Philip Sparke: spartiti medio

Band director and radio presenter Yutaka Nishida hails from Tokyo and has long been a friend of composer Philip Sparke. As well as conducting bands and teaching, he also presents a weekly two-hour mus...

This is an ancient Welsh air that was first published in Relics of the Welsh Bards in 1794. Dafydd (David) Owain was a famous Welsh bard who lived on a farm called Gareg Wen (The White Rock) in Eifion...

This is an ancient Welsh air that was first published in Relics of the Welsh Bards in 1794. Dafydd (David) Owain was a famous Welsh bard who lived on a farm called Gareg Wen (The White Rock) in Eifion...

There are just over twenty secular cantatas in Bach's prolific output, which include The Coffee Cantata (No 211), The Wedding Cantata (No 202), Phoebus and Pan (No 201) and the Hunt Cantata (No 208) w...

There are just over twenty secular cantatas in Bach's prolific output, which include The Coffee Cantata (No 211), The Wedding Cantata (No 202), Phoebus and Pan (No 201) and the Hunt Cantata (No 208) w...

Philip Sparke composed Processional as a wedding present for two of his friends. It is an extremely versatile piece as it can be played simply as a concert piece but has been designed specifically for...

Philip Sparke composed Processional as a wedding present for two of his friends. It is an extremely versatile piece as it can be played simply as a concert piece but has been designed specifically for...

Dutch artist and poet Adriaen Valerius (c. 1575-1625) is mostly remembered today for his collection of 79 songs for voice and lute or cittern published posthumously in 1626. The melody used for this s...

Dutch artist and poet Adriaen Valerius (c. 1575-1625) is mostly remembered today for his collection of 79 songs for voice and lute or cittern published posthumously in 1626. The melody used for this s...

Cornet Rock takes a look back at the history of pop music in the 1950's and gives the young band a chance to rock and roll with the cornets taking the lead. Treat your cornets to this lively solo sect...

Cornet Rock takes a look back at the history of pop music in the 1950's and gives the young band a chance to rock and roll with the cornets taking the lead. Treat your cornets to this lively solo sect...

The Irish folk tune, which appears towards the end of the piece, is Slane, a hymn tune version of the much older folk melody The Banks of the Bann. In Prelude on an Irish Folk Tune, fragments of the f...

The Irish folk tune, which appears towards the end of the piece, is Slane, a hymn tune version of the much older folk melody The Banks of the Bann. In Prelude on an Irish Folk Tune, fragments of the f...

Nel 1741, Haendel compone in solamente ventitre giorni il suo oratorio più celebre, il Messia. Dopo aver perfezionato l'orchestrazione per più mesi, il Messia viene eseguito in prima mondiale con gran...

Nel 1741, Haendel compone in solamente ventitre giorni il suo oratorio più celebre, il Messia. Dopo aver perfezionato l'orchestrazione per più mesi, il Messia viene eseguito in prima mondiale con gran...

This march from Philip Sparke is in the tradition of the English ceremonial or concert march, such as the masterpieces written by Sir Edward Elgar and Sir William Walton. It attempts to continue this...

This march from Philip Sparke is in the tradition of the English ceremonial or concert march, such as the masterpieces written by Sir Edward Elgar and Sir William Walton. It attempts to continue this...

Philip Sparke's A Quiet Moment for Brass Band. Score and parts.

A Quiet Moment wurde im Gedenken an James Philip Krofta, eines engagierten amerikanischen Dirigenten, der im Jahre 2006 verstorben ist, geschrieben. Kroftas Familie gab die Komposition als Anerkennung...

The choir parts are seperately available (order no. AMP 225-050).

The tune Old Hundredth is one of the best-known melodies in all Christian musical traditions and first appeared in the 1551 psalter 'Pseaumes Octante Trois de David', where it is used as a setting for...

The tune Old Hundredth is one of the best-known melodies in all Christian musical traditions and first appeared in the 1551 psalter 'Pseaumes Octante Trois de David', where it is used as a setting for...

A Festive Tribute is an arrangement of a splendid chorus which Bach first used in the secular Cantata 207 of 1726, but is perhaps better known in its later version, which appears in Cantata 207a, the...

A Festive Tribute is an arrangement of a splendid chorus which Bach first used in the secular Cantata 207 of 1726, but is perhaps better known in its later version, which appears in Cantata 207a, the...

Designed to open a Christmas concert, A Christmas Herald starts with a fanfare that introduces a lyrical theme, which eventually turns out to be a descant to Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, which is sub...