Downtown

This famous catchy pop song from 1964, written by Tony Hatch and sung by Petula Clark, climbed the charts and became a worldwide hit. In 1965, “Downtown” was awarded a Grammy for “best rock’n’roll song”. Since then, many renowned artist have covered the song.

Stefan Schwalgin intentionally chose the version by Petula Clark as a basis for his arrangement. For one thing, he honors the original and most famous release of this song. For another, he has great regard for the song’s quasi-orchestral arrangement with a careful and multi-varied instrumentation that offers great possibilities of adapting the sound to the concert band. A rock or pop song’s melodic quality is the essential precondition for an instrumental version. The “Downtown” tune fulfills all requirements and has a high recognition value.

Sextet Set includes:

• Score
• 1st part in Bb/C (Trumpet 1 / Flugelhorn 1)
• 2nd part in Bb/C (Trumpet 2 / Flugelhorn 2)
• 3rd part in Bb/C (Trumpet 3 / Flugelhorn 3)
• 4th part in Bb/C (Trombone 1 / Tenorhorn)
• 4th part in F/Eb (Horn 1)
• 5th part in C/Bb (Trombone 2 / Baritone)
• 5th part in F/Eb (Horn 2)
• 6th part in C/Eb (high) (Tuba 1)
• 6th part in C/Bb (low) (Tuba 2)
• Drumset (ad libitum)
• Accordeon/Guitar (ad libitum)