5 Christmas pieces for Brass Quintet. Par SAMITZ NICO. Pour cet album, 5 chants de Noël ont été réarrangés par Nico Samitz pour quintette.?Les arrangements nous entraînent à travers de nombreux styles, de la pop au jazz jusqu’au classique. Toujours avec un clin d'œil, ces arrangements feront sourire les musiciens et le public. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Quintette de Cuivres

Symphonic Opener. Par SCHWARZ OTTO M.. Fascination Fanfare - un hymne à la passion, à la fascination et à des générations de mélomanes ! Cette fanfare dynamique est une œuvre entraînante, avec des mélodies accrocheuses et des sonorités fascinantes. Cette pièce d'ouverture et la signature musicale incluse a été commandée par l'association autrichienne des orchestres à vent (ÖBV) et résonnera lors d'événements publics comme carte de visite musicale et musique reconnaissable. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Solo for Eb Tuba and Brass Band. Par SCHJELDERUP FREDRICK. 'On the run' was commissioned in 2017 by the tuba soloist, Joseph Cook, for his second solo album, 'Debut 2'. His only criteria for the commission was: 'Write me something funky for tuba'. The piece is based on a halftone interval combined with funky rhythms (and a hint of bitonality). / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Cuivres et Tuba en Eb

Par BRAKSTAD JOHN. 'Interlude for Band' is an arrangement based on the theme from 'Affinity and Fellowship'. 'Affinity and Fellowship' was commissioned by Nord-Odal Concert Band, and published by Warner/Chappell Music Norway (Noteservice). 'Interlude for Band' is a piece with elements of ensemble, including an important solo part. Independent of the chosen tempo, let the music flow forward, but give time for the triplets to sound. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Kokosmøttøya. Par ROGERS SCOTT. A trip to Coconut Island is always enjoyable! Soft Latin rhythms, a relaxing tempo, and tutti rhythm figures combine to create the perfect vacation. Coconut Island introduces young musicians to Latin rhythms. The percussion parts are built up of short, repeating patterns that are easily learned. The melody is mostly made up of short diatonic patterns and falling intervals of a third, making the piece easily attainable for young players. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Symphonic Opener. Par SCHWARZ OTTO M.. Fascination Fanfare - un hymne à la passion, à la fascination et à des générations de mélomanes ! Cette fanfare dynamique est une œuvre entraînante, avec des mélodies accrocheuses et des sonorités fascinantes. Cette pièce d'ouverture et la signature musicale incluse a été commandée par l'association autrichienne des orchestres à vent (ÖBV) et résonnera lors d'événements publics comme carte de visite musicale et musique reconnaissable. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Orchestre D'Harmonie

Par JEANBOURQUIN MARC. Le General Sherman est un séquoia géant situé dans le parc national de Sequoia, en Californie. Le naturaliste James Wolverton le baptisa en l’honneur du fameux général américain William Tecumseh Sherman. Le caractère imposant de ce séquoia a inspiré le compositeur, mais l’introduction pourrait aussi faire penser au Général Sherman qui arrive au loin. Marc Jeanbourquin a imaginé ce que pouvait être cet arbre dans toute sa grandeur, cherchant à grimper dans les feuillages pour trouver la lumière au sommet. Mais des passages énergiques indiquent que la présence du général n’est jamais loin. L’œuvre s’achève avec une réminiscence du thème initial, pleine de mystère. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par MEYERBEER GIACOMO. Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) était un compositeur d'opéra allemand, d'origine juive, qui a été décrit comme peut-être le compositeur de musique de scène ayant eu le plus de succès au XIXe siècle. Sa carrière publique, de 1831 jusqu’à sa mort (période pendant laquelle il resta une figure dominante dans le monde de l’opéra) fut résumée par Hector Berlioz, son contemporain qui affirma : « il a non seulement la chance d’être talentueux, mais le talent d’être chanceux ». Ses œuvres ont fait de lui, le compositeur le plus joué dans les plus grandes maisons d'opéra du monde au XIXe siècle. Giacomo Meyerbeer composa son opéra Le Prophète en 1849. Dans cet opéra un couronnement est précédé d'une splendide marche. Bien que l'opéra lui-même soit rarement joué, la Marche du couronnement a une place importante dans le répertoire des concerts. L'arrangement de Franco Cesarini pour orchestre d'harmonie de la Coronation March se distingue par son instrumentation habile qui souligne les sonorités puissantes de cette marche de concert classique. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

