Brass Solos and Ensembles


Gramercy Music for Wind

AWAY IN A MANGER
arr. Graham
Score and parts: £18.95

The traditional carol in a beautiful yet simple setting for flugel horn (or Bb instrument) and band. (Also available with piano accompaniment).

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BRASILIA
Robin Dewhurst
Score and parts: £24.95

From the Robin Dewhurst collection, this multi-talented young composer has produced a simply wonderful solo for trombone and brass band. Premiered by virtuoso Brett Baker, this latin-styled work reaches its climax in a stunning cadenza for soloist supported by percussion section. (Also available with piano accompaniment).

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BRAVURA
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £24.95

Bravura is a companion piece to the composer's earlier euphonium display piece Brillante, utilising the same traditional 19th century "fantasy variation" structure, familiar to generations of brass soloists. Folk songs from the four corners of Great Britain are featured; Oranges and Lemons, (England), The Blue Bells of Scotland, The Minstrel Boy (Ireland) and the famous Welsh anthem Men of Harlech.

The solo is a conflation of the original version, written for the 2002 Royal Albert Hall Gala Concert, which followed the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. On that occasion the combined talents of virtuosi David Childs, Derick Kane, Steven Mead and David Thornton (with guests Robert and Nicholas Childs) were on display, each personalising the cadenza section towards the end. This version incorporates a published cadenza, though soloists should feel free to improvise their own material at this point.

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CATNAP
Peter Graham
Score and Parts: £21.95

Additional Score: £11.95

Catnap is part of Cats Tales which pays tribute to four wonderful musicians who shared a love of jazz and New York City. New York born George Gershwin provides the inspiration for Catnap which is a jazz “contrafact” treatment of one of his most familiar songs. (Features solo trombone).

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DOYLE'S LAMENT
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

Solo for Flugel Horn (or Cornet Bb); 4th Movement from Call of the Cossacks.

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Fantasy on SEMPRE LIBERA
Verdi arr. Peter Graham
Score and parts: £24.95

During the 19th century the great instrumental virtuosi reined supreme. Pianists Liszt and Thalberg and violinists Paganini and Saraste amazed audiences with their wide-ranging technical and artistic abilities, fuelled by increasingly difficult paraphrases and variations on popular tunes of the day.

The Fantasy on Sempre Libera looks back with affection to this period and provides an opportunity for present day euphonium virtuoso David Thornton to demonstrate the skills which mark him out as one of the world’s finest players.

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GLORIOUS VENTURES
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

Variations for cornet or euphonium on Lily of the Valley. broadcast, recorded by David Daws, Steven Mead, Brian Taylor, Roger Webster among others.

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GREENSLEEVES
Stuart Pullin
Score and parts: £21.95

Written for horn soloist Sheona White, this gorgeous setting has already been performed in Westminster Abbey.

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THE HOLY WELL
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £18.95

The main theme from On Alderley Edge was commissioned for euphonium solo by Riki McDonnell. Recorded by both Riki and Morgan Griffiths of Yorkshire Building Society Band.

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In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen

IN LEAGUE WITH EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (Concerto for Euphonium)
Peter Graham
£69.95

(Supplied with treble and bass clef solo parts)

In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen combines two of composer Peter Graham's life interests - composition and 19th century popular fiction. Each of the concerto’s three movements takes its musical inspiration from extraordinary characters who have transcended the original genre and have subsequently found mass audiences through film, television and comic book adaptations.

The first movement follows a traditional sonata form outline with one slight modification. The order of themes in the recapitulation is reversed, mirroring a plot climax in the H.G. Wells novella The Time Machine (where the protagonist, known only as The Time Traveller, puts his machine into reverse bringing the story back full circle).

The Adventure of the Final Problem is the title of a short story published in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is an account of the great detective’s final struggle with his long-time adversary Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. The music takes the form of a slowed down ländler (a Swiss/Austrian folk dance) and various acoustic and electronic echo effects call to mind the alpine landscape. The final bars pose a question paralleling that of Conan Doyle in the story – have we really seen the last of Sherlock Holmes?

The final movement, The Great Race, (available separately) follows Phileas Fogg on the last stage of his epic journey “Around the World in Eighty Days” (from the novel by Jules Verne). The moto perpetuo nature of the music gives full rein to the soloist’s technical virtuosity. As the work draws to a conclusion, the frantic scramble by Fogg to meet his deadline at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London, is echoed by the soloist’s increasingly demanding ascending figuration, set against the background of Big Ben clock chimes.

In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen was first performed in the brass band version by David Thornton and the Black Dyke Band, conductor Nicholas Childs, at the RNCM Concert Hall Manchester on January 30, 2009.

