Music for a Festival (Sparke)

From Wind Repertory Project
Philip Sparke

Philip Sparke


General Info

Year: 1985
Duration: c. 12:20
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass Band
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $182.75   |   Score Only - $73.00


Movements (played without pause)

1. Con brio - 4:14
2. Andantino - 4:30
3. Vivo - 3:37


Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Crash Cymbal
  • Glockenspiel
  • Hi-hat
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tambourine
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Music for a Festival was written at the request of Boosey & Hawkes Band Festivals for the Youth Section Finals of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, 1985.

The work is one continuous movement, but it does fall distinctly into three sections:

1. The work starts with an extended fanfare, which reappears at various points throughout the work. This leads to the syncopated, jazzy main theme, played in turn by various sections of the band. After several contrasting interludes, the main theme returns, quietening down to introduce:

2. A slower central section, which is characterized by intimate quartet writing and powerful climax for the whole band.

3. The piece explodes percussively out of the quiet section and is a headlong gallop, interrupted briefly by a more tranquil mood, which leads back to the opening fanfare is an exciting close.

-Program Note from publisher


Commissioned by Chris Hooker and the Hounslow Youth Wind Orchestra with funds donated by the late Cyril Lesser, a lifelong supporter of youth music.

-Program Note from Score


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

  • Allegheny College (Meadville, Pa.) Wind Symphony (Lowell Hepler, conductor) - 30 April 2017
  • Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wi.) Wind Ensemble (Erik Janners, conductor) - 2 October 2016
  • Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Mn.) Vasa Wind Orchestra (Karrin Meffert-Nelson, conductor) - 4 May 2013
  • Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) Wind Symphony (Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor) - 4 May 2012
  • Westminster College (New Wilmington, Pa.) Wind Ensemble (R. Tad Greig, conductor) - May 2012


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