Format : Score and Parts
SKU: AP.36694S
UPC: 038081411521. English.
Falling Leaves is a lush ballad that provides an opportunity for ensembles at any level to explore rubato, tenuto, and vibrato. The inspiration for this work was a beautiful fall day when the leaves were turning color and falling from the trees, creating a stunning scene. This haunting work will program well in a change-of-pace moment, and the rehearsals should bring attention to phrasing, style, balance, and blend. - The Instrumentalist This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: HL.14027822
ISBN 9788759877579. English.
Roses Are Falling - 5 songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano by Bent Sorensen (1998) with lyrics by Selima Hill. Programme note: Roses are Falling had its origin in a small opera sketch I created with the English poet Selima Hill in just under a week during an opera workshop in the south of England in the autumn of 1998. After the workshop I was asked to make a song cycle out of the material. The opera sketch begins with a woman and a man sitting alone in a room. They have drawn aside from the rest of a large party and they have just decided to finish their love affair. The other guests at the party come into the room, and amidst the crowd the man leaves the room. The women is leftthere alone among all these inconsequential people: alone, singing her own thoughts and torment. The first three songs were all taken from this part. In the fourth song, which was written late, the text is taken from one of Selima Hill's poetry collections. The fifth and last song comes partly from the beginning of the opera, where the man and the women sit alone (she knows what is coming), partly from the end of the story, where despite the gab in time and space they touch each other with their dreams. His voice is heard as a whisper that merges with hers: He takes me in his arms like the moon that turns and take the evening from the sun. Roses are Falling was premiered in 2000 in London by Lore Lixenberg and Domenic Saunders.
SKU: HL.49017760
ISBN 9790220125379. UPC: 884088656720. 8.5x11.75x0.078 inches.
The Fall of the Leafe is based on a piece for virginal from the Fitzwilliam collection and is characterised by a descriptive descending scale which imitates leaves falling in autumn. The piece has further resonance for Maxwell Davies who lives in Orkney where there are very few trees so his opportunities to experience this time of year are confined to visits elsewhere in the country or his imagination.
SKU: SU.27080030
2 Flutes, Oboe, English Horn, Viola, 2 Guitars, Acoustic Bass Guitar, Piano, Tambourine Duration: 4'45 Composed: 2015 Published by: Distributed Composer This mixed ensemble is a love song to nature, as well as a farewell song to a late family friend and mentor. Different timbres and solo lines float on top of a steady ostinato in the piano, clusters and dissonances adding texture to the piece as it builds to a climax before falling quickly back to the motive from the beginning.
