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Three Small Pieces for String Quartet. Par AYRES RICHARD. Richard Ayres’ Three Small Pieces for String Quartet each have distinct characters that illustrate the composer’s vivid imagination and skill for combining energetic, touching and sometimes wild music. The first piece is a short tribute to the Romanian singer Maria Tanase, a long forgotten performer who was once a star in her country. The second is a rough, fast and folk-like section in 11/16 time and the third, subtitled “Countess Eva von Spendu (on a horse) gallops through the forest (pausing four times to contemplate natural splendour)”, contains (in the words of the composer) “hunting gallops, a Feldmanesque 19 bar blues, some devilish fiddling, moments of repose and contemplation, and a lyrical finale.”/ Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes
SKU: ST.VS017
ISBN 9790220226625.
SKU: HL.49018678
ISBN 9790220133121. UPC: 884088862961. 8.25x11.75x0.128 inches.
No. 24 is the first of three 'NONcertos' by Richard Ayres, a form that exposes the possibilities and especially the impossibilities of the soloist. As Ayres says himself 'whenever this piece is performed, the reaction is always the same: the audience laughs at first but very soon the embarrassment of the situation becomes clear. By the time it ends you can cut the tension with a knife'.
SKU: HL.49015546
ISBN 9781423421009. 9.0x12.0x0.066 inches.
A quartet of paintings by the American Mark Tobey that displays expanses of white in various shades provides the inspiration for this solo piano work. The images from the paintings are translated into music that plays off static and dynamic forces, interweaving with sounds reminiscent of a Javanese gamelan.
SKU: HL.49018716
ISBN 9790220132339. 9.25x12.0x0.3 inches.
Richard Ayres' Three Small Pieces for String Quartet each have distinct characters that illustrate the composer's vivid imagination and skill for combining energetic, touching and sometimes wild music. The first piece is a short tribute to the Romanian singer Maria Tanase, a long forgotten performer who was once a star in her country. The second is a rough, fast and folk-like section in 11/16 time and the third, subtitled 'Countess Eva von Spendu (on a horse) gallops through the forest (pausing four times to contemplate natural splendour)', contains (in the words of the composer) 'hunting gallops, a Feldmanesque 19 bar blues, some devilish fiddling, moments of repose and contemplation, and a lyrical finale.'.
SKU: HL.49044148
ISBN 9790001191371.
Petrushka (with diligent guidance from Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker); climbs to the summit, dances (joyfully), reflects upon (musical) existence, dances (vigorously) again ... and descends (for another day at the fair).
SKU: HL.49018854
ISBN 9790220132384. UPC: 884088675011. 8.25x11.75x0.304 inches.
No. 37b is a suite of four short pieces for orchestra. Like many of the composer's works the subject matter revolves around death and after life. Featuring some of the composer's most chaotic and frenzied mixes of musical ideas this new score is essential study material for aspiring conductors and composers.
