SKU: JK.09148
Elaborate instrumental arrangement for advanced violin, cello, and piano accompaniment--based on music from Finlandia by Jean Sibelius. Composer: Jean Sibelius Arranger: Lawrence Gee Difficulty: Advanced Performance time: 4:15References: Psalm 37:8-9, Doctrine and Covenants 101:14-16, 35-38.
SKU: CY.CC2646
Sibelius wrote the five-minute Romance in 1903 for string orchestra, originally titling it Andante. However he was persuaded to change the name about five years later by a critic's review. In 1903, Sibelius was still composing in a Romantic style, not the austere sounds heard later-on after he composed the 4th Symphony. Romance is made up of three sections; a slow Andante, a faster middle section and a slow third section. Mr. Sauer has distilled the music down to a lovely solo for Trombone and Piano. This crowd-pleaser will work well for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC3082
ISBN 9790530110591. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Sibelius wrote the five-minute Romance in 1903 for string orchestra, originally titling it Andante. However he was persuaded to change the name about five years later by a critic's review. In 1903, Sibelius was still composing in a Romantic style, not the austere sounds heard later-on after he composed the 4th Symphony. Romance is made up of three sections; a slow Andante, a faster middle section and a slow third section. Mr. Sauer has distilled the music down to a lovely solo for Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano. This crowd-pleaser will work well for advanced performers.
SKU: BR.EB-9392
ISBN 9790004188668. 9 x 12 inches.
After preparing his Scenes historiques op. 66 for print in spring 1912, Sibelius had many grand plans but had to turn towards more profitable piano works first, due to his financial situation. Within only one month, he wrote the Three Sonatinas op. 67 in June 1912, which were published by Breitkopf already in November the same year. Although by his own accounts he did not like writing for piano and only doing it for income, he told in 1948 Erik Tawaststjerna that he regarded the Sonatinas among his best chamber music and considered them equal to his string quartet 'Voces intimae'. Advanced pianists with a penchant for Sibelius's music can welcome this publication with unalloyed happiness. Highly recommended!(Andrew Eales, Pianodao)Sibelius himself counted his Sonatinas among his best chamber music.
SKU: CY.CC2776
Karelia Suite, Opus 11 is a concert suite taken from an 11-movement work that Sibelius composed using Finnish folk music. The two selections in this arrangement are the Intermezzo and Alla Marcia and have a naive peasant feel to them with their simplicity. Karelia was one of the composer's favorite parts of Finland.Intermezzo is a bouncy march in Allegro as is the Alla Marcia which has a few key change surprises, adding a real kick to the movement.All parts are in bass clef and the parts are appropriate for moderately advanced performers. This arrangement is about 9 minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2915
Karelia Suite, Opus 11 is a concert suite taken from an 11-movement work that Sibelius composed using Finnish folk music. Karelia was one of the composer's favorite parts of Finland.Intermezzo is a bouncy, heroic march in Allegro tempo about 3-minutes in length and is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.Parts are supplied for C and B-flat Trumpets.
SKU: CR.977869
ISBN 9780758665850. 8.5 X 11 inches.
The hymn tunes of master composers such as Thomas Tallis (TALLIS' CANON), Jean Sibelius (FINLANDIA), and Gustav Holst (THAXTED) are featured in this exceptional collection of piano settings. The hymn settings have been written by modern-day composers in a variety of styles, forms, and techniques. This collection will be sought after by students, teachers, and church musicians, and is great for creative use in both recitals and worship.
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SKU: FH.WCE1
ISBN 978-1-55440-588-6.
This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.Level 7:De Hebriden, op. 26: Overture - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 39, K 543: II, III, IV - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSymphony No. 5, op. 64: I, II - Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskySymphony No. 2, op. 36: II - Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Concerto No. 2, op. 18: II - Sergei RachmaninoffSymphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68: I - Ludwig van BeethovenLevel 8:Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 8, Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr BorodinIl barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - Gioachino RossiniSymphony No. 4 (Italian), op. 90: IV - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 4, op. 98: II - Johannes BrahmsOuverture zu Offenbach's Orpheus in der Unterwelt - Carl BinderSymphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759: II - Franz SchubertSymphonie fantastique: III - Hector BerliozLevel 9:Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68 : I, II, III - Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 3, op. 90: I, II - Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 4, op. 60: II - Ludwig van BeethovenSemiramide: Overture - Gioachino RossiniSymphony No. 3 (Scottish), op. 56: II - Felix MendelssohnPrelude a l'apres midi d'un faune - Claude DebussySymphony no. 9, op. 125: II - Ludwig van BeethovenLevel 10:Symphony No. 2, op. 27: III - Sergei RachmaninoffViolin Concerto, op. 61: II - Ludwig van BeethovenIncidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo - Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 1, op. 39: I, III - Jean SibeliusVariations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a: Variation II, Variation IV, Variation V - Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 8, op. 93: III - Ludwig van BeethovenSheherazade, op. 35: II, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovAssociate: B_, A, C Clarinet:Capriccio espagnole, op. 34: I, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-KorsakovDances of Galanta - Zoltan KodalyPini di Roma: III - Ottorino RespighiSuite de l'oiseau de feu: Variation de l'oiseau de feu - Igor StravinskySymphony No. 6 (Pathetique), op. 74: I - Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskySymphony No. 9, op. 70: II, III - Dmitri ShostakovichDon Juan, op. 20 - Richard StraussSymphonie fantastique: V - Hector BerliozPeter and the Wolf, op. 67: Nervoso - Sergei ProkofievPrince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr BorodinAssociate: E_ Clarinet:Symphony no. 5, op 100: IV - Sergei ProkofievTill Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 - Richard StraussSymphony no. 5, op. 47: II - Dmitri ShostakovichSymphonie fantastique: V - Hector BerliozBolero - Maurice RavelAssociate: Bass Clarinet:Les Huguenots: Trio from act 5 - Giacomo MeyerbeerViolin Concerto no. 1, op. 77: II - Dmitri ShostakovichGrand Canyon Suite: III - Ferde GrofeDon Quixote, op. 35: Sancho Panza, Variation X - Richard Strauss.
