Meditation from 'Thais' Flute Feature by Geoffrey Brand Concert Band - Sheet Music

Name: Meditation from 'Thais'
Brand: G & M Brand Music Publications
SKU: 17645977
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By Geoffrey Brand

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Instrument:

B-Flat Clarinet Bass Clarinet Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone Alto Saxophone B-Flat Trumpet Flute Solo

Composers:

Geoffrey Brand

Publishers:

G & M Brand Music Publishers

Format:

Score

Item types:

Physical

Level:

Grade 3

Artist:

Geoffrey Brand

Arrangers:

Geoffrey Brand

Usages:

School and Community

Detailed Description

Soloist(s) with Concert Band (Solo Flute, 2nd Flute, Oboe*, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet*, Bassoon*, 1st Eb Alto Saxophone*, 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone*, Bb Tenor Saxophone*, Eb Baritone Saxophone*, 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet, 1st F Horn, 2nd F Ho) - grade 3

SKU: CN.S11252

Flute Feature. Composed by Geoffrey Brand. Arranged by Geoffrey Brand. Band Music. Score only. Duration 5:00. G & M Brand Music Publishers #S11252. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers (CN.S11252).

This lovely, reverent melody has become a standard performance work by flutists everywhere. The delicate, lyrical lines of the flute solo part are supported well with refined band accompaniment. Moments of peace and tension coexist beautifully in this outstanding work.

The French composer, Jules Massenet benefited from having a musical mother who was his first teacher until, aged 11, he was accepted for the Paris Conservatoire. Money was short, and as a student, Massenet earned a pittance amount playing the triangle at a theatre. Later, he was a drummer three nights a week at the Theatre-Lyrique which as well as providing a knowledge of instrumentation also developed a life-long appreciation of music for the theatre. Massenet's romantic opera, Thais, was first produced in Paris in 1894. The story is set in Thebes, Egypt, where Thais, a beautiful courtesan, rules the city of Alexandria by the power of her charms. In the Meditation, originally a violin solo accompanied by a small orchestra including two harps, Massenet vividly captures the sense of allure and charm with which Thais beguiles her suitors, her wiles personifying the struggle between the higher and the lower nature in the human race. A solo flute is featured in this arrangement.