room Miguel is feeling sad and lonely in this big city. He takes comfort in his 'Pacific Dreams'.Allegro : Miguel boards the boat that takes him from Darling Harbour to Circular Quay. In his mind he is traveling on to Hawaii. Or is ithome where the bolero is playing? He is pulled back to reality by the skyline of Sydney.

Having many elements of a standard march but employing shifting meters from 5/4 to 3/4, give this piece a unique feel. Written while traveling through Utah, 'Point of the Mountain' depicts the boldness and the rugged beauty of the Traverse Mountains, considered to be among the world's premier paragliding and hang gliding destinations in North America. (2:25) / Concert Band

Inspired by science fiction writers from the 1900s, the ability to travel faster than the speed of light is musically depicted in this energy-packed original composition. Lightly repeated eighth notes join forces with a supercharged percussion section to propel your students and audiences through space. Buckle up! (2:15) / Concert Band

A Tribute to Jules Verne (1828-1905)-Three Extraordinary Journeys was commissioned to mark the centenary of the death of the famous author Jules Verne. Based on three novels from his Voyages Extraordinaires series of travel stories the music aims to capture the excitement and adventure of these famous books. A fantastic new major concert or contest piece.