Songs for B.L.
by Elgar Howarth
Brass Band - Sheet Music

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SKU: WO.0182PTS

Composed by Elgar Howarth. Major work for brass band. Serious Concert. Instrumental Parts. With Standard Notation. Duration 15:30. Winwood Music #0182PTS. Published by Winwood Music (WO.0182PTS).

Songs for B.L. was commissioned by BBC North for the 1995 BBC Festival of Brass and first performed by the Eikanger/Bjorsvik Musiklag Band in February that year. It was selected as the championship section test-piece for the 1995 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain.
The piece is in seven sections: Romanza; First Scherzo; Ballad; March; Second Scherzo; Romanza reprise; Coda. It is romantic but charged with highly chromatic harmony, and makes much use of chamber music textures. The work is dedicated to the composer’s wife, Mary.
‘The meaning of the title,’ says the composer, ‘is a secret, and will remain so’.