SKU: HL.277282
UPC: 840126915006. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Program note:Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra, and is in three sections, played without pause. In the 16th century, a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England, with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home, with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking, and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions, and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft's psalter (1621), in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (assay the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull, pacifieth the angry, strengtheneth the weake, humbleth the proud, gladdeth the humble, stirres up the slow, reconcileth enemies, lifteth up the heart to heavenly things, and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.”It begins meditatively, but eventually grows agitated and fervent, with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling anddescanting” - an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental musicfor worship, at which point, a long, acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir, who sing a kind of private, anxious meditation on two pitches.One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive, obsessive, and a gift to composers - each line is an invocation of an element of the natural world, followed by the phrase, “blesse ye the Lord, praise him & magnify him for ever.” In Looking Up, the setting begins with three solo voices, and then grows to include the whole choir, itemizing the whole of creation. The idea that these boys are spared from the furnace and then five minutes later are saying, “O ye the fire and warming heate, blesse ye the Lord...” has always felt very loaded to me, and the orchestra plays with this conflict between joyful praise and a more terrible (in the 16th-century sense) awefor the divine.The text for the third, and shortest, section is taken from Christopher Smart's (1722-1771) A Song to David, purportedly written during his confinement in a mental asylum. This ode to King David points out how David, as the author of some of the Psalms, observes the whole world from the “clustering spheres” to the “nosegay in the vale.&rdquo.
SKU: HL.277281
UPC: 840126953329. 12x16.5 inches.
Nico Muhly's Looking Up for SATB choir and orchestra.Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society. Made possible by the William Remsen Strickland Endowment Fund “to remember the concerts of the Cathedral Choral Society during World War II”.The first performance was given by the Cathedral Choral Society, conducted by Patrick Dupre Quigley, on 21 May 2017 at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., USA.
SKU: HL.44012270
UPC: 888680057657. English-German-French-Dutch.
Looking Up, Moving On was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and featured in their concert programme in their May 2012 tour, which took in many areas destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The timeless message of thismoving work is the belief in the tremendous capacity of humankind to recover from such disasters and look optimistically to the future.
Looking Up, Moving On was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and featured in their concert programme in their May 2012 tour, which took in many areas destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
The timeless message of this moving work is the belief in the tremendous capacity of humankind to recover from such disasters and look optimistically to the future.
SKU: HL.44012271
UPC: 888680057664. English-German-French-Dutch.
Looking Up, Moving On was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and was part of a tour programme they gave in May 2012, a tour which included many areas that had been devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.The theme of the piece is the powerful ability of mankind to overcome such disasters and look forward to a positive future; it opens in an appropriately optimistic mood, featuring bright orchestral colours and extensive syncopation. A chorale-like fanfare is soon introduced on horns and euphonium, answered by chirpy woodwinds. The mood subsides until an alto saxophone introduces a brief quotation from the composer's The Sun Will RiseAgain, which was written to raise funds for victims of the 2011 disaster. The mood soon changes and the horns introduce a noble theme under woodwind flourishes. This leads to the main Vivo section of the piece which is characterised again by strong syncopations as part of a florid theme in the low woodwinds. This melody undergoes varied development by all sections of the band until the horn fanfare returns triumphally on the brass. This is extended and leads to a faster coda which brings together previous material in counterpoint to close the work in optimistic mood. Looking Up, Moving On is gecomponeerd in opdracht van het Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. Het werk maakte deel uit van een programma uit mei 2012, dat werd uitgevoerd tijdens een tournee waarbij veel regio's werden bezocht die waren verwoest door de aardbeving en tsunami van 2011.Het thema van het werk is het buitengewone vermogen van de mens om dergelijke rampen te boven te komen en vooruit te kijken naar een positieve toekomst. De opening is dan ook optimistisch van karakter, met heldere orkestrale kleuren en een rijkelijke syncopering. Al snel wordt er een koraalachtige fanfare geintroduceerd door de hoorns en het euphonium, waarop een levendig antwoord volgt in dehoutblazerssectie. De sfeer wordt dan steeds kalmer totdat een altsaxofoon een kort citaat laat horen uit een eerder werk van de componist, The Sun Will Rise Again, dat werd geschreven om geld in te zamelen voor de slachtoffers van de ramp uit 2011. De stemming slaat vlug weer om: de hoorns introduceren een nobel thema, dat weerklinkt onder versieringen in het hout. Dit leidt naar het Vivo, het hoofdgedeelte, dat eveneens wordt gekenmerkt door sterke syncoperingen, als onderdeel van een sierlijk thema in het lage hout. De melodie ondergaat een gevarieerde ontwikkeling binnen alle secties van het orkest, totdat de hoornfanfare op triomfantelijke wijze terugkeert in het koper. De fanfare wordt vervolgens verder uitgewerkt en voert ons mee naar een snellere coda, die voorafgaand materiaal in contrapunt samenbrengt en de compositie in optimistische stemming afsluit. Looking Up, Moving Down wurde vom Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra in Auftrag gegeben und war Teil des Konzertprogramms einer Tour im Mai 2012, welche viele Gebiete einschloss, die vom Erdbeben und Tsunami im Jahr 2011 zerstort worden waren. Thema dieses Stuckes ist die gewaltige Fahigkeit der Menschheit, uber solche Katastrophen hinwegzukommen und voll Optimismus in die Zukunft zu blicken; es beginnt dementsprechend in einer positiven Stimmung mit strahlenden Orchesterfarben und einer ausgepragten Synkopierung. Schon bald wird eine choralartige Fanfare auf den Hornern und im Euphonium vorgestellt, die von munteren Holzblasern beantwortet wird. Die Stimmung flaut ab, bis einAltsaxophon ein kurzes Zitat aus The Sun Will Rise Again anspielt, das der Komponist zur Spendenbeschaffung fur die Opfer des Unglucks 2011 geschrieben hatte. Kurz darauf folgt ein Stimmungswechsel und die Horner prasentieren ein stattliches Thema, begleitet von Fanfaren in den Holzblasern. Dies fuhrt zum mit Vivo uberschriebenen Hauptteil des Stuckes, der wiederum von starken Synkopierungen gepragt ist, die Teil eines bluhenden Themas in den tiefen Holzblasern sind. Diese Melodie durchlauft eine vielgestaltige Entwicklung durch alle Instrumentengruppen des Blasorchesters, bis das Blech mit der Hornfanfare triumphal zuruckkehrt. Dies wird erweitert und fuhrt zu einer schnelleren Coda, in dem verschiedenes zuvor gehortes Material kontrapunktisch zusammenkommt, um das Werk in einer optimistischen Stimmung zu beenden. Looking Up, Moving On est une commande du Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. Cette piece faisait partie du programme de la tournee effectuee par l'orchestre en mai 2012, qui s'est produit dans de nombreuses regions devastees par le tremblement de terre et le tsunami de 2011.La composition a pour theme l'immense capacite humaine a surmonter de telles catastrophes et envisager l'avenir de facon positive. Elle debute justement dans un climat optimiste comportant de vives couleurs orchestrales et des passages syncopes. Les cors et les euphonium introduisent bientot une fanfare en forme de choral a laquelle repondent des bois petillants. L'ambiance s'apaise jusqu'a ce qu'unsaxophone alto introduise un court extrait de The Sun Will Rise Again, du meme compositeur, une piece ecrite pour collecter des fonds en faveur des victimes du desastre de 2011. Le climat change hativement lorsque les cors introduisent un theme noble par-dessus des fioritures executees par les bois. Vient ensuite la principale section vivo de la piece, qui se caracterise, encore une fois, par des syncopes tres marquees dans le cadre d'un theme fleuri assure dans le registre grave des bois. Cette melodie fait l'objet de divers developpements par tous les pupitres de l'orchestre jusqu'au retour triomphant de la fanfare soutenue par les cuivres. Celle-ci se prolonge pour mener a une coda plus rapide qui rassemble les elements precedents en contrepoint pour clore la piece dans un climat optimiste.
SKU: CL.032-4857-00
If you've been looking for something to showcase your rhythm section, look no further! The View Looking Up is an excellent new chart for big band by composer Craig Skeffington. Written in a medium swing style, it features the rhythm section with improvisational space for your bassist. Notated rhythm section parts, moderate brass ranges and a melodic line carried by all sections of the band make this a favorite for concert and festival performances! Top-notch!
