SKU: BR.EB-9333
World premiere of the piano version: Orleans (8th Int. Piano Competition of Orleans ,,Brin d'herbe), April 14, 2019
ISBN 9790004187975. 9 x 12 inches.
Inspiring Nature These three piano pieces, composed for the ,,Concours, Brin d'Herbe 2019, may be performed separately or as a collection, in which case they should be played in the given order. Though each piece is aimed at a different technical level (I. Elementary, II. Advanced, III. Intermediate), they have a common artistic aim: to connect musical expression with poetic inspiration. In particular, these pieces meditate on the emotional connection between our interior life and the vast and varied landscapes of the natural world all around us. While composing I found myself re-reading Kathleen Raine (one of my favourite poets) and was struck by her statement (in the foreword to her ,,Selected Poems): ,,'Nature-poetry' is not what we write about nature, but rather the language of images in which nature daily speaks to us of the timeless, age-old mystery in which we participate. Nature communicates today what it told the earliest of humankind, and what it will tell future generations when our modern high-rise cities are no more. Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves. Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all. What she says about nature resonates with my understanding of music, which also sometimes affords us an opportunity to know 'our boundless selves'. And I am especially interested in the way that sounds - which, as vibrations in the air, are another aspect of nature - can reveal and heighten our sense of connectedness to ourselves and our surroundings. Each movement is inspired by a single stanza from the poem ,,Amo Ergo Sum by Kathleen Raine, and I would encourage anyone playing these pieces to devote time to internalising the words as well as the music, for they may contain the key to an accurate expression. As such, the relevant words are quoted at the start of each score. ,,Inner Landscapes is dedicated to Joe Browning, Lexy Oliver and Omar Shahryar. (Christian Mason, 2018)World premiere of the piano version: Orleans (8th Int. Piano Competition of Orleans ,,Brin d'herbe), April 14, 2019.
SKU: HL.49018856
ISBN 9790220133244. UPC: 884088675028. 9.0x12.0x0.204 inches.
Although this is technically Cowie's seventh string quartet, it replaces his earlier fourth quartet, which he came to feel no longer fit with his compositional voice. The quartet fluctuates between a slow, luminous sound and fast, agitated music. Unlike much of Cowie's work, this music is abstracted from his usual preoccupation with the natural world, turning instead to look at an inner landscape. The composer describes the emotional force behind his quartet: The year 2009 was a terrible year in which I lost three close friends to cancer and an elder brother to Alzheimer's disease. It was also a year in which my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer; something from which she has thankfully made a great recovery. At times like these, emotions are sorely tested and highlighted. Four people I loved have gone, so this music must remain as testament not to death, but to the magnificent fragility and loveliness of life. It closes with a gentle and almost vaporising 'benediction' a kind of 'amen' if you like.
SKU: SU.80101454
Set includes 2 performance scoresMoon Marked (2016) was written for trumpeter Chris Gekker. A figure (acciaccatura-like) is heard at the very start of the work. It forms the basis of the piece's musical material. The loose poetic image behind the music is one of internal transformation after passing through a shared experience. Some astronauts have commented on how they are forever changed by their interstellar voyages and that their life back on earth is not quite the same. After the largely energetic opening section, two slower inner sections explore different landscapes; in the second of these sections, the two instruments are uncoordinated metrically (freely floating in their own space). The opening music returns, but with differences this time. Instrumentation: Clarinet and Trumpet Duration: 6' Composed: 2016 Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: FJ.B1806S
English.
Filled with excitement and unpredictability, this work takes listeners on a journey through the inner workings of the planet. From musical depictions of seismic activity (characterized by swells in the brass and percussion) to the sounds of an earthquake, the piece reflects not only destruction, but also the resulting beautiful landscapes, mountains, and oceans. A powerful work!
