WALLEN
Gold Saturday for Brass Band(s) and Bollywood Brass
Full Score

Gold Saturday for Brass Band(s) and Bollywood Brass
Full Score
for Brass Band(s) and Bollywood Brass
Full Score
Intended for 5 Brass Bands and Bollywood Brass – with the Brass Band in the British format, as detailed below. It is possible to perform the work with fewer players, as each instrumental part contains all the music for the 5 intended bands, indicated in boxed text. The Bollywood Brass employs one player per instrumental part listed below.
Brass Band (British format):
Soprano Cornet in E b
Solo Cornet in B b (4 players)
Repiano Cornet in B b
2nd Cornet in B b (2 players)
3rd Cornet in B b (2 players)
Flugelhorn in B b
Solo Tenor Horn in E b
1st Tenor Horn in E b
2nd Tenor Horn in E b
1st Baritone (Horn) in B b
2nd Baritone (Horn) in B b
1st Tenor Trombone in B b
2nd Tenor Trombone in B b Bass Trombone
Euphonium in B b (2 players)
Bass (Tuba) in E b (2 players)
Bass (Tuba) in B b (2 players)
Percussion:
Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Wind Chimes, 2 Timpani
Bollywood Brass:
Soprano Saxophone in B b
1st Trumpet in B b
2nd Trumpet in B b 1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Sousaphone in B b Snare Drum
2 Dhol Drums
Commissioned by The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
First performance: 1 May 2004, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Errollyn Wallen (b. 1958) has been Composer-in-Residence at Dartington International Music Festival, Huddersfield Festival and Trinity College of Music, and Visiting Composer-in-Residence at Birmingham Conservatoire. Wallen received an MBE in 2007 for services to music. Works include: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (text by Wesley Stace) for BCMG; the Cello Concerto and Concerto Grosso commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan; the Spirit Symphony commissioned by the BBC (winner of the BBC Radio 3 Listeners/ British Composer Award, 2005); and The Errollyn Wallen Songbook, comprising twelve songs for voice and piano.
Errollyn Wallen (*1958) war „Composer in Residence“ beim Dartington International Music Festival, beim Huddersfield Festival und am Londoner Trinity College of Music sowie „Visiting Composer in Residence“ am Birmingham Conservatoire. 2007 wurde Wallen für ihre Verdienste um die Musik der britische Orden eines MBE verliehen. Zu ihren Werken zählen: English Folk Songs: From Eleanor to Sweet William (Text von Wesley Stace) für die Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Cellokonzert und Concerto Grosso als Auftragswerke für das Orchestra of the Swan, die Spirit Symphony für die BBC (Sieger beim Hörerpreis von BBC Radio 3/British Composer Award 2005) sowie das Errollyn Wallen Songbook mit zwölf Liedern für Gesang und Klavier.