SKU: CY.CC2825
Urlicht (Primal Light), beautifully arranged for 9-part Brass ensemble & Glockenspiel by Jim Pugh, is taken from the 4th movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 Resurrection. The text, which is also used in Mahler's Das Knaben Wunderhorn talks about the desire of returning to God for an eternal, blissful life.Mahler's music is magical, evoking ecstatic sadness, transporting the listener into another dimension.The arrangement features the 1st Horn part, which takes over the Alto vocal solo and is about 4 minutes in length and is appropriate for advanced performers.Instrumentation is:3 Trumpets in B-flat (3rd doubles on Piccolo)2 Horns2 TrombonesBass Trombone (Euphonium or F-Tuba)TubaGlockenspiel.
SKU: CA.2380203
ISBN M-007-24441-5. German.
Nicholas Kok's newly-created vocal score of the 4th and 5th movements of Mahler's 2nd Symphony is aimed particularly at vocal soloists and choral singers who wish to practice the two vocal movements in this work; it is available on sale, as is the chorus score. To ensure a secure entry at the attacca beginning of the 4th movement, the vocal score begins earlier in the 3rd movement. The rehearsal letters in the prevalently used orchestral materials have been taken into consideration so that the vocal score and chorus score are compatible with all the available music editions. In his 2nd Symphony, premiered in 1895 after a seven-year gestation period, Gustav Mahler combined different work concepts which he had previously tried out in various independent compositions: the 1st movement with the original title Todtenfeier was conceived as a symphonic poem, the 3rd movement is based on the original song for voice and piano St Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fishes, the 4th movement is the orchestral song Urlicht for alto, with text, like the 3rd movement, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and the 5th is a setting and elaboration of the Klopstock Ode Die Auferstehung for soprano and alto solo with mixed chorus. Mahler created a work in the vocal-symphonic tradition founded by Beethoven and, despite its challenges in extent and scoring, it remains one of his most popular compositions.
SKU: CA.2380204
ISBN M-007-24442-2. German.
SKU: CA.2380205
ISBN M-007-24973-1. German.