About FJH Concert Band
Designed for high school groups and upper-level middle school groups. Independence is encouraged, but many lines are cross-cued. Usually includes an expanded percussion section. Grades 3 - 3.5
SKU: BR.PB-5714
ISBN 9790004216514. 10.5 x 14 inches.
More than my earlier works, this one is interspersed with metrically bound rhythms and musicianly characters that constantly recrystallize and drift towards or away from familiar situations.The familiar: These are dance-like figures and music-making formulas, but also songs and, in two cases fragments of Bach's music - playfully collected memories of impressions in which - consciously and unconsciously - I am embodied with that collective comfort in whose protection bourgeois thinking and feeling, magically protected, grow up and emerge apart.(It is well known that such security has its fetishes from the childlike to the adult stage: Home, religious bond, holidays, tradition, longing for childhood - the superficiality may have little idea of the depth that opens up underneath. There is also no question that we are still marked by such security even when the contradictions and alienation of existence force us to step out of their protection, to recognize and act upon reality, and to oppose the domination of such inner bonds where their original truth has become the fatal untruth of comfortable illusion, stubbornly and fearfully conjured idyll and reactionary narrow-mindedness.My music feeds on figures in which such memories are encapsulated. It deals with them not much differently than in other pieces with the elements of the traditional musical concept of material, having already always reflected compositionally as a product of sociality and anticipation of musical expression, i.e. it moved into a structurally expanded context and expressively redefined from there.Such an approach aims at overcoming lack of freedom: grasping as part of conceiving, i.e. not philosophical reflection, but rather an artistically gripping reflex by intervening in the physical immediacy of such predetermined elements. These penetrate and infect the structural events, inducing a musicianship that cannot be relied upon; the music jumps onto rhythms like onto moving vehicles, allows for being carried by them until they deform or disintegrate. This creates an incline of rhythmically shaped situations: sequence and interweaving of dances and structures.The role of the solo string quartet is versatile, obbligato and concertante, leading and accompanying in a changing sense. Set as a chamber music apparatus in an orchestral landscape, it repeatedly forces its own sound dimensions onto the orchestra, it must accept being drowned out at times, it nests in the holes of tutti fields, it acts as a louse in the fur, forcing one to listen in and out.The Tanzsuite with Deutschlandlied is structured as follows:I. Section. 1. Introduction - 2. Waltz - 3. March - 4. Bridge -II. Section. 5. Siciliano - 6. Capriccio - 7. Valse lente -III. Section. 8. Bridge - 9. Gigue - 10. Tarantelle - 11. Bridge -IV. Section. 12 Aria I - 13 Polka - 14 Aria IIV. Section. 15. Introduction - 16 Gallop - 17 Coda (Aria III)All 17 parts merge into one another.(Helmut Lachenmann, 1980)CDs/LP/DVD:Arditti-Quartett, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, cond. Olaf HenzoldCD Montaigne Auvidis MO 782019Berner Streichquartett, Sinfonieorchester des SWF, cond. Sylvain Cambreling (Excerpt)CD BMG/RCA 74321 73510 2 (Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000)Berner Streichquartett, Sinfonieorchester des SWF, cond. Sylvain CambrelingLP DMR 1028-30Arditti Quartet, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, cond. Hans Zender Excerpt on CD ,,Auswahl von zehn Urauffuhrungen aus 70 Jahren, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg Arditti Quartet, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, cond. Sylvain Cambreling DVD ,,Lachenmann-Perspektiven 6 (Breitkopf & Hartel, BHM 7816) Bibliography:Cavalotti, Pietro: Differenzen. Poststrukturalistische Aspekte in der Musik der 1980er Jahre am Beispiel von Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough und Gerard Grisey (= Sonus. Schriften zur Musik, hrsg. von Andreas Ballsteadt, Band 8), Schliengen: Argus 2006, pp. 79-128.Das sind doch alles Deutschlandlieder! Helmut Lachenmann im Gesprach mit Michael Rebhahn, in: Der Taktgeber. Das Magazin der Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie, Heft 40 (Sommer 2019), S. 6f.Stawowy, Milena: Fluchtversuche in die Hohle des Lowen. Helmut Lachenmanns Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied, in: MusikTexte 67/68 (1997), pp. 77-90.Toop, Richard: Concept and Context: A Historiographic Consideration of Lachenmanns Orchestral Works, in: Helmut Lachenmann Inward Beauty, hrsg. von Dan Albertson, Contemporary Music Review 23 (2004), Heft 3/4, pp. 125-144.World premiere: Donaueschingen (Donaueschinger Musiktage), October 18, 1980.
