SKU: HL.14021025
ISBN 9780711986138. 5.5x7.5x0.164 inches.
Miniature Score. This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 13th May 1998 London. This piece is based on a genuine old tune 'Maxwell's Strathspey' which the composer found in an 1824 collection of Scottish melodies, and which unfolds at the start of the piece on solo cello. Variations and a bold up-tempo to the quick dance we know as a reel ultimately yield to the magic that has been promised right at the start: the northern lights take over at the end of the piece. Its inspiration comes from a walk to a community event in Hoy Hall, during which Davies saw the lights in the sky pulsing in and out of time with the sounds coming from the hall. Duration 12 minutes. Conductor's score and orchestral parts are available on hire.
SKU: AP.49984S
ISBN 9781470659271. UPC: 038081576534. English.
The northern lights---also known as aurora borealis---are the subject of this stunning piece by Yukiko Nishimura, which weaves together individual musical lines to create a beautiful texture and sonority. The waves of light are similar to the waveform of sound frequencies, and these linear musical sequences depict that concept. Northern Lights is a spectacular work that will captivate your students. (3:50).
SKU: CF.FPS60F
ISBN 9780825864445. UPC: 798408064440. 9 X 12 inches. Key: C minor.
Featuring a lovely and appropriate use of mallet percussion instruments, especially bells and other delicate members of the percussion section, Northern Lights is evocative, melodically distinguished and cleverly scored to help a young band sound its best. The contrast between the natural minor of the woodwind melody at the beginning and the grander, major mode brass theme introduced later is nicely maintained throughout this very effective piece.
SKU: FG.55011-484-5
ISBN 9790550114845.
In January 1999, Nieminen worked with his oboe piece Elegy for Agatha. The work kept running through his mind. Its musically intimate and intriguing setting seemed to include sufficient elements for explicating a bigger whole. The poem by Hannele Huovi was the inspiration of the sequel: Kuulen virtaavaa valoa ja se on pimeys (I can here streaming light and it is darkness). In his work, Nieminen also looks back on his days in military service. The mental pictures created decades ago on guard during winter frost amid silence combined with Huovi's poem took a musical shape. I Hear Streaming Light (1999) for the String Quartet was created out of these ideas, which together with Elegy for Agatha constitute a whole called I Can Hear Northern Lights. All musical material and melodic themes of the string quartet piece originate from Elegy for Agatha but they do not appear in their original forms.
SKU: SU.12600000
Includes CD of Drum Pad SamplesNorthern Flicker was commissioned by Lisa Pegher and premiered at the Andy Warhol Museum in 2012. In addition to an array of drums and metalic percussion, the piece incorporates samples from the Yellow Shafted Northern Flicker triggered by a midi drum pad. The work also references the Northern Lights, especially in the middle of the piece that features a variety coloristic metalic percussion.Solo Percussion Duration: 8 Composed: 2012 Published by: Plurabelle Music.
SKU: HL.268915
Sadie Harrison is known primarily as a composer and lecturer, her music performed and broadcast across the globe, with works released to critical acclaim on Naxos, NMC, Cadenza, Sargasso, BML, Divine Art/Metier, and Clarinet Classics. For several years, she also pursued a secondary career as an archaeologist, specialising initially in the Irish Neolithic, and latterly in the prestige pottery of the Continental Bronze Age (also appearing on Channel 4's Time Team). Reflecting her interest in the past, many of Sadie's compositions have been inspired by the traditional music of old and extant cultures with cycles of pieces based on the folkmusic of Afghanistan, Lithuania, the Isle of Skye, the Northern Caucasus and the UK.
SKU: GI.WW1764
UPC: 785147020165. Latin. Text source: Song of Solomon. From Song of Solomon.
Using the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this composition is a great selection for high school men’s choruses and above. With music inspired by the aurora borealis atmospheric lights, this song will render a most impressive performance.
SKU: AP.51219
UPC: 038081582580. English.
This musical tribute to the aurora borealis flickers and flashes with colorful imagery. Carefully crafted for 2-part singers, it opens with independent parts that come together in a glowing chorus like lights swirling in the winter sky. An optional descant at the end adds even more sparkle. What a beautiful sight!
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: CL.011-4649-00
This entrancing work musically captures the dazzling dancing northern lights which have fascinated mankind for centuries. The opening theme is presented in varying styles, characterizing the many forms in which the lights appear, from patchy clouds to streaming arches. Trills and rolls symbolize the rippling formations, and the chromatic rising musical lines reflect the soaring rays which light the sky with an eerie glow. Bright brass fanfares depict the magnificent shades of green and pink. Exciting music for both audiences and performers, Aurora Borealis is a surefire winner!
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
SKU: CL.011-4649-01
SKU: M7.ART-42163
ISBN 9783866421639.
'The Sound of Piano' ist eine Sammlung klangvoller, moderner Klavierstücke, die sowohl im Klavierunterricht als auch zum selbstständigen Üben und Musizieren verwendet werden können. Die Stücke sind leicht bis mittelleicht arrangiert und richten sich an Pianistinnen & Pianisten, die am Klavier bereits grundlegende Fertigkeiten besitzen und sich pianistisch weiterentwickeln möchten. Die musikalischen Inhalte sind abwechslungsreich und werden beinahe jedem Geschmack und jeder Stimmungslage gerecht: Von majestätisch-graziösen oder humorvoll-verspielten über rhythmisch-synkopierten bis hin zu lyrisch-romantischen Kompositionen. Begeben Sie sich auf eine musikalische Entdeckungsreise und genießen Sie diese locker-leichte, stimmungsvolle Klaviermusik mit modernen Rhythmen, harmonischen Verbindungen sowie eingängigen Melodien. Einfach ausprobieren, loslegen und Spaß haben!
SKU: CL.011-3050-00
A dramatic Larry Neeck composition for younger bands which opens with a majestic fanfare. The bold and effective Allegro section gives everyone in the band a chance to shine and Neeck’s skillful scoring will allow your young band to attain a new level of musical expression. An excellent choice for contest or concert performances. (Recorded on the CD Tribute & Triumph).
SKU: HL.14028531
ISBN 9788759855355. UPC: 840126906707. 12.0x16.75x0.529 inches. English.
The full score of Kaija Saariaho's Lichtbogen for Nine Musicians and Live Electronics. The title for this work stems from the composer's experience of seeing the Northern lights whilst starting work on writing the piece, this experience also shaped the form and language of the piece. Lichtbogen was the first time Saariaho had worked with a computer in the context of purely instrumental music, this new compositional element led to harmonic material being created by analysing short transitions played with a violin and cello, starting with artificial harmonic sounds and ending up with complex multi-phonic sounds. The rhythmic elements of this piece were created using a network of computer programmes, allowing the composer to construct interpolations and transitions for different musical parameters, rhythmic interpolations created through sets of musical patterns that are repeated but each time slightly modified in character. Lichtbogen is the commission of the French ministry of culture and is dedicated to Paul Mefanc. A splendid work for Ensemble (Flute, Percussion, Harp, Piano, 2 Violins, Viola Cello, Double Bass) and Live Electronics by this inimitable Finnish composer.
