Nigel Hess's bustling 6-minute work, A Christmas Overture, is an exciting new addition to the Christmas repertoire and a must for opening any seasonal concert. Originally commissioned for orchestra by John Rutter, this medley of Christmas classics...

Nigel Hess's bustling 6-minute work, A Christmas Overture, is an exciting new addition to the Christmas repertoire and a must for opening any seasonal concert. Originally commissioned for orchestra by John Rutter, this medley of Christmas classics...

African Dances is a continuous work for solo clarinet and wind ensemble consisting of five individual sections. The basis for the piece is the clarinet's construction from the wood of the African blackwood tree, and its subsequent development into...

Publisher: FABER MUSIC Publication Date: 10/2008Medium: ScoreSeries: Faber EditionISBN: 0571565077Additional Image 1Additional Image 2

Anniversary Overture was commissioned in 1968 as a twenty-first birthday piece for Hong Kong Philharmonic Society, and is a four-minute firework display for orchestra. Within the framework of a two-four allegro giubiloso, Arnold alternates two major...

Publisher: FABER MUSIC Publication Date: 4/2009Composer(s): Anderson, JulianMedium: Score & PartsSeries: Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band SeriesISBN: 0571529461Instrument: Wind BandInstrumentation: Wind BandGenre: Masterwork ...

Publisher: FABER MUSIC Publication Date: 1/2003Composer(s): Britten, BenjaminSeries: Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band SeriesISBN: 0571561187Instrument: Wind BandInstrumentation: Wind BandGenre: Masterwork ...

Publisher: FABER MUSIC Publication Date: 1/2003Composer(s): Sculthorpe, PeterSeries: Faber EditionISBN: 0571552498Instrument: Wind BandGenre: Masterwork Additional Image 1Additional Image 2

Publisher: FABER MUSIC Publication Date: 12/1998Composer(s): Vine, CarlMedium: ScoreSeries: Faber EditionUPC: 9780571515295ISBN: 0571515290Instrument: Wind BandGenre: Masterwork Additional Image...

Celebrare Celeberrime: to celebrate to the full and with the greatest speed. This title appeals as a general philosophy of living one's life to the fullest. In the context of such a short work the intention is to lead, as quickly as possible, to a...

As with all modern cities, London is overcrowded with motor vehicles. London is the first major city in Europe to adopt a Congestion Charge, and this piece (with its stop and go traffic lights) is both racy and comical. Here are Londoners attempting...

Composer’s note: Coogee Funk was inspired by a trip to Sydney, Australia. I had decided on a whim to travel to OZ and, after a lot of busking, managed to save up enough money. Once there I fell in love with the city instantly. The hedonistic mix of...

Composer’s note: Coogee Funk was inspired by a trip to Sydney, Australia. I had decided on a whim to travel to OZ and, after a lot of busking, managed to save up enough money. Once there I fell in love with the city instantly. The hedonistic mix of...

Cryptogram (krip-to-gram): anything written in cipher. Cipher (si’fer): a secret code. Commissioned for the 50th Birthday of Paul Patterson, the composer has taken the letters P, A, U and L and adapted their Morse Code dots and dashes as a basis for...

The term Danceries can be found in a copy of Playford’s Dancing Master, an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the seventeenth century (and no doubt earlier). This publication was used by master fiddle players to teach the various...