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Redbad€189.99Redbad was the King of the Frisians during the period of c. 680 to 719. This musical portrait consists of seven connected movements which are closely interwoven thematically. The composer drew his inspiration from historical information, but also from stories, anecdotes, myths and legends from Redbad’s time. The work begins with a heroic theme that introduces the legendary King of the Frisians. Fragments of this theme keep returning throughout the work. By means of strongly contrasting thematic material, Hell or Heaven conveys the way Redbad refused to be converted to Christianity – according to one anecdote, this was because he was afraid that he would not be reunited with his forefathers in heaven. Redbad regularly fought the Franks from the south, who were led by Pepin of Herstal, or the Duke of the Franks. Because of his three nicknames, the Younger, the Middle and the Fat, this Frankish warlord is musically represented through solos played by the three trombone players. After Pepin’s death in 714, expressed in Elegy 1, a civil war broke out.
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Guardian of the ValleysCommissioned by the Abertillery Town Band for its 40th Anniversary, this piece tells the story of the Six Bells Mining Disaster.
An Ideal finisher for ambitious entertainment contests, it also features a narrator.
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Monolith€130.00The composition "Monolith" was commissioned by NEW MUSIC NOW Files and is inspired by the Groninger Forum: its architecture and how this building takes position in the center of the city of Groningen. The design and characteristics of this building formed, in a translation into musical material, the starting point of the compositional process.
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Monolith - score€32.50The composition "Monolith" was commissioned by NEW MUSIC NOW Files and is inspired by the Groninger Forum: its architecture and how this building takes position in the center of the city of Groningen. The design and characteristics of this building formed, in a translation into musical material, the starting point of the compositional process.
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Of Men and Mountains€132.95Of Men and Mountains was commissioned by the Netherlands Brass Band Championships for their 10th Anniversary Contest, held in Drachten in December 1990.
The title of the work and its genesis came about as a result of a train journey the composer took in July 1989 across Canada from Toronto to Vancouver. The awe-inspiring journey through the Rocky Mountains, with its high peaks and shafts of sunlight breaking through the clouds, with its canyons and ferocious rapids, made the composer understand a little more about the majesty of nature and the fragility of humanity. The eternal struggle between man and nature was personified in the building of this incredible railway, hence the title (after Blake).
The work is dedicated to the memory of Eric Ball, who died shortly before the writing of the work was commenced.
Of Men and Mountains is in one continuous movement and lasts about 17 mins. Its form is difficult to describe because of its motivic and accumulative nature, but it is essentially a symphonic tone poem in search of a theme, which eventually comes in its final and complete state in the majestic ending after an ever-increasing paced scherzo.
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Exterminate!€80.25Included as part of Cory Band’s Dr Who programmes of 2023, this piece is an exciting finale which taps into the spirit of Dr Who and the Daleks, whilst quoting from diabolical music from Liszt and Holst.