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Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
$60.00This prelude, based on the familiar Easter hymn, begins with a subdued introduction, reminding us of a pre-dawn Easter morning. Thematic motives move us to the first theme statement, followed by a variation featuring bright antiphonal syncopated patterns. The next section builds toward the final triumphant presentation of the theme.
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Crown Him With Many Crowns
$60.00This prelude is based on the hymn tune by George Elvey often used with the text: Crown Him With Many Crowns. In the opening section band members sing the first stanza accompanied by a few woodwinds. The piece then becomes rhapsodic moving between thematic snatches and full episodes. Shifting to a new meter of ¾, new material is introduced. A fughetta section prepares the conclusion where the low brass states the theme once again while decorated with numerous fanfare devices- coming to a very powerful ending.
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The Love of God
$30.00A dramatic portrayal of God’s Love, there is a sense throughout of the “uplift” we can experience by the presence of that Divine Love in our lives, as depicted by the use of unusual harmonies and modulations. The effective use of chromaticism, throughout brings us to that realization, and perfectly matches the moods of the text, The Love Of God.
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Fantasia On Traditional Carols
$36.00A free formed overture with contrasting sections weaving through: The First Noel, Hark The Herald Angels, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, We Three Kings,
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Away In A Manger, and Joy To The World, concluding with a powerful ending. -
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Heavenly Love
$60.00Commissioned by the band students at Olivet Nazarene University for the retirement of their director, Dr. Harlow Hopkins, this arrangement includes his two favorite hymns: “In Heavenly Love Abiding,” and “It Is Well With My Soul.” Written in a choral-prelude style, this delightful arrangement features the woodwinds with a creative motif throughout. Various treatments of the hymns include a fugue, augmentation, stretti and imitative counterpoint, along with a dramatic and flowing treatment of the melody which reads in part, “When peace like a river attendeth my way.”
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Heavenly Visions
$60.00Based on Revelation 21:1-3 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth…And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying…” This work is in a fast –slow- fast form and features the percussion section as well as several different wind instruments playing short solos. The composition begins with a fast, exciting fervor that gives way to a more melodic (then contrapuntal) middle section. After a slight pause the excitement begins again with a variation of the opening section which builds to a very climatic ending. An original work.
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Spirit of the Living God
$42.00Presented as a tone poem, the opening is in a reflective mood gaining strength until the full band presents the theme with sweeping counter-melodies. The middle section gains complexity through multiple stretto lines leading up to a feeling of strength and poignancy. The theme is once again presented in a sweeping style and concludes in a sense of calm.
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Built On A Rock
$59.00Built On A Rock provides opportunity for a variety of compositional treatments. The opening is presented as a three voice canon, followed by a pyramiding of the first measure. A slow section features three instruments in chaconne form. Throughout the work the underlying theme is embellished by woodwind runs and trumpet accenting devices. The piece concludes in brilliant fashion.
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The Simple Truth
$32.00Arranged by William Broughton, well known music writer, this arrangement explores the musical moods of the old hymn All Your Anxieties, All Your Cares. Mid-range instruments (French horns, saxophones etc.) play a predominant role balanced by interesting counterlines in all parts, a fresh treatment of a great hymn.