Duration: 2:00 GRADE 05 CB1527 $500 Majestic Mountain David Marlatt Instrumentation: lute - 8 oe - 2 Bb arinet - 8 Bb Bass arinet - 1 Eb Alto Saxophone - 6 Bb Tenor Saxophone - 2 Eb tone Saxophone - 1 Bb Trumpet - 6 Horn - 2 Trombone, tone, Bassoon - 6 tone Treble e - 2-2 String Bass - 1-1 ani - 1 Snare Drum, Bass Drum - 2 Triangle, Cabasa, Tambourine, Crash Cymbals -
Majestic Mountain David Marlatt This piece depicts the poer, majesty and beauty o a mountain It opens ith the mountaineers trudging up the steep slopes - the climb is diicult and treacherous But then the climbers reach a great plateau, several kilometres high and look at the great expanse What they see beore them is ae inspiring, breathtaking - they eel as though they are on top o the orld With this emotional lit they continue on climbing, higher and higher up Majestic Mountain To get the maximum eect hile perorming this piece, the stylistic dierences must be exaggerated - short shorts, accented accents and then smooth, connected playing This is a great ork to ocus on these articulation dierences Bar 22 is the arrival at the plateau - a smooth, connected and grand sound is required here This is quickly changed by the punctuated anare-like igures at 26-33 Bar 3 sees the return o the smooth, slurred eel Bar 57-58 is another spot here the style must change to get the best result - long ull value tenuto hal notes at 57 then accented ones at 58 Starting in bar 5 there are 16th notes in the snare drum part It is quite possible that this rhythm has not been encountered by players at this level I they ind this too diicult to play correctly, to 8th notes could replace the 16ths Also be sure that they observe the snares on and snares o indications This really changes the colour o the drum There are several moments in the clarinet, trumpet and trombone/baritone/bassoon parts here to notes appear These sections should be split equally among the available players - top and bottom David Marlatt has composed pieces or concert band, string orchestra, brass quintet, trumpet ensemble, piano, tuba and trumpet His riting style is diverse and he has ritten or a ide range o diiculty levels rom very young concert band to proessional brass quintet His jazz based trumpet ensemble pieces Groovy Vamp and A Coconut Named Alex have been ell received by audiences everyhere and his concert band compositions are ound on many estival lists He has also arranged over 1000 pieces o repertoire rom the Baroque to the Romantic eras such as Monteverdi madrigals, a large suite o music rom Handel s Messiah, Largo rom Ne World Symphony and even Mahler s irst Symphony Mr Marlatt is a trumpet player ho obtained a music education degree rom the University o Western Ontario, Canada He as Principal Cornet in the Whitby Brass Band or 6 years and ounder o the trumpet ensemble Trumpets in Style As a perormer, he has played in jazz bands, brass quintets, orchestras, concert bands, brass bands and period instrument ensembles Please contact the composer i you require any urther inormation about this piece or his availability or commissioning ne orks and appearances david@enpmusiccom ISBN: 9781771571999 CATALOG NUMBER: CB1527 COST: $500 DURATION: 2:00 DIICULTY RATING:GRADE 05 Concert Band enpmusiccom
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