Matériel : CD
SKU: HL.14012307
The collection of nine Vedic Hymns (Op. 24) for solo Voice with Piano accompaniment marked a turning point in Holst's compositions. They were inspired by Hindu scripture and Indian raga, and first published in1908. Vac (Speech) is the seventh movement, and is the first of the third group of hymns, where the theme shifts into the human sphere.
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer and teacher.Having studied under Stanford and Parry, he became a close friend of Vaughan Williams - they would often critique each other's work - and influenced composers such as Tippet and Britten. He is best remembered for hisPlanets suite.
SKU: CA.221400
ISBN 9790007188573.
The Folk Songs choral collection explores the musical world of Great Britain and Ireland. It contains 21 arrangements of English-language verse songs, canons, and ballads for mixed unaccompanied chorus. The folk songs are as diverse as the stories they tell: from the moving Greensleeves and Two hearts beat as one, through charming settings such as A rosebud by my early walk and There were three ravens, to saucy and tongue-in-cheek songs such as Dashing away with the smoothing iron and The mother-in-law. The stylistic treatment is very varied: the collection contains both original settings from the 13th century as well as arrangements specially commissioned from contemporary composers for the collection. The settings are in three to five parts, and the vocal parts sometimes divide. They are by well-known British and Irish composers such as Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Charles Villiers Stanford, as well as contemporary composers such as John Rutter and Carsten Gerlitz - who give a new twist to these traditional songs. Calmus Ensemble has recorded six arrangements from this collection for their CD Folk Songs (Carus 83.034).
SKU: BT.AMP-394-140
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.
The melody of this Christmas carol comes originally from a Finnish songbook of 1582, containing a collection of 74 medieval songs together with Latin texts. The version arranged by Gustav Holst became very popular in the British Isles - with a text that links it to December 28, the Day of the Holy Innocents. Philip Sparke based his adaptation on Holst’s powerful arrangement and has added various musical material himself. De melodie van dit kerstlied is afkomstig uit een Fins liedboek uit 1582 waarin 74 liederen met Latijnse tekst gebundeld waren. Gustav Holst maakte er een eerste arrangment van, wat ervoor zorgde dat dit lied erg bekend werd in de Britse Eilanden. Dit had ook te maken met de tekst die vertelt over de “Day of the Holy Innocents” op 28 december. Philip Sparke maakte een eigen arrangement dat gebaseerd is op de versie van Holst, en voegde er eigen elementen aan toe.Die Melodie zu diesem Weihnachtslied stammt aus einem finnischen Gesangbuch von 1582, in dem 74 mittelalterliche Lieder mit lateinischem Text versammelt waren. Die von Gustav Holst arrangierte Version wurde dann auch in England sehr beliebt - mit einem Text, der das Lied mit dem 28. Dezember, dem Tag der unschuldigen Heiligen” verknüpft. Philip Sparke basierte seine Bearbeitung auf dem kraftvollen Arrangement von Holst und fügte diesem noch eigenes musikalisches Material hinzu.Personen t Hodie est un chant de Noël extrait d’un livre de cantiques finlandais édité en 1582, rassemblant 74 chansons médiévales composées partir de textes en latin. Arrangé par Gustav Holst, il devint alors très populaire en Angleterre, et fut surtout interprété le 28 décembre, le jour des Saints Innocents. Dans son arrangement qui prend le titre A Christmas Processional, Philip Sparke honore la version de Gustav Holst tout en l’enrichissant de son immense savoir-faire musical.La melodia che accompagna questo canto natalizio ha origine da un libro di canti finlandese del 1582 che raccoglie 74 testi in latino risalenti al Medioevo. La versione arrangiata da Gustav Holst divenne molto popolare in Inghilterra, con un testo che riallaccia il canto al 28 dicembre, “giorno dei Santi innocenti”. Il potente arrangiamento di Holst è servito a Philip Sparke come base per il suo arrangiamento.
