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Philip Sparke
Philip Sparke

Born
1951 in London

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Philip Sparke wurde 1951 in London geboren. Er studierte Komposition, Trompete und Klavier am Royal College of Music und wurde dort als ARCM (Associate of the Royal College of Music) ausgezeichnet. Sein Interesse an Bläsermusik geht auf diese Zeit zurück. Er spielte im Blasorchester des Colleges, gründete mit anderen Studenten eine Brass Band und schrieb für beide Ensembles auch selber Stücke.

Seine Werke erregten zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit und dies hatte eine Reihe von Auftragskompositionen zur Folge. "The Land of the Long White Cloud" für die Centennial Brass Band Championships in Neuseeland war darunter das erste größere Werk.

Es folgten weitere Auftragskompositionen für verschiedene Bands, diverse Band-Zusammenschlüsse und die BBC, für die er mit Slipstream, Skyrider und Orient Express dreimal den EBU New Music for Wind Band Competition gewann. Er hat für Brass Band-Wettbewerbe in Neuseeland, Schweiz, Holland, Australien und Großbritannien komponiert, zweimal auch für die landesweite Endausscheidung in der Albert Hall. Seine Teststücke sind im Brass Band-Bereich nicht mehr wegzudenken.

Die enge Zusammenarbeit mit Blasorchestern in Japan brachte ihm mit "Celebration" einen weiteren Kompositionsauftrag ein und führte zur Einspielung seiner Musik durch das Tokio Kosei Wind Orchestra. 1997 gewann er mit dem Werk "Dance Movements" den begehrten Sudler Prize.

Seine Tätigkeit als Dirigent und Fachmann haben ihn in die meisten europäischen Länder, nach Australien, Neuseeland, Japan und die Vereinigten Staaten geführt.

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Queen Symphonic Highlights

Queen Symphonic Highlights

The Greatest Show

The Greatest Show

30 Original Chorales and Warm-Ups

30 Original Chorales and Warm-Ups

Highdays and Holidays

Highdays and Holidays

Wind in the Reeds

Wind in the Reeds

Music by Philip Sparke

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Carnival

Carnival

Festival Series 69 CD 1: A Hero's Tale - Close - Cardigan Bay - March of the Robot Army - As The Curtain Closes - Compostela - Mangoroa - Canzona di Bacco - Carnival CD 2: Stars on Fire -...
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T8089
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Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Festival Series 68 CD 1: A Northern Jubilee Fanfare - La Antigua - Guardians of the Waves - Papyrus - Eternal Friendship - Pulcinella -Three Blind Mice - To a Friend - Cleopatra - Solemnitas - A...
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T8097
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The Book of Genesis

Festival Series 67 CD 1: Prelude to a Pageant - Hypernikon - Eldorado - Breeze in the Forest - A Man's Destiny - Pilgrims of Wolfryt - The Graces of Love - The Book of Genesis CD 2: Call...
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T8100
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Crystal Magic

Festival Series 65 CD 1: Wings to Fly - Step by Step -The Source - Majestic Waters - A Century of Music - Desert Dances - Tribute to a Maestro - The Miner's Saga - Crystal Magic CD...
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T8111
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The Magic Mountain

Festival Series 64 CD 1: A Bluegrass Overture - Leonardo - Agosto - Salutation - Tarjan - Sea of Hope - Pasovario - The Red Stone - Inspire! - The Magic Mountain  CD 2: The Greatest Show...
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T8113
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Queen Symphonic Highlights

The British rock band Queen, formed in 1970, are one of the most popular bands of all time. The music of Queen already exists in numerous instrumental arrangements at all kinds of levels. However,...
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The Greatest Show

The Greatest Showman is definitely one of the most popular movie musicals of recent years. The film’s stunning lead performance by Hugh Jackman and its touching score have made this picture an...
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AMP485
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30 Original Chorales and Warm-Ups

These 30 Original Chorales and Warm-Ups have been designed to develop the most important aspects of band playing, by providing material that can be used at the start of a rehearsal to test balance,...
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AMP465
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Pulse

