SKU: PR.114417610
ISBN 9781491107904. UPC: 680160636051. 9x12 inches.
SONATA CHO-CHO-SAN(Based on themes from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly)In the spirit of the great 19th-century opera fantasies for woodwinds, Michael Webster has created a concert trio on the many great arias from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. However, as its name implies, Sonata Cho-Cho-San is not the typical virtuosic operatic potpourri. Rather, it follows the plot, resembling a sonata mirroring Puccini's use of recurring and developing themes. Webster makes the most of the winds as versatile performers - equally suited to deliver Puccini's beautiful vocal writing, and to ornament and embroider the poignant themes in symphonic style. For advanced performers._______________________________________Text from the scanned back cover:Born in 1944, Michael Webster made his New York recital debutat Town Hall in 1968 with his eminent father, Beveridge Webster, as pianist. In the same year, he won the Young Concert Artists International Competition and succeeded his teacher, Stanley Hasty, as Principal Clarinet in the Rochester Philharmonic, a position he held for twenty years. Webster has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, with the Tokyo, Cleveland, Muir, Ying, Enso, and Dover String Quartets, and with the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, Norfolk, Chamber Music Northwest, Angel Fire, Steamboat Springs, Park City, Sitka, Kapalua, Bowdoin, Orcas Island, Skaneateles, La Musica di Asolo, Stratford, Victoria, and Domaine Forget.As soloist he has appeared with many orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Aaron Copland and the Boston Pops under John Williams. His travels have taken him as performer and teacher to most of the 50 states, as well as Canada, Mexico,Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Webster was Acting Principal Clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, and has served on the clarinet and/or conducting faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston University, University of Michigan, and the Eastman School, from which he earned his three degrees. Currently he is Professor of Music at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and Artistic Director of the Houston Youth Symphony, which has won multiple first prizes in national performance competitions.With his wife, flutist Leone Buyse, and pianist Robert Moeling, he plays in the Webster Trio, which has recorded his arrangements on Tour de France and World Wide Webster for Crystal Records. Otherarrangements were recorded for Nami and Camerata Tokyo in Japan with pianist Chizuko Sawa. Webster has also recorded for Albany, Arabesque, Beaumont, Bridge, Centaur, CRI, and New World. He has played at many ClarinetFests for the International Clarinet Association and written a column entitled “TeachingClarinet†in The Clarinet Magazine since 1998. Michael Webster is a Buffet artist-clinician, performing on Buffet clarinets exclusively.
SKU: PR.114416120
UPC: 680160618019. 9 x 12 inches.
With its first appearance in our collection Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano (edited by Marya Martin, 414-41193), Chen Yi's Three Bagatelles captured the imaginations of instrumentalists. Responding to several requests, she has now created several new instrumental settings for various duos. For advanced performers.
SKU: BT.CAMCM179
Produced specifically for the Guildhall Exams syllabus, the Creative Variations series provides students with the opportunity to explore and develop their own musical ideas in the preparation and performance of contemporarycompositions. This voume is for jazz flautists of intermediate to advanced standard or grades 6-8. A free CD is provided to give full-length demos of each piece and a separate track to play along with.
SKU: HL.49000271
ISBN 9790001002608. UPC: 073999290875. 9.0x12.0x0.112 inches.
For two flutes and basso continuo (piano).
SKU: PR.ZM40640
Kohler was a flutist with the Russian Imperial Ballet from 1871 and was eventually named first flutist with the Russian Opera in St. Petersburg in 1900. This proved to be a productive period with his own compositions, including this set of six exhibitions for advanced flutists. Sechs Vortragsst?cke from 1901 includes diverse and beautiful pieces such as Gondoliera, Arlequin et Colombine, and Feu-Follet.
SKU: PR.114416480
UPC: 680160620920. 9 x 12 inches.
Chen's Three Bagatelles, originally composed for flute and piano to be included in Marya Martin's project in commissioning new works (later named Eight Visions, 414-41193), has now been adapted by the composer for multiple duo settings. Here she arranges the third movement (Dou Duo, based on a Chinese folk tune) for two cellos, creating Happy Tune as a 20th anniversary gift for married cellists Richard and Lena Andaya. For advanced cellists. Duration: 1'40.