SKU: UT.CH-101
ISBN 9790215315815. 9 x 12 inches.
Composition winner of the 2nd Edition (2008) of the Classical Guitar Musical Composition Competition â??Suoni Nuovi Autoriâ?? in Latina, Italy (Section 1)The composition Roma born after a short travel in the eternal city. The multiple cultural, historical and landscaped stimuli that derive from its ruins must touch the mind of every visitor dipping it and transporting it behind in the history: these are the feelings that have inspired the composition of a conceptualistic-descriptive music work, dedicated to the places that more meant during the authorâ??s travel. First part, â??Anfiteatro Flavioâ??, is clearly dedicated to Colosseo. It is so imposing and majestic that recalls still today the outcry of the battles and the noise of the iron: all that is translate in music with frequent changes of time and a virtuosistic and pressing writing. The apex of the fight marks in the composition a growing culminated in a moment of suspension and the immediate resumption with change of theme for the victory moment and its majestic celebration.The second part, â??Villa Borgheseâ??, marks the passage to a situation of ecstasy and serenity inspired from the beauty and tranquillity of the places of the famous roman park. The composition develops with sweetness but are also present dissonant notes that recall the park contextualizzation in the heart of the city, with its chaotic present and with the urgent violence of its past.
SKU: KJ.JB81
ISBN 9788402702609. UPC: 8402702600.
Navigate your band through a diverse musical landscape with another winner from Timothy Mahr. Featuring light dances, buoyant tempos, and constantly shifting meters, your band will love the playful energy of this piece.
SKU: HL.232826
UPC: 888680679224. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Winner of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Competition, this illustrative work has also been selected for the Jo Ann Miller Choral Series. The text by Bliss Carman paints beautiful pictures of the seasons and expresses the joy of love in all. Nicholas Kelly provides a colorful accompaniment and flowing choral lines that surpass the seasons and lift up love. It is a romantic song with a large landscape and a fullfilling message. Good for advanced high school, community and college choirs. Medium difficulty.
SKU: BT.DHP-1135498-015
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Welcome to Ireland, the country where the traditional music is as varied as the landscape! Marc Jeanbourquinâ??s Irish Fantasy starts in a carefree and lively fashion from County Galway, then strolls through the moorlands of Kerry in a slower, lyrical movement with room for a solo, and comes to rest in Cork, with high-spirited and up-tempo folk tunes, and an accompaniment reminiscent of the bagpipes. Ierland heeft - naast een veelvoud aan prachtige landschappen - een rijke muzikale traditie. In dit werk verwerkte de componist beide elementen en steekt van wal met een indruk van het opgewekte County Galway om dan door de venen van Kerry te wandelen, begeleid door een langzame optionele solo voor trombone en trompet. In Cork mag de doedelzak natuurlijk niet ontbreken en breekt een heus dansfeest los met de typische Ierse folkmuziek! Willkommen in Irland, dem Land, in dem die traditionelle Musik so vielfältig ist wie seine Landschaften_x001C_! Marc Jeanbourquins Irische Fantasieâ?? beginnt in einem unbeschwerten, lebhaften Stil im County Galway, streift dann die Moorlandschaften von Kerry in einem langsameren, liedhaften Satz, der Raum fu?r ein Solo bietet, und endet in Cork, wo