From 'Harry Potter and the Philisopher's Stoine'. Par WILLIAMS JOHN / ROGERS SCOTT (Arr.). Hedwig's Theme is the easily recognizable melody that musically binds together all of the Harry Potter films. Composer John Williams has used the tune as a leitmotif, setting it in different moods according to the situations in the movie, yet always reminding the listener of it’s connection to the main characters of the film. The melody is intervalic, with many interesting dissonances. Normally, this would make the tune difficult for young players, but their familiarity with this particular melody gives them easier access to these dissonances and unusual intervals. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn’t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

The Girl from Ipanema | One Note Samba | Meditation | Desafinado | No More Blues. Par JOBIM ANTONIO CARLOS / WESTBY OIVIND (Arr.). Øivind Westby has written a number of excellent but demanding instrumental arrangements for Concert Band. In the present one, he has transcribed five of the most famous by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) grew up near Ipanema, the famous beach in Rio de Janeiro. His big break through and most creative period came in the 50?s and 60?s which gave him the status as the greatest Brazilian composer of all times. Together with Stan Getz and João and Astrud Gilberto he recorded one of the best selling jazz-albums of all times, an album which feature several of his most famous compositions. His inspiration includes another Brazilian great; Pixinguinha, but also classical composers like Frederick Chopin and Claude Debussy. He died in NYC in 1994 after composing approx. 400 works. He is recognized all over the world as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Op. 58b. Par CESARINI FRANCO. Après le grand succès de la Greek Folk Song Suite qui dure depuis plus de vingt ans, Franco Cesarini se mesure à nouveau à la longue et riche tradition de la musique folklorique grecque. Sa Greek Folk Song Suite No. 2 élabore trois dances qui donnent le nom aux trois mouvements de la pièce. Le premier mouvement, Samiotissa, est un kalamatianos, dont la caractéristique la plus distinctive est le rythme irrégulier en 7/8. C'est une danse festive, considérée aujourd'hui comme la danse nationale grecque dont les racines remontent à l'Antiquité. Le deuxième mouvement, Kato sto jalo, est un zeibekiko, une danse au rythme lent dansée par un seul homme à la fois qui est apparemment né parmi les guerriers de l'ancienne Anatolie. Chasaposerviko, le troisième et dernier mouvement, est la partie rapide de la danse hasapiko et se caractérise par sa forme plus étendue. Un nouveau voyage dans la tradition folklorique grecque qui ravira les interprètes et le public. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par CRAUSAZ ETIENNE. L’ile de la Banane est un lieu imaginaire extraordinaire : cocotiers, dattiers, manguiers, bananiers, palétuviers et mangroves la peuplent. Les animaux y vivent dans une harmonie paradisiaque. Sur un rythme de danse des Caraïbes, la Soca, plusieurs thèmes se déploient et créent un dialogue entre les divers registres. Une partie centrale offre au trompette et au trombone l’occasion de démontrer leurs talents de solistes. Une œuvre pleine d’énergie et débordante d’enthousiasme ! / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par TORSKANGERPOLL IDAR. This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parades and a lot of fun in the small Western Norway town of Måløy. The music is built around two motifs used throughout the piece. This piece is a good concert-opener or a character piece. Beware of the changing articulations in this piece, the contrast between marcato and legato is a vital part of the character of the piece. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par ESPLO HAAKON. Pineapple Punch, a lively, fun and lively piece of music with challenges for all instrumental groups. You have a great opportunity to work with both rhythm, articulation and understanding of style. Pineapple Punch is entertaining and suitable for any concert. The piece has a light Latin touch and is fun to play for the musicians. The first voices provide a challenge, while the lower voices are simpler in rhythm and range. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie