Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel'
Concert Band Score and Parts
by Philip Sparke
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Item Number: 22251804
3.9 out of 5 Customer Rating
$128.00
Order On Demand
  • Ships in 2 to 3 weeks
Product
Unauthorized duplication hurts music creators. Please ensure you purchase the number of copies needed to accommodate all members of your ensemble.

Taxes/VAT calculated at checkout.

Ensembles
Genres
Composers
Publishers
Item Types
Levels
Musical Forms
Score and Parts Concert Band (Score & Parts) - Grade 4

SKU: HL.44013284

Concert Band Score and Parts. Composed by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Classical. Softcover. Duration 300 seconds. Anglo Music Press #AMP459010. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44013284).

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the bands anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, bringsthe work to a close.

Priority Direct Import titles are specialty titles that are not generally offered for sale by US-based retailers. These items must be obtained from our overseas suppliers. When you order a Priority Direct Import title, our overseas warehouse will ship it to you directly at the time of order, typically within one business day. However, the shipment time will be slower than items shipped from our US warehouse. It may take up to 2-3 weeks to get to you. Orders containing these items may have limited shipping methods and incur an additional surcharge.