Popov's Parade

• Combining references to 20th-century Russian music with slapstick humor, Popov's Parade is a humble tribute to a great international artist, Oleg Popo... Lees meer

Global Variations

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• Around the world in just over eight minutes! Although commissioned for a Youth Band, no concessions are made here for lack of technical ability, parti... Lees meer

March Barnes Wallis

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• March Barnes Wallis was commissioned by Royal Air Force Music Services to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the famous Dambuster's raid. It received... Lees meer

The Pre-Goodman Rag

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115, was dedicated to Benny Goodman, and first performed by him as part of the Red Rocks Music Festival ... Lees meer

London Eye

• London Eye is an incredibly large rotating wheel situated on the South Bank of the River Thames. This movement depicts a flight" on this riverside whe... Lees meer

Battles

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• Battles was written for the restoration of the epic 1927 silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, and was commissioned by the British ... Lees meer

Coogee Funk

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• 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... Lees meer

The TV Detectives

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• The TV Detectives brings together five of Nigel Hess's best-known television themes (Dangerfield, Campion, Wycliffe, Maigret and Hetty Wainthropp Inve... Lees meer

Celebrare Celeberrime

• 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 fu... Lees meer

March Barnes Wallis

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• March Barnes Wallis was commissioned by Royal Air Force Music Services to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the famous Dambuster's raid. It received... Lees meer

Danceries (Set I)

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• 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 (... Lees meer

Thames Journey

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• A 10-minute work which follows the journey of London's River Thames, from its origins as a few drops of water in Wiltshire to the point where it meets... Lees meer

Masque

Kenneth Hesketh

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• A Masque (short for Masquerade) has been defined by Historians as 'A revel in which Mummers or masked folk come with torches blazing into the festive ... Lees meer

The Ringing Isle

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• Handel called Britain the ringing isle because when he moved to London, he heard bells ringing everywhere: great bells in church towers, and hand bell... Lees meer

Danceries (Set II)

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• This second set of Danceries continues the format established in Danceries (Set I), namely in using material taken from Playford's Dancing Master, a c... Lees meer

Danceries (Set II)

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• This second set of Danceries continues the format established in Danceries (Set I), namely in using material taken from Playford's Dancing Master, a c... Lees meer

The Catskills

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• In upstate New York lie the Catskills Mountains - an extraordinary combination of tranquillity and power, peace and majesty. Once seen, they call you ... Lees meer

African Dances

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• African Dances is a continuous work for solo clarinet and wind ensemble consisting of five individual sections. The basis for the piece is the clarine... Lees meer

A Christmas Overture

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• 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... Lees meer

Shakespeare Pictures

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• While Music Director and House Composer for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Nigel Hess wrote music for over twenty productions. Hess has taken music fr... Lees meer

Coogee Funk

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• 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... Lees meer

The Ringing Isle

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• Handel called Britain the ringing isle because when he moved to London, he heard bells ringing everywhere: great bells in church towers, and hand bell... Lees meer

Thames Journey

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• A 10-minute work which follows the journey of London's River Thames, from its origins as a few drops of water in Wiltshire to the point where it meets... Lees meer

New York

• Paperback | Engels | Faber Edition: Faber Wind Band
• New York - or to be more precise, Manhattan. For anyone who is familiar with this bizarre and wonderful city, here is a 'picture' that needs no explan... Lees meer