Format : Score and Parts
SKU: HL.14032627
ISBN 9780711954922. 8.25x11.75x0.045 inches.
'Crystalline' was commissioned by Tomoko Yazawa, who gave the first performance in 1988. The piece comprises of seven short sections. B flat and E are used as axes throughout the work., and a glassy, solid sound is required: like a cold, crystal sound sculpture. Duration c. 7 mins.
SKU: CF.FPS135F
ISBN 9781491143254. UPC: 680160900756.
A lilting melodic ostinato in the woodwinds provides a base over which a flowing melody and lush harmonies develop in Crystalline, by Larry Clark.A,A The piece is set in a vibrant 3/4 feel and provides interesting contrasts between the ostinato sections and colorful harmonic changes.
SKU: HL.14032628
UPC: 884088840242. 16.5x11.0x0.043 inches.
For Piano.
SKU: FG.55011-775-4
ISBN 9790550117754.
Alex Freeman found initial inspiration for his string quartet (2015) in a series of photographs a geologist friend showed him of en échelon veins in rock formations. The open strings punctuated with pizzicato unisons that begin the single-movement work call to mind something crystalline and shimmering, which is immediately infused with tumbling lyrical lines in something of a rapid caccia technique throughout. The middle of the work becomes more suspended in slower material loosely based on a technique of prolation canon, comprises layers of free, expressive, lyrical, and even elegiac music moving at different speeds. As the work concludes, the materials converge in a rhythmically pulsating stasis and an almost chorale-like statement. Duration: c. 13' This product includes the score and the parts (A4 sized). American-Finnish composer Alex Freeman (b.1972) has established himself among the foremost composers of choral music in Finland. A dedicated citizen of his musical community, a teacher, and a choral singer himself, he composes music that reflects an appreciation for a wide range of aesthetics and a passion for communicating with listeners and performers. In his choral works, in particular, we find music that aims to be sonorous, melodic, and resonant, but is always crafted to carefully avoid the cliches that can burden conventional tonality. His instrumental works run the gamut: a cantata with orchestra based on poetry of Whitman; a significant body of solo piano works that reveal deep roots in everything from austere absolute music to soaring elegaic rhetoric (see Albany Records, Inner Voice); his chamber work Blueshift (Navona Records), which is a kind of paean to Reich and Adams in miniature; open-ended modular works, like various iterations of his Slow All Clocks for electronic media, solo clarinet, and mixed choirs of kanteles; and, recently, some new directions in microtonal music.
SKU: CA.2707305
ISBN 9790007130787. Language: Latin.
The 15 minute Missa alta, a High Mass, is not referred to by this name simply due to its scoring for women's voices and two percussionists, whose instrumentarium produces a crystalline and dreamlike sound. The solemnity of the music, whose compositional compactness and sensual sound elicit a transcendent effect, also reaches heights. Missa alta is a rewarding challenge for all ambitious girls and women's choirs or vocal ensembles, and a true enrichment of the repertoire for services and concerts. Score available separately - see item CA.2707300.
SKU: HL.14028683
UPC: 884088812775. 17.0x11.0x0.023 inches.
Composer's Note YTA is Swedish for 'surface'; my series of three YTA's - YTA 1 (alto flute), YTA 2 (Piano), YTA 3 (Cello)- were written with particular performers/friends in mind, and in each piece I have tried to capture and explore aspects of their virtuosity and that of their instrument. Being a Finn, 'surfaces' are often snowy and icy, and the music reflects a sparkling, crystalline and sometimes blinding quality, just as a vibrating, shimmering surface reflects a shing light. Although the surface of the music is extremely busy and dispenses with traditional medlody altogether, the formal process is considerably slower and partly hidden behind the frenetic stream and gleam of fast gestures. Esa-Pekka Salonen.
SKU: CA.2707300
ISBN 9790007130947. Language: Latin.
The 15 minute Missa alta, a High Mass, is not referred to by this name simply due to its scoring for women's voices and two percussionists, whose instrumentarium produces a crystalline and dreamlike sound. The solemnity of the music, whose compositional compactness and sensual sound elicit a transcendent effect, also reaches heights. Missa alta is a rewarding challenge for all ambitious girls and women's choirs or vocal ensembles, and a true enrichment of the repertoire for services and concerts.
SKU: AP.48825
UPC: 038081561493. English. Words by Rachel Field.
The last autumn leaves freely descend during the short piano introduction, symbolic of the change from fall to winter. Two-part groups will luxuriate in the words of Rachel Field as presented in this sumptuous setting. As simple as a partner song, with two independent melodies that assemble into a delicate choral duet; as sophisticated as an art song, with haunting motives and passing dissonances. Crystalline chords, embedded into the mostly arpeggiated accompaniment, dazzle the ear and offer subtle support to treble voices of any age. Designed with the clarity and elegance that will make any ensemble sound impressive.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: SU.28060090
A single movement of crystalline arpeggiated passages, long lyrical melodies, and virtuoso flourishes. violin & piano Duration: 12' Composed: 2013 Published by: Distributed Composer.
