Partitions de Schirmer

A lively piece for Flute and Piano Accompaniment which has been edited and arranged by Louis Moyse.

He Leadeth Me based upon three hymn tunes arranged by Margaret A. Vance for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.

For Trumpet and Orchestra - Piano Reduction-Alexander Arutiunian's Theme And Variations for Trumpet and Orchestra. Piano reduction.'Born on September 23 1920 in Yerevan Armenia Alexander Arutiunian (Harutunyan) graduated from theKomitas Conservatory in Yerevan with degrees in both composition and Piano. He later continued his studies at the House of Armenian Culture (Moscow 1946-48) under Litinksy Peyko and Tsukkerman.His music has been awardednumerous prizes including the Armenian state prize the Alexandrov Gold Medal and the State Prize of the USSR. In 1970 Arutiunian was made a People's Artist of the USSR and in 1983 because of the success of his music in theUnited States he was awarded the 'Orpheus' diploma.Arutiunian's music covers a wide range of styles and idioms including opera numerous vocal works and a large body of instrumental compositions. Much of his music is verylyrical in nature influenced by folksongs and peasant music. One of his better known instrumental compositions the Concerto in Ab (1950) for Trumpet and Orchestra has long been a standard in the solo Trumpet repertoire.' -Alan H. Siebert

This is the 2nd movement of the large work Distant Hills and was written in 1989. The text is taken from Joyce's Ulysses. Chamber and full orchestra parts available on rental.

Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series-This English folk song also commonly sung throughout the American Revolutionary War tells the unfortunate eternal story of soldiers going off to war leaving loved ones at home. René Clausen artfully uses the sopranoSax to establish the sad melancholy emotion of the text while the voices reflect the emotions of those left behind.

Song number three from The Cloisters for Voice and Piano. Text by William M. Hoffman.

Scribe's libretto to Verdi's A Masked Ball concerns the real-life assassination of King Gustave III of Sweden at a masked ball in 1792 but adds a love story to what was probably a political murder. The King Ricardo is inlove with Amelia wife of his friend Renato. Renato warns the King to beware a plot to kill him. The King visits Ulrica the mystic and she says he will die by the next friendly hand he shakes. While he is there Amelia (indisguise) also visits Ulrica to ask for a magic herb to rid her of her illicit love for Ricardo. She leaves to see it pursued by the King but as he leaves Renato enters and the two shake hands. At the gallows Ricardo and Ameliaspeak of their love but are found by Renato who thinks he has been betrayed. He prepares to kill Amelia but relents and turns on the King joining the conspirators and being chosen to commit the murder. The ball begins Ameliaurges the King (who meanwhile has resolved to give her up) to leave but he refuses and is stabbed. Too late does Renato realise the innocence of the lovers and he is overcome by remorse.

Morton Gould's Come Up From The Valley Children for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. This work incorporates words by Joseph Langland.Arranged by Clay Warnick

Score and Parts-This piece draws inspiration from the idea of mestizaje as envisioned by Peruvian writer Jose Maria Arguedas where cultures can coexist without the subjugation of one by the other. It mixes elements from the western classical andAndean folk music traditions. Score and Parts edition for String Quartet.