R. Mark Rogers

Percy Grainger's extraordinary scoring skills permeate this classic, carefree work for symphonic band. Children's March: 'Over the Hills and Far Away', originally a piano solo, was orchestrated by the...

Grainger's 'Youthful Suite' for orchestra was compiled in the 1940's. He felt that movement 1, NORTHERN MARCH to be 'North-English or Scottish' in character owing to its melodic material and rhythms....

In questa prima esecuzione per sola banda di THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE THREE, sono inclusi What Child Is This, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, per concludere...

In questa prima esecuzione per sola banda di THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE THREE, sono inclusi What Child Is This, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, per concludere...

La composizione di Morton Gould di JINGLE BELLS richiama alla mente i suoni tranquilli di una slitta trainata da cavalli che attraversa la neve appena caduta. Iniziando dolcemente, come se la slitta s...

La composizione di Morton Gould di JINGLE BELLS richiama alla mente i suoni tranquilli di una slitta trainata da cavalli che attraversa la neve appena caduta. Iniziando dolcemente, come se la slitta s...

This stately, pastoral work incorporates the chorus of O Come All Ye Faithful (or Adeste Fideles) into the writing. The original melody by Yon is rather remarkable in its elegant beauty and sounds tim...

Also titled 'Der alte Brummbar' (The Old Grumbling Bear). By Julius Fucik, justifiably called the 'Czech March King', this 'polka comique' came to the attention of the editor when he began searching f...

La Suite di danze, completata a Radvány (Ungheria settentrionale) nell'agosto del 1923, fu composta per un concerto del festival tenutosi il 19 novembre 1923 per commemorare il 50° anniversario della...

Un classico della musica pop americana nella sua versione originale, questo brano è un pezzo divertente ed eccellente per la sezione delle percussioni, che sicuramente strapperà una risata sia ai musi...

Un classico della musica pop americana nella sua partitura originale, questo brano è un pezzo divertente ed eccellente per la sezione delle percussioni, che strapperà sicuramente una risata sia ai mus...

The Merry King' is a folk song from Sussex, England. Percy Grainger originally transcribed the melody in 1905, sketched for chorus within the year after, then set it for piano or small orchestra betwe...

This work expresses the composers impressions on the scenery and people of his native land, Australia. The scoring is arranged so that the lead male and female vocal lines can optionally be played by...

This is movement No. 2 from the suite 'In a Nutshell' scored for symphonic band by Mark Rogers. No actual folk songs or any other popular tunes were used in the suite, according to the composer. The p...

Experience pure musical joy and nostalgic charm with “Easter Monday On The White House Lawn,” expertly published by the renowned Southern Music Company. This spirited work for concert band perfectly c...

An early work written in 1908 while the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Fireworks' is dedicated to his teacher's daught Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the youn...

Strauss took the title 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' from the highly controversial book of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche for this forward-looking tone-poem. This piece, although written in a passio...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826) grew up in a musical family that longed for him to be a musical prodigy like is relation (by marriage), W.A. Mozart. As a young man, he met famed clarinetist Heinric...

Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Irish musical heritage: With "Irish Tune From County Derry," the renowned Southern Music Company brings a true masterpiece of wind band literature directly t...