Format : Sheet music
SKU: CL.011-4734-00
Flowers bloom and the world stirs with life renewed in Spring’s Awakening! The music begins with a driving ostinato in the clarinets, and staggered entrances that portray flowers opening for the first time. After the entire ensemble enters, two different melodic themes are passed throughout the ensemble, layered over driving 8th-note rhythms that propel the music forward. Spring’s Awakening is an engaging and beautiful work that makes a perfect fit for any spring or end of the year concert.
SKU: CL.011-4734-01
SKU: FJ.E1134
UPC: 241444419632. English.
Appropriately named, this colorful piece is a tone poem that evokes the earth awakening to spring. The lush harmonies exploit the full range of the keyboard with frequent modulations to new keys. The thematic material is seamlessly woven into both parts. Often the primo and secondo hands are very close to each other. The composer includes short phrases above the staff such as swaying branches, fragrant rain, and flowers blooming plus others to depict the various sense of spring. Good piece for an experienced duet team.
About FJH Piano Ensemble Series
Creative material especially written to explore aspects of artistic ensemble performance.
SKU: FG.55009-472-7
ISBN 979-0-55009-472-7.
Timo Juhani Kyllonen developed this string orchestra work from a one-movement string quartet commissioned for the Kuhmo Festival. Its title refers to the awakening of nature of spring and of birdsong at dawn. Melody plays an important role in supporting the idea of a continuous stream or flow, while harmony and polyphony are used colouristically and as elements promoting formal unity.
