Format : Score and Parts
SKU: HL.48019859
UPC: 884088273262. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Written for the Young People's Chorus of New York City, this piece puts the listener in the midst of a playground, listening in on the thoughts of the children running past; the sweetness, the conflict, the questions, the energy, the indomitable spirit of the urban child. Includes parts for Trumpet/Cornet and Percussion. An accompaniment for Brass Quintet (2 tpt, hrn, tbn, tba), Percussion and Tape/CD is available on rental from the publisher. Duration: ca. 10:00.
SKU: HL.14042376
ISBN 9788759826621. English.
Karsten Fundal's Figure And Ground Study 2 for 3 Guitars (1994).
Figure and Ground Study 2 is a title which shares its name with a series of drawings by M.C. Escher. The drawings have light motives on a dark background - yet at the same time exactly the opposite! The dark background becomes the foreground and the light foreground becomes the background. One sees either the dark or the light figures, but it is impossible to perceive both figures as the foreground at once. In this musical work, various complimentary scales appear as both the foreground and the background. Karsten Fundal
SKU: ST.Y261
ISBN 9790220222580.
The ground bass, a type of theme-and-variations much favoured by English composers from Purcell to Britten, receives a 21st-century makeover in Morgan Hayes's Dances on a Ground. The 'ground' in this case is, appropriately, a robotic, march-like tune for cello that asserts itself in unrelenting mechanical repetitions according to the rules of the form. But among the other instruments there is little consensus about the path the music should take. Though the theme resists for a time, increasingly assaulted by their capricious flights of melody and spiky pizzicatos it abandons its stubborn resistance, is turned to fragments, then dissolves in a fierce conclusion, leaving only an outline of its former self. Premiered in Vilnius, Lithuania, in May 2009 by the Composers Ensemble with pianist Huw Watkins, Dances on a Ground revisits an earlier work written for the Smith Quartet, and presents its material in terms of a carefully chosen instrumentation of clarinet in A, violin, cello, piano and optional double bass. The same performers gave the work's UK premiere last September, at Kings Place, London.
SKU: ST.Y248
ISBN 9790220222351.
Commissioned by Bromsgrove Concerts with financial assistance from Arts Council England 1st perf: Smith Quartet, Artrix, Bromsgrove, 27 February 2009 Favoured by English composers from Purcell to Vaughan Williams and Britten, the ground-bass form receives a contemporary makeover in Morgan Hayes's Dances on a Ground. Artfully four-square, a cello ostinato stays stubbornly true to its original thoughts. Meanwhile, above it a capricious ensemble of two violins and viola swaggers its way through flights of melody and jumpy pizzicati to an ecstatic conclusion. Commissioned by Bromsgrove Concerts with funding provided by Arts Council England, Dances on a Ground was first performed by the innovative Smith Quartet at the Artrix, Bromsgrove, on 27 February 2009.
SKU: BT.WH31444
ISBN 9788759823996. International.
Pelle Gudmundsen-HolmgreenNEW GROUND GREEN 2011for Solo Voices (SATB)and String QuartetThe vocal part of NGG may be performed separately,a cappella, entitled GREEN.The vocal part of NGG also makes part of another work (in preparation),also for voices and string quartet, entitled NO GROUND GREEN.
SKU: GI.G-008100
UPC: 641151081007. English.
This album demonstrates John Angotti's extraordinary songwriting and performing abilities. Common Ground highlights his command of many diverse styles: gospel, blues, rock, and ballad. The same gifted musicians that help to make Rise Up, My People a besteseller--Paul Tate, Meredith Augustin, Seth Maynard and Joey Rauso--are on hand for Common Ground. In this great new release you'll find settings of Psalm 85 and 145, as well as music appropriate for weddings, Advent, Marian feasts, and general songs of praise.
SKU: HL.118956
UPC: 884088903855. 6.75x10.5 inches.
The traditional Christmas text and new music combine to create an introspective work filled with reverent mystery and rich emotion. Set in a rocking 6/8 and minor mode, the first verse opens with back and forth phrases between the women and men, leading into a contrasting homophonic section in the 2nd verse. Following a modulation, the original melodic material then returns for the final verse. Excellent for school, church and community concerts!
SKU: BP.HB536
UPC: 748769305362.
Arranged for 3 to 5 octave handbell choir and optional 3 octaves of handchimes. Level 3. Venite Adoremus and In Dulci Jubilo. This medley of two tunes -- The Snow Lay on the Ground and In Dulci Jubilo -- provides a fresh take on both. Multiple stopped techniques are used throughout to beautiful effect, especially the extended section of martellatos at a piano dynamic in the bass. A final joyful verse of the first theme closes out the piece, which ends with a playful flourish.
SKU: LP.765762155701
UPC: 765762155701.
In his first major work for Lillenas Publishing Company, arranger Mike Lawrence brings us a power-packed collection of inspirational and gospel arrangements specifically suited for the smaller choir. Higher Ground features a stellar song selection including hits from the Singing News charts, classic inspiration songs, and gospel hymns we all love. A generous amount of unison, 2-part and easy 4-part writing places this collection firmly within the Easy 2 Excel parameters you appreciate. Since these arrangements are both musically interesting and technically achievable (not to mention loads of fun!), the whole book will find usefulness for revival choirs, summer choirs, or in those instances when something quick, easy and great is needed.
SKU: BT.WHKP01739
English.
Parts for String Quartet No. 8 Ground by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1986).
SKU: HL.424961
ISBN 9781705162200. UPC: 196288061960. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:1-20.
A Christmas classic in a glittering new arrangement! Like twinkling lights on a cloudless night, this octavo captures the spirit of the season with dazzling writing that is both engaging and technically approachable. Score and Parts (3 oct. hndbls, db) available as a digital download.
