R. Mark Rogers

Percy Grainger's extraordinary scoring skills permeate this classic, carefree work for symphonic band. Children's March: 'Over the Hills and Far Away', originally a piano solo, was orchestrated by the...

Grainger's 'Youthful Suite' for orchestra was compiled in the 1940's. He felt that movement 1, NORTHERN MARCH to be 'North-English or Scottish' in character owing to its melodic material and rhythms....

Among Goldman's many contributions to the band's repertoire, his pastiche marches such as 'Children's March' and the 'Christmas March' have been especially popular. Familiar seasonal tunes include Goo...

Diese allererste Vertonung von THE MANY MOODS OF CHRISTMAS, SUITE THREE, nur für Band beinhaltet What Child Is This, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella und schließt mit ei...

Morton Goulds Vertonung von JINGLE BELLS erinnert an die leisen Geräusche eines Pferdeschlittens, der durch den frisch gefallenen Schnee fährt. Goulds Vertonung beginnt leise, als ob sich der Schlitte...

Die im August 1923 in Radvány (Nordungarn) fertiggestellte Tanzsuite wurde für ein Festkonzert komponiert, das am 19. November 1923 anlässlich des 50-jährigen Jubiläums der Vereinigung der beiden Städ...

Dieses Werk, ein amerikanischer Pops-Klassiker in seiner Originalbesetzung, ist ein unterhaltsames und hervorragendes Stück für die Schlagzeuggruppe, das sowohl bei den Musikern als auch beim Publikum...

Dieses Werk, ein amerikanischer Pops-Klassiker in seiner Originalbesetzung, ist ein unterhaltsames und hervorragendes Stück für die Schlagzeuggruppe, das sowohl bei den Musikern als auch beim Publikum...

The Merry King' is a folk song from Sussex, England. Percy Grainger originally transcribed the melody in 1905, sketched for chorus within the year after, then set it for piano or small orchestra betwe...

This work expresses the composers impressions on the scenery and people of his native land, Australia. The scoring is arranged so that the lead male and female vocal lines can optionally be played by...

This is movement No. 2 from the suite 'In a Nutshell' scored for symphonic band by Mark Rogers. No actual folk songs or any other popular tunes were used in the suite, according to the composer. The p...

An early work written in 1908 while the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Fireworks' is dedicated to his teacher's daught Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the youn...

Strauss took the title 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' from the highly controversial book of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche for this forward-looking tone-poem. This piece, although written in a passio...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826) grew up in a musical family that longed for him to be a musical prodigy like is relation (by marriage), W.A. Mozart. As a young man, he met famed clarinetist Heinric...

In agricultural districts in various parts of England, teams of 'Morris Men,' decked out with jingling bells and other finery, can still be seen dancing to 'Sheperd's Hey' and other traditional dance...

In agricultural districts in various parts of England, teams of 'Morris Men,' decked out with jingling bells and other finery, can still be seen dancing to 'Sheperd's Hey' and other traditional dance...

Percy Grainger's extraordinary scoring skills permeate this classic, carefree work for symphonic band. Children's March: 'Over the Hills and Far Away', originally a piano solo, was orchestrated by the...