SKU: CF.CAS44
ISBN 9780825867118. UPC: 798408067113. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G minor.
This is a tour-de-force for the advancing string orchestra. Beautiful, dramatic, and flowing, Waterloo Station is very fresh and contemporary. Students will love it for the lush harmonic textures and rhythmic drive that this composer is so noted for.Composed as a characterization of the fast-paced atmosphere of London’s Waterloo Train Station, this fast-slow-fast piece combines technical excitement with heartfelt simplicity.The fast section in G minor consists of two main parts: the intense, emotional A section at m. 21 and the legato, sweeping B section at m. 59. The syncopated tutti figures in the high strings coupled with the fiery cello and bass lines propel the fast sections. The phrase in mm. 1–8 recurs throughout. Making four- to eight-measure exercises of this section below tempo in the violins and viola, focusing on rhythmic clarity, will help to lock in the syncopation. Similarly, the cello and bass should rehearse this slowly as well as mm. 9–16 to gain fluidity and insure a solid foundation.The cellos carry the tune at m. 71, and the ensemble builds from mm. 79–86 to the transition at m. 87. An abrupt change to half tempo here slows the momentum and transitions to a quiet, melancholy tone in m. 91. The middle section (ABA) begins in G minor with a somber quality, highlighted by the Violin I solo. It gradually builds to a beautiful, uplifting setting as it moves to G major in m. 100. Returning back to the hushed G minor tonality, it then speeds up again and transitions back to Tempo I for a brief recapitulation of the fast section. Measure 117 marks the return to vigorous playing, beginning softly and building to a thrilling ride to the end.
About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series
Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
SKU: GI.G-003359
A versatile, all-inclusive prayer service booklet containing the leader's guide and the people's parts, readings, and assembly music for a complete Stations of the Cross. Each of the fourteen Stations also include a hymn verse with music notation written by Alan J. Hommerding and scripture references to the reading. .
SKU: PR.ECH1763
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SKU: AP.48203
UPC: 038081559216. English.
Featuring vividly contrasting dynamics and style with an occasional hint of contemporary notations, this stunning work was commissioned by the Honeove Falls-Lima High School Wind Ensemble in New York and their director Mark Borden. Opening with four brass soloists stationed throughout your performance area are interrupted with thunderous percussion punctuation. The composer seamlessly transitions from vigorous musical statements to chaotic motifs resolving to flowing charismatic melodies. Certain to command attention and arouse the senses. (5:45).
SKU: AP.48203S
UPC: 038081559223. English.
SKU: PR.111401770
UPC: 680160003372.
This text of this piece use four languages - English, Hebrew, Italian, and French - to express joy and give thanks. Except for the word 'joy' which is presented simultaneously in all four languages at the outset of the work, the rest of the composition was composed initially without words.In 1981, WFMT Radio in Chicago commissioned twelve composers to write short fanfares in celebration of the station’s thirtieth anniversary. For one month at a time, each composer’s Fanfare was heard every day at a previously unannounced time slot. Because of my special fondness for the human voice as an instrument, I decided to make my Fanfare a vocal one. “My†month in this series being the month of November, the idea of giving thanks naturally suggested itself. Though the work can be performed live by a minimum of five female voices, I really wanted to limit timbre differentiation to a minimum — hence the idea of pre-recording two singers and multi-tracking them. And, in any event, it seemed especially appropriate to compose a work of this nature for the radio, a medium that is certainly quite distinct from the concert-hall. For a text, I put together a series of words in English, Hebrew, Italian and French, all concerned with joy and giving thanks. Except for the word joy which is presented simultaneously in all four languages at the outset of the work, the rest of the composition was composed initially without words. In a process akin, perhaps, to the orchestrating of music already composed, the words were then strung together by me to fit the sounds and the rhythms (a reversal, at least for me, of the usual process of combining text and music).
SKU: PR.312418590
UPC: 680160595785. 8.5 x 11 inches. Text by Chen Yi.
Often called the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island in San Francisco was used as an immigration station in the first half of the 20th century, processing some one million Asian immigrants. Because of U.S. policy of the time, many spent years on Angel Island awaiting entry. Recently named a National Historical Landmark, Angel Island and its history is the inspiration behind Chen Yi's Angel Island Passages, commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Chen explores the experiences of the immigrants, even using poems carved in the walls, to express the mood, the patient yearning, and the ultimate release and embrace of a new country. Angel Island Passages was premiered June 4-5, 2010 by the SFGC and the Cypress String Quartet at the San Francisco Conservatory. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.Commissioned by San Francisco Girls Chorus (Executive Director Melanie Smith), and premiered by the SFGC and Cypress String Quartet on June 4, 2010, conducted by SFGC’s Artistic Director Susan McMane, at San Francisco Conservatory, CA, the 3-movement song cycle Angel Island Passages is written for children’s chorus and string quartet, with multimedia projection on the walls of the concert hall, produced by visual artist Felicia Lowe. The creative idea of this work was initiated by Dr. McMane, who invited me to write the music, and sent me the book “Island, poetry and history of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940â€, by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung for reference in 2009; also inspired by the Angel Island stories, and through cooperation with Felicia, who shared with me her film “Carved in Silence†and video productions “Chinatown†and “Road to Restorationâ€.I named the first movement of my work as “1882â€, which reflected the dark mood under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The collective poems carved on the wooden walls in Angel Island expressed deep emotion in sorrow and anxiety. The music in the second movement “Longing†is sad and sentimental. The third movement is called “We Are Americaâ€, which is ever-moving, energetic and optimistic. The text sung in the beginning in Chinese means “I am an Americanâ€. It’s sung in Cantonese dialect, then in Mandarin. As the music develops, from homophonic to polyphonic with increasing layers, the climax is reached when the text is turned to English “We Are Americaâ€, which symbolizes the flourishing society with the great contribution from thousands of immigrants during the years. The music fades out towards the ending of the work, which pushes the scene to a remote picture, to look forward to the future peace of the world.I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with such inspiring creative artists in this project, and hope the work is meaningful to our new society after the premiere performance.—Chen Yi.
