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BASSON
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MARIMBA
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Orgue
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Guitare
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Guitare notes et tablatures
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Mandoline
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Ukulele
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Chorale TTBB
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Voix Baryton, Piano
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Voix Tenor
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Voix duo
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Voix haute
2
Voix Soprano
1
Chorale SAATB A Cappella
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Voix Tenor, Piano
1
Soli, choeur mixte et accompagnement
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Voix Alto, Piano
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Voix moyenne, Piano
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Clarinette et Piano
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20
Saxophone Alto et Piano
20
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18
Hautbois, Piano (duo)
18
2 Saxophones (duo)
17
Ensemble de saxophones
14
2 Flûtes traversières (duo)
14
Clarinette
13
Flûte, Hautbois, Clarinette, Basson
12
Cor anglais, Piano
11
Saxophone Tenor et Piano
11
2 Clarinettes (duo)
9
Flûte traversière
9
Saxophone Baryton, Piano
9
Flûte et Guitare
8
Saxophone Soprano et Piano
8
Quatuor de Clarinettes: 4 clarinettes
8
Quatuor de Flûtes : 4 flûtes
8
Ensemble de Flûtes
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Clarinette Basse, Piano
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Saxophone Tenor
7
Saxophone Alto
6
Ensemble de Clarinettes
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Quatuor de Flûtes à bec
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Clarinette, Guitare (duo)
5
Saxophone, Clarinette (duo)
4
Flûte, Clarinette (duo)
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2 Hautbois (duo)
4
Flûte, Hautbois (duo)
3
5 Flûtes à bec
3
Cor anglais, Guitare (duo)
3
Clarinette, Violon (duo)
3
Hautbois, Clarinette (duo)
3
3 Saxophones (trio)
2
Hautbois (partie séparée)
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Flûte, Saxophone (duo)
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Quintette de Flûte : 5 flûtes
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Flûte à bec Soprano
2
Clarinette et Alto
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Saxophone (partie séparée)
2
Hautbois
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Hautbois, Basson (duo)
2
2 Flûte à bec (duo)
2
Clarinette, Trompette (duo)
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Quintette de Clarinettes: 5 clarinettes
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Piccolo, Piano
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Hautbois, Flûte
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Clarinette, Basson (duo)
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Flûte, Trompette (duo)
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Hautbois, Clarinette, Basson (trio d'anches)
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Flûte, Violon
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Flûte, Basson et Piano
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Flûte à bec Alto
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Clarinette, Violoncelle, Piano (trio)
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Flûte, Hautbois, Clarinette (trio)
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Flûte, Hautbois, Basson
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Clarinette, Harpe (duo)
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Flûte, Alto (duo)
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Quatuor de Cuivres : 2 trompettes, trombone, tuba
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Trombone et Piano
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Cor et Piano
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Trompette, Piano
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Quatuor de Cuivres: 2 trompettes, Cor, trombone
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Euphonium, Piano (duo)
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Cor anglais, Piano
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Trompette
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Tuba et Piano
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2 Trombones (duo)
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Trombone
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2 Trompettes (duo)
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Cor
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Ensemble de Trombones
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Tuba
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Quatuor de Cuivres
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Cor anglais, Guitare (duo)
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Trompette, Trombone (duo)
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2 Cors (duo)
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Trombone basse et Piano
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Trompette, Saxophone (duo)
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Trompette, Cor (duo)
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Quatuor de cuivres: 4 cors
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2 Tubas (duo)
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Ensemble de Trompettes
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Euphonium
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Instruments en Sib
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Bass Clef Instruments
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Quatuor de cuivres: 4 trombones
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Trio à Cordes: violon, alto, violoncelle
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Violoncelle, Piano
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Alto, Piano
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Violon, Violoncelle (duo)
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2 Violons (duo)
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Violoncelle
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Violon
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2 Altos (duo)
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Contrebasse, Piano (duo)
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Quintette à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle, basse
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Violon, Alto (duo)
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Alto seul
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2 Violoncelles (duo)
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Harpe
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Contre Basse
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Quatuor à cordes: 4 violons
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4 Violoncelles
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Harpe, Voix
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Trio à Cordes: 2 violons, violoncelle
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Harpe (partie séparée)
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Ensemble de Violons
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Ensemble d'Altos
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Quatuor à cordes : 4 altos
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Trio à cordes: 3 violins
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Violoncelle , Guitare (duo)
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Alto (partie séparée)
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Violon (partie séparée)
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Violon, Guitare (duo)
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Alto, Violoncelle (duo)
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Orchestre
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Cloches
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Ensemble Jazz
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Concertino - for clarinet, mandolin and symphony orchestra
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Ofer Ben-Amots
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praise Him in the heights
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Concertino - for clarinet, man
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Chamber Orchestra - SKU: A0.944032 Composed by Ofer Ben-Amots. Contemporary,Jewish,World. Score and parts. 118 pages. The Composer's Own Press #4610029....
