| Kevin Volans: Pint-Sized
Piano Pieces: Piano:
Instrumental Album Piano solo - Easy Chester
Pint-Sized Piano Pieces is the first in a series of three books featuring fun an...(+)
Pint-Sized Piano Pieces is the first in a series of three books featuring fun and enjoyably challenging Piano miniatures composed by South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans. If you're tired of playing the same old exercises the same old études or boring studies this book of Pint-Sized Piano Pieces is for you. Whether you're after somethingchallenging something fun or even something funny you can be sure that you'll never have heard any pieces like this before. Composer Kevin Volans invites pianists 'of all ages and sizes' to play his innovative andinteresting take on the Piano miniature. All of these pieces are lovely and tuneful all provide a challenge and all are exciting thrilling confusing and sometimes even baffling. Each volume istechnically progressive meaning the Pint-Sized Piano Pieces is best for the beginner to the intermediate player although the tunes vary in length and difficulty. Equally as important even though the piecesare a lot of fun they also each explore a different aspect of crucial Piano technique allowing you to enjoy learning to play and perfecting your abilities. The inventive and imaginative miniaturesincluded in the sheet music collection Pint-Sized Piano Pieces are guaranteed to get you having fun while practising. They are a pleasure to hear and a pleasure to play so make sure you check out thesefun and practical pieces today.
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No. 1 White Man
Sleeps (Parts): String
Quartet: String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello Chester
Set of Parts for Kevin Volans 'White Man Sleeps' for string quartet. (Violin I ...(+)
Set of Parts for Kevin Volans 'White Man Sleeps' for string quartet. (Violin I Violin II Viola Cello). Written for the Kronos Quartet in 1986. Duration 24 minutes. Score available: CH61123
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No. 4 'The
Ramanujan Notebooks':
String Quartet: String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello Chester
Irish composer Kevin Volans' work has gained international acclaim over the year...(+)
Irish composer Kevin Volans' work has gained international acclaim over the years. Drawing on a combination of European and African compositional techniques his music displays a unique charm. Volans' distinctive sound is heavilyin demand and since the mid-1980s his work has been performed regularly at such venues as the Pompidou Centre the Royal Albert Hall and the Lincoln Center in New York.This work for string quartet was commissioned by theShobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and was first performed on the 16th December 1990 at the Almeida Theatre London by the Smith Quartet.Set of parts. Score available: CH61341
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No. 1 White Man
Sleeps: String Quartet:
Score String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello [Sheet music] Chester
Born in South Africa but now an Irish citizen Kevin Volans? musical idiom has ...(+)
Born in South Africa but now an Irish citizen Kevin Volans? musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne field trips to South Africa tostudy traditional music his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement his collection of contemporary art and African textiles friendships with composers like Morton Feldman and Gerald Barry as well as a love of virtuosopiano music which he performs broadcasts and records. While having an easily recognised unique voice Volans? music resists compartmentalisation. He is as comfortable working in conventional genres as embarking oninnovative collaborations with artists of other disciplines. String Quartet No.1 (White Man Sleeps) was written for the Kronos Quartet and was first performed by them in July 1986 London.The title?White Man Sleeps? comes from a moment in nyanga Panpipe music where the performers leave off playing their loud pipes for a few cycles and dance only to the sound of their ankle rattles to let the whitelandowner sleep for a minute or two.'In composing this piece I drew from the following sources: the first movement owes something to the style of Basotho concertina music; the second and fourth movements are drawnfrom traditional Nyungwe music played by Makina Chirenje and his Nyanga panpipe group at Nsava Tete Mozambique recorded and transcribed by Andrew Tracey (to be found in an article entitled ?The nyanga Panpipe dance? in AfricanMusic Vol.5 No.1 (1971); the third movement derives from the San bow music (recorded by Tony Traill of the University of Witwatersrand) and from Basotho lesiba music transcribed by myself; in the fifth movement I added my owninvented folklore. My approach to the original music was anything but purist it is played in Western tuning filtered slowed down by a few ?time-octaves? cast into non-African metres (like the 13-beat pattern of the first
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No.3 'The
Songlines': String
Quartet: Score String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello [Sheet music] Chester
Kevin Volans has been described as one of the more inventive composers since Str...(+)
Kevin Volans has been described as one of the more inventive composers since Stravinsky. Songlines was composed in 1988 and revised in 1993. Dedicated to Bruce Chatwin and premiered by the Kronos Quartet. Parts available:CH61336
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No.3 'The
Songlines' (Parts):
String Quartet: String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello [Sheet music] Chester
Kevin Volans has been described as one of the more inventive composers since Str...(+)
Kevin Volans has been described as one of the more inventive composers since Stravinsky. Songlines was composed in 1988 and revised in 1993. Score available: CH61335
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| Kevin Volans: She Who
Sleeps With A Small
Blanket: Percussion:
Instrumental Work Percussion Chester
Scored for Percussion Solo. Written for Robyn Schulkowsky and first performed ...(+)
Scored for Percussion Solo. Written for Robyn Schulkowsky and first performed by her at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg 1985. By limiting the instrumentation to drums only the composer explored several kinds ofpatterning the principal one being cross-rhythms in triplets played with two sticks. Duration 16 minutes.
