This expansive original work is rich in beautiful melodies and opportunities for musical contrast. The piece includes both handbells and chimes. Accompanying eighth notes, then triplets, then syncopation
This selection, written for the Bay View Week of Handbells, will push ringers' expressiveness and musicality to their limits. Soaring melodies and undulating accompaniment figures abound, giving the piece a
The beloved second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 (K. 467) is commonly known as the "Elvira Madigan" concerto for its inclusion in the 1967 film of the same name. Michael J. Glasgow was
If you've ever had the opportunity to see the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, then you know of the sheer magnitude and stunning beauty of this phenomenon. This original work, one of the Bay View Week
This original work, part of the Bay View Week of Handbells Series, combines "bulwark," a fortifying wall, with "arcana," mysterious, ancient truths not fully understood. In this piece, the strong and
Show your audience the true power of advanced handbell ringing in this opus that combines intense technicality with deep emotion. Driving rhythms and soaring melodies carry us on a journey depicting a soul
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This is a tour de force of high-energy, rhythmically intense, dynamically stunning concert music. Using the flavors of Irish reels and jigs, Michael Glasgow gives us something reminiscent of
Composed during the summer of 2013 for the Rooke Chapel Ringers of Bucknell University, this original work features a wide variety of ringing techniques and tempi, lush harmonies, and pulsating rhythms.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel is a new setting for advanced handbell choirs of the popular Advent hymn Veni Emmanuel. Starting with a chant-like quotation of the melody on the lower chimes, it...
O Leave Your Sheep is an old French carol sometimes called Quittez, Pasteurs. The carol text reflects the shepherds' visitation by the angels as told in Luke 2:8-16, and the
Named after the French ballet term meaning "dance for two," this piece was conceived as a duet between bells and violin. This sublime original composition is at once flowing and rhythmic, with opportunities
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A setting of Handel’s Suite No. 7 in G minor, this handbell transcription is well crafted and a sheer delight to hear. Passacaille, the French term noted by Handel in the original score, is
Starting with a small and simple idea, this virtuosic work evolves into an intense toccata using a fiery malleted line with flying arpeggiated chimes. Changing time signatures and asymmetrical meter create
This popular blues piece was first published in 1914 and has been performed by an impressive list of artists through the decades. Arranged for band by Jerry Gray in 1948, it was first played during the big