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Philip Allen Sparke (born 29 December 1951) is an English composer and musician born in London, noted for his
concert band and
brass band music.
His early major works include ''The Land of the Long White Cloud – "Aotearoa"'', written for the 1980 Centennial New Zealand Brass Band championship. He subsequently went on to win the
EBU New Music for Band Competition three times, including in 1986 with a commission from the
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called ''Orient Express''.
Since May 2000, his music has been published under his own label Anglo Music Press, and distributed by
Hal Leonard.
Notable achievements
* 1997
Sudler Prize - ''Dance Movements''
* 2000 Iles Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians - ''Services to brass bands''
* 2005 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - ''Music of the Spheres''
* 2011 BUMA International Brass Award - ''Contributions to brass music''
* 2016 National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest - ''A Colour Symphony''
* 2018 International Award -
Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic
Works
Music for Wind Band and Brass Band
* 1973/1976 ''Gaudium''
* 1975 ''The Prizewinners'' for Brass-Band
* 1978/1995 ''Fantasy for Euphonium''
* 1979/1985 ''A Concert Prelude''
* 1979 ''Capriccio (E-flat Cornet Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1979/1987 ''The Land of the Long White Cloud "Aotearoa"''
* 1981 ''A Tameside Overture'' for Brass-Band
* 1981 ''Fanfare, Romance & Finale'' for Brass-Band
* 1981 ''Song and Dance (Cornet Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1982 ''Barn Dance & Cowboy Hymn'' for Brass-Band
* 1983 ''Rhythm and Blues'' for Brass-Band
* 1984 ''Aubade (Euphonium Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1984 ''Jubilee-Overture''
* 1984 ''A London Overture'' for Brass-Band
* 1984 ''A Malvern Suite'' for Brass-Band
* 1984 ''Slipstream (Concert-March)''
* 1984/1985
''The Year of the Dragon''
*# Toccata
*# Interlude
*# Finale
* 1985 ''A Celtic Suite'' for Brass-Band
*# Dawns Werin
*# Suo Gan
*# Men of Harlech
* 1985 ''Masquerade (E-flat Horn Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1985/1987 ''Music for a Festival''
*# Con brio
*# Andantino
*# Vivo
* 1985 ''Skyrider (Concert-March)'' for Brass-Band
* 1986/1992 ''Orient Express''
* 1986/1994 ''Pantomime (Euphonium Solo)''
* 1986 ''Party Piece (Euphonium Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1986 ''Prelude, Toccata & Fugue (Graduation Day)'' for Brass-Band
* 1986 ''Variations on an Enigma'' for Brass-Band
* 1987 ''Flying the Breeze''
* 1987 ''Mountain Song'' for Brass-Band
* 1988 ''A Swiss Festival Overture''
* 1988 ''Concertino for Tuba (E-flat Tuba Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1988 ''Concerto Grosso (Brass Quartet & Band)'' for Brass-Band
* 1988 ''Endeavour (Australia 1788–1988)'' a Programmatic Rhapsody for Brass-Band
*# The unknown continent
*# Terra Australis
*# The new challenge
* 1988 ''River City Serenade'' for Brass-Band
* 1988 ''Serenade for Toni''
* 1989 ''Partita'' for Brass-Band
* 1989 ''The sunken village'' for
Fanfare Orchestra
A fanfare orchestra ( Dutch ''fanfareorkest'', French ''harmonie-fanfare'') is a type of brass band consisting of the entire saxophone family, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, baritone horns, flugelhorns and alto/tenor- or F-horns, as well as perc ...
