Variations on a Swiss Air

This volume contains all 21 sets of Beethoven's solo piano variations including the popular 'Diabelli Variations' and 'Eroica Variations'. Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf

With a CD of Performances-Beethoven's easier variations offer a perfect vehicle for introducing the intermediate pianist to larger works without overwhelming him or her. The historical notes practical performance tips and thoughtful recordings offer valuable insight and interpretative commentary that will inform teachers students and performers about these attractive melodies varied masterfully by the great composer.Includes Six Variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64 Nine Variations on ?Quant' è più bello? from La Molinara by Giovanni Paisiello WoO 69 Six Variations on ?Nel cor più non mi sento? from La Molinara by Giovanni Paisiello WoO 70 EightVariations on ?Une fièvre br lante? from Richard Coeur-de-lion by André Ernest Modeste Grétry WoO 72 and Six Variations in G Major WoO 77.Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. These editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by experienced artists and master teachers these publications provide an accurate well-informed score resource for pianists.?

Theme and Variations. Par GRGIN ANTE. / Niveau : Difficile / Répertoire / Solo et Accompagnement de Cordes

Handel in the Band is a virtuoso set of symphonic variations on one of Handel’s best known keyboard dances the Sarabande from his Suite in D minor HWV 437 based on the Spanish traditional dance La Folia. Kenneth Downie’s work was commissioned by Brass Band Treize Etoiles for performance at the 2013 Swiss National Brass Band Championships where it was conducted by James Gourlay. The title is a reference to Percy Grainger’s popular Handel in the Strand and is indicative of the witty and theatrical nature of the music which is more playful than conventional competition pieces and as such offers different challenges to brass bands as well as beingthoroughly entertaining for audiences. Kenneth Downie is one of the most respected and experienced brass band composers. His music has been widely performed and published throughout the brass band world since the 1960s.

47 Pieces by 16 Composers-47 pieces by CPE Bach JS Bach Beethoven Burgmüller Chopin Grieg Gurlitt Heller Kuhlau Kullak Liszt MacDowell Mendelssohn Schubert Schumann and Tchaikovsky. All are at the intermediate level in a slim affordable volume. Includes - J.S. Bach: Invention No. 8 in F Major BWV 779; Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 846; Beethoven: Six Variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64; Burgmüller:L'adieu from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies Op. 100 No. 12; Chopin: Prélude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4; Grieg: Arietta from Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 1; Heller: The Avalanche from 25 Melodious Etudes Op. 45 No. 2;LISZT: Gray Clouds; MacDowell: To A Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches Op. 51 No. 1; Mendelssohn: Song Without Words in A Major Op. 19 No. 4; Schumann: About Strange Land and People from Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 No. 1;Tchaikovsky: Sweet Dreams from Album for the Young Op. 39 No. 21

Four movements top part advanced. Several recordings and many broadcasts. Duration c.13'.Programme Notes:The Swiss composer Joseph Lauber was born at Ruswil near Lucerne in 1864. After studying with Heger in Zürich and Rheinberger in Munich Lauber worked with Diémer and Massenet in Paris. With Massenet he learnt a great deal about orchestration a subject that he subsequently taught until the end of his life at the Geneva conservatoire as well as piano and composition. He died in 1952.Lauber's 193 catalogued works are many and varied. He wrote for all instruments and in every genre except oratorio and opera. Among his output areseveral works for double bass most written for Prof. Hans Fryba a personal friend with whom he worked as a double bass and piano recital duo. Fryba was one of the leading players in Europe in his day and was principal of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. First was Theme and Variations (1936-7) and a Rhapsodie with orchestra (1937). Three Walzes followed in 1939 a Gavotte and Gigue a Sonata and then in 1943 Fantasie de Concert written for the Geneva Competition. Four Caprices appeared in 1942 the same date as the Quartet for double basses which was dedicated to Fryba and written for the Berlin Philharmonic Double Bass Quartet one of the first ever such ensembles to exist. The Quartet for double basses was revived by Klaus Stoll in the 1970s for the Philharmonic Double Bass Quartet at that time to play. It was subsequently published in 1975 by Yorke Edition by kind permission of the composer's son Edmund Lauber. Rodney Slatford 2004

Trumpet / Cornet & String Orchestra. Par ARBAN JEAN-BAPTISTE. / Niveau : Confirmé / Répertoire / Cornet et Cordes