SKU: HL.49029617
SKU: HH.HH468-KBD
ISBN 9790708146810.
For his Concerto in E flat major for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo Wolff created three exceptionally spacious movements full of attractive musical ideas as well as rhythmic and contrapuntal invention. The slow movement, marked ‘Adagio con affetto’, has the happy idea of entrusting the accompaniment for solo passages to pizzicato strings, while the ‘Allegro’ finale is a tour de force of energy and thematic concentration. This is an imposing composition in every respect.
SKU: ST.EM33
ISBN 9790220200076.
This interesting collection looks back to the 'Winter' of Byrd and Mundy in the conservative settings of such verse as My prime of youth (see EM35B); but it is also a contemporary record, with two madrigals celebrating the failure of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot against James I. CONTENTS Behold now praise the Lord (S (or A) S (or A) TBB) But yet it seems (SSAB) Can I abide this prancing? (SSATB) Earth's but a point (SSATB) For Lust is frail (SSATB) He only can behold (SSAB) Her eyes like angels (SSATB) I can no more but hope (SSAB) In hope a King (SSAB) My prime of youth (SSAB) O heavy heart (SSAB) O Lord bow down thine ear (SATTB) Rest with yourselves (SSATB) Shall I abide this jesting (SSATB) The man upright of life (SSAB) The sacred choir of angels (SATBB) The Spring is past (SSAB) The stately stag (SSATB) The sturdy rock (SSATB) There is a garden in her face (SSATB) Those cherries fairly do enclose (SSATB) Though Wit bids Will (SSAB) What if a day (SSATB) Who loves this life (SSAB).
SKU: GI.G-J166
English.
The newly revised Jump Right In: The Instrumental Series for Strings incorporates hundreds of improvements designed to make the series practical, engaging, and, most of all, musical. Like its counterparts for winds and recorder, the string series includes high-quality CD recordings of folk songs and melodies and performances by some of the world’s greatest musicians. And, of course, this series incorporates the latest research and is sequenced according to Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Learning Theory. The 522-page Teacher’s Guide incorporates all of Book 1 and 2 and includes complete lesson plans, an introduction to Music Learning Theory, connections to the National Standards, and information on testing, recruiting, scheduling, and many other critical issues.
SKU: PR.144407360
ISBN 9781491134658. UPC: 680160685240.
HUDSON HEIGHTS is a portrait depicting one of the northernmost neighborhoods in Manhattan. Rife with syncopated rhythms floating above a pulsing undercurrent, this chamber work reflects the buoyancy and untiring nature of the city streets. Use of extended techniques for piano and percussion produces a wide breadth of sonorities, suggesting a vibrant landscape. An inspiring performance of HUDSON HEIGHTS is available through the composer’s YouTube channel.Hudson Heights is a portrait piece depicting one of the northernmost neighborhoods in Manhattan – a placewhere bustling city streets meet vast and beautiful parkland, where crowded apartment buildings overlookthe sparkling Hudson River just above the George Washington Bridge.
SKU: FH.S40
ISBN 978-1-55440-658-6.
The Official Syllabi of The Royal Conservatory are essential for teachers preparing students for examinations. Students and their parents will also benefit from the information presented in these helpful resource books. The syllabi include information about application procedures and marking systems for The Royal Conservatory Examinations, technical requirements and listings of a wide range of repertoire for each level of study, and comprehensive bibliographies of music texts and reference books.
SKU: BC.377194
SKU: BT.AMP-047-140
Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressive musical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement, Ardross Castle, features solo passages for clarinet and bassoon and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. The second movement, Alladale, is a saxophone trio with an accompaniment featuring the percussion section. The final movement, Dundonnell, features two highly contrasting melodies, a wild presto and the bagpipe melody first heard in the first movement.Suite from Hymn of the Highlands disegna tre espressivi quadri musicali delle highland scozzesi. Il primo movimento, Ardross Castle, si distingue per gli assoli del clarinetto e del fagotto e per una aff ascinante melodia di cornamusa. Il secondo movimento, Alladale, è un trio di sassofoni con un accompagnamento caratterizzato da una sezione di percussioni. Il movimento finale, Dundonnell, propone due melodie molto contrastanti, un presto agitato e la melodia della cornamusa ascoltata nel primo movimento.
