Band

Includes: Soft-Shoe Shuffle Something Borrowed, Something Blue Pastoral Hymn The Painted Desert La Caracol Prof. Googleheimer's Clarinet Polka Battle Pavan See, Amid the Winter's Snow Mexican Holiday A Repton Fantasy Rockin' Trumpets O Holy Night Parade of the Clockwork Soldiers In the Bleak Mid-Winter Meditation Land of Hope and Glory Mndalen Landscapes When the Spirit Soars A Klezmer Karnival Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair An English Sea Song Suite.

This new work by Philip Sparke was commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Australian Army Bands Corps. The Roaring Forties is what seamen call the region between the 40th and 50th degrees of latitude in the southern hemisphere (due to the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds). A fanfare, chorale and an energetic vivo all capture this untameable region. Dur: 5:45

This inspiration for this piece came from the address of the person who commissioned the work: Morse Street, Houston, Texas. It pays tribute to the immense skill of the engineers who succeeded in submerging a wire across the Atlantic to send messages in morse code from America to Europe. This technical ingenuity provided the perfect source of material for a transatlantic musical message. This work explores the vast expanse of the Atlantic and makes use of Irish melodies to celebrate the point where the cable enters into the Atlantic Ocean. Dur: 6:55

Adolphe Adam (1803-56) is perhaps best known for his classical ballet, Giselle, but it is his Cantique de Nol (popularly known in the English-speaking world as O Holy Night, the opening line of its translated lyrics) that has made him a household name during the Christmas season.