* 1989 ''A Tameside Overture''
* 1989 ''Theatre Music''
*# Overture
*# Entr'acte
*# Finale
* 1989 ''The Vikings''
* 1989/1990 ''Two-part Invention (Euphonium Duet)''
* 1990 ''Cambridge Variations'' for Brass-Band
* 1990 ''Fanfare, Romance, Finale''
* 1990/1992 ''A Pittsburgh Overture''
* 1990 ''Sinfonietta Nr. 1''
*# Overture
*# Aria
*# Scherzo
* 1990 ''Triptych'' for Brass-Band
* 1990 ''A Yorkshire Overture''
* 1991 ''Celebration''
* 1991 ''Concerto for Trumpet or Cornet'' for Brass-Band
* 1992 ''Euphonism (Euphonium Duet)'' for Brass-Band
* 1992 ''Jamaica Farewell''
* 1992/1996 ''Jubilee-Prelude''
* 1992 ''Serenade for Horns (E-flat Horn Trio)'' for Brass-Band
* 1992 ''Festival Overture''
* 1992 ''Mountain Song''
* 1992 ''Mambo Jumbo''
* 1992 ''River City Serenade''
* 1992 ''Sinfonietta Nr. 2''
*# Overture
*# Serenade
*# Finale
* 1992 ''Soliloquy (Cornet Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1993 ''Processional Overture''
* 1993 ''Song for Ina (Euphonuim Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 1993 ''Tijuana Trumpets (Trumpet feature)''
* 1994 ''Three Miniatures'' for Brass-Band
* 1995 ''Dance Movements''
*# Ritmico
*# Molto vivo (for Woodwinds)
*# Lento (for the Brass)
*# Molto ritmico
* 1995 ''Euphonium Concerto No 1'' for Brass-Band
* 1996 ''Fiesta''
* 1996 ''White Rose Overture''
* 1996 ''Music for Arosa''
* 1997 ''Norwegian Rondo''
* 1997 ''Time to Say Goodbye'' for Brass-Band
* 1998 ''Between the Moon and Mexico'' for Brass-Band
* 1998 ''Diversions – Variations on a Swiss Folk Song "Der Heimetvogel"''
*# Theme
*# Variation 1 (Vivo e scherzando)
*# Variation 2 (Subito meno
mosso)
*# Variation 3 (
Lento espressivo)
*# Variation 4 (
Vivace
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* 1999 ''Earth, Water, Sun, Wind'' Symphony for Band
*: Commissioned by the
Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony for their Centennial Celebration
*# Earth
*# Water
*# Sun
*# Wind
* 1999 ''Hanover Festival''
*: Commissioned by th
Hanover Wind Symphonyfor their Fifteenth Anniversary
* 1999 ''Lindisfarne Rhapsody'' (Flute Solo)
* 1999 ''Tallis Variations'' for Brass-Band
* 1999 ''Wilten Festival Overture''
* 2000 ''The Centurion'' for Brass-Band
* 2000 ''Five Festive Fanfares''
* 2000 ''Navigation Inn (Concert March)''
* 2000 ''Overture for Woodwinds'' (
woodwind orchestra)
* 2000 ''Time Remembered''
* 2000 ''To a New Dawn''
* 2001 ''Carol of the Shepherds''
* 2001 ''Ballad for Benny''
* 2001 ''Four Norfolk Dances''
*# Pulham Prelude
*# Diss Dance
*# Lopham Lament
*# Garboldisham Gigue
* 2001 ''Infinity and Beyond...''
