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10 Duets. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY). Music by Aleksey Igudesman is now also available for viola players! 'Violin and Viola and more” features a selection of well-known pieces from his duet series ' and More' arranged for violin and viola in moderate difficulty. The edition includes helpful remarks on background and characteristics of every piece. Thus, style-appropriate interpretation and fun at playing together are guaranteed./ Répertoire / Violon et Alto

for variable Wind/Brass Ensemble-Deux airs traditionnels irlandais.Voix 1 Fl Htb Cl. Si♭/Mi♭ Sax. S. Sax. A. Trp Mallets Voix 2 Fl Cl. Si♭ Sax. A. Trp Voix 3 Cl. Si♭ Sax. T. Trp Cor Voix 4 Cl. Si♭ Basson Sax. B. Trb. Euph. Tuba Opt. Perc

(Part - Guitar)-Acallam na Senórach by Tarik O'Regan was co-commissioned by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at University of Notre Dame Indiana and Peak Performances at Montclair State University Montclair New Jersey.First performed on 25 November 2010 at St Ann’s Church Dublin by the National Chamber Choir of Irelandwith Stewart French (Guitar) directed by Paul Hillier.The Guitar part was edited by Stewart French.Tarik O'Regan on the music:In writing this musical setting of Acallam na Senórach I was drawn to the evenness of the dialogue. Instead of St Patricksimply converting the pagan warriors he is encouraged to listen to Ca lte’s stories and poems of an earlier time in which the saint delights.This secular/sacred osmosis is maintained unwaveringly throughout the entire text. By the end of the narrative one has witnessed not only the arrival of a new religion in Ireland but also a richly-recounted secular narrative map of the entire island: the peaceful and enriching shaking of two great hands.In preparing the libretto (the sung text) I have focused on only a few of the shorter constituent tales. This decision was born of the practical constraints of duration. I have however kept the skeleton albeit smaller of the overall frame in place. Finally for the sake of simplicity Ois n is removed from the primary narrative.The characters are not assigned specific voices. The narrative as a whole is carried by a persistently changing combination of voices and guitar. The one exception is Cas Corach the musician of the s d (underworld) who is most closely embodied throughout this setting in the solo interludes for guitar.The music itself is not ethnographically inclined; that is I have not attempted to reconstruct theories on Irish music of the period from which Acallam stems. However the score generally and especially in the guitar writing is imbued with an air

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