SKU: CY.CC2772
Finlandia is the best known work of the composer, written in 1899 as a covert protest against Russia's increasing meddling in the affairs of Finland.The 7-8 minute work is stormy, rousing and patriotic in character with a magnificent climax at the ending.The arrangement for Trombone octet by Randall Malmstrom is appropriate for advanced performers.
SKU: PR.UE037199
ISBN 9783702475109. UPC: 803452072218.
Igudesman translates the familiar Happy Birthday tune into the style of classic violin masterpieces in a seamless exposition. An opening passage a la Bruch gives way to a Sibelius-like phrase, then continues in the styles of Mozart, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and on. Quotes from the concerti are intermingled with the ongoing Happy Birthday theme to create, truly, The Soloist's Ultimate Happy Birthday. For two violinists of intermediate to advanced skills.
SKU: FG.55011-602-3
ISBN 9790550116023.
Ann-Elise Hannikainen (1946-2012) was born in Hanko, Southern Finland, but lived mainly abroad, her father working as diplomat. Her grandfather's father was P.J. Hannikainen, the head of a prominent Finnish musical family. Ann-Elise's attraction to music was first found at age of five, when her family, then living in Warsaw, bought a grand piano. Hannikainen started to study piano playing at the Sibelius Academy in 1967, but rheumatoid arthritis prevented her from pursuing a carrier as a concert pianist. In 1972 she moved to Madrid and started to study composition with Ernesto Halffter Ercriche, a student of Manuel de Falla. Hannikainen advanced quickly in her career, and her piano concerto was premiered in Helsinki Festival in 1976. Her composing style evolved into luminous melodies, free atonal harmonies and improvisatory forms. Hannikainen wrote the two piano pieces Pensamientos 1974 (1974) and Toccata-fantasia (1975) in El Escorial. The first one carries features typical for piano writing of the Late Romantic, whereas the playful and improvisatory Toccata-fantasia gives a neoclassical impression.
SKU: FG.55011-604-7
ISBN 9790550116047.
Ann-Elise Hannikainen (1946-2012) was born in Hanko, Southern Finland, but lived mainly abroad, her father working as diplomat. Her grandfather's father was P.J. Hannikainen, the head of a prominent Finnish musical family. Ann-Elise's attraction to music was first found at age of five, when her family, then living in Warsaw, bought a grand piano. Hannikainen started to study piano playing at the Sibelius Academy in 1967, but rheumatoid arthritis prevented her from pursuing a carrier as a concert pianist. In 1972 she moved to Madrid and started to study composition with Ernesto Halffter Ercriche, a student of Manuel de Falla. Hannikainen advanced quickly in her career, and her piano concerto was premiered in Helsinki Festival in 1976. Her composing style evolved into luminous melodies, free atonal harmonies and improvisatory forms. Chachara (1980) is her first composition for solo instrument and piano, and it was also Hannikainen's last work to be premiered during her lifetime. The flute has the main role shifting between virtuosic and bel canto modes. The window of love, a distinct section of tonal harmony and singing melody was typical in many of Hannikainen's compositions. In Chachara this confession of love is heard in the middle of the piece (Molto moderato). In January 1981 Chachara was recognized in Barcelona with the first prize in the competition for young composers.
SKU: FH.WC7
ISBN 978-1-55440-583-1.
SKU: CF.FE192
ISBN 9780825877568. UPC: 798408077563. 9.5 x 13 inches.
The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music notes: Talma was the first woman to receive two Guggenheims, the first woman elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1974), the first American woman to have a full-scale opera performed in Germany, the first American to teach at Fontainebleau, and the first woman to receive the Sibelius Medal for composition. This is only the highlights of a long life of composing. Talma spent a good amount of time at the MacDowell Colony, where she wrote many of her finest works, including the Violin Sonata. Having studied composition with Nadia Boulanger over 17 summers in her youth, Talma dedicated the Sonata to her former teacher and long-time friend on the occasion of Boulanger's 75th birthday. The single movement reflects Talma's style in 1962, with more than a passing nod to 12-tone construction. For advanced performers. Duration: 16'.
