SKU: HL.369497
UPC: 840126991741. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
Paul McCartney wrote this song following the death of Ringo Starr's first wife Maureen. It is a simple and eloquent expression of tenderhearted friendship, love, grief and hope for brighter days ahead.
SKU: HL.1422504
UPC: 196288199526. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Taylor Swift's impact on the world stage is undeniable, with legions of fans worldwide clamoring to hear her sing live, accompanied by an outstanding live band. This brand-new medley has been specially created with students and teachers direct input from it's inception, gathering the best songs of each Era, culminating in a pop culture music tableau that absolutely sparkles! Includes: 22, Willow, Love Story, Getaway Car, Bad Blood, Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince, Enchanted and Anti-Hero.
SKU: FP.FPT02
ISBN 979-0-57050-253-0.
Selected songs spanning 50 years demonstrating Pitfield's distinctive voice, to be cherished for its precision of technique and delicacy of effect. John McCabe writes if Pitfield had written only the first song in the book, Cuckoo and Chestnut Time, he would have earned our gratitude for that perfect little gem alone! Also contains the composer's own illustrations. Thomas Pitfield had the gift for memorable tunes, often couched in somewhat French-sounding harmonic and decorative idiom. He admired Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Delius and their influence can be felt in his works.
SKU: HL.1422503
UPC: 196288199519. 6.75x10.5 inches.
SKU: HL.1422505
UPC: 196288199540. 6.75x10.5 inches.
SKU: HL.48186482
Reynaldo Hahn: Works for cello and piano [AL 30 749] For quite some time, posterity remembered Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) for just a handful of songs and the operetta Ciboulette, overlooking the incredible diversity of a catalogue as eclectic as it is appealing. Yet his chamber music contains many little-known treasures: thus, cellist Steven Isserlis, in his preface, hastens to hail the first modern edition of these two scores, which he regularly plays in recital, so much does their beauty enchant the audience. Published in 1911, the Two Improvisations on Irish Airs for cello and piano turn out to be the transcription of his first and third Preludes for piano four hands (1894). These folk themes come from the collection Songs of Old Ireland, published 12 years earlier by Charles Villiers Stanford: gracefully and tenderly, The Little Red Lark unfurls a melancholic tune of which the regular foundation respects the breadth of phrase typical of folk songs; in The Willow-Tree, the lover begs his beloved in vain to take him in her arms one last time before he lies down, lifeless, in the shade of the tree. Beyond this sensitive exploration of the Irish soul, Hahn offers us a journey into the past: the Variations chantantes sur un air ancien develop a theme borrowed from Cavalli?s opera Xerse. In this aria (1660 version: Act IV, sc. 6), Ambassador Periarco dreams of moving away from court intrigues to be able to taste the pleasures ?to which the gods have destined him?. Reynaldo Hahn?s variations succeed in maintaining the sweet simplicity of this theme, as noble as it is refined. Let us wager that this publication will delight cellists and pianists alike: it contains some nuggets. Deux improvisations sur des airs irlandais (The Little Red Lark, The Willow-Tree) Variations chantantes sur un air ancien.
