[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: New Music - Concert programmes
On 10 Jun 98 at 16:30, JEREMY P WISE wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I have to confess that I have great difficulty in choosing new music
> to play. Unless I can get to hear something first I often buy
> something that looks good on paper only to find that it's in the
> wrong key or badly arranged.
>
> Can anyone suggest any good concert starters and finishers for a
> good Champ section band? This would be much appreciated and I am
> happy to reciprocate with a list of items that I have used and found
> to go down well.
>
> As a general rule I find that the Goff Richards, Howard Snell, Ray
> Farr arrangements work really well and others by Alan Fernie and
> Adrian Drover appeal greatly.
>
> What I am looking for in particular is the follow up to the Pines of
> Rome, Elsa, Tchaik 4 type finishers which have been so popular. Any
> ideas?
>
> Jeremy
How about Howards "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" - a real lip
buster and it cost's a bomb to hire the thunder sheets but a great
finale.
And how about starting with a good circus march, played 'up tempo'
always go down well.
Regards,
Phil Green.
Solo EEb Bass
Fodens (Courtois) Band.
"I'm not a musician - just an instrumentalist"
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