Second Arabesque

SKU: BT.DHP-1145328-401

ISBN 9789043135757. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Itaru Sakai’s CONCERTO FOR EUPHONIUM is written in an appealingromantic style. The first movement, marked by a moving theme, is followed by a slow, lyrical second movement. A rapid third movement in rondo form requires great virtuosity of the soloistwho can truly shine withthis work.

Wil je al je virtuositeit eens laten zien? Dan is dit driedelige werk van Itaru Sakai iets voor jou. De verschillende delen zitten vol afwisseling. Zo is het eerste, snelle deel geschreven in de vorm van een sonate. Deel twee is langzaamen voert daarbij een dialoog met thema's uit het eerste deel. Het derde deel is nog sneller dan het eerste deel en hierin zijn ook oriëntaalse klanken verwerkt. Kortom: een concerto vol variatie!

Itaru Sakai CONCERTO FOR EUPHONIUM AND BAND ist in einem romantischen Stil geschrieben. Der von einem bewegten Thema geprägte erste Satz geht in einen langsameren, gesanglichen zweiten Satz über. Ein sehr schneller dritter Satz in Rondo-Formerfordert höchste Virtuosität von einem Solisten, der mit diesem Werk wahrhaft glänzen kann.

Composé par Itaru Sakai, Concerto for Euphonium and Band constitue une véritable prouesse musicale, mettant en valeur l'ensemble des possibilités techniques et expressives de l'euphonium. Le soliste développe de grandes arabesques virtuoses qui s’enchaînent avec un naturel confondant dans un univers alliant glissements harmoniques et régularité technique. La richesse des timbres de l'euphonium s'exprime par de majestueuses envolées et par une ligne mélodique vive et fluide.

Composto da Itaru Sakai, Concerto for Euphonium and Band è una vera prodezza musicale, che mette in evidenza tutte le possibilit tecniche ed espressive dell'eufonio. Il solista sviluppa grandi arabeschi virtuosi collegati con una miscela armonica affascinante.

SKU: PR.114417610

ISBN 9781491107904. UPC: 680160636051. 9x12 inches.

SONATA CHO-CHO-SAN(Based on themes from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly)In the spirit of the great 19th-century opera fantasies for woodwinds, Michael Webster has created a concert trio on the many great arias from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. However, as its name implies, Sonata Cho-Cho-San is not the typical virtuosic operatic potpourri. Rather, it follows the plot, resembling a sonata mirroring Puccini's use of recurring and developing themes. Webster makes the most of the winds as versatile performers - equally suited to deliver Puccini's beautiful vocal writing, and to ornament and embroider the poignant themes in symphonic style. For advanced performers._______________________________________Text from the scanned back cover:Born in 1944, Michael Webster made his New York recital debutat Town Hall in 1968 with his eminent father, Beveridge Webster, as pianist. In the same year, he won the Young Concert Artists International Competition and succeeded his teacher, Stanley Hasty, as Principal Clarinet in the Rochester Philharmonic, a position he held for twenty years. Webster has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, with the Tokyo, Cleveland, Muir, Ying, Enso, and Dover String Quartets, and with the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, Norfolk, Chamber Music Northwest, Angel Fire, Steamboat Springs, Park City, Sitka, Kapalua, Bowdoin, Orcas Island, Skaneateles, La Musica di Asolo, Stratford, Victoria, and Domaine Forget.As soloist he has appeared with many orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Aaron Copland and the Boston Pops under John Williams. His travels have taken him as performer and teacher to most of the 50 states, as well as Canada, Mexico,Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Webster was Acting Principal Clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, and has served on the clarinet and/or conducting faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston University, University of Michigan, and the Eastman School, from which he earned his three degrees. Currently he is Professor of Music at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and Artistic Director of the Houston Youth Symphony, which has won multiple first prizes in national performance competitions.With his wife, flutist Leone Buyse, and pianist Robert Moeling, he plays in the Webster Trio, which has recorded his arrangements on Tour de France and World Wide Webster for Crystal Records. Otherarrangements were recorded for Nami and Camerata Tokyo in Japan with pianist Chizuko Sawa. Webster has also recorded for Albany, Arabesque, Beaumont, Bridge, Centaur, CRI, and New World. He has played at many ClarinetFests for the International Clarinet Association and written a column entitled “TeachingClarinet” in The Clarinet Magazine since 1998. Michael Webster is a Buffet artist-clinician, performing on Buffet clarinets exclusively.