* 2001 ''Invictus (The Unconquered)''
* 2001 ''A London Intrada''
* 2001 ''Navigation Inn'' for Brass-Band
* 2001 ''The Prince of Denmark's March''
* 2001 ''Shalom! (Suite of Israeli Folk Songs)''
*# V'ha'ir Shushan & Havdala
*# Hanerot Halalu & Ba'olam Haba
*# Mishenichnas Adar, Ani Purim & Yom Tov Lanu
* 2001 ''South Down Pictures'' for Brass-Band
* 2001 ''Sunrise at Angel's Gate''
* 2001 ''Te Deum Prelude''
* 2001 ''Time Remembered'' for Brass-Band
* 2001 ''Two Norwegian Folk Tunes''
* 2002 ''Alladale from Hymn of the Highlands (Flugel, Horn and Baritone Trio)'' for Brass-Band
* 2002 ''Big Sky Ouverture''
* 2002 ''Mary's Boy Child''
* 2002 ''Merry-Go-Round''
* 2002 ''Morning Song – for Horn Quartet and Band''
* 2002 ''Pathfinders March''
* 2002 ''Portrait of a City''
* 2002 ''Sinfonietta No 3 (Rheinfelden Sketches)''
*# Promenade
*# Ballad
*# Interlude
*# Scherzo
* 2002/2003 ''Suite from "Hymn of the Highlands"''
*# Ardross Castle
*# Alladale
*# Dundonnell
* 2002 ''Flowerdale from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Soprano Cornet Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 2002 ''Lairg Muir from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Cornet Solo) '' for Brass-Band
* 2002 ''Strathcarron from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Sword Dance)'' for Brass-Band
* 2002 ''Summer Isles from "Hymn of the Highlands" (Euphonium Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 2002 ''The White Rose''
* 2003 ''Aria (Tenor Horn Solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 2003 ''Clarinet Calypso''
* 2003 ''Clarinet Concerto''
* 2003 ''A Huntingdon Celebration''
*: Commissioned by the
Huntingdonshire Concert Band to celebrate their 10th Anniversary
* 2003 ''Kaleidoscope – Five Variations on the "Brugg Song"''
*# Introduction
*# Theme
*# Variation I
*# Variation II
*# Variation III
*# Variation IV
*# Variation V
* 2003 ''Masquerade (A Willisau Celebration)''
*# Overture
*# Elegy
*# Interlude
*# Finale
* 2003 ''Out of the Darkness, Into the Light ''
* 2003 ''Prelude and Scherzo (Trombone solo)'' for Brass-Band
* 2003 ''Simple Sarabande''
* 2003 ''Ten Chorale Preludes''
* 2003 ''Veni Immanuel''
* 2003 ''Westminster Prelude''
* 2004 ''Between the two Rivers''
* 2004 ''Choral and Variations''
* 2004 ''A Klezmer Karnival ''
* 2004 ''Flying the Breeze''
* 2004 ''Harlequin (Euphonium Solo)''
* 2004 ''La Caracolá''
* 2004 ''Mandalen Landscapes''
* 2004 ''Manhattan (Trumpet Solo)''
* 2004 ''Marchissimo''
* 2004 ''Music of the Spheres'' for Brass-Band
*# t = 0 – Big Bang
*# The Lonely Planet
*# Asteroids and Shooting Stars
*# Music of the Spheres
*# Harmonia
*# The Unknown
* 2004/2005 ''Portrait of a Music''
* 2004 ''Postcard from Singapore''
* 2004 ''Summer Scene'' for Brass-Band
* 2004 ''The Bandwagon'' for Brass-Band
* 2004 ''The Four Noble Truths''
*# Dukkha
*# Samudaya
*# Nirodha
*# Magga
* 2005 ''Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair''
* 2005 ''Jubilate'' for Brass-Band
* 2005 ''The Painted Desert''
* 2005 ''The Pioneers''
* 2005 ''Variants on an English Hymn Tune (Euphonium Solo)''
* 2005 ''In The Bleak Mid-Winter (Re-arg)''
* 2005 ''When the Spirit Soars''
* 2006 ''Valerius Variations''
* 2006 ''Tuba Concerto''
* 2006 ''Trombone Concerto''
* 2006 ''Dances and Alleluias'' for Brass Band
* 2006 ''Parade Of The Clockwork Soldiers'
* 2007 ''Albion Heritage'' for wind ensemble
*: Commissioned by
The Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) for the 2008 International Honor Band. World premier on 15 March 2008 in London, UK, at the AMIS 2008 International Band and Choir Festival.
* ''Harmony Music'' for Brass-Band
* 2007 ''Legend of Celobrium'' commissioned by the Harmonie de Soleuvre, Luxembourg, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary
* 2007 ''A Monmouth Overture'' commissioned for
Monmouth School
Monmouth School for Boys is a public school (independent day and boarding school) for boys in Monmouth, Wales. The school was founded in 1614 with a bequest from William Jones, a successful merchant and trader. The School is run as a trust, t ...
