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Arrangement | Concert Band/Harmonie |
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Composer | Philip Sparke |
Edition Type | Score |
Product Format | Sheet Music |
Series | Elite Series |
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Language | English-German-French-Dutch |
Pages | 26 |
Publication Date | 2010 |
Grade of Difficulty | 5 |
ISMN | 9790570298884 (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.