Patchwork

SKU: HL.49018424

ISBN 9790001175142. UPC: 884088614638. 9.0x12.0x0.107 inches.

Patchwork, das 3. Streichquartett von Barbara Heller (Schott ED 20775), gibt es jetzt auch in der Version fur Streichorchester. Patchwork macht Freude mit seinem heiteren, luftigen und leichten Charakter. Spielerisch fliessende Figuren, haufig im pizzicato, wechseln sich mit stehenden Klangflachen ab. Als Tritonus-Studie von Heller konzipiert, besteht das Tonmaterial durchgehend aus Ganztonverhaltnissen. Die ungewohnte Klangfarbe des Tritonus erfordert daher eine prazise Intonation. Der Interpretation wird beim Tempo freier Raum gelassen: Patchwork kann im massigen Tempo statisch gespielt werden, aber auch rasch und witzig vorbeihuschen.

SKU: IG.SMW061

9 x 12 in inches.

By Robert Denham.Patchworks is comprised of eight short character sketches, each one unique in its manner and flavor. Styles include tango, jazz, blues, cakewalk, and waltz, although all of these are portrayed in a 20th century setting. The variety described above is reflected in the work's title, which refers to a mix and match method of composition, almost like the sewn-together rags of a patchwork quilt. Each rag has a separate history and a separate context. The piece may be played as a set, or individual movements may be extracted at the performer's discretion. We hold these truths has been a particular favorite as an encore piece.

SKU: RM.NICO02711-BA

ISBN 9790231027112.

CD Patchwork.

SKU: HL.8773662

UPC: 840126943207. 8.5x11.0x0.212 inches.

SKU: AP.48896

UPC: 038081562209. English.

Written as a prompt for discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion, this heartfelt song favors no group over another, but rather emphasizes the value of each individual. Follow the ever-changing texture as an earnest unison melody blossoms into a fully harmonized bridge, before new and compelling lines are introduced and interwoven. In the end, you'll have a patchwork quilt with many unique squares joined together to create one thing of beauty.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SKU: RM.SOLD02854-BA

ISBN 9790231028546.

CD Patchwork.

SKU: HL.244904

8.25x12.0x0.508 inches.

Quilting, co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is my first stand alone work for orchestraand is loosely inspired by the American tradition of quilt making. I composed Quilting while living most of last year in Paris.During my time there, I thought a lot about what it means to compose symphonic music as a young American in the 21st century, when so many of the many masterworks which are programmed year in and out by orchestras across the country are European. I considered which artistic traditions defined the American 19th-century. I began to think of the American crafts-tradition of quilting as a foilto the high-art tradition of European orchestral composition. As the score for my new work began to take shape, I started thinking about the manuscript itself as an object, its vertical and horizontal planes create a kind of patterned geometry of their own. Visually the way a musical score is woven together like patchwork brought to mind quilts and the great American tradition of quilting. I imagined about how conducting an orchestra can feellike stitching a piece together, or sewing together a large number of musical ideas and musicians into a coherent and transcendent whole. Quilting was an integral part of American vernacular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the African-American quilting tradition is especially fascinating, and the quilts tell the stories of the women and communities who made them. The names of the quilt patterns themselves can have their own sense of narrative: 'jacobs ladder', 'drunkards path', 'solomon's puzzle', and (my favorite for its relevance to this piece) 'the road to California. - Bryce Dessner.