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THE GREAT RACE (Finale from In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Peter Graham
£34.95

(Supplied with treble and bass clef solo parts)

The Great Race follows Phileas Fogg on the last stage of his epic journey “Around the World in Eighty Days” (from the novel by Jules Verne). The moto perpetuo nature of the music gives full rein to the soloist’s technical virtuosity. As the work draws to a conclusion, the frantic scramble by Fogg to meet his deadline at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London, is echoed by the soloist’s increasingly demanding ascending figuration, set against the background of Big Ben clock chimes.


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A LITTLE WISH
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £18.95

Version:

For soprano cornet, Eb tenor horn or Bb cornet and band, this lyrical solo is also available with piano accompaniment (see Gramercy Lyric Album below).

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THE NAME
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

Solo for Trombone (or Euphonium Bb). Recorded by Brett Baker with the Black Dyke Band on Call of the Cossacks - Music of Peter Graham Vol II.

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PANACHE
Robin Dewhurst
Score and Set: £24.95

Another superb solo from Robin Dewhurst, the easy listening light jazz style employed here is a perfect addition to the repertoire. Panache was commissioned by virtuoso euphonium player Steven Mead. (Also available with piano accompaniment).

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RAINFOREST
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

Solo for Tenor Horn Eb. The 2nd Movement from Windows of the World.

See also Gramercy Lyric Album below.

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SLAVISCHE FANTASIE
Höhne arr. Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

This famous cornet virtuoso piece is now available for cornet or euphonium and band. (Please note: this version is slightly abridged to give a duration of approx. 5 minutes)

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WHIRLWIND
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £21.95

An exciting cornet display piece, recorded by Roger Webster on Call of the Cossacks.

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Ensembles


TIMEPIECE
Peter Graham
Score and parts: £12.95

For brass quartet (2 Trumpets/Cornets, Horn Eb and Euphonium). Commissioned for the Swiss Quartet Championships. (Horn in F and Euphonium bass clef parts included).

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Solos with piano accompaniment

(unless otherwise indicated)


ALARUM
Edward Gregson
£9.95

(In association with Intrada Music Publishing UK)
For unaccompanied tuba, this brilliant work was commissioned for and recorded by virtuoso James Gourlay.

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AWAY IN A MANGER
arr. Graham
£9.95

The traditional carol in a beautiful yet simple setting for flugel horn (or Bb instrument) and piano.

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BRASILIA
Robin Dewhurst
£9.95

(As before, with piano accompaniment).

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BRILLANTE
Fantasy on Rule Britannia Peter Graham
£9.95

For euphonium solo with piano. (Band accompaniment available from Rosehill Music)

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GRAMERCY LYRIC ALBUM
£13.95

Version:

A new collection of slow melodies by Peter Graham for any Eb or Bb brass instrument with piano accompaniment. Please state Bb or Eb version when ordering.

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GRAMERCY SOLO ALBUM
£13.95

Version:

A collection of solos by Peter Graham for any valved brass instrument with piano accompaniment. Please state Bb or Eb version when ordering.

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THE HOLY WELL
Peter Graham
£9.95

Euphonium Solo with piano accompaniment. Transcription by Margaret Antrobus of Yorkshire Building Society Band.

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In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen

IN LEAGUE WITH EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (Concerto for Euphonum)
Peter Graham
£24.95

(Supplied with treble and bass clef solo parts)

In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen combines two of composer Peter Graham's life interests - composition and 19th century popular fiction. Each of the concerto’s three movements takes its musical inspiration from extraordinary characters who have transcended the original genre and have subsequently found mass audiences through film, television and comic book adaptations.

The first movement follows a traditional sonata form outline with one slight modification. The order of themes in the recapitulation is reversed, mirroring a plot climax in the H.G. Wells novella The Time Machine (where the protagonist, known only as The Time Traveller, puts his machine into reverse bringing the story back full circle).

The Adventure of the Final Problem is the title of a short story published in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is an account of the great detective’s final struggle with his long-time adversary Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. The music takes the form of a slowed down ländler (a Swiss/Austrian folk dance) and various acoustic and electronic echo effects call to mind the alpine landscape. The final bars pose a question paralleling that of Conan Doyle in the story – have we really seen the last of Sherlock Holmes?

The final movement, The Great Race, follows Phileas Fogg on the last stage of his epic journey “Around the World in Eighty Days” (from the novel by Jules Verne). The moto perpetuo nature of the music gives full rein to the soloist’s technical virtuosity. As the work draws to a conclusion, the frantic scramble by Fogg to meet his deadline at the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London, is echoed by the soloist’s increasingly demanding ascending figuration, set against the background of Big Ben clock chimes.

In League with Extraordinary Gentlemen was first performed by Steven Mead and the Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band, conductor Kazuhiko Komatsu, in The Symphony Hall Osaka, Japan, on June 6, 2008.

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Panache

PANACHE
Robin Dewhurst
£9.95

(As before, with piano accompaniment).

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