Dusk

SKU: HL.49044143

ISBN 9790001187237.

...c alled dusk II for string quartet draws its inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's short story Lessness: 'Figment dawn dispeller of figments and the other called dusk'.The work is a kind of double Chaconne, each part of which contains 26 chords based on specific permutations of fundamental notes and their harmonics. Each of the parts pass through alternating, harmonically contrasted planes, becoming entwined in the manner of a chimera through their rhythmic structure and dynamics. This intermittently produces a sort of 'inner voice' which runs through all four instruments. The fundamental notes and harmonics separate during the progress of the composition, becoming independent and then disintegrating. The consonant harmony resulting from the amalgamation of the two planes ultimately collapses into a rigid motor-like linearity. Detlev Muller-Siemens.

SKU: FP.FBS02

ISBN 9790570500192.

Sara h Baker is Vocal Composer in Residence at Education Music Services, an ABRSM examiner and a well known composer of songs and musicals for primary schools and massed-choral events.

All this experience has come together in the creation of this first published album of piano pieces, inspired by the sounds heard at night from the woodland just beyond Sarah’s childhood home.

Suitable for players of around grade 4-5 standard, her evocative sound pieces begin at the tranquillity of dusk and end with the exuberant dawn chorus.

The composer writes:

'I grew up with woods behind my house, and the nocturnal noises and images that I remember were the inspiration for these eight short sound pictures on the theme of night. The music moves first from the tranquility of dusk and evening mists, to the emerging starlight of twilight. As night falls it takes on on a darker quality with shadows and dreams disturbing peace and calm.The night birds and bats swoop and flit past as they seek their prey, but gradually dawn approaches and peaceful sleep is restored. The morning is heralded in the joyful exuberance of the dawn chorus.'.

SKU: HL.48024779

UPC: 888680966362.

Angel of Dusk for double bass, two pianos and percussion is a chamber ensemble version of Einojuhani Rautavaara's double bass concerto dating from 1980/1993. The work is dedicated to Olga Koussevitzky, the widow of Sergey Koussevitzky. The Koussevitzky foundation sent Einojuhani Rautavaara to study with Aaron Copland in Tanglewood, and it was Sibelius who chose Rautavaara as the recipient of this scholarship. The solo part has been corrected by the composer in the summer of 2015.

SKU: HL.8752173

UPC: 884088518431. 6.75x10.5x0.12 inches.

Commissione d by the Piedmont Chamber Singers of Winston-Salem, NC in honor of its 30th anniversary, “Four Piedmont Choruses” are settings of the four moody poems by North Carolina poet laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer for SATB chorus and piano. I) Black Road, II) All Hallows Eve, III) Dusk, and IV) The Ballad Singers. Available for SATB.

SKU: OU.9780193864498

ISBN 9780193864498. 12 x 8 inches.

For string orchestra with piccolo and flute Toward Dusk is an arrangement of the last movement of Tann's Water's Edge (for piano duet). Echoes of the material of the other two movements are heard during the piece.

SKU: FG.55011-893-5

ISBN 9790550118935.

Laur i Kilpiö's (b. 1974) Six Winter Scenes for two pianos (2022) was commissioned by Joensuu Conservatory. The nostalgic memories and different impressions of winter take the technical abilities of the performers into consideration. The short, hazy movement I Blue Dusk Descends brings the winter. The other move-ments include the bright movement II Echoes in a Snowy Forest, the toccata-style movement III Ride through a Blizzard, the glitteringly impressionistic movement IV Ice Skating on the River, the enigmatic movement V Birds on the Snowdrift, and the energetic movement VI Woken Bear Rock, which brings the spring.

The suite can be performed in its entirety at a time, or it is also possible to perform only individual movements of it. The same piano duo may perform the whole work, or the performers may also change between the movements.

Duratio n: 14'

Osat / Movements
I Sininen hämärä laskeutuu | Blue Dusk Descends
II Kaiut lumisessa metsässä |Echoes in a Snowy Forest
III Ratsastus läpi pyryn | Ride through a Blizzard
IV Luistelu joella | Ice Skating on the River
V Linnut hangella | Birds on the Snowdrift
VI Heränneen karhun rock | Woken Bear Rock

This product includes one performance score (both piano parts in the same score).

SKU: HL.48000769

UPC: 073999171822. 16.5x11.75x0.115 inches.