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Bliss: Works for Brass Band

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CHSA 5344
 
Bliss: Works for Brass Band
CD UPC: 0095115534427

Release Date: August 2024
Originally recorded in March 2024
Composer
Sir Arthur Bliss
Orchestra
Black Dyke Band
Conductor
John Wilson
Producer
Brian Pidgeon
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Assistant Engineer
Alexander James
Venue 16 and 17 March 2024
Dewsbury Town Hall
Genre:
Brass

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SIR ARTHUR BLISS

première recording
1.

Welcome the Queen, F 95

5:46
March
Arranged 2023 for Brass Band by Michael Halstenson (b.1956)
Moderato ma con brio - L''istesso tempo - Tempo Andante -
Coda - Andante maestoso - Con brio

Kenilworth, F 13

8:39
Suite for Brass
To Kenneth A. Wright
2.
1
At the Castle Gates. In quick march time - At moderato speed -
1:53
3.
2
Serenade on the Lake. Fairly slowly, with solos very espressive -
2:02
4.
3
March: Kenilworth (Homage to Queen Elizabeth).
4:53
Introduction. In quick march time -
March. [ ] - With slightly more movement -
Tempo I - Quicker - Still quicker
première recording

Suite from ''Adam Zero'', F 1

10:28
Ballet
To Constant Lambert
Arranged 2023 for Brass Band by Dr Robert Childs (b.1957)
5.
I
Fanfare Overture. Allegro molto -
1:37
Pochissimo meno mosso
6.
II
Dance of Spring. Allegro spirito - [Più mosso]
2:30
7.
III
Approach of Autumn. Larghetto - Tranquillo -
3:11
A tempo, but moving a little - Poco meno mosso -
A tempo I
8.
IV
Dance of Summer. Allegro (maestoso) - Alla marcia
2:28
9.
V
Fanfare Coda. Allegro molto - Molto vivo
0:28
première recording

Things to Come, F 131

11:29
Suite from the Music for the Film
Arranged 2016 for Brass Band by Phillip Littlemore (b.1967)
10.
1
Ballet for Children. Moderato - Tempo di valse - Più mosso -
3:43
Alla Marcia - Tempo I
11.
2
Machines. Moderato
1:30
12.
3
Reconstruction. Moderato maestoso - Maestoso
2:19
13.
4
March. Moderato
3:47

The Belmont Variations, F 10 (1962)

11:05
Theme, Six Variations, and Finale
for Brass Band
Arranged by Frank Wright
14.
Moderato - Theme [Moderato] -
0:58
15.
Variation I. Legato e grazioso -
1:04
16.
Variation II. Lightly and staccato (scherzando) -
0:35
17.
Variation III. Slow and expressive -
1:52
18.
Variation IV. In waltz time, with light accompaniment -
2:05
Cadenza ad libitum for Cornet, Euphonium, and Trombone -
Meno mosso -
19.
Variation V. Brilliant and rhythmic -
0:45
20.
ariation VI. Quiet and smooth. Trombone Trio - Quartet -
1:27
21.
Finale. In stately and brilliant polonaise thythm
2:17
première recording

Music from ''The Royal Palaces'', F 128

8:55
Ballet
To R.O.Morris
Arranged 2023 for Brass Band by Michael Halstenson
22.
I
Queen Victoria's Call to the Throne. Alla Marcia -
1:30
23.
II
The Ballroom in Buckingjam Palace. Fanfare -
2:28
Tempo di Valse - Fanfare - [Tempo di Valse] -
Più animato -
24.
III
Joust of the Knights in Armour (George IV''s Reign).
1:18
Distantly - Lively -
25.
IV
Melodrama. The Murder of Rizzio in Holyrood House.
1:53
Slow and Sinister - Quick and Agitated -
26.
V
The Royal Palace Theme. Maestoso
1:44

Four Dances from ''Checkmate'', F 2

13:04
Ballet
To R.O. Morris
Arranged 1978 for Brass Band by Eric Ball (1903 - 1989)
27.
1
Dance of the Four Knights. Allegro moderato sempre
3:41
robustament - Allegro risoluto e deciso
28.
2
The Red Knight''s Mazurka. Allegro giojosamente - Animato -
2:48
Tempo I - Pochissimo meno mosso - Pochissimo più mosso -
Animato - Tempo I - Animato
29.
3
Ceremony of the Red Bishops. Largamente (misticamente) -
2:27
Più mosso (andante) - Largamente -
30.
4
Finale. Checkmate. Allegro vivace e feroce - Moderato maestoso - Grave
3:55
Total time: 68:54
Orchestra: Black Dyke Band
Conductor: John Wilson






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