pour saxophone et orchestre - transcription pour cor anglais et piano-Claude Debussy's Rhapsodie transcription for Cor Anglais and Piano.

Two character pieces for Cor Anglais with Piano accompaniment based on characters from Shakepeare plays - Ophelia from King Lear and Puck from A Midsummer Nights Dream. Useful for concerts festivals and auditions. Duration: 5 mins Grade: 5 - 6

Rarely has a musical work been better characterized by its subtitle than Nicolas Bacri’s Lyric Interlude: ‘A Study in Pastoral Style’. When in 2008 the composer received the commission for a piece with English Horn from Cecilia Benner patron of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit he immediately thought of the duo between this instrument and the Oboe that Berlioz in the Symphonie fantastique placed at the beginning of the ‘Scène aux champs’ making suddenly appear a nocturnal country landscape where two shepherds carry on a dialogue on their pipes. First performed in March 2009 inits original version for English Horn Violin and Cello the Lyric Interlude for English Horn and Piano (Op.110b) nonetheless proclaims another tradition: that of British pastoralism illustrated by the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) the 50th anniversary of his death having just been celebrated. This score pays him homage of rare sensitivity: set off by refined counterpoint the undulating lament of the beginning rhythmically supple evokes the waving wheat as does Vaughan Williams in the opening undulation of his Symphony No.3. The lyrical effusion briefly interrupted by a scherzo in 6/8 again pours out making the work evolve towards a slow ecstatic atmosphere close to the last of the English composer’s Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes. Far from bucolic postcard clichés and servile imitation this Lyric Interlude opens the doors to a realm where pure beauty reigns. The composer also wrote another version of this work for English Horn (or Flute Clarinet or Viola) Violin and Cello Op.110a (AL 30 751)

Pour Cor Anglais (Ou Flûte Ou Clarinette Ou Alto) Violon Et Violoncelle-Rarely has a musical work been better characterized by its subtitle than Nicolas Bacri’s Lyric Interlude: ‘A Study in Pastoral Style’. When in 2008 the composer received the commission for a piece with English Horn from Cecilia Benner patron of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit he immediately thought of the duo between this instrument and the Oboe that Berlioz in the Symphonie fantastique placed at the beginning of the ‘Scène aux champs’ making suddenly appear a nocturnal country landscape where two shepherds carry on a dialogue on their pipes. First performed in March 2009 atone of the Scarab Club Concerts in Detroit the Lyric Interlude for English Horn Violin and Cello (Op.110a) nonetheless proclaims another tradition: that of British pastoralism illustrated by the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) the 50th anniversary of his death having just been celebrated. This score pays him homage of rare sensitivity: set off by refined counterpoint the undulating lament of the beginning rhythmically supple evokes the waving wheat as does Vaughan Williams in the opening undulation of his Symphony No.3. The lyrical effusion briefly interrupted by a scherzo in 6/8 again pours out making the work evolve towards a slow ecstatic atmosphere close to the last of the English composer’s Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes. Far from bucolic postcard clichés and servile imitation this Lyric Interlude opens the doors to a realm where pure beauty reigns. The composer also wrote another version of this work for English Horn (or Flute Clarinet or Viola) and Piano Op.110b (AL 30 750)

Edward Gregson's Le Jardin À Giverny was composed in 2016 and is scored for Cor Anglais and String Quartet. It has a duration of approximately 6 minutes.

A short attractive work in three contrasting movements written for the Cor Anglais with full Piano accompaniment. An entertaining and energetic piece that combines simple diatonic harmonies with some delicious and jazzy melodic twists. An ideal addition to any repertoire and perfect for any festival audition or concert performance.

Both of these works for two oboes and cor anglais which Beethoven composed in the 1790s belong to the lighter genre of serenades and divertimentos. He might have written them in response to a commission or have been inspired bythe prevailing popularity of this delicate combination of instruments.Likewise with the Variations WoO 28 on the famous theme 'La ci darem la mano' by Mozart he made a contribution of his own to the arrangements ofoperatic melodies for wind ensembles that were so popular at the time.This Urtext edition follows the recently published volume in the Beethoven Complete Edition and thus reflects the latest scholarly research onBeethoven.

Description A fantastic collection of solos for the English Horn player. Transcribed and edited by Thomas Stacy for Horn with piano accompaniment. Featured pieces includes Faure's Sicilienne , Borodin's Notturno and Mozart's Adagio K.58a . Songlist Adagio [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Gymnopedie No.1 [Satie, Erik] Intermezzo (Granados) Largo (Symphony No.9 In E Minor 'From The New World' Op.95) [Dvorak, Antonin] Nocturne [Borodin, Alexander] Sicilienne Sonata (Marcello) Sonata (Telemann) Swan Of Tuonela,The (Sibelius) The Swan (Le Cygne) Tristan And Isolde Theme-wagner When I Am Laid In Earth Where E'er You Walk [Handel, George Frideric]