Kenneth Hesketh

The term Danceries can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master which is an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the 17th Century (and no doubt earlier). The melodies themselves are a mixture of new and old (although where the old occurs it has been adapted in mood and composition and is often interspersed with completely new material). The harmonies and rhythms bring a breath of the new into these themes and add to the drama of the set.

Autumn’s Elegy is a consortium commission in celebration of the 75th birthday of the distinguished wind band conductor Timothy Reynish. The music derives from a youthful symphony written when Hesketh was 16 the same source as his popular Masque. Full of big tunes and bitter-sweet harmonies Autumn’s Elegy is a heartfelt thank you to a conductor who has done more than most to widen the vision of the wind orchestra movement. Brass Band Grade 5: 1st Section Duration: 7 minutes. Autumn's Elegy has been recorded by the Leyland Band conducted by Jason Katsikaris and is available on the CDPenlee.

Par HESKETH KENNETH. The term Danceries can be found in a copy of Playford's Dancing Master which is an extensive collection of folk and popular tunes of the 17th Century (and no doubt earlier). The melodies themselves are a mixture of new and old (although where the old occurs, it has been adapted in mood and composition and is often interspersed with completely new material). The harmonies and rhythms bring a breath of the new into these themes and add to the drama of the set./ Répertoire / Orchestre D'Harmonie

Danceries Set II arranged for brass band was first commission by Keith Allen for the Birmingham Symphonic Winds. This second set of Danceries continues the format established in the popular Danceries (Set I) of using tunes and dances from Playford s Dancing Master (17th century) to form the basis of an extended dancesuite. In this set the melodies have become more abstracted and project only a distant echo of their original forms. As before each movement is self-contained colourful and direct with its own distinct mood.The outer movements Jennie s Bawbee and Peascod s Galliarda share driving percussion with a military air. Tom Tinker s Toye and Heart s Ease(movements two and three) are both settings of original melodies. All movements are more extended than in the first set with a freer use and approach to the material; melodies now occur in various keys and are supported by a greater variety of harmonic colouring. The result is a richer even more exhilarating set of dances.Brass Band Grade 5

'The Alchymist's Journal' gets its title from the book of the same name by American author Evan S. Connell. The book fictionalises a number of famous Alchemist’s writings each one developing another's thoughts thus continuing one idea but changing it subtly to provide a new view point or way of thinking. This process is in fact alchemical as one idea transmutes into another. This idea is parallel to the processes at work within these variants. The whole work is constructed from 6 notes (C A B flat E flat F sharp E) and is presented in nine different sections each individual in mood but still based upon the original pitches. This is not a thematic set ofvariations as the themes are developed one at a time from small segments of the six notes. For example the opening theme is the complete number of pitches the second theme uses three notes transposed then repeated at the original level and so on. Harmonically the six notes can be divided into two triads A minor and E flat minor – each key beginning and ending the piece respectively. Whilst this is essentially abstract music with no programme there is an introduction menacing scherzo slow reflective section followed by a recap of the scherzo and final coda. 'The Alchymist’s Journal' was commissioned by the Brass Band Heritage Trust at the suggestion of Paul Hindmarsh to whom the work is dedicated.

Par HESKETH KENNETH. Le théâtre Gilded a été commandé par l'Orchestre National de vent sur les jeunes of Great Britain, à l'occasion de son quarantième anniversaire. Ils ont donné le premier spectacle, 10 août 2008, du St. John Smith Square, London, menée par James Gourlay. Le théâtre Gilded peut, à certains égards, être vu comme une continuation de formes dramatiques présentées dans un morceau précédent par Hesketh, danses de Diaghilev. À la différence des danses, cependant la musique dans le théâtre doré est conçue comme une travée continue et étendues de musique sont également remplacés par le nouveau ISBNtitled et désigner des personnages ou des scénarios exhale l le commedia dell ' Arte ou XVIIe siècle français Theatre.The remplacés par nouveaux ISBNtitles sont Rideau, Les Idiots Ou Les Amants, Le Combat Commence, Desespoir, L'apparition, Folie, La MortRideau. Joue de la musique narative traverse humeurs dramatiques, comiques, romantiques et agressifs, soutenant l'idée de l'abrégé auquel le renvoyer la ci-dessus remplacée par la nouvelle ISBNtitles. Tout au long de.../ Répertoire / Orchestre D'Harmonie