Raveling, Unraveling, Philip Sparke, Sparke - Brass Band Set + Score

Raveling, Unraveling
Item No. AMP 448-030
 
WINNING PERFORMANCE EBBC LILLE 2016 Raveling, Unraveling In Search of La Valse was written for the Cory Band as their own-choice test piece for the 2016 European Brass Band Championships in Lille. The piece found its genesis in Sparkes The Unknown Journey (2014) for concert band, and the use of Ravels La Valse as a structural undercurrent to the original piece is an act of reverence. Sparkes aim was to produce a work that is organic rather than episodic in nature. The composers view is that little in music does this better than La Valse and for this reason he uses various sections of this masterpiece, both manipulated and quoted verbatim (including much of its stunningclosing passages) to provide the overall geography of his new work. As the music progresses, more of the Ravel appears, surfacing completely as the piece reaches its climax - a gesture of homage to the French master.

Subtitle: In search of La Valse
Composer: Philip Sparke
Instrumentation: Brass Band
Publisher: Anglo Music Press
Series: Elite Series
Language: E(UK)DFN
Difficulty: 6
Product Type: Score Only
Duration: 0:16:22
Year of Publication: 2016
Pages: 85
ISMN: 9790708145431