HOMEPAGE: Nov/Dec 2005
Once again it is time to wish everyone, albeit for some belatedly, a very happy Diwali, Eid Al-Fittr, Hannukah, Christmas and New Year, whether you are on the beach or by the fire.
Thank you for all of your messages about the site. In an attempt to make the homepages a little more accessible, I have made an index below of the main topics and recommendations. To find any entry, go to the Homepage for this month,, and under HP ARCHIVE you will find the following month by month.
My sincerest thanks to my webmaster and oboist/cor anglais player Mike Grieff, for all of his hard work on the site.
I am very conscious that this website is a very personal view of music-making, and as a German WASBE colleague pointed out some time ago, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”. So I am very pleased to quote a couple of comments on the repertoire at the BASBWE Conference.
From Adam Gorb:
By the way Andy Scott's new double Saxophone concerto is absolutely tremendous - a really 21st century mix of jazz, pop and streetwise funky rhythms: along with Zechariah Goh's piece the best new wind band work of the year; you must catch it.
Andy’s concerto for two saxophones is called 'Dark Raindrops' and will be published and available for hire from Astute Music. Contact info@astute-music.com
From Mark Eager, conductor and former principal trombone National Symphony Orchestra of Wales:
I really enjoyed the weekend, particularly Geir Sundbo - Contrasts; Sallinen - The Palace Rhapsody; Kancheli - Magnum Ignotum; Tippett - Mosaic and Hesketh - Vranjanka.
Best wishes to everyone,
Tim Reynish
NEW PAGES:
29/11/05 - Happy Birthday Mozart
28/11/05 - Composers Simplified
28/11/05 - Repertoire Simplified
GENESIS
Series launched at BASBWE November 5th by the Manchester University Wind Orchestra, conductor Phil Robinson.
As always, my main interest is in quality repertoire, and I am delighted to report that the promised new series of beginner school band music from Maecenas is out; for the new catalogue devoted to GENESIS, New wind music for Beginner Bands and Ensembles, email maecenasmusicltd@aol.com for your copy of the catalogue of 13 works by Malcolm Binney, Fergal Carroll, Adam Gorb and Gareth Wood, price £18.95 each, all at Grades 1.5 – 2.5, American levels.
Genesis provides original music by quality composers in a variety of styles for beginner bands, which even the least experienced or technically accomplished can perform. Nothing is above Grade 3, much is considerably easier and scored so that novices can make a valuable contribution. No arrangements, no transcriptions, no excerpts, only complete original compositions with genuine musical content conceived specially for the series.
The emphasis is on practicality and flexibility. Extensive cross cueing, musically sensitive doubling of instrumental lines and generous quantities of parts in sets will allow players in almost any combination, numbers and ability range to share a real musical experience, both in rehearsal and in concert.
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Malcolm Binney |
Ballyhoo March Nancy’s Lament Shaftoe’s Hoedown |
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Fergal Carroll |
Chapel Royal Dance of the Fir Darrig Juan for the Road The Piper of Brafferton |
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Adam Gorb |
For England, Harry and St George 3 titles available separately: With Fire and Sword Treason and Plot Back from the Wars |
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Gareth Wood |
Game On March of the Orcs Tortilla Wrap |
HOMEPAGE ARCHIVE
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CRIES OF LONDON Coldstream Guards on SRC 109 |
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Royal Academy of Music, London |
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Paquito D’Rivera — Aires Tropicales for wind 5tet |
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Greg Danner – Vaudeville for wind 5tet |
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+ Programme for Gala Concert at Barbican, 24th October 2005
+ In Defence of the Wind Orchestra – an essay
OCTOBER 2005
Classical Music Interview - October 2005
SEPTEMBER 2005
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CATALOGUE of the Month |
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REDISCOVERY of the Month |
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COMPOSER of the Month |
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PREMIERE of the conference |
Sang Nila by Zecharaiah Goh Toh Chai |
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Records of the Conference |
Order the set from Mark Custom Records |
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RECORD of the Month |
METROPOLIS reissued on K11152 |
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SCORES of the Month |
Clarinet concerto by Marco Putz Clarinet Concerto by Stephen McNeff |
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SCHOOL BAND piece of the Conference |
Okaoka by Christopher Marshall |
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DISCOVERY of the Month |
Symphonic Variations by Oliver Waespi |
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COMPOSER of the Month |
Marco Pütz of Luxembourg |
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BOOK of the Month |
Lead and Inspire by Garofalo and Battisti |
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DISCOVERY of the Month |
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COMPOSER of the Month |
Link to Stephen Budiansky’s article
Why there's so much bad music in the school curriculum -- and what we can do about it
British Composers websites
BOOK Reviews:
Annotated Guide to Wind Chamber Music by Rodney Winther
Best Music for Chorus and Wind by Keith Kinder
The American Wind Band by Richard Hansen
Music of Andreas Makris
Adam Gorb French Dances Revisited
Mike Mower Concertos for Saxophone and for Flute
A – ANNIVERSARIES
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
1905 2nd January - Michael Tippett
1905 2nd August - Karl Amadeus Hartmann
1905 23 August - Constant Lambert
1905 7th November - William Alwyn
SEVENTY YEARS OLD
1935 9th April - Aulis Sallinen
1935 5th November - Nicholas Maw
SIXTY YEARS OLD
1945 23rd July - Edward Gregson
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RECORD CHOICE |
Donald DeRoche/DePaul Wind Ensemble Chris Davis/Band of HM Royal Marines Christian Lindberg/Swedish Wind Ensemble Michael Haithcock/University of Michigan David Waybright/University of Florida |
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SCORE of the Month professional |
Derek Bourgeois’ A Cotswold Symphony |
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SCORE of the Month schools |
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DISCOVERY of the Month |
Symphony no 4 “Syrinx” by Jean Louel |
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CD of the Month |
BIS CD 1268 Christian Lindberg & Swedish WE |
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Book of the Month |
Program notes for Band by Norman E Smith |
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Premiere of the Month |
Dancing Galaxy by Augusta Read Thomas |
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SCORE of the Month |
Improvisations; Rhythms Andreas Makris |
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Discovery of the Month 1 |
Three of a Kind by Mark Phillips, |
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Discovery of the Month 2 |
Giya Kanchelli Magnum Ignotum |
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PUBLISHER of the month |
Ballerbach Music |
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CD of the Month |
RNCM German Wind Band Classics CHAN 9805 |
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Premiere of the Month |
Symphony for William by Derek Bourgeois |
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Discovery of the Month |
Concertino for Tuba & Concert Band Rolf Wilhelm |
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Book of the Month |
Edited by Tim Salzman A Composer's Insight |
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Scores of the Month |
For Schools Song of Lir by Fergal Carroll For Community Finnegan’s Wake by Archie Potter |
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RECORD of the Month |
French Classics with the RNCM Wind Orchestra CHANDOS 9897 |
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SCORE of the Month |
L’Homme Armé by Christopher Marshall, |
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Chicago Concerto (1967) for baritone saxophone and ensemble by Richard Peaslee |
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Ballerbach publications available in Europe |