SKU: PR.114419070
ISBN 9781491113493. UPC: 680160671540. 9 x 12 inches.
Martin Amlin’s first recital work for Trumpet and Piano brings all the iridescent excitement that has intrigued other performers. Composed for his renowned colleague Terry Everson, Amlin’s sonata pours new wine into old bottles with its three movements titled: 1. Invention, 2. Chaconne, and 3. Moto Perpetuo. The publication provides solo parts for both C and E-flat Trumpet. Composer and pianist Martin Amlin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, St. Botolph Club Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He was a recipient of an ASCAP Grant to Young Composers and has received many ASCAPlus Awards. He has been a resident at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the MacDowell Colony, where he was named a Norlin Fellow.Much of Amlin’s music is characterized by a pungent tonality and energetic rhythms. His Sonata for Piccolo and Piano and Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano both won the National Flute Association’s Newly Published Music Competition. Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra was premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,and he has had performances of his music by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver Chorale, Back Bay Chorale, Webster Trio, and the American Vocal Arts Quintet. He has had commissions from the Seattle Flute Society, Pacific Serenades, the Chicago Flute Club, ALEA III, the James Pappoutsakis memorial flute competition, pianist Andrew Willis, and clarinetist Michael Webster.Martin Amlin is Chairman of the Department of Composition and Theory at Boston University and Director of the Young Artists Composition Program at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He is also recipient of Boston University’s Kahn Award for his Piano Sonata No. 7. He studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Ecoles d’Art Américaines in Fontainebleau and the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and received masters and doctoral degrees as well as the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Amlin has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra in performances of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and has performed on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Prelude concerts at both Symphony Hall and Tanglewood. He has also appeared on the FleetBoston Celebrity Series and been pianist for the M.I.T. Experimental Music Studio and the New England Ragtime Ensemble. He has often been heard live on Boston’s WGBH radio station as both performer and composer, and has given world premieres of many new works.Martin Amlin has recordings on the Albany, Ashmont Music, Centaur, Crystal, Folkways, Hyperion, Koch International, Opus One, Titanic, and Wergo labels. .
SKU: CF.O5445
ISBN 9780825840449. UPC: 798408040444. 9 X 14 inches.
Written for the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1983, Desert Forests is one of the most successful of Brant's spatial works for conventional-sized symphony orchestra. The score mandates that the higher woodwinds (piccolos, flutes, oboes, clarinets) be stationed in a balcony at the back of the hall and the trumpets and trombones in boxes or balconies on opposite sides of the hall. There is also an optional improvised piano-obbligato. A recommended seating diagram for the stage instruments (also unusually arranged) is included in the score and was used to great effect in the performances conducted by Kurt Masur with the New York Philharmonic in May 1994. This extraordinary work expands the idea of bitonality and spatiality as a structural device to create a fifteen minute exercise in ecstatic polyphony, inspired, according to the composer by a visit to a forest of saguro cactus in Saguro National Monument, near Tucson, Arizona. Complete performance materials are available on rental.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14451
Hungarian-English-Germ an-French.
The stopping-places in this Musical journey are various countries of Europe, Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine ? each is represented in this volume by a very easy, short arrangement of a folksong or children?s song. In the string orchestra violas are replaced by 3rd violins, among the parts included with the score there is an ad libitum part for double bass. Every piece is playable in the first position by all sections of the orchestra.The stopping-places in this Musical Journey are various countries of Europe such as Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Each is represented in this volume bya very easy, short arrangement of a folksong or children's song. In the string orchestra violas are replaced by 3rd violins, among the parts included with the score there is an ad libitum part for double bass. Every piece is playablein the first position by all sections of the orchestra.Instrumentation : 3 vl1, 3 vl2, 3 vl3, 2 vlc, cbSeries Leggierissmo - growing repertoire for children's and youth string orchestras.Die Leggerierissmo-Rei he von Editio Musica Budapest umfasst Stücke, mit und an welchen Kinderstreichorchester wachsen können. Jede Ausgabe ist in der ersten Lage spielbar und enthält Partitur und Stimmen (Violine 3 entspricht Viola).Die Stationen dieser Musikalischen Reise sind Albanien, Bulgarien, Dänemark, Polen, Ungarn, Deutschland, Italien, Russland, Spanien, die Schweiz und die Ukraine. Jedes Land wird von einem kurzen leichten Arrangement oder Volkslied repräsentiert. Enthaltene Stimen: 3x Violine 1, 3x Violine 2, 3x Violine 3, Kontrabass.La collection Leggiero & Leggierissmo proposée par Editio Musica Budapest est une édition enrichie de pièces pour Orchestre Cordes Junior, dans un arrangement de degré de difficulté facile. Elle comprend des œuvres de compositeurs classiques et contemporains ainsi que des transcriptions de pièces faciles. La possibilité de substituer la partie d'alto par un 3e violon facilite l'interprétation des morceaux. Ces arrangements, qui favorisent l'acquisition d'une expérience musicale complète, sont l'œuvre des meilleurs pédagogues et compositeurs. Les annotations figurent en langue française. Voici un impressionnant Voyage Musical en 12 escales : Bulgarie •Albanie • Italie • Suisse • Espagne • Écosse • Danemark • Allemagne • Pologne • Russie • Ukraine • Hongrie.Instrumentation: 3 vl1, 3 vl2, 3 vl3, 2 vlc, cb.
