Elite Series
for | Brass band |
Musical Editions | Score |
Item no. | 975329 |
Author / Composer | Philip Sparke |
Level | difficult |
Languages | german, english, french, dutch |
Dimensions | 30.5 × 22.9 cm |
Release year | 2010 |
Publisher / Producer | Anglo Music |
Producer No. | AMP 278-130 |
ISMN | 9790570298877 |
Its title, Hail the Dragon!, references a work Philip Sparke wrote in 1984, The Year of the Dragon. The piece opens with a lively and energetic fanfare. The mood becomes more subdued in the centre section as the cornet introduces a new theme that builds to an emotional climax. This leads into a recap of the opening fanfare which acts as a type of descant to short quotations from the last movement of The Year of the Dragon before reaching a thunderous finale.