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Chamber Orchestra - SKU: A0.944032 Composed by Ofer Ben-Amots. Contemporary,Jewish,World. Score and parts. 118 pages. The Composer's Own Press #4610029. Published by The Composer's Own Press (A0.944032). CONCERTINO, for Clarinet, Mandolin, and Orchestra CONCERTINO was officially commissioned in 2011 by the Geneva Chamber Orchestra. The composition explores the sound combination of two, seemingly opposing, instruments and sound characters: the clarinet and the mandolin. Thus, the three-movement work is a short double-concerto for clarinet and mandolin, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. The first movement, titled Psalm 148 and is a mixture of a coronation fanfare and a wild improvisatory-like dance. The music is based on the structure and ideas expressed in the 148th Psalm. For the transformation of this Psalmodic text into music I was concerned with two elements: first, the linguistic pulse of the ancient Biblical Hebrew gives the music its ever-changing meters and vibrant rhythms. The second element was the poetic concept presented in the text: Heaven vs. Earth, Universe vs. Planet, or Heights vs. Depths. The contrasting nature of these elements is described in the following verses: Hallelujah, Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights. (Psalm 148, verse 1) Praise the LORD from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps. (Psalm 148, verse 7) Finally, both Heaven and Earth join in praise together: Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven. (Psalm 148, verse 13) The musical expression of these contraries is reflected and the use of high-range and soprano instruments (flutes, clarinet, trumpets, violins) versus low-range instruments (trombone, bassoons, cellos and basses.) The second movement, Romacero Viejo (and old love song) is a slow, lyrical dirge-like melody in a Sephardic Judeo-spanish style. In this movement the mandolin plays in the manner of an Oud – a traditional pear-shaped Arabic lute. The harmony sits mostly on a single pedal note while the clarinet imitates the chant with rhythmically free ornatmental patterns. The third and final movement, Allegro con brio, is a festive klezmer dance with a traditional Bulgar (or Freylech) rhythm, where the regular 8/8 meter is constantly divided into the irregular count of: 3+3+2. In the middle of this movement the two soloists play a cadenza, which allows them to present their contrasting yet complementary instrumental characters. The movement is titled The Geneva Bulgar in honor of the City of Geneva and the wonderful memories I have been carrying with me ever since my time there as a young student at the Conservatoire de Musique. Total duration: ca. 23 min.Performance material by rental only! For demo recording, questions, or any additional information please e-mail Ofer Ben-Amots at: thecomposerspress@gmail.com
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TELEMANN – VIOLIN CONCERTO IN A MAJOR "THE FROGS", TWV 51:A4 (Score and parts in PDF)
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Classique
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Georg Philipp Telemann
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TELEMANN – VIOLIN CONCER
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Sneakwood Editions
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - SKU: A0.890767 Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Arranged by Sneakwood Editions. Baroque,Classical. Score and parts. 41 ...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - SKU: A0.890767 Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Arranged by Sneakwood Editions. Baroque,Classical. Score and parts. 41 pages. Sneakwood Editions #4781035. Published by Sneakwood Editions (A0.890767). Edition based on Ms. D MÜu, ms. 775Score (20 pages) and Parts (friendly performance edition): Violino principale, Violin I, Violin II, Violin III, Viola, Violoncello and Harpsichord.The Violin Concerto in A major (TWV 51:A4), which has come to light only fairly recently, does not take as its musical model the song of the nightingale (as in ‘La Bizarre’ [TWV 55:G2]) or of the goldfinch (Vivaldi), but the croaking of the common frog, also called ‘Reling’ in certain regions of Germany, whence the concerto’s subtitle. Nothing better could be expected of a composer who found inspiration even in crows and in the out-of-tune playing of village musicians! Although this concerto, which the manuscript attributes to Telemann, bears traces of his personal style, other features, such as the exceptionally high solo part, leave room for doubt. At a structurally important point in the first movement the soloist produces no more than a succession of repeated notes, ‘a-a, a-a’, which infect the other parts as well. Of course, this is the vowel that the frog croaks, given a distinctive tone-colour by use of the open A string and stopped D string. But worse is to come. In the second ritornello the orchestral violins ‘forget’ the beginning of their theme, whilst the cello inappropriately pushes its way into the foreground. The setting of the second movement (Adagio), probably a moonlit stretch of shallow water, then audibly inspires a pair of courting frogs to make sweet music together. We are given the opportunity to rejoice in their croaking offspring in the concluding Menuet and its rapid Double. This movement entirely dispenses with concertante sounds of nature and thereby betrays its origins in the suite, where it always takes its accustomed place in Telemann’s music. If we knew that a satirist was at work in this ‘Relinge’ Concerto, someone who was deliberately exhibiting all these deviations from good taste, then we could infer with some certainty that the composer is indeed Telemann. Since his own concertos ‘smack of France’ (as he puts it in his autobiography of 1718), we may most likely credit him with permitting his not at all ‘sullen old heart’ a little joke at the expense of the relevant concertos of a certain Italian composer… – Peter Huth (trans. Charles Johnston)www.snakewoodeditions.com