SKU: HH.HH090-FSP
ISBN 9790708041795.
The structural focus of this work is the gradual process of inversion of a simple musical phrase. But the ‘polar inversion’ referred to in the title has a meaning beyond the purely musical, suggesting the reversal of the earth’s own magnetic poles. Cent dix sept jours avant l’inversion des pôles thus stands as a metaphor for the end of the world.
SKU: SU.29020130
Settings of poetry by DREAMer (immigrants who were brought to the US as minors and have since had difficulties adjusting their legal status) poets (In English) 4 Songs: I. Cenzóntle; II. How I Learned to Walk; III. Between Chou and the Butterfly; IV. Such AsMezzo-Soprano and Piano Duration: 23 Composed: 2017 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: AU.9781451479362
If you are looking for a joyous and triumphant Easter anthem, this is a great pick. The piece opens with an organ and brass quartet fanfare before immediately bursting into a unison alleluia. An assembly part is included to bring the congregation to their feet to sing. Included is italicized text, which makes it also appropriate for All Saints.
SKU: HP.F1006
UPC: 763628141325. Henry Baker.
A Hymn Concertato A Hymn Concertato for SATB choir and organ accompaniment - based on Laudate Dominum. A Hymn Concertato for SATB choir and organ accompaniment - based on Laudate Dominum.
SKU: HL.14064507
SKU: ST.Y290
ISBN 9790220223228.
Winner of the 2011 Stainer & Bell Award for Brass Composition held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Timothy Wilson's Avidity is a dynamic endorsement of the competition's aim to provide exciting new brass music for schools, conservatoires and professional ensembles. Generated by the composer's skilful invention and purposeful structure, its fast-moving six-minute sonata form for brass quintet delivers the musical counterpart of the eagerness and expectancy implied by its title. In the outer sections of Avidity strongly accented rhythms command the attention, with arresting unisono phrases balanced by effervescent staccato passages. The level of energy is sustained through unexpected rhythmic twists and turns distorting the pulse of the music, with striking crescendi and strong dynamic contrasts that are a particular strength of the brass idiom. There is respite however, with two episodes of solemn, chorale-like material whose arched lines sound no less well on the five instruments. But the last word is with the opening theme, returning with unstoppable momentum and concluding Avidity with a decisive cadence of abrupt repeated chords.
SKU: HL.48025411
UPC: 196288202288.
The composer states that her Cello Concerto is antithetical to her other concertos. “While in the concertos for violin and piano, in the Double Concerto, and in my new sheng concerto I was seeking to merge the solo instrument and the orchestra into a single virtuoso super-instrument, here itÂ’s all about the competitive tension between the soloist and the orchestra. The 'aura' of the cello was the initial nucleus and forms the basis of the music, so the whole structure of the piece is thus 'carried' by the cello. However, the orchestra responds to it in an antagonistic way. This antagonism is much stronger than in traditional Classical-Romantic concertos; one could even speak of a 'psychological warfare' between soloist and orchestra. In my cello writing, I often ask the soloist to disguise the nature of the instrument so the perception can be blurred. I try to explore the boundaries of the celloÂ’s expressivity and to broaden the definition of 'expression'. Therefore I also use special playing techniques and call for unusual timbres, including noises and rasping sounds. For me, this actually serves the expressivity by suggesting new meanings. The unique artistry of Alban Gerhardt inspired me immensely. Not only his solo part but also the orchestral parts are often characterized by extreme virtuosity, by the idea of the instrumentalists being pushed to the edge.â€.