10089 Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

arranged by Roger Harvey

Difficulty: Hard

Price: £25.00

Programme notes:
Elgar was over 40 years old before he began to come to prominance as a composer of international repute, Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontoius being the major works which established his reputation. Then in 1901 the first two Pomp and Circumstance Marches were written. and Number 1 in D Major proved to be his route to huge popular success. The trio section was later to become Land of Hope and Glory and Elgar was well aware of its worth; he had prophesied: "I've got a tune that will knock 'em - knock 'em flat! … a tune like that comes once in a lifetime …"
Land of Hope and Glory is now almost a second National Anthem and is regularly performed at the Last Night of the Proms.

Performance notes:
Trumpet 1 requires a small trumpet, E flat or piccolo.
Trumpet 4 requires a flugel.
This version is complete but if required cuts can be made or repeats ignored as necessary as to play the whole piece, particularly the repeat of the Trio section is fairly arduous.
Although the spirit of the march is generally very vigourous aim to maintian good energy while keeping the style crisp and neat.