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These ingenious arrangements by Ian Lawrence combine the original instrumental and choral lines to create full and varied textures for brass.
Piece Description
These ingenious arrangements by Ian Lawrence combine the original instrumental and choral lines to create full and varied textures for brass.
Review: “These two pieces from the Oratorio Samson are typical of the gloriously rich style of the high baroque. This music would be very suitable for performance in a church or concert hall, and provides a useful addition to the brass repertoire from one of the most well loved periods of music.” – Stephen Wick September 1994
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| Movement Titles | Awake, The Trumpet's Lofty Sound and Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite from the Oratorio Samson |
Biography
Biography
Lawrence, Ian
Ian Lawrence was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (MA) and Leeds University (PhD). He has published some 30 books, arrangements, compositions and TV scripts and is now living in Cambridge where he hopes to continue producing arrangements.
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