SKU: PR.144407270
UPC: 680160681891. 9 x 12 inches.
My Eighth and Ninth String Quartets, begun in late 2017, are sonic cousins. Akin to real cousins, each piece exhibits differing natures. They were requested by two ensembles that have become asecond familiesa to me: The Jupiter Quartet of Urbana, Illinois and the Amernet Quartet based in Miami, Florida. Their collective dedication to, and care for, our art remains a personal and constant are-fuelinga for me. The quartets were commissioned by, and dedicated to, Margaret and Philip Verleger of Denver, Colorado. Additional financial support was provided by the School of Music at Stetson University, Timothy Peter, Dean. Quartet No.8 is laid out in a classical four-movement design. The work does break somewhat from conventional tradition by often placing quartet members into soloistic roles as the movement titles note. individual The opening piece presents at the outset a three-note motto which is turned over, tumbled, and energetically discussed, primarily by a violin duet. It is a duel. The two players part company only infrequently during the movement's progress, pausing briefly for other commentary by their alower cohortsa, the Viola and Cello do not argue, but abet their friends' aeffortsa. The piece's overall character is fairly bright and dancelike, closing in an unresolvedastandoffa. not Two principal asound-objectsa stitch the second movement scherzo together: sliding hands (glissandos) and a plucked ashufflea (pizzicato) - both instigated by the (solo) cellist. The others are influenced - or are not - by their aleadera, and follow - or interrupt - the cello throughout their four-voiced conversation. The third movement (longest of the set) is an elegy dedicated to the memory of a close personal friend, the American composer David Maslanka (1943 - 2017). Its' genesis is a simple 5-note melody derived from my own name (SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This line commences in the (solo) viola and is obsessively uttered without relief during the movement's lamentations. The closing movement revisits much of that opening three-note material, but now dressed up for the full quartet to view. It is a slowly accelerating romp which - twice - cannot avoid a nod to the Amernet and Jupiter performers by offering a humble bow to the 4th movement of Gustav Holst's PLANETS - Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity. My quartet serves as an honouring salute of thanks for the talent, respect, and friendship of these two young quartets. STRING QUARTET No. 8 is roughly 22 minutes in duration. It was written as an homage to Franz Joseph Haydn, my adesert-island-composera, and completed in Holly Hill, Florida in early April of 2019. S.H.
SKU: PR.14440727S
UPC: 680160681907. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: ST.MB92
ISBN 9790220223259.
In his brief career George Butterworth (1885-1916) composed only a small quantity of orchestral works, but what he wrote has never subsequently been absent from the repertoire. The two English Idylls, the Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad' and the idyll The Banks of Green Willow are, with the music of his friend Ralph Vaughan Williams and of Gustav Holst, among the most exquisite statements of the English folk-song idiom. This complete and authoritative collection includes an earlier version of The Banks of Green Willow, and a fragment of an Orchestral Fantasia. Work in progress in 1914 when Butterworth enlisted to serve in the Great War, it suggests the composer setting out in a bolder direction, perhaps inspired by the example of Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony. Orchestral parts are available for rental.
SKU: HL.14037490
ISBN 9788759816066. UPC: 888680073220. 10.5x13.25x1.429 inches.
Contents: Music for Andreas Munch's play An Evening at Giske; Music for Holger Drachmann's melodrama Snefrid; Song for Helge Rode's play The Fights in Stefan Borg's House; Song for Gustav Wied's and Jens Petersen's play Atalanta; Music for Lauritz Christian Nielsen's play Willemoes; Music for Otto Benzon's play Parents; Music for Ludvig Holstein's play Tove; Music for Jeppe Aakj''r's play The Wolf's Son; Music for Adam Oehlenschlager's play Hagbarth and Signe; Music for Adam Oehlenschlager's Midsummer Eve Play; Music for Einar Christiansen's play Native Land; Music for Helge Rode's prologue Shakespeare; Ballad for Johann Sigurjonsson's play The Liar. Hardcover.