SKU: HL.346282
UPC: 840126923452. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.
Imaginative and wonderful are the words that best describe this selection. The poet asks, who will read his words many years hence and what will the impact be? The music carries the words like a well-written story, and the listener is brought into the narrative. It is a masterful piece for an advanced high school or college choir.
SKU: LO.10-4298L
ISBN 9781429130387.
Little Tears is a tender telling of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, which gives us a glimpse into both His struggle and His remarkable courage. Colored by delicate harmonies, optional solos, and rubato moments, this piece is a simple yet captivating anthem for any choir.
SKU: FG.55009-402-4
ISBN 979-0-55009-402-4.
According to Rautavaara The name of the work is a quotation from the libretto of my opera The House of the Sun: . . .like a butterfly in a dark autumn garden. . .. The motif to which these words are sung is the theme for the variations in the first movement. Their texture gradually grows and becomes denser. Following on without a break is a slow, poetic movement of even rhythms and dynamics. The quick, lively finale begins giocoso e leggiero. But autumn is also a time of colour, and of death. At the end the music thus turns into a festive dance con grandezza. Maybe it bears the echo of a sarabande to the dying splendour of summer - or as T.S. Eliot put it: late roses filled with early snow. Autumn Gardens was commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and premiered at the London Proms in July 1999.
SKU: BA.BA04045
ISBN 9790006443536. 33 x 26.1 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Anonymus.
In 1734 Handel provided the pasticcio “ Oreste †for his third operatic enterprise which, following the bankruptcy of the Royal Academy and its successor academy, felt threatened by competition from the newly-founded Opera of the Nobility. Hence, the composer did not compile the work from favourite movements from his own and other composer's pieces as was usual at that time; rather in “ Oreste †he presented a selection of the most beautiful arias and ensembles exclusively from his own operas. In addition, he expanded the ballet and choral scenes which he thought would make a great impact after the move into the newly built Covent Garden Theatre. As most of the singers in his Italian company had been enticed away by the competition, Handel increasingly began to engage English virtuosi. He probably even worked on the new version of the libretto himself in order to place the new stars in the limelight to the best effect. The new vocal score is based on Volume 1 of the Supplement to Series II of the “Halle Handel†Edition edited by Bernd Baselt .
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