Format : Set of Parts
SKU: HL.14021076
8.25x11.75x0.102 inches. English.
Epithalamium was commissioned by John Sell as a birthday present for his wife Jane, and is dedicated to her and to Malcolm Binns. It was written during summer 2006 and derived from the two great chords that swing to and fro during the Coronation Scene in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov. These provide a series of seven notes (heard in the quick flourishes after the opening chords) which provide the basis for the tunes and the harmonies through most of the work. The idea of bell sounds is carried through not only the chords during the piece but also some of the techniques (e.g. the gradually changing repeated patterns, rather like bell-ringing changes, encountered towards the end,or the quiet and distant, uneven tintinnabulation heard at the end of the central slow section). An epithalamium (or epithalamion) is a song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom - though technically a wedding piece, it seemed an appropriate title for a work honouring an anniversary, especially one where bell-sounds provided the original inspiration.
SKU: HL.14029882
8.25x11.75x0.065 inches. Lyrics by William Shakespeare.
Like many composers who found themselves in exile during the war years, Castelnuovo-Tedesco composed in a very neoclassical and neoromantic style, reviving more traditional or antiquated ideas of melody, tonality and texture. His collection of Shakespeare Songs feature settings of verse from across the full range of the Bard's plays, and have proved to be great critical successes still widely performed today. Suitable to be adapted by most voices. the songs are interwoven with complex and thrilling Piano accompaniments that bring colour and energy to the often liberally edited texts. This edition contains Epithalamium from The Tempest, alongside a Nuptial March for Piano solo.
SKU: HL.14048205
8.25x11.75x0.478 inches.
An Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St. Valentine's Day is a work by Hugh Wood that sets the poem by John Donne. For Chorus and Orchestra, the work was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed as part of the 2015 BBC Proms. A full performance lasts around 20 minutes, this is the Vocal Score. Spiral bound.
SKU: HL.14048204
12.0x16.5x0.486 inches. English.
An Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St. Valentine's Day is a work by Hugh Wood that sets the poem by John Donne. For Chorus and Orchestra, the work was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed as part of the 2015 BBC Proms. A full performance lasts around 20 minutes, this is the Full Score. Spiral bound.
SKU: CU.EC7672
SKU: HL.49014816
ISBN 9790220113291. 9.25x12.5x0.022 inches. English.
SKU: SU.80101250
This volume contains two short organ works: Pray without ceasing was composed in memory of composer Daniel Pinkham. Epithalamium is a piece with a gentle processional character; originally composed for a wedding, it can be used in nearly any service context Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: HL.49014815
ISBN 9790220113284. UPC: 073999342376. 8.75x11.5x0.09 inches. English.
SKU: HL.14000733
Organ composition dating from 1920.
SKU: FG.55011-567-5
ISBN 9790550115675.
Alex Freeman's (b. 1972) Cathedral of Spring for chamber choir (2019) to poems of e.e. cummings and Robert Frost was commissioned and premiered by Somnium Ensemble. The composer tells: For the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Somnium Ensemble (Finland), I was commissioned to write a piece with spring as a central theme. While contemplating that and perusing appropriate poetry, I was inspired by memories of the night-time sky in early spring--the warm air, the teeming, buzzing energy of life all around, and an expansive dome of stars overhead. I then imagined that moment in time as a kind of sacred space; this is the point where the cathedral notion came to mind. The frenetic and joyous poetry of e.e. cummings, from his Epithalamion, gives an exclamatory introduction to the set, followed by his vision of spring from the point of view of giddy children in his iconic poem, [in Just-]. We then take a moment to contemplate the ephemerality of all this beauty (spring giveth and spring taketh away, i.e. an offertorium of sorts); Robert Frost's Blue-Butterfly Day places us in a moment where, by chance, we find ourselves enveloped by a delicately fluttering swarm of butterflies. Peaceful and still, yet in constant flux, we spend a some time taking that phenomenon in, while also experiencing a twinge of the realisation that this is truly fleeting. The final movement, returning to a later stanza from Epithalamion, cummings's sparkling paean to May is set as a kind of final anthem..
SKU: PR.510003380
UPC: 680160125234.
SKU: MN.PMVS-103
Commissioned by the Maidenhead Chamber Choir, first performed on 20th January 2001. The text is adapted from the 16th century Epithalamion by Edmund Spenser, a colourful celebration of the power of music. Performance time is approximately 12 minutes.Instrumental Parts include: Two Oboes, Bassoon, Two Trumpets, Timpani, Percussion, Strings.
SKU: HL.50511706
UPC: 073999784589.
SKU: PR.UE014201
UPC: 680160512966.
