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Hail the Dragon! was commissioned by the Cory Band of South Wales to celebrate their 125th anniversary. A spectacular concert opener, it begins with a vivacious and energetic fanfare, which leads to a dance-like figure played first by the woodwinds and then the brass. The mood subsides and a solo trumpet introduces an expressive central section, which builds to an emotive climax. This hails a return to the opening music, which now acts as a descant to a short musical quotation from the last movement of The Year of the Dragon (also written by Sparke for the group's centenary in 1984) before crashing to a close.
Instrumentation | Number of Parts | Pages Per Part |
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FULL SCORE | 1 | 28 |
PICCOLO | 1 | 2 |
FLUTE 1 | 2 | 2 |
FLUTE 2 | 2 | 2 |
OBOE | 2 | 2 |
EB CLARINET | 1 | 2 |
BB CLARINET 1 | 5 | 2 |
BB CLARINET 2 | 5 | 2 |
BB CLARINET 3 | 5 | 2 |
EB ALTO CLARINET | 1 | 2 |
BB BASS CLARINET | 1 | 2 |
BASSOON | 2 | 2 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1 | 1 | 2 |
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2 | 1 | 2 |
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE | 2 | 2 |
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE | 1 | 2 |
BB TRUMPET 1 | 2 | 2 |
BB TRUMPET 2 | 2 | 2 |
BB TRUMPET 3 | 2 | 2 |
BB TRUMPET 4 | 2 | 2 |
F HORN 1 | 1 | 2 |
F HORN 2 | 1 | 2 |
F HORN 3 | 1 | 2 |
F HORN 4 | 1 | 2 |
TROMBONE 1 | 2 | 2 |
TROMBONE 2 | 2 | 2 |
TROMBONE 3 | 2 | 2 |
EUPHONIUM | 2 | 2 |
BB EUPHONIUM TC | 2 | 2 |
TUBA | 4 | 2 |
DOUBLE BASS | 1 | 2 |
TIMPANI | 1 | 2 |
PERCUSSION 1 | 1 | 2 |
PERCUSSION 2 | 1 | 1 |
PERCUSSION 3 | 1 | 1 |
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