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(E200 GAO CONCERT BAND SERIES Catalogue No: Full Score Sec gnc! score): 10008 ‘Score only: 11006 A DOWNLAND SUITE I Prelude - Allegro energico Tl Elegy - Lento espressivo II Minuet - Allegro grazioso TV Rondo - Poco Allegro "A Downland Suite" is one of a pair of works Ireland wroté fixe brass band (the other being "Comedy Overture") in the 4930's" Both were commissioned by the National Brass Band Chanipionships of Great Britain, and this piece was completed in 1! y Steadman-Allen’s skilful arrangement was published in 1985. <"" Interestingly, the composer himself ‘freety adapted’ the Elegy and Minuet for String Orchestra and the adaptation of thasotiter movements for strings was undertaken some years later by Geoffrey Bush, one of Ircland’s many cmincnt composer pupils. A Downland Suite 1s structured classically, revealing itself in the loose "sonata form’ of the Prelude, the song-like Elegy, the Minuet with formal repeats and full Trio, and a last, which utilizes the Rondo framework of a recurring theme reaj ing in different keys. But within this classical form are unsettling elenients. ‘The tonal relationships between movements of the suite becomes more remote as the work progresses. ‘figst movement is in C Minor, the second in Eb Major, the third iff Bb Major (with a Trio in Bb Minor) and i i endswith blazing fanfares in G Major, a of the opening. long way from the sombre m The phrase structure of the Minuet is sometimes uncxpected: an 8-bar phrase opens, but land “fiiifors it with a 9-bar phrase! 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(March) BLOW THE MAN DOWN COMEDY OVERTURE CONCERTO FOR TIMPANI AND BAND DOWNLAND SUTTE (4) EPIC MARCH FANTASIA ON AN ENGLISH FOLK SONG (Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron) PUGAL CONCERTO, A (Flute, Oboe, and small Wind Band) GALLOPING MAJOR (The) JOURNEY AND CELEBRATION MARITIME OVERTURE (A) ‘MEPHISTOPHELES (March) MOORSIDE SUITE (A) OXFORD SCHERZO RESURGAM SINFONIEITA SINFONIETTA SONGS OF THE WEST STAFFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL OVERTURE (A) STRAWBERRY FAIR SUITE IN BE SYMPHONY AD 78 SYMPHONY OF WINDS. ‘TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA (Overture) TROMBONE CONCERTO. Philip Sparke Ord Hume, arr, D, Walker Gordon Jacob John Ireland, arr, Ray Steadma Gordon Jacob* John Ireland, arr. Ray Steadman-Alle John ireland, arr. Geofirey Brand Gordon Jacoby Joha Ireland Shipley Douglas, are. D. Walker Eric Ball, arr. Geoffrey Brand Derek Bourgeois Suuact Johnson _ Holst, arr. James Curnow ‘raditional, arr. Robert Fanon ‘Gordon Jacob Gordon Jacob Derek Bourgeois Gareth Wood Derek Bourgeois ADVANCED TITLES AVAILABLE IN THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT SERIES 10154 10025 10173 10026 wuz? 10028 10174 10039 10052 10034 10155 ALEXANDRA PALACE CARTOON DAWN FLIGHT PETE GALANTE NEW HORIZONS (Trughpet’Gornet ROYAL TOURNAMENT ‘SIR GODFREY KNELLER'S MARCH Gordon Jacob Paul Hart Philip Wilby Joseph Horovitz Gordon Langford Derek Bourgeois Gordon Jacob GRAINGER’S ‘CHOSEN GEMS FOR WINDS CHORAL NO. :2'FQR'ORG: . 5) ! SUNDE GROSS © MENSCH:BEWFEIN Di (Choser ws (UE Winds No. 1) PRELUDE IN THE DORIAN MODE, (Choscn Gems:for Winds No. 2) TUSCAN SERENADY (Euphonium Feature) Cesar Franek, arr, Grainger Bach/Grainger, ed Brion/Brand de Cabezon, arr. Grainger Faure, arr. Percy Grainger A DOWNLAND SUITE FULL SCORE 1 1ST F HORN 1 PICCOLO 22ND F HORN 1 IST FLUTE 3 3RD F HORN 1 2ND FLUTE 3 4TH F HORN 1 1ST OBOE 1 1ST Bb TRUMPET, 2 2ND OBOE* i 2ND Bb TRUMPET 2 Eb CLARINET* 1 2 1ST Bb CLARINET 4 2 2ND Bb CLARINET 4 2 3RD Bb CLARINET 4 2 Eb ALTO CLARINET* 1 2 Bb BASS CLARINET 2 EUPHONIUM (Baritonc) 2 1ST BASSOON 1 b. LUPIIONIUM § (Baritone) 2 2ND BASSOON* 1 6 1ST Eb ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 1 2ND Eb ALTO SAXOPHONE ; Bb TENOR SAXOPHONE Eb BARITONE SAXOPHONE®:: A {Canada include transposed parts for Eb Horns, Bb Trombories 4, Bb Bass 4. presence intentiot Catalogue No. 10006

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