Philip Sparke: March Celebration: Concert Band

Philip Sparke selected two well-known marches from the region around Southern Belgium and Luxembourg as the basis for his March Celebration: after we hear an original march theme and second theme in the bass, extracts from the Hämmelsmarsh (Hammelmarsch) and the spirited Marsch der Ardennen-Jäger, which has become a kind of unofficial national anthem in these parts. This festive march is rounded off with another appearance of Philip Sparke’s original theme.