Wind Bands
& Ensembles
editor Timothy Reynish
Five series for the 21st Century
Millennium Series
for bands and ensembles demanding more rewarding,
accessible core repertoire.
International Series
for directors who expect wind music to reflect the
state of the current musical scene at large.
Classic Series
exploring the fascinating legacy and the pioneering
work of the earlier ages.
genesis
original music by quality composers in a variety of
styles for beginner bands.
and announcing ACCOLADE a new initiative from the
award-winning Maecenas
wind music catalogue.
Accolade is about attractive, enjoyable works that
engage the imagination and enthusiasm of a wide range of players, and audiences
will love. Some are on the lighter side, some more serious and many make
demands that will keep players on their toes. Repertoire is carefully chosen
but nothing is off-limits providing it is rewarding to play and hear. The
transcriptions and re-workings are by the composers themselves or made under
their supervision, and set out to make a few favourites from other musical media
available to wind orchestras and ensembles. All are specifically commissioned
for the series and are by distinguished figures or exciting new talents in the
windmusic world.
The first works to be released in the ACCOLADE
series are:
for Concert Band
Almost a ‘Paris Sketch’ for London! Join in the
jostling crowds for a summer day of enjoyment, romance, mischief, or just
listen to the band. A long time favourite for brass; the masterly concert band
version adds a new range of colour to this bustling holiday snapshot.
7 minutes
MC0122 Set of parts and score £45.00 MC0122C Score £12.50
for Concert Band
Originally written for the Philharmonia Orchestra
to open the Welsh Proms, this is a high-spirited, upbeat, furious, exhilarating
curtain raiser that really sets the mood of celebration. It’s fast, furious,
fun and loses nothing in the composer’s reworking for the concert band.
6 minutes
MC0123 Set of parts and score £45.00 MC0123C Score £12.50
for Symphonic Wind Band
Progressing majestically from a powerful, thoughtful
opening to a brilliantly triumphal finale, this is a masterly exercise in rich
sonority and subtle melodic development. A deeply satisfying, uplifting work.
6 minutes
MC0125 Set of parts and score £37.50 MC0125C Score £12.50
. . .
. later this year
Natalis Symphony for Wind and Percussion
and
Millennium Series
Sunrise
and Safari
for Concert Band
Commissioned by the Co-Curricular
Activities Branch of the Ministry of Education, Singapore, for the 2007
Singapore Youth Festival. This work will not be available on sale in Europe or
the USA until July 2007.
MC0124 Set of parts and score £59.00 MC0124C Score £15.50
Blackwater
for Symphonic Wind Orchestra
A little gem for bands around AB grade 3, Blackwater
develops original and traditional Irish material in a beautifully paced,
inventive and appealing miniature, stylishly crafted with Carroll’s lucid
hallmark scoring and rhythmic interest; atmospheric and eloquently individual.
6 minutes
MC0118 Set of parts and score £54.00 MC0118C Score £15.50
for Clarinet Choir
A benchmark for the medium. This
kaleidoscopic piece uses the entire clarinet family to the full and exploits it
in every conceivable colour and mood; lyrical, violent, joyous, strident,
vibrant, tranquil and grotesque. To put this brilliant work within the reach of
as many ensembles as possible, it is sensibly cross cued and supplied with
alternative parts for some of the rarer members of the clarinet family.
13 minutes
MC0117 Set of parts and score £32.00 MC0117C Score £13.50
Beach Party for Wind Band
High jinks and dark deeds in the
Caribbean. What really happened on Pythagoras’s cruise ? Find out with this
racy, thrilling piece, and don’t forget the sun-tan cream. Essential repertoire
for accomplished school bands and upwards.
6 minutes
MC00005 Set of parts and score £58.00 MC0005C Score £14.50
. . .
. later this year
International
Series
for Wind Ensemble
Abstract fragments combine to reveal a
simple hymn-like tune culminating in exquisite birdsong “an extraordinary piece
of writing”.
11 minutes
MC00121 Set of parts and score £62.50 MC0121C Score £15.50
for Oboe and Wind Ensemble
Flourishing rhapsodies for the oboe
separated by virtuosic, rhythmic interludes for the main orchestra. An Elegy
for the ‘Royal Lyre of Ur’ recently lost to the world in the Iraq conflict.
14 minutes
MC00120 Set of parts and score £52.00 MC0120C Score £15.00
Classic Series
Tiresias, Suite from the Ballet
for Wind Ensemble
“Striking music reflecting Lambert’s
amazingly espressive range of force, tenderness and affection”.
11 minutes
MC00119 Set of parts and score £65.00 MC0119C Score £18.00
genesis . . .
. . later this year
Three movements that can be performed
separately or combined to make a suite of pieces
Processional
Nocturnal
Banquet
genesis
series
New
wind music for beginner bands and ensembles
genesis provides original music by quality composers in a variety of
styles for beginner bands, which even the least experienced or technically
accomplished can perform. Nothing is above grade 3; much is considerably easier
and scored so that novices can make a valuable contribution. No arrangements,
no transcriptions, no excerpts, only complete original compositions with
genuine musical content conceived specially for the series.
