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This sextet version of Mancunian Fanfare is more intimate and austere than the weightier, more colourful full band version.
For the full band version click here.
All profits from the sale of this music will be donated equally to the charities chosen by the composer, Robin Stevens during his lifetime. In purchasing this music, you are not only supporting the art he loved, but continuing a legacy of generosity that defined him.
This sextet version of Mancunian Fanfare is more intimate and austere than the weightier, more colourful full band version. It opens with two dissonant gestures — effectively a collective clearing of the throat — before introducing, in quick succession, the three ideas upon which the piece is built: a two-phrase chorale, first heard on solo cornet; a single phrase in contrary motion, introduced by cornet and trombone; and a rapid, more extended passage engaging the whole ensemble.
The remainder of the composition continually reorders and develops these ideas, building a considerable head of momentum before, in the closing bars, the chorale returns to take centre stage and the fanfare concludes in a triumphant C major chord.
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Brass Odyssey is an ambitious and uncompromising work, an unbroken span some twenty-three minutes in duration, divided into two parts.
Elegy (Part I) is a substantial work in its own right. Predominantly slow and quiet, it is probing, even mystical in character, with expressive solos underpinned by searching, dissonant harmonies. In places the music assumes a processional quality, at times reminiscent of a funeral march or religious rite.
Structural cohesion is provided by a three-phrase chorale, which appears three times, and a mysterious fanfare that recurs five times. The final appearance of the fanfare forms the unmistakable climax of the movement, after which the music subsides into near silence.
All profits from the sale of this music will be donated equally to the charities chosen by the composer, Robin Stevens during his lifetime. In purchasing this music, you are not only supporting the art he loved, but continuing a legacy of generosity that defined him.
Brass Odyssey presents a stunning collection of original works by acclaimed composer Robin Stevens. Each piece offers its own musical journey, from powerful drama to lyrical beauty, brought vividly to life through rich, expressive brass writing. A compelling showcase of imaginative scoring and outstanding performance by Tredegar Town Band.
Track Listing
All music composed by Robin Stevens
Brass Odyssey — Tredegar Town Band — 24:43
The Warrior Awakes — Les Neish (Tuba) — 3:32
Mancunian Fanfare — Robert Westacott, Dewi Griffiths, Wilson Taylor, Ryan Richards, Ioan Jones & Lewis Rees — 3:39
Dona Nobis Pacem — Siôn Rhys Jones & Ellie Carlsen (Euphoniums) with Robin Stevens (Piano) — 4:16
Rondo Alla Berserker — Dewi Griffiths (Cornet) — 2:09
Three-Way Conversation — Siôn Rhys Jones (Euphonium) — 4:09
Cornutopia — Mary Fair & Peter Richards (French Horns) — 4:10
Homage to Dufay — Siôn Rhys Jones, Ellie Carlsen (Euphoniums), Rhys Michael (Eb Bass) & Ceri Parry Morgan (Bb Bass) — 5:26
Supplication — Les Neish (Tuba) with Colin Druce (Piano) — 6:21
Fantasia Drammatica — Siôn Rhys Jones & Ellie Carlsen (Euphoniums) — 6:20
Homage to Dufay is a quartet for two euphoniums and two basses, composed to mark the retirement of Dr David Fallows — the distinguished musicologist and specialist in the music of Guillaume Dufay — from Manchester University. As a tribute, the piece is written as a pastiche of the Franco-Flemish master’s style, with the occasional Modernist twist adding colour and wit.
The final section indulges in some playful musical word-play, being based on the well-known song “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” — or, more fittingly, “Fallows.”
All profits from the sale of this music will be donated equally to the charities chosen by the composer, Robin Stevens during his lifetime. In purchasing this music, you are not only supporting the art he loved, but continuing a legacy of generosity that defined him.
The Construction of Magnetism is a new concert work for brass band by Michael Pilley and is based on the song “Makin’ Whoopee” by Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson which was first popularised by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical Whoopee!
Concert Opener for Brass Band composed and revised by Chris King. Dedicated to the Tredegar Band.
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