20009 – London Pride - a medley of London songs Various Arranged for large brass ensemble by Roger Harvey (4 trumpets (1st + picc; 4th + flugel), 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 perc Difficulty: Medium to difficult Price: £45.00
Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road - Albert Chevalier/Charles Ingle Let's All Go Down the Strand - Harry Castling and C. W. Murphy London Pride - Noel Coward Burlington Bertie from Bow - William Hargreaves A Foggy Day in London Town - George Gershwin Programme notes: This light-hearted medley of London tunes begins with Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner but soon launches into a couple of old music hall favourites, Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road and Let's all Go Down the Strand. This subsides into the gentle Noel Coward melody, London Pride and continues with three waltz-style tunes (with a gentle nod to Haydn's London Symphony) , London by Night, Burlinton Bertie from Bow and the Westminster Waltz. The tempo then relaxes and by way of some allusions to Vaughan Williams' London Symphony, we hear A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. A touch of Elgar's Cockaigne gets us into an up tempo finale number, A Foggy Day in London Town. Performance notes: Trumpet 1 will need a small trumpet for some passages. The tuba solo in Burlington Bertie, though, can have a touch of eccentricity. A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square should begin 'misterioso' but can then become warmer in the tutti section. The kit should have a gentle lilt. A Foggy Day needs to be very rhythmic and tight in the accompaniment and well phrased in the melody. The kit should begin in a 'Latinesque' manner but then go into more of a big-band swing feel.
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