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Series: Anglo Music Concert Band Publisher: Anglo Music Press Format: Softcover Score Composer: Philip Sparke

Level: 4

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the band’s anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, bringsthe work to a close.

$24.99 (US) Inventory #HL 44013285 UPC: 888680908850 Publisher Code: AMP459140 Run time: 0:05:00 32 pages

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