Grainger Handel In Strand Vln

SKU: HL.49029751

ISBN 9790220108594. UPC: 884088869991. 9.0x12.0x0.055 inches.

SKU: HL.49020172

SKU: AP.12-0571572375

ISBN 9780571572373. English.

Handel in the Band is a virtuoso set of symphonic variations on one of Handel's best known keyboard dances, the Sarabande from his Suite in D minor, HWV 437, based on the Spanish traditional dance La Folia. Kenneth Downie's work was commissioned by Brass Band Treize Etoiles, for performance at the 2013 Swiss National Brass Band Championships, where it was conducted by James Gourlay. The title is a reference to Percy Grainger's popular Handel in the Strand, and is indicative of the witty and theatrical nature of the music, which is more playful than conventional competition pieces and as such offers different challenges to brass bands as well as being thoroughly entertaining for audiences.

Kenneth Downie is one of the most respected and experienced brass band composers. His music has been widely performed and published throughout the brass band world since the 1960s.

SKU: GI.G-656

The GIA Composer's Collection seeks to bring together into one place the master works by some of the most respected Wind Symphony composers of all time. Stunningly performed by the North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Corporon, this series also includes extensive liner notes about the composer and their contribution to the Wind Band. CONTENTS: Children’s March: “Over the Hills and Far Away” -  Irish Tune from Country Derry - Shepherd’s Hey - Colonial Song - The Immovable Do - Prelude in the Dorian Mode - Themes from “Green Bushes” - Down Longford Way - Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol - Ye Banks and Braes o’Bonnie Doon - Six Dukes Went A-Fishin’ - Early One Morning - Lincolnshire Posy - “Lads of Wamphray” March - Irish Tune - Molly on the Shore - Australian Up-Country Tune - Handel in the Strand - O Mensch bewein’ dein’ Sunde gross - Country Gardens - Shenandoah - The “Gumsuckers” March - Harvest Hymn - The Warriors.