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Symphony (album) [audio download]

(album) [mp3 audio download] This recording features John Wallace's creation - Symphony. The composition of the title work began in 1974, and was only completed in 2024, some fifty years later. Written for brass band, brass quintet, double-belled solo trumpet, six natural trumpets, live electronics, organ, and bodhrán, this recording welcomes the eclectic contributions from Kingdom Brass, Whitburn Band, The cooperation band, The Wallace Collection, Sandy McGrattan and the RCS natural trumpet consort, Marco Blaauw (double-belled trumpet), Anthony George (tuba), Alistair McDonald (live electronics), David Hamilton (organ) and Steve Foreman (bodhrán), with Kingdom Brass also featuring in the closing track of the Martin Luther King-inspired Where do we go from here?

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Symphony (score) [digital download]

(Music score) [Digital Download PDF] FREE SCORE DOWNLOAD FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Symphony was composed by John Wallace over the course of 40 years. A contemporary work with 4 movements, embracing the sounds of brass band, brass quintet, live electronics and featuring a double-belled trumpet. This four movement work is the title track of a 2025 album release under The Wallace Collection label - Symphony. This complete score is currently being offered as a FREE downloadable PDF in order to share the creativity and intricacies of this major work.

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As Above, So Below (album) [audio download]

(album) [mp3 audio download The two works on this disc are groundbreaking landmarks in new composition for brass band. From 2017, Jay Capperauld's visionary masterpiece - As Above, So Below - extends composition for brass band into the realms of spatial quasi-religious experience. With the quintet elevated and spaced around the band, the band responds with a new vista of sound: everything from distant murmurings to cataclysmic rending of the air. From 1975, the Derek Bourgeois Concerto for Brass Quintet and Brass Band introduces a concertante quintet of orchestral instruments into the brass band milieu. Derek’s masterly exploitation of the increased palette of colour and texture results in a work of towering power and passion.

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Russian Rag (print)

[Print version] This arrangement of Russian Rag – Interpolating the world famous “Prelude” by Rachmaninoff – has been crafted by Sandy Coffin to recreate the unique style and sounds of the legendary Harlem Hellfighters band, through close listening of their available archive recordings.

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That Moaning Trombone (print)

[Print version] This arrangement of That Moaning Trombone – a comic march one step – was commissioned by John Wallace and has been crafted by Sandy Coffin to recreate the unique style and sounds of the legendary Harlem Hellfighters band, through close listening of their available archive recordings.

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The St Louis Blues (print)

[Print version] This arrangement of W C Handy's famous The St Louis Blues two-step march was commissioned by John Wallace. Through close listening of available archive recordings, it has been crafted by Sandy Coffin to recreate the unique style and sounds of the legendary Harlem Hellfighters band. A recording is also featured on a 2019 album release - Unfinished Symphony available from this online shop

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The Magic of Malcolm Arnold Vol. 1

A double album of Malcolm Arnold’s exquisite music for brass, with The Wallace Collection; winners of the Malcolm Arnold Fantasy Competition; and NYBBS.

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The Unfinished Symphony

An album of works from Holst, Rimmer, Schubert, Vinter, Lovatt-Cooper, Duncan, Greenwood and Coffin, which celebrate the historic 100 year anniversary of the Tullis Russell Mills Band.

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