SKU: CL.032-4857-01
If you've been looking for something to showcase your rhythm section, look no further! The View Looking Up is an excellent chart for big band by composer Craig Skeffington. Written in a medium swing style, it features the rhythm section with improvisational space for your bassist. Notated rhythm section parts, moderate brass ranges and a melodic line carried by all sections of the band make this a favorite for concert and festival performances! Top-notch!
SKU: HL.211634
ISBN 9781495085673. UPC: 888680661762. 9.0x12.0x0.289 inches. Strum & Sing Series.
The Strum & Sing series provides an unplugged and pared-down approach to your favorite songs – just the chords and the lyrics, with nothing fancy. These easy-to-play arrangements are designed for both aspiring and professional musicians. This fantastic collection lets you play over 40 songs in lots of styles, knowing just 3 chords on the guitar! Includes: Already Gone • Barbara Ann • Big Yellow Taxi • Cold, Cold Heart • Daughter • Free Fallin' • Hound Dog • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For • La Bamba • Lay down Sally • Route 66 • Sweet Caroline • Werewolves of London • You Are My Sunshine • and more.
About Strum & Sing
The Strum & Sing series provides an unplugged and pared-down approach to your favorite songs- just the chords and the lyrics, with nothing fancy. These easy-to-play arrangements are designed for both aspiring and professional musicians.
SKU: AP.50911
ISBN 9781470668761. UPC: 038081587646. English.
Going through a major life change can be tough, but it can show you strengths you never knew you had. Written with flowing melodies and lush harmonies, Looking Up, by Patrick Roszell.
SKU: HL.278488
ISBN 9781540029997. UPC: 888680753689. 9.0x12.0x0.264 inches.
The Deluxe Guitar Play-Along series will help you play songs faster than ever before with accurate, easy-to-read guitar tab and professional, customizable play-along audio for 15 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes tempo/pitch control, looping, buttons to turn instruments on or off, and guitar tab with follow-along marker. The tracks can be streamed or downloaded and played offline. This volume features 15 favorites: Ain't No Sunshine * All Along the Watchtower * Bad Moon Rising * Beverly Hills * Can't You See * Evil Ways * I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For * The Joker * Just the Way You Are * Ring of Fire * Stir It Up * Twist and Shout * What I Got * What's Up * Wicked Game.
About Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along Series
The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the seperate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along.
SKU: SU.32020060
Called music of terrific romantic gesture by the Buffalo News, Forward Looking Back is a fourteen-minute intermediate suite for piano in five movements that can be performed as a set or as individual works.Piano Duration: 14' Composed: 1992 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: HL.49008199
ISBN 9783795753818. 9.0x12.0x0.27 inches.
'Fun with Jazz Flute' is a series for beginners of any age, a way of complementing traditional teaching material with an introduction to the characteristics of pop and jazz. To help with practicing, the CD contains just the piano part as well as the complete track with both instruments for each piece. Walking by the sea * Two Note Blues * Dreaming of You * Up and Down Boogie * Try It! * The hurdy-gurdy * Singing' in the Church * Love Waltz * Sunset * Waltzin' * Happy reunion * Farewell-Gospel * Happy Talk * Holidays * Folksong * Looking back * Cuba Libre * Recollections of autumn * Hot Stuff * Song for Peace * French Evening * Gangster chase * Flight over the mountains * In the summer meadow * March of the old fogies * Agaric Rag * Notes on Interpretation, Commentary and Tips * Notes on the piano accompaniment * Even and Swing Quavers * Beat * CD-Index.
SKU: LO.99-3611H
UPC: 000308144390.
Performance/accompaniment CD for Winter Looking Back (15/3321H) Frigid days are now gone by. Feel my fingers 'round you slipping. Let the wintery memories fly. Lilting melodies and sweeping vocal lines intertwine with an elegant John Parker text in which winter tells its own tale.
SKU: BT.MUSSRO100152-01
Nico Muhly's Looking Up for SATB and Orchestra.
SKU: HL.144471
UPC: 888680062163. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
Famously recorded by Nat King Cole, Cleo Laine, Diana Krall and more, this heartfelt ballad will showcase the skill and technique of your vocal jazz ensemble at their best! Set in a laid-back 4, you will love refining the tasty harmonies and sensitive rhythmic nuance of this fabulous chart!
