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Title	Sixth Suite for Band (6th)
Article no.	9605046
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Suite
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
Publisher *	Hal Leonard Publishing
Publisher's article no. *	HL 04001737
Series title	Concert Band Series
EAN (GTIN) *	0073999017373
UPC *	073999017373
Year of publication	1998
Price	click here
Composer	Reed, Alfred
Difficulty level	5
Evaluation level of countries	C3 (Swiss 2nd class)
Duration	13:50
Additional info/contents	Renowned composer Alfred Reed brings us yet another superb suite of symphonic dances for mature concert band, each a separate and contrasting style. Includes: I. March Miniature II. Summer Stroll III. Halloween Hobgoblin IV. Awa Odori (Japanese Dance). Prt PicFlt (Flt 3) Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 EHrn Fag 1,2 CtrFag (opt.) Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Cnt 1,2 Trp 1,2,3 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb 1,2,3 Euph Tub KB Hrp Tmp Perc 1,2,3,4: -BD -Cym (crash and suspended) -Glsp -SD -Tmb -Trng -TmTm -RGlk -Vib -Wood Block -Xyl
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Programme notes *: The Sixth Suite for Band consists of four independent movements, with no interconnections between them, and no overall musical or programmatic theme common to any or all of them. The first movement, March Miniature, is a set of variations on a light-hearted march melody that calls for a slightly reduced instrumentation in the performing group so as to maintain its feeling of skipping merrily along without a care in the world! The second movement, Summer Stroll is just that: a quiet stroll through the woods and meadows on a beautiful summer day in serenity and peacefulness. The third movement, Halloween Hobgoblin is a kind of spooky scherzo, wherein a Halloween ghost dances mysteriously along its way... only this ghost is completely up-to-date, flitting along to a modern jazz rhythm and two contrasting melodies, that lead to a climax in which many other ghosts and spirits join it in a wild free-for-all, then suddenly disappear, to leave the ghost gently disappearing into the night by himself. The final movement, Awa Odori, is a frenzied dance originating in the Takushima district of Japan, in which a single-measure motive is repeated over and over while different melodic lines develop above, through, and below it. The Sixth Suite for Bandwritten in 1997, was commissioned by, and is dedicated to the Otonowa Wind Symfonica of Tokyo, one of the outstanding community bands of Japan. It was first performed by this group under the direction of the composer, on May 3rd, 1998, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration concert. The first performance in the United States took place on July 4th of the same year, at the concluding concert of the American Band College's annual summer session, in Ashland, Oregon, with the Directors Band, again under the direction of the composer. And the first European performance, by the International Youth Wind Orchestra under the composer's direction, took place on July 18th, 1998, at the first Mid-Europe International Conference of Symphonic Wind Orchestras and Wind Ensembles, in Schladming, Austria. Quelle/Source: Hal Leonard

	Format
	Sixth Suite for Band (6th) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	6th Suite for Band (concert/wind band), full score
	1999 WASBE San Luis Obispo, California: Amagata Symphonic Band Hamamatsu City, Japan, audio CD
	Alfred Reed Live #3: Giligia, audio CD
	Mid Europe (1), 4CD

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