Symphonic Wind band
* 2007 ''Tales of the River Wye'' commissioned for
Monmouth School
Monmouth School for Boys is a public school (independent day and boarding school) for boys in Monmouth, Wales. The school was founded in 1614 with a bequest from William Jones, a successful merchant and trader. The School is run as a trust, t ...
Junior Symphonic Wind Band
* 2007 ''Music for Battle Creek'' for Brass-Band
* 2007 ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony''
* 2008 ''Letter From Home'' commissioned by the James Madison University Brass Band, Harrisonburg, VA
* 2008 ''The Roaring Forties'' for wind ensemble
* 2009 ''Neapolitan Holiday'' for wind ensemble
*: Commissioned by the
Green Hope High School
Green Hope High School is a secondary school located at 2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road in Cary, North Carolina. It is a part of the Wake County Public School System.
History Green Hope School origins
The school is named for the historic Green Hope ...
Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble directed by Brian Myers. World premier on 21 May 2009 at the
Meymandi Concert Hall in
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southe ...
, United States.
* 2009 ''A Winter's Tale'' for concert band
*: Commissioned by the Western Plains Wind Consortium, Daniel Baldwin, Founder and Director. World premiere on 1 December 2009 at the
OPSU Centennial Theatre by the
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) is a public college in Goodwell, Oklahoma. OPSU is a baccalaureate degree-granting institution. General governance of the institution is provided by the Board of Regents of the Oklahoma Agricultural and ...
Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Matthew C. Saunders in
Goodwell, Oklahoma
Goodwell is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,293 at the 2010 census. Goodwell is home to Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
History
In 1901, Goodwell was established as a switch along the Chicago and ...
, United States.
* 2010 "Atlantic Odyssey" for concert band
*: Commissioned by the
Oakton High School
Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Oakton operates on a block schedule five days a week, ...
Bands of
Vienna, Virginia
Vienna () is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Vienna has a population of 16,473. Significantly more people live in ZIP codes with the Vienna postal addresses (22180, 22181, and 22182), bordered approx ...
, United States. World premiere by director Dr. Cheryl Newton at Oakton High School on 12 June 2010 by the Oakton High School Symphonic Band.
* 2010 "March Celebration" for concert band
*: Commissioned by the
Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus Bands of
Athus
Athus (german: Athem, lb, Attem, wa, Atu) is a part of Aubange city Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Aubange, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
It is located in the far south of the country, just near the borders w ...
, Belgium. World premiere on 23 October 2010 for the 135th anniversary of the
Harmonie royale des sapeurs-pompiers d'Athus under the direction of Dr.Jean-Luc Becker at Centre Clemarais by the town's bands.
* 2011 "Evolution: Five States of Change" for Brass Band
* 2014 "A Colour Symphony" - Symphony No.3
*: Commissioned by the "sinfonischen blasorchester wehdel", Thomas Ratzek, conductor, with funds provided by Stiftung Niedersächsischer Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken and Volksbank eG Bremerhaven-Cuxland. They gave the premiere on 22 November 2014 in the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, in the presence of the composer.
* 2014 Wind Sketches
*: Commissioned by the
Tacoma Concert Band from Washington State, USA.
*# Trade Winds
*# Becalmed
*# Riding the Storm
* 2017 "Festival Prelude 'AD Excel'"
*: Commissioned by the AD Concert Band to celebrate their 40th anniversary, by musical director Dr Trevor Farren.
National Championships of Great Britain test pieces
A number of Philip Sparke's compositions have been chosen as test pieces in the
National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain
There are five main brass band sections in the United Kingdom: Championship, First, Second, Third, and Fourth. Sometimes, a Youth section is also used, but this is not graded.
Championship section
This is the section containing the very best ban ...
. His pieces have been selected for various sections, both at the area contests and the national finals.
References
External links
Philip Sparke's Homepage
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century classical composers
20th-century English composers
20th-century British male musicians
21st-century classical composers
21st-century British male musicians
English classical composers
English male classical composers
Alumni of the Royal College of Music
Brass band composers
Musicians from London