A Bluegrass Overture - Donar - Fiori - Up in the Sky - Equestrian Symphonette - Pulse - Energico - Blackout
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T8123
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Einstein

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' - Gloriosa - The White Thrill - Einstein - Scent of Spring - Call of the Aboriginals - Red Mountain - Fantasia Helvetica
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T8124
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Journey Through a Magical Kingdom

Festival Series 63 CD 1: Fanfare Exuberante - A Centennial Adventure - Into Your Eyes - Ponte Vecchio - Sbandiamo! - St. Stephen's Chorale - Austrian Fantasy - The Mystery of Light - Homage -...
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T8125
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Galea et Bellum

Galea et Bellum - I Shall Love But Thee - Three City Sketches - Ponte Vecchio - St. Stephen's Chorale - The Last Friend of Napoleon
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T8126
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Wonders of Nature

Festival Series 62 CD 1: Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' - Purcellian Fantasia - The White Thrill - Dreamcatcher - Wonders of Nature - Dionysos - Fantasia Helvetica - Equestrian...
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T8130
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Highdays and Holidays

Highdays and Holidays was commissioned by the South Berks Concert Band to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2016. The band rehearses in the village of Mortimer, which has a long and fascinating...
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Wind in the Reeds

Wind in the Reeds was commissioned by Deena Draycott in memory of John Watson, an army bandsman, teacher and bassoonist. Wind in the Reeds is both a tribute and lasting memorial to John. The piece is...
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Zodiac Dances

Compositions from Philip Sparke Spirit of Andalusia - Song of Friendship - Reflections on an Old Japanese Folk Song - Wind in the Reeds - The Way to Heaven - The Legend of Spirit Island - St....
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T8138
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The Wall

Festival Series 61 CD 1: A Golden Jubilation - Song of Friendship - Town of the Seven Hills - March-Chagu-Chagu - In Memoriam - The Wall - Pulse - St. Paul's Suite - Zodiac Dances -...
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T8139
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Zodiac Dances

Zodiac Dances was commissioned by the Izumiotsu City Band, Osaka, Japan to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Sparke had previously written the piece, Prelude to a Celebration for the band, and in...
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St. Paul's Suite

Between 1905 and 1934, Gustav Holst was Director of Music at St Paul’s Girls School in Brook Green, London. St Paul’s Suite, written for the school’s string orchestra, was premiered...
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Winds on Fire

Festival Series 60 CD 1: Festival Bells - Highdays and Holidays - A Vision of the First Light - Concertino for Clarinet - White Winged Flight - A Knight's Tale - Tchaikovsky Highlights -...
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T8146
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Salute to the Victor

Salute to the Victor is in traditional march form and contains, as a tribute to Victor Grieve who was a devotee of English music (in particular that of Sir Edward Elgar), a short quote from...
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Prelude to a Pageant

Prelude to a Pageant was commissioned by Woodley Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2014. Celebratory in nature, Prelude to a Pageant includes a famous musical link to The Reading...
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A Colour Symphony

Overture for a Special Occasion - With Clouds Descendin - The Unknown Journey - Southend Celebration - Three Washington Statues - And Still, the Spirit - A Colour Symphony
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T8152
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The Last Giant

Festival Series 59 CD 1: Intrada Eroica - Cantastoria - Colorado - A Glorious Summer Day - Morning Star Variations - The Last Giant - The Torch of Liberty - And Still, the Spirit - Pisa - The...
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T8149
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And Still, the Spirit

This work was commissioned by Dr. Robert Oertli from Möhlin, Switzerland, and is based on an earlier composition called Spirit of the Sequoia. The piece is inspired by how the human spirit can...
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The Heart and the Crown

With Clouds Descending - The Last Night of Fall - Soldiers' Chorus - Villariacum - The Heart and the Crown - The Unknown Journey - A Viking's Tale - Right Her Right Now
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T8161
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The Unknown Journey

Festival Series 58 CD 1: With Clouds Descending - The Last Night of Fall - La Vouivre - Vongole ! - Incendium - La Canzone della Fantasia - Villariacum - Caldas da Rainha - The Unknown...
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T8162
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Naniwa Orchestral Winds 2015

