Scherzo: Cat and Mouse

The “cat and mouse chase” has been a part of folklore and popular culture since the time of pharaohs in ancient Egypt. Over the ages, the chase has served as a metaphor for the suspenseful and sometimes alternating relation between hunter and hunted. In the modern age, the story has been played out hundreds of times in popular animated cartoons, often accompanied by a musical score representing the energetic spirit of the chase with lively twists and turns, sudden surprises and tongue-in-cheek music. In this spirit of playfulness and suspense, Robert Spittal has created a marvelous work that is both entertaining and exhilarating.

The Return of the Cat

The Return of the Cat

Cat. of Watermarks in Bachs Original Manuscripts

Cat & Dog Relaxation 20 Cd Full C/P

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The English Cat : A story for singers and instrumentalists

Erik Morales: Great American Frontier, The

A lush middle section uses beautiful scoring and haunting melodies before the piece returns to a new treatment of the opening material, building toward a powerful conclusion. Great music for young bands!

Arr. Robert W. Smith: Celtic Carol (Score/Parts)

Robert W. Smith has scored a hit with this Irish treatment, based on the holiday classic "What Child Is This?". Beginning with a piccolo solo staged over the tuba, the work builds to a frenzy. This year's most exciting holiday choice. (2:35)

The Nutcracker

Here is a superb symphonic treatment of the best-known movements from Tchaikovsky's ballet. Not only does Jim Curnow capture the spirit of the orchestral version, but he has transformed the work into a setting that lets the modernconcert band sound its best.

Selection From Cats

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sensation CATS has given us some of the most exhilerating songs in musical theater today. This superb medley by John Edmondson captures the mystique and emotion of the hit show that repeatedly soldout in New York. Featuring clever songs about cats such as: Old Gumbie Cat, Skimbleshanks, Jellicle Cats and Memory.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet Set 1 (Orchestral Parts and Conductor's Score)

One of the most famous ballets by Tchaikovsky is given special treatment by veteran orchestra arranger Merle Isaac. Two lovely melodies are included in this rewarding collection. Both are complete arrangements, but they can be performed as a suite. Contains: Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (1:47), Waltz Of The Flowers (3:45).

Robert Longfield: Where Valor Proudly Sleeps

The Civil War has long been a source of inspiration for poets, artists, and composers. Robert Longfield offers an exciting new work as a musical salute to this dramatic time in American history. Based on original material from the 1800s, the piece is scored to include field drums, a 21 cannon volley, and a sensitive brass treatment of Taps featuring solo horn.

Chorale and Canzone : based on 'From Highest Heaven I Come to Tell'

The words and lyrics of the Christmas Carol From Highest Heaven I Come To Tell were written by the great Martin Luther (1483-1546) and can be found in The Hymns of Martin Luther. Martin Luther expressed radical views which began the reformation movement. His followers protested at the treatment given to Martin Luther, the event from which the term 'Protestant' was derived. It was first published in Joseph Klug's Gesangsbuch in around 1535. Add a majestic Baroque feel to any concert with this simple yet effective arrangement.

An Irish Rhapsody : Quarter Military Band QMB 373

First published in 1971, An Irish Rhapsody has become a staple in the literature for young concert bands. It demonstrates Clare Grundman's mastery of orchestration and exceptional treatment of transitions and pacing. Including thefolk melodies The Morren (Minstrel Boy), I Know Where I'm Going, Shepher's Lamb Reel, Cockles and Mussels, The Rakes of Mallow and Kathleen O'More, it is just as fresh-sounding and effective today as it was more than 30 years ago!(Grade 3) (6:45) Recorded by the North Texas Wind Symphony - Eugene Corporon, conductor. Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 2, Grade 2-3 Reference Recordings, CD-466. Used with permission from GIA Publications, Inc.

Kaija Saariaho: Io (Score)

The harmonic basis for this composition is found from analysing sounds of individual instruments, with the non-harmonic sounds produced on double bass and bass flute, these provide a model for the chord structure of the piece.The harmonic energy of the piece is provided through the treatment of timbre as a system, which is formed from the categorisation of instruments and the sounds they produce. The instruments are divided into different categories according to how and where they place themselves along an axis whose end points are either clear or noise like sounds. In this approach clear, clean sounds are considered consonances with noises as dissonances.Work for Chamber Ensemble, Tape and Live Electronics. Premiered in the Pompidou Centre, Paris in in July 1987, and commissioned by IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Centre Georges-Pompidou. Winner of the 1998 Ars Electronica Prize.

Sir Roger De Coverley (Concert Band Score And Parts)

Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) was one of the leading English composers of his time. In October 1922 he adapted his popular string quartet Sir Roger de Coverley for full symphony orchestra and Sir Henry Wood agreed, at the last minute, to include it in the last night of the Queen’s Hall Promenade Concerts at the end of that month. This elaborate and colourful orchestral version has never been widely performed, but has now been brilliantly transcribed by Alastair Wheeler to provide a miniature dance poem for grade 5 level concert band. Bridge’s lively treatment of one of England’s most famous traditional dance melodies will make a fitting end to any concert, with the strains of Auld Lang Syne introduced by Bridge as a nod towards Sir Roger de Coverley’s traditional function as the final dance of a Christmas Ball, as it was in Old Mr. Fezziwig’s party in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.