Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'. The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful example of the sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities that have become the composer's trademarks.

Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'.The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful example of the sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities that have become the composer's trademarks.

Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'.The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful example of the sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities that have become the composer's trademarks.

Paperback-Vaughan Williams fist encountered the old English folk song Dives and Lazarus when he was 21 and here presents five variants that are in his own words 'not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others'.The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and is a wonderful example of the sumptuous string textures and modal tonalities that have become the composer's trademarks.

Horn, Wolfgang (Trad.) -. Reihen bei Carus: Studien zu Komponisten , Wissenschaftliche BĂĽcher - Langue : Allemand/ RĂ©pertoire / Livre

Originally for violin and piano Robert D. McCashin has done an outstanding job of making the Largo and Allegro from Telemann’s Sonata in G accessible to string orchestras. The opening movement offers beautiful and lush harmonic content with solo lines trading between the upper and lower string voices. The Allegro includes interesting and independent lines for all instruments providing a substantive musical experience for each member of the ensemble. (4:00)

Recorded by the Beach Boys this enjoyable swing tune certainly has that surfer sound and will add a nice touch for the Christmas season. Larry Moore's arrangement is nicely scored with the melody traded between sections.

Work for Solo Cello and Orchestral Cello Section. Premiered by Yo Yo Ma.Quoting Tavener: It was while pondering these traditional dicta that I began to write the opening solo melody for the cello. It is in fact a palindromebecause waking and dying are like two sides of a piece of paper. If you wake up spiritually then you will die to all that is not of God. In the middle section which is also a palindrome the orchestral cellos join in theparadoxical meditation providing a platform as it were while the cello line takes on a much more melismatic and decorative character.In fact the whole work is a series of intellectual contradictions realised by thesimplest of musical metaphysics. Dying life life dying waking up in order to die the solo cello always represents the individual mind dying and the individual mind waking up.Then of a sudden just before the end thesolo chant begins again only to be cut off by a distant sentimental memory the memory of 'the blues' reminding us of ordinary human emotion and of our fallen state. The very end suggests a waking up into a kind of peace (notsoul slumber since after death the soul becomes more intensely alive); but we know nothing of that so the music fades beyond our ears.

Celebrate winter and family with beloved tunes traditionally used at Thanksgiving. 'We Gather Together' and 'Over the River and Through the Woods' make a gorgeous medley. The few higher notes are easy to learn by ear and the contrasting use of 6/8 and 3/4 adds sparkle. (2:00) / Orchestre A Cordes

Considérée comme l'une des oeuvres les plus populaires du Grundman pour les groupes scolaires, ce montage de chants traditionnels de folk américains a été habilement accordée pour les ensembles de cordes par le vétéran arrangeur Robert Longfield et est festival ou tout programme SRTD. / Orchestre A Cordes