This exciting work by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music the BBC and the Salvation Army. There's much more in this hard-to-put-down volume for conductors performers students and aficionados!'...the contributions of Jon Mitchell have become a cornerstone of serious scholarship in our field. ...a welcome insight into the life and works of Vaughan Williams.Contained within are valuable insights into the world of Vaughan Williams that for the majority of us will be an undiscovered country.' Craig Kirchhoff Professor of Music/Director of Bands University of Minnesota
SKU: GI.G-1116
In partnership with Oxford University Press and authorized by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, this initiative brings the catalog of Vaughan Williams to the wind band and brass band communities, with scholarly transcriptions by leaders in wind band composition. With this CD, you can now enjoy professional recordings of these transcriptions, performed by the Encore Wind Ensemble (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) and the Lake Wobegon Brass Band (Michael Halstenson, conductor). Learn more at www.giamusic.com/RVW. Contents: For Wind Band: Fantasia on Greensleeves Romanza from Symphony No. 5 Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 Three Organ Preludes How Can the Tree But Wither? Sigh No More, Ladies For Brass Band: Epilogue from Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony No. 7) Scherzo alla Marcia from Symphony No. 8 Flourish for Glorious John.
SKU: AP.46618
UPC: 038081532561. English.
Vaughan Williams' work represents the height of English Post-Romanticism after the turn of the century, which was characterized by fervent nationalistic spirit and a corresponding surge of interest in discovering, preserving, and performing traditional folk music. This arrangement includes elements of Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, A Sea Symphony, Linden Lea, and Overture to The Wasps, all seamlessly intertwined.
SKU: AP.46618S
UPC: 038081532578. English.
SKU: HL.14029674
ISBN 9780853606208. 8.5x11.75x0.44 inches.
A selection of collected Folk Songs arranged by Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
