SKU: CA.2380204
ISBN M-007-24442-2. German.
Nicholas Kok's newly-created vocal score of the 4th and 5th movements of Mahler's 2nd Symphony is aimed particularly at vocal soloists and choral singers who wish to practice the two vocal movements in this work; it is available on sale, as is the chorus score. To ensure a secure entry at the attacca beginning of the 4th movement, the vocal score begins earlier in the 3rd movement. The rehearsal letters in the prevalently used orchestral materials have been taken into consideration so that the vocal score and chorus score are compatible with all the available music editions. In his 2nd Symphony, premiered in 1895 after a seven-year gestation period, Gustav Mahler combined different work concepts which he had previously tried out in various independent compositions: the 1st movement with the original title Todtenfeier was conceived as a symphonic poem, the 3rd movement is based on the original song for voice and piano St Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fishes, the 4th movement is the orchestral song Urlicht for alto, with text, like the 3rd movement, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and the 5th is a setting and elaboration of the Klopstock Ode Die Auferstehung for soprano and alto solo with mixed chorus. Mahler created a work in the vocal-symphonic tradition founded by Beethoven and, despite its challenges in extent and scoring, it remains one of his most popular compositions.
SKU: HL.50086420
UPC: 884088105457. 5.25x7.5x2.241 inches.
SKU: HL.14028045
ISBN 9788759872574. UPC: 884088434403. 11.75x16.5x0.475 inches.
A second Symphony by Ruders, commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress for the New York City based chamber orchestra, Riverside Symphony. The piece is subtitled Symphony And Transformation to express the formal symphonic nature of a piece that is otherwise in a state of constant musical and textural transformation.
SKU: HL.14028658
ISBN 9780853609292. 8.25x11.75x0.333 inches.
Aulis Sallinen's Symphony No.7 is related to J.R.R. Tolkien's great novel The Lord of the Rings. The symphony does not actually depict the events in the novel; rather it is a musical expression of the literary atmosphere and poetry. The symphony was commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and composed in 1995-6. Orchestration: 3 Flutes, 3 Oboes, 3 Clarinets in B flat, 3 Bassoons, 4 Horns in F, 4 Trumpets in B flat, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Celesta, Harp, Strings. The duration of the work is 25 minutes, full score and orchestral material is available for hire.
SKU: HL.14032248
ISBN 9780853605331. 8.25x11.75x0.505 inches.
Aulis Sallinen was born in 1935 in Salmi on the northern shore of Lake Ladoga (which the Soviet Union claimed in 1944). His early musical experience was playing the violin. Improvising (including jazz) on the piano led him to write his first compositions as a teenager. After studying with Aarre Merikanto and Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy, he joined the staff there. He was Administrator of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1960-69); Secretary and member of the Board (1958-73), then Chairman (1971-73) of the Finnish Composers' Society; member of the board of TEOSTO (Finnish copyright society) from 1970-84, then Chairman from 1988-90; he also served for several years on the Board of the Finnish National Opera. Here is the Facsimile of the Sixth Symphony that was composed over 1989-1990, and commissioned and first performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
SKU: HL.238320
12.0x16.5x0.65 inches.
Symphony No. 2 began its life as Pozcatek, a 'Michael Nyman Band' 'soundtrack' that was written for the Michael Nyman Band to accompany a selection of sequences from post-war Polish films that Nyman selected and edited in 2009. That work has already been networked a Pozcatek for piano trio (recorded by the Fidelio Trio for MN Records) and a song cycle 'Ex Votos Songs' with texts transcribed from Mexican Ex Votos, hence the possibly subtitle for this symphony: Ex Photos. The symphony, which was completed in 2013, consists of four interconnected movements and is Arranged for orchestra. Duration of approximately: 28 minutes.
SKU: HL.14025353
ISBN 9788759870761. 8.25x11.75x0.08 inches. English.
Per Nørgård Third Symphony - A Short Introduction by Jørgen I. Jensen.
Analyse of Per Nørgård 3. SymphonyTranslation into English: John Bergsagel
SKU: HL.4491051
UPC: 884088551018. 9.0x12.0x0.009 inches.
Dvorák was extremely interested in Native American and African American melody, and his Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) included influences of both. This easy arrangement wonderfully includes the two best-known melodies from his famous symphony.
SKU: HL.14028017
ISBN 9788759805619.
The full score of Ruders' first Symphony, subtitled Himmelhoch jauchzend - zum Tode betrubt. Written for large orchestra.
SKU: HL.14015207
ISBN 9788759862971. UPC: 884088443757. 8.5x11.75x0.522 inches. English.
Full Score of Vagn Holmboe's Symphony No.10.