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La Fee Verte Bagpipe Concerto
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Christine Southworth
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La Fee Verte Bagpipe Concerto
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Airplane Ears Music
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - SKU: A0.1013047 Composed by Christine Southworth. 20th Century,Contemporary,World. Score and parts. 73 pages. Airplane Ear...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - SKU: A0.1013047 Composed by Christine Southworth. 20th Century,Contemporary,World. Score and parts. 73 pages. Airplane Ears Music #5802055. Published by Airplane Ears Music (A0.1013047). La Fee Verte (2013, 12 minutes) for chamber orchestra and Galician gaitasI first became obsessed with bagpipes when my grandfather, Boston Police Lieutenant David Moran, passed away. I was 14 years old, and at his funeral police pipers played, just before the rifles were fired. I was overwhelmed by the power of the instrument, of course compounded by my own sadness and emotion. Years later, a good friend died and another friend wrote him a requiem performed by 12 bagpipes, and after being in denial about his death the power of the sound again made be burst in to tears. Then I was out a Tanglewood at a Silk Road retreat and Osvaldo Golijov had brought a friend, Cristina Pato, to demonstrate her instrument, the Galician Gaita. I was blown away, for the first time the power of the instrument hit me with pure joy, I had never heard bagpipe played like this and by a woman, it was just spectacular! I immediately found a bagpipe teacher in Boston, and started learning Highland pipes, and a few years later, in 2010, went to Galicia and began studying the Gaita. This piece is dedicated to two great gaita players, Cristina Pato and my teacher Anton DaVila. La Fée Verte was commissioned by The Silk Road Project.About the ComposerChristine Southworth (b. 1978) is a composer and video artist based in Lexington, Massachusetts, dedicated to creating music born from a cross-pollination of sonic ideas. Inspired by intersections of technology and art, nature and machines, and musics from cultures around the world, her music employs sounds from man and nature, from Van de Graaff Generators to honeybees, Balinese gamelan to seismic data from volcanoes. Website: www.kotekan.com
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Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella” (2005) for chamber orchestra, score only
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Christian contemporain
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Musique Sacrée
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Carson Cooman
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Carson Cooman: Symphony No. 3,
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - SKU: A0.533672 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Sacred. Score and parts. 54 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3037097. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533672). Symphony No. 3, “Ave Maris Stella†(2005) was written for the Duquesne ContemporaryEnsemble and is dedicated to composer David Stock. Throughout his career, Stock has beena tireless and generous advocate on behalf of new music and living composers. This work isdedicated to him in tribute – as both an important American composer and a significantcontributor to America’s contemporary musical life.The work’s basic source material is the plainchant Ave maris stella (“Hail, star of the seaâ€) –appropriate because of Duquesne’s standing and history as a Catholic university. When thecomposition of this work first began, the original plan was for a celebratory and vibrant piece.As the planning progressed, however, personal circumstances intervened and began to changethe work’s tone – becoming substantially bleaker and more obsessive.The title of the first movement, Pentimento, is defined as “an underlying image in a painting,as an earlier painting, that shows through when the top layer of paint has become transparentwith age.†The melodic and harmonic material for the movement is entirely drawn from theplainchant source, although it is completely transformed and covered up – as in a pentimento.At various points, one can begin to hear the original plainchant “peek out†in subtle ways.The opening section of the movement obsesses again and again on what sounds like a“beginning†– as though it is trying to begin again and again. After a brief bassoon cadenza, afast and driving section starts, marked “sinister.†After driving through a series oftransformations on the plainchant material, a bridge passage leads to further attempts at the“beginning†again. Finally, these attempts are given up, and the plainchant material (theunderlying layer) begins to show through quietly – in preparation for the next movement.In the second movement, Interrupted Motet, the plainchant theme is used in a morestraightforward fashion. After the opening declamatory statements, the following sectionsmove between more free developmental techniques, based on the first movement’stransformations, and “motet†sections – using cantus firmus methods and textures fromRenaissance music. The tone and palate is, however, much darker and more obsessive.There is a brooding ponderousness to these contrapuntal developments. The final motetsection ends in a rageful shout, the plainchant material is presented again in full force, and thepent-up energy dissipates to the close.FluteOboeClarinet in BbBass Clarinet in BbBassoonHorn in F/BbTrumpet in CTrombonePercussion (1 player):tubular bells, vibraphone(Percussionist needs one rosined bow for vibraphone.)PianoViolin IViolin IIViolaCelloContrabass(single strings)This is the score only. The complete parts and each seperate part are also available as seperate items.