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| Kevin Volans: Kneeling
Dance: Piano Ensemble:
Score & Parts Piano ensembles Chester
For Six Pianos (Revised edition)
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| Kevin Volans: Cicada For
Two Pianos: Piano
Ensemble: Instrumental
Work 2 Pianos, 4 hands [Sheet music] Chester
Cicada was commissioned for Double Edge Piano Duo by the Mary Carey Foundation ...(+)
Cicada was commissioned for Double Edge Piano Duo by the Mary Carey Foundation the first performance was given by Double Edge in Los Angeles 1994. The piece should be played half-pedal throughout and the pianos should beplaced as far apart as possible.
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| Kevin Volans:
Progressively Prickly
Piano Pieces: Piano:
Instrumental Album Piano solo - Intermediate/advanced Chester
The third in South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans's brilliant series ...(+)
The third in South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans's brilliant series of Piano miniatures Progressively Prickly Piano Pieces is a collection of ingenious and witty practice pieces that aredesigned to be both fun and educational. With these sheet music practice books accomplished composer Kevin Volans?has managed to craft nine pieces that are really great fun to play as wellas being thrilling and exciting in their ingenuity. Volans has put aside his own compositional tastes making the needs of the pianist the focus. This means that his series represents a departure from the other dry anddull practice books out there ensuring that while you play you'll be loving how funny confusing and sometimes downright baffling these pieces are. The great thing about ProgressivelyPrickly Piano Pieces is that this is not just a bit of fun. Volans?has created them so that each piece focuses on a fundamental aspect of Piano technique. This means that while you enjoy playing through thepieces in this book their 'prickliness' will guarantee that you are learning at the same time. Some of the tunes are challenging so this book is definitely for the intermediate to the advanced player although the great thing isif you have worked through the previous two books you'll be able to smoothly transition into this one. If you want some new and interesting practice pieces to play that aren't the same old études orexercises check out Progressively Prickly Piano Pieces?and pep up your practising today. Don't forget to check out? Pint-Sized Piano Pieces ?and? Pieces For Precocious Pianists .
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| Kevin Volans: Baobab (for
saxophone): Saxophone:
Instrumental Work Saxophone Chester
Baobab (for saxophone). Baobab is derived from the composer's cello concerto (19...(+)
Baobab (for saxophone). Baobab is derived from the composer's cello concerto (1997) and much of the material is cast as a dialogue between voices of differing colour. Baobab is dedicated to Raaf Hekkema.
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| Kevin Volans: Pieces For
Precocious Pianists:
Piano: Instrumental Album Piano solo - Intermediate Chester
In the second book of South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans's Piano mi...(+)
In the second book of South African pianist and composer Kevin Volans's Piano miniature series progressively more challenging pieces are presented for intermediate players while still retaining the fun and excitement ofthe previous edition. This truly is a collection of Pieces For Precocious Pianists. If you are looking for the antidote to all those boring Piano exercise books out there that claim to bebeneficial but are so dull it's hard to pull your head up off the keys look no further. This book contains nine fantastically fun and playful tunes that will get you interested in and enjoying practising as much as you possiblycan. As you play your way through the book you will be laughing scratching your head and sometimes crying but never not enjoying these pieces that resist all description. Not only are thesePieces For Precocious Pianists really great fun to play they also serve an educational purpose. As an accomplished pianist and composer Kevin Volans has crafted each piece to explore a singleaspect of essential Piano technique. This means that it will focus on a particular skill that you can hone while having fun with the pieces. These pieces are more challenging than the previous book in the series making this bookmore appropriate for the intermediate pianist although it makes a great progression if you've worked through the first. For a fun and thrilling ride through some inventive and innovative Piano miniatures Pieces For Precocious Pianists by Kevin Volans is a brilliant way to perfect particular techniques while having lots and lots of musical fun. Don't forget to checkout Pint-Sized Piano Pieces and Progressively Prickly Piano
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No.10: String
Quartet: Parts String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello - Advanced Chester
String Quartet No.10 is a delightful piece expertly composed by Kevin Volans in ...(+)
String Quartet No.10 is a delightful piece expertly composed by Kevin Volans in memory of his brother. This fantastic collection includes parts for Violin I and II Viola andCello.Kevin Volans is the best known South African composer active today with well over 50 published composition.
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| Kevin Volans: Concerto
For Solo Percussion And
Ensemble: Percussion:
Score PERC/ENS::Percussion, Ensemble
d'cole [Sheet music] Chester
Kevin Volans’ Concerto for Solo Percussion and Ensemble was commissioned ...(+)
Kevin Volans’ Concerto for Solo Percussion and Ensemble was commissioned by KammerensembleN Stockholm with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland. The world premiere took place in Stockholm in_x0005__x0006__x0007__x0005__x0008_2013.
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No.9 - Shiva
Dances (Parts): String
Quartet: Parts String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello [Sheet music] Chester
Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3...(+)
Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s) beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy' almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This of course has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York Phil Niblock and La Monte Young to name but two) butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work and fearing this would make the label stick I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic an aesthetic which however pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure the ego underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot not movingaround at all. I like that.The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.
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| Kevin Volans: String
Quartet No.5 - Dancers On
A Plane: String Quartet:
Score String Quartet: 2 violins, viola,
cello Chester
String Quartet No.5 by Kevin Volans.The concert version of Dancers on a P...(+)
String Quartet No.5 by Kevin Volans.The concert version of Dancers on a Plane was commissioned for the DukeQuartet to whom it is dedicated by the National Federation of MusicSocieties with funding fromBritish Telecommunications plc.Includes a CD
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