Format : Sheet music + CD
In this timeless new collection Hywel Davies presents eight fresh interpretations of traditional British folk tunes together with seven complementary folk-inspired original compositions for developing flautists to learn enjoy and perform.Ideally suited for students of grade 1-3 standard these progressive albums also contain helpful notes describing the lyrical character content and inspiration behind each piece equipping players to give informed authentic and stylish performances.A superb CD of performances backing tracks and slowed-down backing tracks for practice is included.Hywell Davies is an award-winning composer arranger and creative artist. His works have beenperformed on five continents and broadcast on three.
SKU: PR.11540209F
UPC: 680160625024. 9 x 12 inches.
Gopak is the first movement of a set of Symphonic Dances written for the Hofstra Unibersity Wind Ensemble, directed by Peter Boonshaft, who commissioned and premiered the work in 2009. Gopak is a tribute to my Polish and Ukrainian roots. My father used to dance traditional Ukrainian dances including the Gopak, and some of my earliest musical memories include the joyful, energetic, and rhythmic feel of those wonderful folk dances.Gopak has a strong feeling of two beats, is accented quite heavily, and is energetic from beginning to end. The melodies are completely original, but the lively feel of the music calls to my mind the energy of the Gopak, notes composer Eric Ewazen.
SKU: PR.115402090
UPC: 680160598205. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: HL.49046797
UPC: 842819115670. 9.0x12.0x0.099 inches.
The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous pianopieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a universal piece for all piano pupils, its opening melody is now even omnipresent as an alienated sinus tone-like mobile phone ring tone. Fazil Say's arrangement, originally created as an effective encore, follows on from this popularity. After the first eight bars havebeen presented in original form, typical elements of jazz superimposed on the still recognisable classical foundations can be discovered, such as syncopation of the top notes and ornamentation through chromatic blue notes, embedded in the at times frenzied chains of semiquavers. In the spirit of the work's improvisatory character, Say likes to perfom his Alla Turca Jazz in different combinations, for example accompanied by jazz singers of with orchestra. It may appear strange that Fazil Say, who was born in Turkey and - when not on tour - is still resident in that country, does not bring back Mozart's interpretation of genuine Turkish music closer to its own roots, particularly as many of his compositions such as Black Earth or the Violin Sonata are characterised by a subtle amalgamation of the Classical-Romantic tradition, Turkish folk music and elements of jazz. In a further Mozart arrangement, the ballet music Patara premiered in Vienna in 2006, composed on the basis of the Rococo-like theme from the first movement of the same A-major Sonata (wich enjoys almost as great popularity as the Alla Turca theme), Say utilised the connection which was absent in Alla Turca, albeit in the opposite direction. In the ballet music, the piano symbolises Western culture and the Ney flute Oriental culture, communcated atmosperically by austere percussion instrumentation and soprano vocalisation.
SKU: HL.319975
UPC: 888680973841. 5.0x5.0x0.198 inches.
Combining the thematic elements of two popular Korean folk songs, Doraji has roots that date back to the 15th Century. With the included flute part, Donnelly and Strid have arranged Korean language melodies alongside English translations to beautiful and pensive effect!
