Radio City For Trombone and Piano PETER GRAHAM

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1 M S I C F O R B R A S S Commissioned by Brett Baker First perormance at the RNCM Manchester, January 25 th 201 by Brett Baker (trombone), Black Dyke Band, conductor Robert Childs and Dale Gerrard (actor/narrator) Radio City For and PETER GRAHAM (ith narration see perormance note) Score Gramercy Music (K) PO Box 1 Cheadle Hulme Cheshire SK8 5HF Tel:/Fax: + (0) gramercymusiccom ino@gramercymusiccom

2 Cooser s Note As youngsters groing up on the est coast o Scotland, my brother and I ell heir to an old valved radiogram hich provided us ith our rst experiences o radio broadcasts On the short ave signal, and through the static, e could pick up a hole range o programmes rom across the Atlantic I particularly recall the baseball games, the American accents o the announcers providing a indo to a evocative orld ar removed rom our small Ayrshire ton These memories orm the basis o Radio City The ork is set in three movements, each introduced by a pastiche radio announcer narrative ritten by Philip Coutts The rst, City Noir, is a nod toards Raymond Chandler's eponymous private eye Philip Marlo and the dark cityscape o 190s Caliornia Movement to, Cae Rouge, takes its title rom the main restaurant in Ne York's amous Hotel Pennsylvania To o the most amous band leaders o the 190s, trombonists Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, broadcast live rom the cae on numerous occasions and the movement echoes ith a collage o imagined sounds rom the period The nale, To-Minute Mile, derives rom an event dubbed in the SA as "the most exciting to minutes in sport", namely the Kentucky Derby The virtuoso soloist gurations have their roots in Kentucky bluegrass ddle music, ith the galloping bluegrass clog-dancing rhythms providing the backdrop Peter Graham About the Cooser Born in Scotland, Peter Graham read music at Edinburgh and London niversities (Goldsmiths College) His music or brass and ind is perormed across the globe, rom China, Taian, Japan, Korea and Singapore in the Far East, across North and South America and in every maor European country Aards include the American Bandmasters Association/Ostald Aard or Original Coosition or Syhonic Winds and the Iles Medal o the Worshipul Coany o Musicians Perormance note Radio City can be perormed ithout narration but the iact o the ork ill be enhanced by the text This can be delivered by the soloist (ith American accent!), pre-recorded or ideally presented by an experienced actor ith props The background sound le can be donloaded rom: gramercymusiccom/donhtm Radio City Peter Graham (duration c 10 minutes) Full recording available on Radio City (DOYCD51) perormed by Brett Baker ith the Black Dyke Band MD Nicholas J Childs (version ith brass band accoaniment also available, ind version in preparation) Gramercy Music (K) PO Box 1 Cheadle Hulme Cheshire SK8 5HF Tel:/Fax: + (0) gramercymusiccom ino@gramercymusiccom

3 Radio City Narration by Philip Coutts For, piano and narrator PETER GRAHAM Cue 1: Play background sound ile (optional) Narrator The heat had been splitting the sidealk all day long No, ater sundon, there as still no end to it I slid a inger under my seat-soaked collar and took another slug o bourbon I as going to need it Outside the bar as a orld o misery broken homes and aded dreams; petty criminals and big-time racketeers i - City noir Lento e rubato q = c56 ## # J b b b b # b # b # b b J b b b b b b b # b # Cue 2: Somehere, a uke box as playing Sirens ailed ith sad regularity It as the music o the city and I as getting tired o its tune I as sick o this ton and all its sordid secrets and yet there as no escaping it I grabbed my hat rom the bar, drained my glass and stepped out into the night There as ork to be done repeat until narration ends A # # # o # 6 Allegro (sing teo) h = c82 b b # b b # Copyright 201, 2016 Gramercy Music (K) gramercymusiccom All rights reserved b

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6 8 Cue : - Radio City - and ith that amiliar sound ringing in our ears, e elcome you to another night o the best in big band music This is the National Broadcasting Coany, coming to you rom the smart, spacious setting o the Cae Rouge, Hotel Pennsylvania We have a ull house here tonight in donton Manhattan, the beating heart o Ne York City On this evening's programme, e invite you, once again, to listen to the music o America's number one bandleader, one o our inest coosers and arrangers, the dance sensation o the nation The lights may be going out all over Europe but e aim to keep the home ires burning ith music to arm the heart So stay tuned, herever you are, as e elcome the boys in the band and Mr Glenn Miller Lento q = c60 Ii - Cae Rouge A Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b b b b b sim b b b b J n i n # b b b J b n b b b b n b 7 J b b J # b b b b b b b b b b # n b b

7 Cue : Welcome to Louisville on this ine sunny aternoon I it's the irst Saturday in May in can only mean one thingit's Kentucky Derby time All eyes are on Churchill Dons as the runners and riders make their ay round this amous old track The horses primed or the o; everyone a thoroughbred but only one a inner Yes, olks, it's the most exciting to minutes in sports The crod is at ever-pitch rom Millionaire's ro to the packed inield, it's mint uleps all round as the party gets into ull sing Who ill in this year's the Run or the Roses We ll kno soon enough as the horses take their places in the starting gate On the stand side, Vanity Fair is taking his time about it; Sea Vie circles once more ust to be sure No they're all in The starter's happy they open up and they're aay Allegro h = c iii - to-minute mile - Radio City - 11 A J 6 J J J J b i n J J 10 B J J J J J ##