Night On The Bare Mountain

for guitar trio-The initial material for this piece came together during 2004 and evolved from technical and musical ideas I had previously used in two movements from different solo Guitar suites. The first of these was 'Sugarloaf Mountain' the opening movement of 'Scenes from Brazil'. The second 'Rockweed' is the fourth movement of 'Scenes from The Wild West'. Latin Cabaret reminded me of the energy and rhythmic drive of a Brazilian street carnival and the spectacle of a nightclub cabaret hence the 'Showgirls' of the title. The pentatonic scale features prominently in much of the melodic material often recurring in subtly different harmonicsettings as if seeing the same object in changing light or from different angles. One melodic idea is an almost exact reversal of the opening theme for example. There are also percussive techniques woven into the musical texture and elements of minimalism where I repeat the same group of notes in different permutations to create textures similar to changes in bell ringing. Latin Cabaret was commissioned by the Guitar trio 'Appassionata' and first performed in London in 2005. It features on their recording 'Let Go'. I have also recorded the work on my album 'Visions and Vistas'. - Gary Ryan

Night On The Bare Mountain. Par MOUSSORGSKY MODESTE. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Orchestre à Vent

Score and five parts (Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Horn).Moderate level of difficulty.Night on Bald Mountain depicts a witches’ sabbath on St. John’s Day the night between 23 and 24 June. Its sections present the infernal noise of ghostly voices the chattering and quarrelling of witches the appearance of ghosts the dance of witches and demons the appearance of Satan the adoration and Black Mass and finally the pealing bells of the village church announcing the break of day and thus the end of the witches’ sabbath.Whether intentionally or not Mussorgsky actually finished the work on the eve of St. John’s Day (23 June1867) after spending twelve days on its composition. Technically speaking Joachim Linckelmann’s exciting version for Wind Quintet is the arrangement of an arrangement as Mussorgsky’s symphonic poem is almost invariably heard in the familiar version by Rimsky-Korsakov.

Instrumentalists will love this collection of Broadway classics, including: Any Dream Will Do - Cabaret - Defying Gravity - Do You Hear the People Sing? - Edelweiss - Getting to Know You - Guys and Dolls - Hello, Dolly! - I Dreamed a Dream - If I Were a Bell - Luck Be a Lady - Mame - The Music of the Night - Ol' Man River - People Will Say We're in Love - Seasons of Love - Send in the Clowns - The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Think of Me - Tomorrow - What I Did for Love - You'll Never Walk Alone - and many more. / Saxophone Alto

Great songs from the world's top shows including Evita, Cabaret, The Phantom Of The Opera and Fiddler On The Roof. With these sixty-four songs arraged for piano, voice and guitar, you can bring Broadway home!

Includes 11 songs students know and love, carefully graded and arranged for piano solo with great teacher accompaniments. Orchestrated accompaniments by Phillip Keveren are included on the companion CD and include both practiceand performance tempos. 11 Songs: The Bare Necessities ? Can't Help Falling in Love ? Castle on a Cloud ? Climb Ev'ry Mountain ? Goodnight, My Someone ? Hello, Dolly! ? I Just Can't Wait to Be King? Love Changes Everything ? My Favorite Things ? Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' ? When She Loved Me.