INSTRUMENTATION
The emphasis is on practicality and flexibility. Extensive cross cueing,
musically sensitive doubling of instrumental lines and generous quantities of
parts in sets will allow players in almost any combination, numbers and ability
range to share a real musical experience, both in rehearsal and in concert. A genesis
set of parts comprises
1 x Score
1 x Piano Accompaniment (accom. or
support)
4 x Flute 1
4 x Flute 2
1 x Oboe
4 x Clarinet 1
4 x Clarinet 2
4 x Clarinet 3
1 x Bass Clarinet
1 x Bassoon
4 x Alto Saxophone
4 x Alto Saxophone 2
2 x Tenor Saxophone
1 x Baritone Saxophone
2
x Horn in F
2
x Horn in Eb
4
x Trumpet (1) in Bb
4
x Trumpet (2) in Bb
4
x Trombone/Euphonium (1)
2
x Trombone/Euphonium (1) treble clef
4
x Trombone/Euphonium (2)
2
x Trombone/Euphonium (2) treble clef
2
x Euphonium bass clef
2
x Euphonium treble clef
4
x Tuba
2
x Eb Bass, treble clef
2
x Bb Bass, treble clef
1 x each of all percussion
first series
Composer Title AB grade
Malcolm Binney Ballyhoo
March 2
Nancy’s
Lament 2
Shaftoe’s
Hoedown 2
Fergal Carroll Chapel Royal 1
- 1.5
Dance of the
Fir Darrig 2.5
Juan for the
Road 2.5
The Piper of
Brafferton 2
Adam Gorb ‘ For England, Harry and St. George’
3 titles available separately
With Fire
and Sword 2
- 2.5
Treason and
Plot 1.5
Back from
the Wars 2
Gareth Wood Game On! 2.5
March of the
Orcs 1.5
Tortilla
Wrap 2
Each set of parts and score £18.95
“I was asked to
write for grade 1 - 3 but essentially speak with my own voice”
“It’s amazing
what you can do at grade 2 and still be yourself: I’ve really learned
something!”
“We were given
limitations but specific instructions never to compromise on style and
originality”
“My pieces are
fairly off the wall but they’re still within the brief of beginning bands”
“To write pieces
at under grade 3? Tough assignment but so important.......”
“This is about the hardest commission I’ve ever had.....”
Adam Gorb Yiddish
Dances MM0561 Set of Parts £9.95
Judith Bingham My
Father’s Arms MM0441 Parts & Score £15.95
MM0441C Score only £12.00
Judith Bingham Der
Spuk A folk-tale from Kleinwaisertal
MM0511 Solo Tuba £5.95
Anwen Lewis Ah... But no (Aponniad) MM0108 Tuba & Piano £9.95
Tuba and Strings (Piano
Reduction)
Judith Bingham Down and Out Victorian Melodrama for Tuba
and Strings
MM0592P Tuba & Piano £12.95
Judith Bingham We Two MM0579 Solo Violin £4.50
Piers Hellawell Landscape with Portraits
MM0554 Parts & Score £18.50
Stephen McNeff Introduction, Theme and Variations
MM0569 Set of Parts £15.50
Elite Edition Heritage Series
Cyril Scott Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
MM0523 Set of Parts £18.50
2006 Philip Grange 50th
birthday
Piers Hellawell 50th birthday
Clark McAlister 60th birthday
Robert Walker 60th
birthday
2007 Martin Ellerby 50th
birthday
John Joubert 80th
birthday
Nicola LeFanu 60th
birthday
2008 Adam Gorb 50th birthday
Judith Bingham:
God would be born in Thee:
King’s Cambridge,
conductor Stephen Cleobury, EMI Classics 7243 5 58070 2 1
Judith Bingham: Margaret
Forsaken
Winchester Cathedral Choir, director
Sarah Baldock, Griffin GCCD 4049
Judith Bingham: Missa
Brevis ‘The Road to Emmaeus’
Westminster
Cathedral Choir, director Martin Baker, Hyperion CDA 67503
Nigel Clarke: Samurai
RNCM Winds, conductor
Timothy Reynish Klavier K11152
Elgar/Walker: Piano
Concerto
David Owen
Norris/BBC Concert Orch, conductor David Lloyd Jones, Dutton Epoch
CDLX 7148
Martin Ellerby: Paris
Sketches
RNCM Winds, conductor
Clark Rundell Klavier K11152
Adam Gorb: Metropolis
RNCM Winds, conductor
Timothy Reynish Klavier K11152
Adam Gorb: Yiddish
Dances (Wind Orchestra)
RNCM Winds, conductor
Clark Rundell, Chandos CHAN 10284
Adam Gorb: Yiddish
Dances (Piano Duet)
Goldstone/Clemmow
Duo, Divine Art 25032
Philip Grange: Piano
Trio
Chagall Trio,
Campion Cameo 2053
Constant Lambert:
Piano Concerto No.1 (1924), Prize Fight
Jonathan Plowright
(piano), Orch of Opera North, conductor David Lloyd Jones, Hyperion CDA
67545
Nicola LeFanu: Catena
Goldberg
Ensemble, Naxos 8.557389
Nicola LeFanu: Mira
Clar Tenebras
Okeanos, Metier
MSVCD 92064
Christopher
Marshall: L homme armé, Variations
Philharmonia à
vent, conductor John Boyd, Klavier K 11150
Stephen McNeff: Ghosts
Philharmonia à
vent, conductor John Boyd, Klavier K 11150
Geoffrey Poole Lucifer
Philip Mead
(piano), RNCM Brass, conductor James Gourlay, NMC D099
Geoffrey Poole Sailing
with Archangels
RNCM Winds, conductor
Clark Rundell, Klavier K11152
Matthew Taylor: Piano
Trio, String Quartet 3, Conflict and Consolation
BBC Symphony
Brass, conductor Martyn Brabbins, various artists, Toccata Classics TOCC
0015
Marcel Wengler: Versuche
über einen Marsch
RNCM Winds, conductor
Clark Rundell, Chandos CHAN 10367 (for release May 06)