The Music of Philip Sparke
Welcome to my updated website. As well as listing all my published music for concert band, brass band and fanfare, you will also find a list of my instrumental publications, many of which feature on major exam syllabuses, and CDs with significant amounts of ‘Sparke’ on them.
You can also hear professional recordings of many of my band pieces and link directly to publishers’ websites to purchase them.
I’ll be periodically featuring below Scoreplay videos of pieces as they become available.
Please explore the site - and I hope you find something you like! (the gallery is worth a look if you have 5 minutes to waste!)
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Featured Work: A Little Klezmer Suite
A Little Klezmer Suite was commissioned by Rushton Park High School to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their band programme. They gave the premiere in a virtual online concert in October 2020.
'Klezmer' is a Yiddish term combining the Hebrew words 'kley' (instrument) and 'zemer' (song) and the roots of the style are found in secular melodies, popular dances, Jewish 'hazanut' (cantorial music) and also the 'nigunim', the wordless melodies intoned by the 'Hasidim' (orthodox Jews).
The melodies used in the four movements of A Little Klezmer Suite have traditionally been used in Jewish wedding ceremonies and celebrations.
A Colour Symphony
Rundfunk-Blasorchester Leipzig, Nagoya University of Arts wind Orchestra, The Royal Netherlands Army Band, The Concert Band of the German Armed Forces.
Zodiac Dances
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force - Conductor: Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs.
Sparke
Siena Wind Orchestra - Conductor: Philip Sparke