March of the Robot Army was commissioned by Linda Anzolin & Giordano-Bruno Tedeschi for Campobanda 2019, with funds made available by JUST ITALIA. Campobanda is an Italian summer music camp for 8- to 18-year-olds (held inCamposilvano in 2019) which has a different theme every year. The theme for 2019 was ‘science fiction’, so composer Philip Sparke chose to write a robot march. After a quirky introduction featuring trumpet calls and chromaticfigures, the main theme appears in a minor mode on clarinet and tenor sax and is then taken up by the full band. A change of key heralds a new theme, led by the trumpet and again repeated by the full ensemble. A further change ofkey introduces a legato ‘trio’ melody over a rather robotic accompaniment: instruments are added bit by bit until a climax is reached. Small motifs from the introduction then lead back to a full recapitulation, revisiting thefirst two themes in new guises before finishing the march with a flourish.
| Instrument | Big Band & Concert Band |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Koncert |
| Year of publishing | 2021 |
| Niveau | Låg Intermediär |
| Sidor | 28 |
| Serie | Debut Series (Anglo) |
| Bidragsgivare | Sparke, Philip(Composer) |
| Språk | Dutch, Engelska, French, Tysk |
| ISMN | 9790570710232 |