Debut Series (Anglo)

It is dark and raining. You are on holiday in the Scottish highlands and looking for somewhere to stay for the night when you come across a magnificent Gothic castle. Even though the place looks a bit...

It is dark and raining. You are on holiday in the Scottish highlands and looking for somewhere to stay for the night when you come across a magnificent Gothic castle. Even though the place looks a bit...

The River Wye is one longest rivers in the United Kingdom and forms a part of the border between England and Wales. The river takes its source from the Welsh mountains and curves gracefully through so...

The River Wye is one longest rivers in the United Kingdom and forms a part of the border between England and Wales. The river takes its source from the Welsh mountains and curves gracefully through so...

L'Inghilterra è una nazione ricca di canti popolari. All'inizio del XX secolo, compositori quali Cecil Sharp e Vaughan Williams risvegliarono l'interesse verso questa preziosa eredità raccogliendo e i...

London is one of the largest, busiest and most vibrant of capital cities and hosts millions of visitors from around the world every year, who come to enjoy its many attractions and rich history. From...

The last decades of the 20th century saw man's first steps in space exploration. Since the first moon landing by Neil Armstrong in 1969, these adventures in outer space have captured the public's imag...

Something Borrowed, Something Blue è un omaggio a Duke Ellington. Ispirandosi allo standard Mood Indigo, Philipe Sparke spera di dare alle bande junior la possibilità di eseguire un brano nello stile...

Something Borrowed, Something Blue è un omaggio a Duke Ellington. Ispirandosi allo standard Mood Indigo, Philipe Sparke spera di dare alle bande junior la possibilità di eseguire un brano nello stile...

Handel?s opera Scipio was written in 1725 and performed the following year in the King?s Theatre, London. Following Handel?s death his operas fell into obscurity until the 1960?s when they experienced...

Snow Valley Sleigh Ride takes you on an imaginary night-time journey from a mountain top ski village into the dark surrounding forests. To the delightful sound of sleigh bells and trotting horses, the...

Questo arrangiamento per banda del celebre Canone del XVI secolo di Thomas Tallis che mette in musica il Salmo 67, God Grant we Grace, presenta quattro strofe estratte da questo cantico. La prima è pr...

Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical str...

Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical str...

The long history of Jewish folk song has resulted in a rich and varied repertoire of songs which deal with religion, history, festival and celebration. The melodies featured in Shalom! reflect this pa...

Philip Sparke ha preso questa melodia tradizionale e ha prodotto un arrangiamento accattivante per banda da concerto. Il brano è ideale per i concerti di Natale e farà battere le dita dei piedi a tutt...

The Advent hymn we all know today as O Come, O Come, Immanuel was arranged in its modern form by Thomas Helmore and published in Hymnal Noted in 1856. Both the words and melody, however, predate this...

The Advent hymn we all know today as O Come, O Come, Immanuel was arranged in its modern form by Thomas Helmore and published in Hymnal Noted in 1856. Both the words and melody, however, predate this...

The Saucy Arethusa, Farewell and Adieu, Sailor's Epitaph, Sailor's Hornpipe sono estratti dalla celebre Fantasia on British Sea Songs di Sir Henry Wood, un'opera che figura ogni anno nel programma dei...

Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) belongs to a forgotten generation of English composers who are often over-shadowed by Sir Edward Elgar, and the result has been that much of their work is little played or...

Questa melodia senza tempo di Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) è divenuta celebre dopo essere stata integrata nella Passione secondo Matteo di J.S. Bach, in armonizzazioni particolarmente ricche. Essa è g...

Questa melodia senza tempo di Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) è divenuta celebre dopo essere stata integrata nella Passione secondo Matteo di J.S. Bach, in armonizzazioni particolarmente ricche. Essa è g...

A Stroll in the Park è un brano che si inserisce nella tradizione della musica da passeggio (come la Promenade da Quadri di un'esposizione di Mussorgsky o Walking the Dog da Shall we Dance di Gershwin...

A Stroll in the Park is a piece in the tradition of ?walking? music (such as the Promenade from Mussorgsky?s Pictures at an Exhibition or Gershwin?s Walking the Dog from Shall we Dance?). It strives t...

Im Jahr 2007 erhielt Philip Sparke die spannende Aufgabe, drei Stücke für eine Schule in England zu schreiben, an die er als Composer in residence eingeladen war. Almshouse Street Blues entstand auf s...