Salute to Broadway

SKU: AP.45713

ISBN 9781470639174. UPC: 038081514529. English. Recording orch. Jay Althouse; Alan Billingsley.

Celebrate Broadway musicals past and present with this entertaining and educational revue. An optional narration (for up to 50 speakers) tells the incredible history and evolution of American musical theater and ties this 35-minute choir-focused presentation together with purpose and panache. Features a dozen hit show tunes from a century of blockbusters like Gypsy; Kiss Me, Kate; My Fair Lady; Ragtime; and The Wiz; arranged exclusively for 2-part or 3-part mixed singers by Alfred Music's top writers. Includes choreography notes throughout the 100% reproducible score, as well as extracted singer pages on the live-orchestra enhanced CD. Recommended for grades four and up.

SKU: FP.FTJ04

ISBN 9790570503902.

Three Salutes was written for the seventieth birthday of the composer Nicholas Marshall. The first performance in Great Britain was given on 29th September 2012, by the composer and the dedicatee, at the Temple Church, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, and the first overseas performance was given on 27th October 2012 at Kuwana City Hall, Mie Prefecture, Japan, by Hidehiro Nakamura and Yuka Sasaki.

A Whirl received its first performance at Wakefield Cathedral on 15th February 1992 by the composer and Jonathan Bielby, in celebration of the marriage of Jonathan Bielby and Jayne Hall.

John Turner was born in Stockport in 1943, and is one of the leading recorder players of today. He was Senior Scholar in Law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and as a practising solicitor acted for many leading musicians and musical organisations. He has premièred over 500 works for his instrument, including concertos written for him by Kenneth Leighton, Anthony Gilbert, Gordon Crosse, John Casken, Stephen Dodgson, Elis Pehkonen, John Gardner, Peter Hope and many others. His discoveries include recorder works by Handel, John Parry (The Nightingale Rondo, being the only known British nineteenth century
concert work for a fipple flute), Alan Rawsthorne and Antony Hopkins. His own recorder compositions, notably Four Diversions and Six Bagatelles (both in the Forsyth catalogue), are standard repertoire and examination pieces for the instrument worldwide. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of usic in 2002 for his services to British music and is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Manchester University.

SKU: CL.012-4711-00

Veteran composer John Wasson has crafted a brilliant Vaudeville and Broadway showstopper with The Bluebonnet Revue, a humorous musical salute to the great state of Texas. Every section in the band finds their moment in the spotlight in this exciting and fast-paced musical romp across the musical theater stage. Combining both humorous and lyrical treatments of original melodies with snippets of well-known Texas folksongs and a heavy dose of over the top percussion writing, this fun work is sure to provide a larger than life ending to your concert that will put a smile on every face! An instant classic!