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Carson Cooman: The Acts of the Apostles (2009), an oratorio for baritone, chorus, congregation/audie
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Carson Cooman
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Carson Cooman: The Acts of the
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - SKU: A0.533578 Composed by Carson Cooman. Christian,Contemporary,Spiritual. Score and parts. 189 pages. Musik Fabrik Music...
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Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - SKU: A0.533578 Composed by Carson Cooman. Christian,Contemporary,Spiritual. Score and parts. 189 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3025409. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533578). The Acts of the Apostles (2009), an oratorio for baritone, chorus, congregation/audience, and chamber orchestra (piano, organ, strings-suggested minimum of 3.3.3.2.1),was commissioned by The Memorial Church at Harvard University. It is dedicated to Edward Elwyn Jones and theHarvard University Choir.The biblical books of Luke and Acts form a pair of documents from a single author and with a single audience (thelikely-metaphorical “Theophilusâ€), yet they are unusual for being composed in such contrasting genres. Luke’sgospel, using Mark as a primary source throughout, features a comparable literary style to that of the otherevangelists. Acts, by contrast, is a historical monograph that charts the birth of the Church with dramatic storiesabout—and speeches from—the apostles, painting a vivid, if not necessarily chronological, picture of their victoriesand struggles. As such, it is a book that provides excellent source material for a dramatic choral libretto of this scale.Although much of Acts is focused on the ministry of Saul/Paul, this oratorio draws most of its material from thefirst third of the book, prior to and including the conversion of Saul. In the Prologue, Christ’s ascension is narratedand—following an orchestral Sinfonia—the chorus sings words of Jesus from the Sermon on the Plain in Luke’sgospel that foreshadow many of the trials the apostles go on to face. The astounding account of Pentecost follows:here, words from the book of Ruth, customarily read on the feast of Shavuot (Pentecost), are included, telling thestory of a Moabite woman who converted to the Israelite faith—a parallel to the expansion of the Christian messageto all nations by the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Prayer for Boldness, quoting Psalm 2, asks God for protection fromthe threats of persecution that the apostles will now face.Stephen, regarded as the proto-martyr of the Christian Church, offers one of the most developed speeches in Acts,only a small portion of which is presented here. Full of scriptural references, including the quotation from Isaiah“Heaven is my throne…â€, the end of the narrative is remarkable for two reasons: firstly, Stephen’s final wordsmirror those of Christ on the cross in Luke’s gospel—where Jesus forgives his executioners and prays “Father, intoyour hands I commend my spirit†(Luke 23:46); secondly, Saul is specifically mentioned as one who approved ofStephen’s stoning, indicative of the redemptive possibilities of the Christian message.The account of the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch here in the oratorio ends with the First Song of Isaiah—whilenot quoted in Acts, it seems a fitting conclusion to the scene as Philip and the eunuch were reading Isaiah together,and the canticle has often been associated by Christians with the rite of baptism. Similarly, the story of Saul’sConversion is followed here by a Christological poem found in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, though it is likely aquotation from an earlier source. It is often regarded as the earliest extant Christian hymn.The Acts of the Apostles concludes with Luke’s realistic assessment that in spite of Paul’s energetic evangelism manyremained unconvinced by the Christian message. At the heart of both Luke’s gospel and Acts is the tension betweenthe uniquely important role of the Jewish traditions that Jesus himself practiced and the expansion of the gospel togentiles, of whom Luke himself is one. It is appropriate, therefore, to follow Paul’s message of salvation to thegentiles with the Magnificat: a canticle that emphasizes the promises of God to the people of Israel throughouthistory.Three traditional hymn texts are found in the oratorio, each set congregationally to a pre-existing tune. The first,“Spirit of mercy, truth, and love†is an eighteenth century poem that e.
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