SKU: AP.29606S

UPC: 038081328270. English.

Journey to Aldebaran is a bright new overture of intergalactic proportions. Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus and one of the brightest starts in the night sky. The composition is reminiscent of science fiction movie themes but scored for the contemporary concert band. The wide variety of styles, from pensive melodic passages to driving dynamic bursts of energy, ensures that this bright new work will be a meaningful contribution to the concert band literature. (4:25).

SKU: CL.011-3835-01

Written in the Spanish folk song style of the Corrida, this exciting composition will paint vivid images of the traditional Spanish bullfights. Although the technical demands are limited, the intense musical energy will captivate your students and entertain your audiences. Appropriate for festival and concert performances, El Cabara will be the piece that your students ask to play again and again.

About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series

The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.

SKU: CL.012-4003-01

Barat’s Andante and Allegro has been a staple of trombone solo repertoire for decades, and now the Allegro has been excerpted and arranged for the Barnhouse Spotlight series by Andrew Glover. An excellent solo to showcase your trombone, euphonium B.C., euphonium T.C., or horn soloist. Band accompaniment is a grade 3, and comes together with a minimum amount of rehearsal time. Solo part is grade 4. A great solo showpiece!

About C.L. Barnhouse Spotlight Series

The Barnhouse Spotlight series includes publications for solo instruments with concert band accompaniment. These publications are designed to feature outstanding members of your band as soloist, and to provide unique and entertaining programming options. Solo parts are graded more difficult than the band accompaniments

SKU: RM.BARA01757-BA

ISBN 9790231017571.

SKU: AP.36703S

UPC: 038081417615. English.

This lovely setting of the beloved American folk song Barbara Allen is presented for developing bands as a series of variations in which all sections of the band have an opportunity to play the melody. This arrangement, third in a series of wind band settings of familiar melodies, was written for and is dedicated to the Independence Middle School Band in Jupiter, Florida and their director, Randy Sonntag.

This is attractive teaching material . . .
- The Instrumentalist

SKU: BT.DHP-1084356-140

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Geschreven in opdracht van de Tokai Village Wind Band, Ibaraki Pref. Dit werk is geschreven na de ontmoeting tussen de componist en Susumu Hara, een bevlogen dirigent en docent aan het Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. Toen SatoshiYagisawa hem ontmoette, spraken ze vol enthousiasme over muziek. De Tokai Village Wind Band - waarvan Susumu Hara de dirigent is - bestaat uit veel gedreven en toegewijde spelers. Hara liet de componist kennismaken met dit orkesten vertelde hem dat het bij uitstek geschikt was om een koraal uit te voeren dat kenmerkend is voor Yagisawa’s componeerstijl. Zo ontstond Cantilena.

Dieses Stück entstand nach einer Begegnung des Komponisten mit Susumu Hara, einem ausgezeichneten japanischen Musiklehrer und Dirigenten eines begeisterten Blasorchesters. Im Laufe einer enthusiastischen Diskussion über Musik kristallisierte sich der Wunsch nach einem sanften Stück, wie es typisch für Yagisawas Kompositionsstil ist, heraus. Und ein solches lieferte der Komponist mit Cantilena - ein elegantes Werk, das bei auch bei Ihrem Publikum gut ankommen wird!

Sous l’élégance de l’écriture aérienne se révèle une œuvre mélodieuse de style choral. Les couleurs sonores déambulent au gré de leur fantaisie en quête de poésie et de fraternité. Les notes s’égrènent, le charme de la cantilène opère.

SKU: PR.416413660

ISBN 9781598063578. UPC: 680160601899. 9x12 inches.

Trained as a violinist in his native Tehran, composer Behzad Ranjbaran eagerly drew inspiration from the traditional Persian kamancheh and its delicate, lyrical sound when creating his profoundly luscious and brilliant Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. This work was completed in 1994 and premiered in England by Joshua Bell, who also gave the first American and Canadian performances. The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra is the recipient of the Rudolf Nissim Award from ASCAP, and it was supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts. The solo part with a piano reduction as well as a large score are available on custom print. For advanced players. Duration: 31'.
From my early years studying violin at the Tehran Music Conservatory, I was captivated by the sound of the kamancheh, an ancient Persian bowed instrument considered one of the ancestors to the modern violin. I was pleased when the National Endowment for the Arts awarded me a grant to write a violin concerto as it provided me with an occasion to rekindle my fascination with the kamancheh. The notionof writing a violin concerto that would incorporate the power and brilliance of a modern instrument with the delicate and lyrical character of an ancient one was simply irresistible. Moreover, the inspiration from the kamancheh also informed my use of Persian modes, melodic, and rhythmic figures.The notes of the violin’s open strings (G, D, A, E) also influenced many of the melodic and harmonic elements of my violin concerto. The opening tutti is mostly based on intervals of a perfect 4th and 5th. The primary material for each movement incorporates notes of two of the open strings of the violin, creating a three-note melodic motif as the basis of themes:1 st movement: A-D-A2nd movement: D-G-D3rd movement: E-A-EThe overall structure of the concerto is organic and cyclical, as themes are shared between the three movements. For example, the main musical idea of the third movement is a transformation of the first movement’s primary theme. While the movements share similar musical materials, each one is definedby distinguishing characters. The first movement is conflicted; alternating between sections of unabashed lyricism and unforgivingferocity. The second movement is haunting, mysterious, and expressive with long melodic lines that vary continuously. It moves through different moods and characters including a reimagining of a traditional Persian wedding tune played by the orchestra (m. 98). The third movement is festive in character and features much brilliant passagework for the solo violin. At the climax of this movement, themes fromthe previous movements re-emerge simultaneously with greater intensity, propelling the concerto to an energetic finale. The Concerto was composed in 1994 and is dedicated to Joshua Bell.

SKU: BT.DHP-1084520-140

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Wie kent niet de meeslepende en toch lieflijke melodie van Summertime? Oorspronkelijk is dit een aria voor mezzosopraan uit de beroemde opera Porgy and Bess (1935) van de Amerikaanse componist George Gershwin. Het personageClara zingt het lied voor haar baby, aan het begin van de opera. In de loop der decennia is Summertime ook een eigen leven gaan leiden. Talloze zangers, zangeressen en instrumentalisten hebben zich eraan gewaagd. Erzijn vele bewerkingen van gemaakt. Toshio Mashima schreef een magnifiek arrangement voor harmonieorkest dat garant staat voor succes bij uw volgende concert.

Summertime ist ein Wiegenlied aus dem ersten Akt der American Folk Opera“ Porgy und Bess von George Gershwin, die 1935 uraufgeführt wurde. Noch berühmter als die Oper wurde das Lied Summertime, das in vielen Stilen, aber vor allem von Jazzgrößen, wie z. B. Ella Fitzgerald und Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis und vielen mehr interpretiert wurde. Dank Toshio Mashimas Blasorchesterbearbeitung kann sich Ihr Blasorchester elegant in diese illustre Liste einreihen!

Porgy and Bess a été écrit en 1935 par le compositeur américain George Gershwin (1898-1937). Cet opéra noir, dont l’action se situe dans le pittoresque quartier noir de Catfish Row, Charleston en Caroline du Sud, fait une large place au blues et au spiritual. Summertime est devenu l’air emblématique de cette œuvre ; un standard repris, par divers grands interprètes dont Barbara Hendricks et Ella Fitzgerald. Cette version pour Orchestre d’Harmonie est signée Toshio Mashima.