Sparke, Philip - Hail the Dragon!
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Sparke, Philip - Hail the Dragon!

Catalogue No: AMP278-140
ArrangementConcert Band/Harmonie
ComposerPhilip Sparke
Edition TypeScore
Product FormatSheet Music
£21.99
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SeriesElite Series
LanguageEnglish-German-French-Dutch
Pages26
Publication Date2010
Grade of Difficulty5
ISMN9790570298884 (M570298884)

Hail the Dragon! was commissioned by the Cory Band of South Wales to celebrate their 125th anniversary. A spectacular concert opener, it begins with a vivacious and energetic fanfare, which leads to a dance-like figure playedfirst by the woodwinds and then the brass. The mood subsides and a solo trumpet introduces an expressive central section, which builds to an emotive climax. This hails a return to the opening music, which now acts as a descant toa short musical quotation from the last movement of The Year of the Dragon (also written by Sparke for the group's centenary in 1984) before crashing to a close.

AMP278-140