u?bermu?tige, schwungvolle irische Folk-Melodien mit an Dudelsack erinnernden Begleitungen angesagt sind.Bienvenue en Irlande ! Le pays où la musique traditionnelle est aussi riche et variée que ses paysages. Avec le premier mouvement de Irish Fantasy, Marc Jeanbourquin propose de commencer la visite par le comté de Galway, dans un style léger et dansant. Le voyage se poursuit par le comté de Kerry avec ses landes et ses lagunes, illustré dans le deuxième mouvement par une berceuse lente et cantabile, qui laisse au chef dâ??orchestre la possibilité de mettre en avant un soliste de lâ??ensemble. Mais déj , le périple se termine par le comté de Cork. On retrouve ici des mélodies sautillantes et entraînantes. Bon voyage musical avec Irish Fantasy.Lâ??Irlanda vanta una ricca tradizione di musica e canti tradizionali. Con il primo movimento, Marc Jeanbourquin propone di iniziare la visita alla contea di Galway in uno spirito leggero e danzante. Il viaggio prosegue nella contea di Kerry, con le sue lande e lagune, descritte in musica nel secondo movimento da una ninna-nanna lenta e cantabile, che d spazio a un assolo. Il viaggio _x001E_nisce nella contea di Cork dove ritroviamo melodie vivaci e coinvolgenti.
SKU: BT.DHP-1135498-215
Welcome to Ireland, the country where the traditional music is as varied as the landscape! Marc Jeanbourquin’s Irish Fantasy starts in a carefree and lively fashion from County Galway, then strolls through the moorlands of Kerry in a slower, lyrical movement with room for a solo, and comes to rest in Cork, with high-spirited and up-tempo folk tunes, and an accompaniment reminiscent of the bagpipes. Ierland heeft - naast een veelvoud aan prachtige landschappen - een rijke muzikale traditie. In dit werk verwerkte de componist beide elementen en steekt van wal met een indruk van het opgewekte County Galway om dan door de venen van Kerry te wandelen, begeleid door een langzame optionele solo voor trombone en trompet. In Cork mag de doedelzak natuurlijk niet ontbreken en breekt een heus dansfeest los met de typische Ierse folkmuziek! Willkommen in Irland, dem Land, in dem die traditionelle Musik so vielfältig ist wie seine Landschaften_x001C_! Marc Jeanbourquins Irische Fantasie“ beginnt in einem unbeschwerten, lebhaften Stil im County Galway, streift dann die Moorlandschaften von Kerry in einem langsameren, liedhaften Satz, der Raum für ein Solo bietet, und endet in Cork, wo übermütige, schwungvolle irische Folk-Melodien mit an Dudelsack erinnernden Begleitungen angesagt sind.Bienvenue en Irlande ! Le pays où la musique traditionnelle est aussi riche et variée que ses paysages. Avec le premier mouvement de Irish Fantasy, Marc Jeanbourquin propose de commencer la visite par le comté de Galway, dans un style léger et dansant. Le voyage se poursuit par le comté de Kerry avec ses landes et ses lagunes, illustré dans le deuxième mouvement par une berceuse lente et cantabile, qui laisse au chef d’orchestre la possibilité de mettre en avant un soliste de l’ensemble. Mais déj , le périple se termine par le comté de Cork. On retrouve ici des mélodies sautillantes et entraînantes. Bon voyage musical avec Irish Fantasy.L’Irlanda vanta una ricca tradizione di musica e canti tradizionali. Con il primo movimento, Marc Jeanbourquin propone di iniziare la visita alla contea di Galway in uno spirito leggero e danzante. Il viaggio prosegue nella contea di Kerry, con le sue lande e lagune, descritte in musica nel secondo movimento da una ninna-nanna lenta e cantabile, che d spazio a un assolo. Il viaggio _x001E_nisce nella contea di Cork dove ritroviamo melodie vivaci e coinvolgenti.
