Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel'
 
系       列：Concert Band 室內管樂團
作       曲：Philip Sparke
演奏級數：4
出版公司：Halleonard
商品編號：HL44013284
 
樂曲解說
Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' was commissioned by the AD Concert Band, from Solihull in the UK, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary in2016. The title, Ad Excel, is a play on words: it is Latin for 'to excel' but also celebrates the band’s anniversary as XL is 40 in Roman numerals. The work opens with a bright fanfare with frequent changes of meter. This leads to a playful main subject, played first by woodwinds, followed by full band. A bridge passage leads to a legato second subject, played twice. The bridge passage returns to introduce the both main melodies in new keys and instrumentations before a coda, derived from the opening fanfare, bringsthe work to a close.