2 Pianos

SKU: HL.14018850

Composed by Kenneth Leighton. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 100 pages. Music Sales #NOV100353. Published by Music Sales (HL.14018850).

ISBN 9780711986008. 9.0x12.0x0.295 inches.

The Prelude, Hymn And Toccata 1987 is dedicated to, and was commissioned by the Nettle-Markham Piano Duo. It was the second work to have been written for them by the composer, the first being the Sonata For Piano Duet Op.92. This twenty minute work begins with Leighton's typical preludial double-dotted rhythms and contrapuntal textures; it develops into dark, passionate music and erupts into single and double cadenzas. The gentle Hymn is ushered in quietly and unfolds in long, rhapsodic sections, building up to more climactic cadenzas before dissolving gradually to an ethereal conclusion. The Toccata finale shows Leighton's masterly piano writing and contrasts biting, rhythmic motifs with sweeping, yearning elegiac phrases.

2 Pianos, 4 Hands (Picc.*2*3*Eh.*3*3 - 4*4*3*1 - P.*Perc. (Glsp., Xyl., Trgl., hg. Bck., Tamb., Tomt., kl. Tr., Afr. Tr., Mil. Tr., Cong., gr. Tr., Mar., Woodbl., Peitsche) - Str.) - difficult

SKU: HL.49045284

For Piano and Orchestra - Reduction for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Composed by Mikis Theodorakis. Arranged by Dimitris Michas. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano Duet. Classical. Softcover. Composed 1949-1955/2015. 78 pages. Duration 25'. Schott Music #ED22590. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045284).

ISBN 9790001161268. UPC: 841886029767. 9.0x12.0x0.232 inches.

Suite No. 1 is a hymn to the divinity of the dance. The piece explores all possibilities of extreme rhythm, harmony and orchestration in order to place special emphasis on the piano as a solo instrument with all its possibilities: from percussion instrument to lyric simplicity. At the end, the composer quotes the style of his scores together with the ancient tragedies in an epilogue with prominent signals from the wind section.

Piano Duets. Arranged by Stephen Nielson, Ovid Young. Fred Bock Publications. Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Fred Bock Music Company.