Musica strumentale per banda

Having immersed himself in a translated volume of the most popular Andersen fairy tales the composer selected five contrasting stories and shapes them into a miniature suite. The movements are:- 1. Ov...

In 2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II held a massive garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace bringing children from across the UK face to face with music and characters from British literatu...

This five-movement work was inspired by contrasting paintings by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali. The movements are entitled: The Unicorn: Don Quijote: Elephant Spatial: The Persistence of Memory: Da...

This is possibly Elgar's most famous melody. Used at so many famous ceremonial occasions including the Cenotaph Service and other Festivals of Remembrance throughout the country and, indeed, the world...

TIME LINES. The time line is a western musicological device that allows us to define many of the rhythms used in sub-Saharan music. It is essentially a 12-beat pattern that can be subdivided as 6x2, 2...

A Special Place was composed and dedicated to 'The Children's Hospice South West' - a charity founded to aid children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, and to give support to their fa...

A Concert overture, inspired by both the stress and vibrancy of twenty-first century life. The harsh and dissonant opening passage is contrasted by a mellow second subject theme in the saxophones. The...

Rob Wiffin has taken this classic work - attributed to King Henry V - and given it an exciting yet delicate percussion feel which make for a great opener - or closer! (Grade 3) Performance time c. 3 m...

The 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan tells a true, sad story of nineteenth century love. One of the endearing characteristics of this movie was the use of the Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No....

In 2005 The Royal Marines Band Service commissioned Martin Ellerby for a Wind Band transcription of Terra Australis. Originally commissed by the YBS Band, in consultation with their professional condu...