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Focus on Grace ... A concerto for jazz saxophone and orchestra (2010) # Orchestra # INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED # Thomas Oboe Lee # Focus on Grace ... A concerto # Thomas Oboe Lee # SheetMusicPlus
Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869355 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Jazz,Romantic Period. Score a...(+)
Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.869355 Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Jazz,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 73 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #15875. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869355). Instrumentation: solo alto saxophone & 2222-4231-perc-drumset-strings. Program note. Maestro Max Hobart called me in the spring of 2009 and told me to check out this young jazz phenom on the saxophone named Grace Kelly. I said OK, that’s cool. That summer we went to the Regatta Bar in Harvard Square to hear her play with her band, and I was duly impressed by her musicality, soulfulness and chops. Max asked if I would be interested in writing a concerto for her and the Wellesley Symphony. I said, Sure. It sounds like a great idea. One of the most cherished jazz records in my vast collection is the collaboration between Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter entitled Focus. Eddie, who used to be an arranger for the Benny Goodman Band in the forties, went on to create the Sauter Finegan Band in the early fifties. The band was one of the first to include the piccolo, oboe, bassoon, harp, celesta, French horn, tuba, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, timpani, and other unusual symphonic instruments in the standard big band format of trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm section of piano, bass and drum set. On the album Focus Eddie Sauter composed seven tracks of music for string orchestra and rhythm section. Stan Getz did not have a written part - he just improvised over the written music. If you are not familiar with this recording, then you will do yourself a huge favor if you go find it and add it to your own CD collection. The music is phenomenal and Stan is on top of his game, soaring above the strings with endless melodic inventions, flights of imagination and whimsy! It is one of those desert island CDs one should not be without. When I emailed Grace about this project and mentioned Stan Getz’s Focus, she said, It’s one of my favorite albums. So, we got off on a positive note immediately. My work, Focus on Grace … Concerto for Jazz Saxophone and Orchestra, is very much inspired both by the Stan Getz album and by the performances I heard of Grace and her band. The first movement is based on a funk groove in D minor: Grace’s part is initially written-out but she improvises freely in the coda. The second movement is a boss nova: as in the Stan Getz album, Grace does not have a written part but improvises over a set of chord changes provided by the orchestra. The third and last movement is an Afro-Cuban groove in six-eight: Grace has a written melody at first but soon launches into improvisation on a 12-bar blues in F. She ends the concerto in a free cadenza to show off her virtuosity and saxophone chops. ENJOY!!! Three Laments of Heloise for Chamber Orchestra
Three Laments of Heloise for Chamber Orchestra # Chamber Orchestra # INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED # Dosia McKay # Three Laments of Heloise for C # Gavia Music # SheetMusicPlus
Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.876665 Composed by Dosia McKay. 20th Century,Contemporary,Renaissance. Score and parts. 81 pages. ...(+)
Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.876665 Composed by Dosia McKay. 20th Century,Contemporary,Renaissance. Score and parts. 81 pages. Gavia Music #57229. Published by Gavia Music (A0.876665). Three Laments of Heloise were inspired by the Letters of Abelard and Heloise, especially the character of Heloise, her crushing loss, self-denial, sacrifice, and forced conformity to the standards of medieval society. The first movement entitled Queens Envied Me My Joys is Heloise’s recollection of early days with Abelard. Every wife, every young girl desired you in absence and was on fire in your presence, writes Heloise. The pleasures of lovers which we shared have been too sweet… They are always there before my eyes, bringing with them awakened longings… The second movement If Not With You, My Heart Is Nowhere, expresses Heloise’s sense of abandonment by her lover. She writes to him: My heart was not in me but with you, and now, even more, if it is not with you it is nowhere; truly, without you I cannot exist. The third movement, My Most Wretched Soul, gives voice to Heloise’s continued struggle with her loss and the reality of the convent life. She does not see herself as a servant of God, but rather a hypocrite who remains pious on the outside and rages inwardly. Of all wretched women I am the most wretched, and amongst the unhappy I am unhappiest. How can it be called repentance for sins, however great the mortification of the flesh, if the mind still retains the will to sin and is on fire with its old desires? Modal scales and dance sequences give the Laments a Renaissance feel. Music theory students might appreciate the fact that the unifying element of the three movements is the interval of the 7th which appears very frequently in melodic and harmonic gestures and creates a feeling of ambiguity and of a lack of resolution. For chamber orchestra: Flute (or Piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings (Quintet, or 4,4,3,2,1, or larger), 2 Percussion: Frame Drum, Tambourine. Total duration 8:00. Possible transcriptions for period Renaissance instruments - please contact the composer. Composed in 2009. Copyright 2009 Dosia McKay / Gavia Music (ASCAP). Band Of Gold
Band Of Gold # Orchestra # INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED # Freda Payne # Daryl McKenzie # Band Of Gold # Daryl McKenzie # SheetMusicPlus
Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1246755 By Freda Payne. By Edythe Wayne and Ronald Dunbar. Arranged by Daryl McKenzie. Disco,Pop,Soul...(+)
Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1246755 By Freda Payne. By Edythe Wayne and Ronald Dunbar. Arranged by Daryl McKenzie. Disco,Pop,Soul. Score and Parts. 92 pages. Daryl McKenzie #841386. Published by Daryl McKenzie (A0.1246755). Arranged in the style of for Vocal with Pops Orchestra - Voice, Vocal Group, 2Fl/Picc, 2Ob, 2Cl,2Bsn, 4Hn, 4Trpt, 4Trb, Tba, Timp, 3 Perc, Pno, Gtr, Bass, Drums, Harp, Vln1, Vln2, Vla, Vcl, CB. Key of GNote: playable without SaxesThis arrangenment performed by Freda Payne and the Pasadena Symphony PopsFull audio demo (Sibelius Sounds): click hereMore arrangements by Daryl McKenzie: https://bit.ly/2VKpOXFContact: http://www.mckenziemusicproductions.comYoutube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3m0oUkH Aria For Alto Saxophone And String Orchestra
Aria For Alto Saxophone And String Orchestra # Concert band # INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED # Dulcie Sybil Holland # John Holland # Aria For Alto Saxophone And St # John Ivor Holland # SheetMusicPlus
Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1234320 Composed by Dulcie Sybil Holland. Arranged by John Holland. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary...(+)
Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1234320 Composed by Dulcie Sybil Holland. Arranged by John Holland. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. Score and Parts. 43 pages. John Ivor Holland #829861. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1234320). Dulcie Sybil Holland (5 January 1913 – 21 May 2000) was an Australian composer and music educator, regarded by some critics as one of the more significant composers of her generation. In 1936, she travelled to London to study composition at the Royal College of Music with John Ireland, winning the Blumenthal Scholarship for composition - she returned to Australia at the outbreak of World War Two in 1939. During the 1940s, alongside her composing she wrote a number of children's books and began a 25 year association with the North Shore Symphony Orchestra. 'Aria' was composed in 1954 for alto saxophone and string orchestra, dedicated to Clive Amadie. This arrangement for concert band has been produced using the piano reduction, bringing a symphonic sound to an enigmatic and soulful piece, suitable for all levels of player. Rhapsody for Concert Band
Rhapsody for Concert Band # Concert band # INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED # Classical # July 16th, Clara noted in her # Brock Lupton # Rhapsody for Concert Band # Brock Lupton # SheetMusicPlus
Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.942434 Arranged by Brock Lupton. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 84 pages. Brock Lupton #6879051. Pub...(+)
Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.942434 Arranged by Brock Lupton. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 84 pages. Brock Lupton #6879051. Published by Brock Lupton (A0.942434). Brahms composed the Alto Rhapsody, properly known as Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus, and Orchestra, opus 53 in 1869. It was first performed in Jena on March 3, 1870. The text is based on Harzreise im Winter (Winter Journey in the Harz Mountains), a poem by well-known German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). The Alto Rhapsody, like many of Brahms’ works, has loneliness and alienation as its central themes. Brahms’ devotion to Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann’s widow, is well-known (the letters between her and Brahms fill two volumes). What is less well-known is that he was undoubtedly very fond of Julie Schumann, Clara’s daughter.In 1869, Brahms spent the summer near the Schumann’s residence and was in daily contact with Julie and Clara completing, among other works, the Liebeslieder (Love Song) Waltzes. In early July, Julie announced her engagement. Of course, I told Johannes first of all, Clara noted in her diary on the 11th. Soon after, the conductor Hermann Levi told her that Brahms had been devotedly attached to her daughter. By July 16th, Clara noted in her diary that Brahms speaks only in monosyllables . . . [and] treats Julie in the same manner, although he used to be so especially nice to her. Did he love her? Julie was married on September 22. Later on that very wedding day, Brahms called on Clara, who wrote in her diary, Johannes brought me a very wonderful piece . . . the words from Goethe’s Harzreise. . . He called it his bridal song. This piece seems to me neither more nor less than the expression of his own heart’s anguish. If only he would for once speak so tenderly! This piece is of course the dark and emotional Alto Rhapsody. Goethe’s poem Harzreise im Winter poetically describes the kind of life God intends for different temperaments. The three stanzas set by Brahms concern the fate of a man in fruitless struggle against the bonds of misery. A young man, turned misanthropic by sorrow, seeks solitude in the wilderness. The piece is in the baroque cantata style, with an opening recitative, and aria, and a concluding chorale. The alto describes the desolate winter landscape and in the final chorale joins the male chorus in a prayer for a melody that can bring comfort to the thirsting soul (indeed the plea restore his heart is repeated three times at the end, as a kind of Amen). In the Alto Rhapsody it is not hard to find evidence for Brahms’ statement that I speak through my music. The foregoing is from a program note written for a 1997 New York Choral Society performance of the Alto Rhapsody in observance of the centenary of the death of Johannes Brahms. It has been taken from the society web page http://www.nychoral.org/brahms/brahms3.htmlAn English translation of the German text used by Brahms SOLOBut down there, who is it?His path loses itself in the bush. Behind him the branches close. The grass stands up again. Desolation surrounds him. O, who heals the wounds of the one to whom balm has become poison, who drank hatred of people from the fullness of love? Once despised, now a despiser. Secretly he destroys himself in unsatisfying self-seeking. CHORUS If there is in your psaltery, Father of Love, a tone his ear can hear, let it enliven his heart. .