Percy Aldridge Grainger: Music for Solo Piano Vol. 2: Piano: Instrumental Album

Percy Grainger's extraordinary scoring skills permeate this classic carefree work for symphonic band. Children's March: ?Over the Hills and Far Away? originally a piano solo was orchestrated by the composerwhile he was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Artillery Band. It includes two unusual scoring elements for the time - a prominent part for piano (cued in the winds) and brief four-part vocal interludes to be sung by members ofthe band (or a small chorus ad lib). Grainger believed that the greatest expressivity could be found in the lower instruments of the band (particularly the lower woodwinds) and Children's March includes a liberal andhighly specialized use of the bassoons English horn bass clarinet and low saxophones. The march was first performed by the renowned Goldman Band in 1919 and was recorded in its original form by the same band with the composerconducting. (Full set includes a vocal score.)

composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger British Folk-Music Settings No 22 'Country Gardens' (Handkerchief Dance) Instrumentation: piano (4 hands)

Featuring two of the most popular movements from Percy Grainger’s cornerstone work for band this mini suite of Horkstow Grange and The Lost Lady Found is the perfect introduction to Grainger’s music for smaller or incomplete ensembles.

'The Lost Lady Found' is the final most conservative setting of Grainger's 'musical wildflowers' masterpiece for band 'Lincolnshire Posy'. Developing bands can now play an ideal adaptation of this classic band repertiore.Johnnie's careful scoring eliminates some of the extreme range demands of the original yet is extremely accurate in retaining Grainger's magnificent compositional genius throughout. This work of merit is a must for every concertband library!

Le premier des paramètres de chansons et d'airs de William Chappell de Grainger 'Old English Popular Music', cette ballade musicale intense offre à l'auditeur une adaptation languissante et chargée d'émotion de la chanson de Desdémone de l'Othello de Shakespeare. / Concert Band