- NO LONGER AVAILABLE - CD 1: Akademische Festfanfare - Apple Valley Overture - Symphonic Movement - Shakespeare Pictures - Legacy of the Woods - Armenian Dances Part II - Egmont CD 2: Third...
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TDIV545
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Wind Sketches

Wind Sketches is a top quality concert work for wind band in three movements, inspired by the relationship between man and wind. Trade Winds, in the form of a march, is reminiscent of a shanty,...
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Masterpieces from Europe

CD 1: Fanfare for a New Horizon - The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen - Moving Heaven and Earth - The Story of Anne Frank - Goddess of Jeju Island - Flame and Glory - Bulgarian Dances (Part...
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T8166
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Wind Sketches

Compositions from Philip Sparke

Fanfare for Tokyo - Raid on the Medway - Dance of the Whale - Shaker Hights Fantasy - Looking Up, Moving On - A Medieval Christmas - Spirit of Endeavour -...
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T8178
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Colditz March

Acclaimed Canadian composer/arranger Robert Farnon penned this distinctive march theme for the 1970s BBC television drama Colditz telling the story of prisoners held at Colditz Castle in Germany...
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Shaker Heights Fantasy

Die Shaker waren eine Sekte, die im 18. Jahrhundert von England nach Amerika auswanderte. Bis ins späte 19. Jahrhundert wurden die zahlreichen Lieder dieser Gemeinschaft nur mündlich tradiert,...
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Brave (Soundtrack Highlights)

Patrick Doyle, who has already been nominated for an Oscar and two Golden Globes for is fabulous film music, created the soundtrack for the Disney/Pixar film Brave. The Brit, Philip Sparke, was...
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Of Myths and Monsters

Compositions from Philip Sparke

Sailing with the Tall Ships - Moving Heaven and Earth - Of Skies, Rivers, Lakes and Mountains - Five States of Change - The Song of the Bell - Of Myths and...
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T8202
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Five States of Change

Five States of Change wurde von Kunstfactor für die vierte Abteilung der Holländischen Nationalen Brass-Band-Meisterschaft (NBK) 2011 in Auftrag gegeben. Die Widmung gilt Jappie Dijkstra und...
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Overture for a Special Occasion

The special occasion that Philip Sparke was honoured to write this piece for was the 200th anniversary of the Stadtmusik Bad Säckingen. Since Bad Säckingen is known as the...
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Maple Leaf Overture

Named after the leaf displayed on Canada’s flag, Maple Leaf Overture was composed specifically to open a Canadian school’s symphonic band tour of England. A short fanfare during the...
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AMP322
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Bolero

Bolero was originally written as a ballet for a famous ballerina and achieved great success on the stage. Nowadays the ballet itself is only rarely performed and even though Ravel thought the...
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A Medieval Christmas

Christmas is full of customs and traditions, both old and new. This is especially evident in Christmas songs, some of which have been part of Christian worship for centuries. A Medieval Christmas...
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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

The lyrics to Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes can be traced to English poet Ben Jonson, a contemporary of Shakespeare. The melody’s origin, on the other hand, is not certain. In this three- movement...
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White Light

Composer Philip Sparke decided to use the idea of white to write a piece that was both bright and light in terms of harmony, colour and orchestration. He achieves this by using simple major and minor...
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The Godfather Waltz

Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1972 film The Godfather is seen by many to be a turning point in cinematic history. The sparse score, written by Nino Rota, is famous for its haunting main theme, played by a...
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Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody is undoubtedly one of the most important songs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The song defied all convention in terms of form. It has no chorus. Instead, it comprised of an...
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Flowerdale

Flowerdale is a forest in Wester Ross, Scotland, which is well-known for it’s beautiful waterfall. This piece, for solo Piccolo Trumpet, is one of the movements from Philip Sparke’s epic suite Hymn...
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Overture for a Great City

Overture for a Great City was commissioned by the Tamana Girls High School Wind Symphony from Tamana City, Kumamoto, Japan, by its director of bands, Shinichi Yoneda. The first performance was given...
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