Paul has arranged and transcribed many pieces for brass and he now has two series published by Brass Wind Publications
As a prolific arranger for English Brass Ensemble, Paul arranged and transcribed many pieces for brass quintet as the ensemble developed its concert performing profile. Dances of Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius, JS Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor op 108 by Dmitri Shostakovich were all popular works helping to establish the group as a world-class chamber ensemble. more...
Czardas
Czardas is a rhapsodical concert piece by the Italian composer Vittorio Monti. Written in 1904, the well-known folkloric piece is based on a Hungarian czardas. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin, or piano but James Davies has provided us with a spectacular brass version sure to wow every audience!
Dmitri Shostakovich: Fugal Symphony
A four movement work comprising the Prelude and Fugue Nos 15 and 24 combined to form a work for brass of symphonic stature. A real musical tour-de-force
Edward Chance: Holborne Tubes
Because the instruments in the line-up were all made of tubes of one sort or another, the title quickly suggested itself. Continuing the implied reference to Holborn Tube Station, ‘The Faery Rounde’ thus became ‘Round Trip’ and ‘The Face of Melancholie’ inspired ‘Rush Hour Pavane’. ‘The Choise’ became ‘Red or Blue?’, which are the colours of Holborn's lines, the Central and Piccadilly on the tube map and I inserted a middle section based on the unnamed Galliard no 40 to represent the second line. Edward Chance
Henry Purcell: Music From King Arthur
Simon Sturgeon-Clegg says of his arrangement 'the opera by Henry Purcell 'King Arthur' is one of the great works in the British history of music so I very much wanted to complete this suite in order for all brass players to enjoy. I could not resist adding 'Your hay is mow'd' with singing parts that should be sung in a slightly intoxicated manner!'
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Procession of the Nobles
Procession of the Nobles comes from the opera-ballet, Mlada. The theme of the opera is a tragic love story that is set in the early Middle Ages in a realm on the Baltic Sea. In ‘Procession of the Nobles’ all the princesses of the country gather for a grand feast on the occasion of the summer holidays. This arrangement is by James Davies
Cecilia McDowall: Salon Argentina
The mood of the sensuous and provacative world of an Argentinian tango is wonderfully captured in this work.Salon Argentina is also known as Not Just a Place which was commissioned by Duncan McTier as a trio for viola, double bass and piano and first performed by the Fibonacci Sequence in November 1999 at Aberystwyth University.
Suite from Ebb/Kander: Chicago
Chicago is one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time and James Davies has made a great arrangement for brass that is guaranteed to delight all audiences.
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