Musica strumentale per banda

Master arranger Irwin Bertoff (son of the famous Ivan) has updated Flemish composer Tylman Susato's well-known 'Danserye' with added synthesizer and massed drums to form 'Dancing and Drumming' as a sa...

Big Sky Country was the prize-winning work of the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Competition for a new wind band piece, 1984. This suite for Military Band depicts different aspects of Canada: The Mi...

Described as a 'Celebratory Prelude', Ovation was commissioned for the 500th anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in London. The first performance was given at Symphony Hall Birmingham a...

This work is cast in three movements. 1. Panache 2. Elegy 3. Mosaic. This work makes many demands on the soloist giving opportunities to display both technical and lyrical prowess. The themes and unde...

Score & Parts. From The Three Cornered Hat.

Known universally as the 'beautiful spy', Mata Hari's life is still full of mysteries and myths. This exciting suite follows three episodes: 1. Dancer in the Shadows 2. Deceit and Seduction 3. Evasion...

This work was composed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of flight and is cast in a structure that provides a mini-history of the subject from its first beginning to its one hundred-year achievemen...

This work was originally written for a film about British railways. Josephs did not intend the music to emulate train sound-effects, but rather act as a synthesis of a train journey through the Englis...

'Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Our Saviour from the Cross' takes its form from a work by Haydn. It consists of seven slow movements prefaced by a slow introduction and concluded by a presto m...

The Wassail Song; Coventry Carol; Ye Merry Gentlemen)

A beautiful arrangement, from th heart, of this ever popular tune.

An exciting 'Latin' work - lots of vitality and fun! (Recorded on QPRM140D DANCING & DRUMMING, Central Band of the Royal Air Force)

Inspired by visits to the Grand Canyon, USA. A three movement suite: 1. Fledgling Flight 2. Redwall Canyon and Mather Point.

Ten symphonic Scenes: Solomon's Road; Allan Quatermain; Attack and Last Stand of the Greys; To Kill a King; The Place of Death; Solomon's Treasure Chamber; Buried Alive; Escape; Reunited; Farewell. (R...