Conquest
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert band - Grade 3

SKU: BL.BMC074

Composed by Tim Fisher. Brolga Music Concert Band Series. Score and set of parts. Duration 3:55. Published by Brolga Music Publishing Company (BL.BMC074).

ISBN 9790720077086.

After a majestic opening, this piece is propelled forward by a pulsing, rhythmic soundscape. The clarinets present a simple melody which is answered by short fanfare figures played by muted trumpets and then by a counter-melody in the upper winds. Another upwards fanfare in the brass leads to a change in mood. Now the music has a more aggressive, tribal feel, building eventually to an intense exchange between the percussion and winds, culminating in a sustained fff chord from the ensemble.

A reflective quieter section follows utilizing smaller instrument grouping within the band. However, this section begins to slowly building with an accelerating tempo and an increase in dynamics. Once again, a climax is reached with a loud sustained chord from the ensemble. There is a brief moment of repose before the piece takes off with a return to the opening clarinet melody. Now the upper brass answer almost continuously with fanfare figures and the counter-melody is once again heard in the upper winds. For a third and final time the dynamics build and the tempo accelerates to a final unison statement by the whole ensemble.