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Commissioned by the WASBE Schools Band Network consortium of over 60 enterprising individuals and organizations. For three years New Zealander Christopher Marshall lived in the idyllic surroundings of

Master Humphrey's Clock was inspired by the weekly periodical produced by Charles Dickens in which appeared a miscellany of short sketches. Malcolm Binney's work was commissioned for the Kent

A striking concert overture displaying Binney's clean, idiomatic scoring, fertile melodic imagination, and ability to engage player and listener alike. A piece to extend the techniques of reasonable players

Gareth Wood's often dark depiction of the festivals of the Celtic year is powerfully scored to capture the mystery, magic and menace with gripping effect. The sense of atmosphere has enormous and sustained

Three movements of symphonic sweep and proportion, reflecting the vigour, courage and rewards of northern life in the industrial revolution. Written with power and finesse. A major concert item.

Wilby in smiling mood: zestful, airy and contemplative. The sun shines on soaring phases, piquant sonorities and gently astringent rhapsodic freshness. This three movement concerto has an unsentimental

A traditional three movement concerto written specifically for (but without compromise) a capable but non-professional soloist and a reasonably able wind orchestra.

An exciting first

Here it is, hold on to the roof!

In 2008, after persuasion by Tim Reynish, the composer agreed to the release of this special movement as a separate work. It's scoring has not been tampered with in any way and is noticeably that of a Big

A warm-hearted, atmospheric evocation of his native countryside and culture by one of Ireland's best-loved composers. Chamber music textures alongside powerfully scored episodes give even modest bands a

Real music suitable for bands of modest abilities, in which Binney has employed his gifts of lyrical melodic invention to produce a miniature tone-poem of warmth and appeal. Everything lies beautifully

Master Humphrey's Clock was commissioned by the Kent Youth Wind Orchestra, and draws on Dickens's Kent for its inspiration. The four widely contrasted Character Studies comprise its finale

The Four Rossetti Songs were conceived as a sequel to Basford's large-scale cantata Night Journey. However, unlike Night Journey each of the four songs can be performed

Bohemian Revelry is a tribute to the verve and vigour of the music of the people of the Czech Republic. It is also a celebration of the artistic and social freedom of people without ties or

Past Three O'Clock

Noel Nouvelet!

I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In

Three traditional carols in contemporary settings. Vibrant, spirited and strikingly dynamic.

Acknowledged as by far the most accurate, practical and user friendly edition generally available of this extraordinary classic of 20th century European wind music.

Sympathetic word-setting and ravishing scoring of these four elegiac songs make a profoundly moving impression. A star work at WASBE and BASBWE 2007.

Please note. This set of parts

A high-spirited single-movement ideal as a rousing concert opener or finale. Selective cross-cuing makes it available to a wide range of bands, and while it is eminently practicable for even fairly average

Enjoy the gamut of Irish-life, bubbling, sentimental and winding up at a riotous rip-roaring Celidh!

The commission for London Pageant came as a request for a "British Concert March in the great tradition of Walton and Elgar". A stirring start to any concert programme this deftly scored work full

Lost Mountain was commissioned by the Inverness Wind Ensemble together with Lochaber High School Concert Band in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden, although the work

Holst's first original work for wind band, a march he later used in his Second Suite in F, here presented in a new (2005) user-friendly edition combining authenticity, accessibility and

A New Songs Measure was commissioned by the Association for Music in International Schools, an organisation dedicated to giving young people opportunities for musical performance. Carroll's

One of the three atmospheric little pieces inspired by the magic of historic Pembroke, the pageantry, romance and grandeur of its imposing 12th Century Castle (birthplace of Henry VII) and surrounding