A Monmouth Overture was composed in 2007 for the Haberdashers' Symphonic Winds as part of Philip Sparke's year as composer-in-residence at the Monmouth school. The work is based around the 15th century “Agincourt Song,” written in honor of the...
“A Quiet Moment” was written in memory of James Philip Krofta, a highly respected American conductor who died in the year 2006. The calm, willful composition of Philip Sparke is equally at home on the concert platform as in the contest arena or at...
In 2007, Philip Sparke received the exciting task of composing three new works for the historic Monmouth School, situated on the Welsh/English border, at which he was composer-in-residence. Almshouse Street Blues was conceived in a truly democratic...
The four tunes used in this suite have been made universally popular in Sir Henry Wood's,Fantasia on British Sea Songs, which is an ever-present ingredient in The Last Night of the Proms. He introduced this colourful suite into the Proms in 1905, to...
The four tunes used in this suite have been made universally popular in Sir Henry Wood's,Fantasia on British Sea Songs, which is an ever-present ingredient in The Last Night of the Proms. He introduced this colourful suite into the Proms in 1905, to...
Composer Philip Sparke is fascinated by the early history of the American West, in particular the incredible expedition undertaken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The two explorers were dispatched by President Thomas Jefferson in the first...
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