{"id":2692,"date":"2021-08-10T07:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T07:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?post_type=product&p=2692"},"modified":"2022-05-23T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:53:41","slug":"the-great-american-songbook-vol-6-for-brass-quintet-arr-felix-rigg","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/resonatamusic.com\/?product=the-great-american-songbook-vol-6-for-brass-quintet-arr-felix-rigg","title":{"rendered":"The Great American Songbook Vol. 6 for Brass Quintet – arr. Felix Rigg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Warren\u00a0<\/b>– September in the Rain<\/span><\/p>\n

Manning Sherwin\u00a0<\/b>– A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jimmy McHugh\u00a0<\/b>– I’m in the Mood for Love<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Strachey\u00a0<\/b>– These Foolish Things<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcos Valle\u00a0<\/b>– So Nice<\/span><\/p>\n

This sixth volume of arrangements for brass quintet features another five classic songs from the Great American Songbook. In penning these arrangements, I have tried to ensure that all five instruments have their \u2018moments in the sun\u2019: if not always in each song then certainly throughout the volume itself, which contains a variety of styles and tempi.\u00a0In this volume, I\u2019ve featured two enduring ballads \u2013 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square<\/i> and These Foolish Things<\/i>. The volume opens with a gentle swinger \u2013 September in the Rain<\/i> \u2013 and here I\u2019ve shamelessly borrowed some of the elements of the late George Shearing\u2019s interpretation for my arrangement. Meanwhile, I\u2019m in the Mood for Love <\/i>is a popular jazz standard because it seems to work at almost any tempo. Finally, a little more Latin: the cha cha So Nice,<\/i> immortalised by Astrud Gilberto. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrangements are very much designed for public performance: whether as amusing novelties\/encores within a concert dominated by more serious music, or perhaps as background music for an event. I hope that brass players of all standards enjoy these arrangements, which demonstrate the sheer beauty of melodic and harmonic invention within the genre.<\/p>\n

Felix Rigg<\/span><\/p>\n

Parts included:<\/p>\n