Choir

SKU: BR.SON-442

Complete Works. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Clemens Harasim. Linen. Complete Works. Romantic period. Complete Works. 188 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #SON 442. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.SON-442).

ISBN 9790004803509. 10 x 12.5 inches.

This volume contains three reworkings and orchestrations of religious works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy which were originally set for smaller ensembles (solo voices, four-part chorus and organ). They were composed at different times and for different occasions, two of them as commissions. The anthem ,,Why, o Lord, delay forever MWV A 19 was originally the sacred vocal piece MWV B 33, published in England in 1841 with the additional title ,,[…] The Thirteenth Psalm, and in Germany in the same year as ,,Lass, o Herr, mich Hilfe finden with the title ,,Drei geistliche Lieder which was composed at the suggestion of the English literature and music lover Charles B. Broadley who also provided the paraphrase of the psalm text. After Mendelssohn had refused an initial request by Broadley to furnish the anthem post festum with an organ prelude, the composer did not want to turn down a second request to orchestrate the work and he even expanded the existing material with a lengthy closing fugue involving additional trumpets and timpani. The ,,Ave Maria MWV B 19 was written in connection with Mendelssohn's appointment as municipal music director, a position which at the same time included the responsibility for the musical organization of church services. The instrumentation of the work with an accompaniment of two clarinets and two bassoons as well as low strings was due to the fact that the organ in Dusseldorf's principal church St. Lambertus was out of order for an extended period of time, and Mendelssohn considered this solution explicitly only as a surrogate for the organ should there be none. A further psalm paraphrase in English, this time by William Bartholomew, of the hymn ,,Hear my prayer MWV B 49 was set to music in early 1844; the orchestration of the organ part commissioned by the distinguished Dublin musician Joseph Robinson was not completed until 1847 so that the premiere finally only took place after Mendelssohn's death. In the further course of the century ,,Hear my prayer would, particularly in the version with organ accompaniment, come to enjoy great popularity in Great Britain and Ireland.

Horn and orchestra (solos: hn - 0.0.2.2 - 0.0.0.0 - str)

SKU: BR.PB-15130

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Henrik Wiese. Orchestra; stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Classical. Full score. 32 pages. Duration 16'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 15130. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-15130).

ISBN 9790004214312. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The Mozart expert Henrik Wiese edits the central work genre of Viennese classicism according to the current status of international Mozart research.The clean autograph of the Horn Concerto in Eb major K. 447 offers a reliable basis for the present Urtext edition, which deliberately abstains from leveling out certain fine points and smaller divergences made by Mozart at parallel and repeated passages.In the edition for horn and piano, the two solo parts contain two cadenza suggestions for the first movement, as well as lead-ins (also alternative) for measures 22 and 196 in the third movement. The distinguished Mozart specialist Robert D. Levin offers a variety of multiply interrelated motivic and melodic sections from which every horn player can put together his own cadenza.

Piano and Chamber Ensemble - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14027981

Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 2002. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH30293. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14027981).

ISBN 9788759808368. English.

'Dramaphonia' for piano solo and 11 instruments forms the first part of a trilogy of solo-concertos, the remaining two being one for percussion and smaller symphony orchestra ('Monodrama') and the last ('Polydrama') for violoncello and full orchestra. All three pieces are in one movement each and may be performed together, thus presenting a vast concerto grosso of the duration of one hour and a half. Each concerto, however, stands by itself, offering its own story: having employed the word drama in all three pieces, I naturally want to imply that something is going on, a series of hidden events created by each listener's own inner theatre which enables him to stage his own, personal associations, and in the case of 'Dramaphonia', the compositorical tension alters between action and frozen panoramas. In the percussion concerto, the rhythmical progression is being constantly intensified, whereas the metric proportions of Dramaphonia tighten and loosen, like a magnifying glass being wielded in and out of focus. 'Dramaphonia' is commissioned and dedicated to LONTANO and Poul Rosenbaum.

Orchestra solo voices, SATB chorus, chamber orchestra

SKU: CA.2046111

Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Uwe Wolf. Single Part, violin 1. SWV 461. Duration 12 minutes. Carus Verlag #2046100. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2046111).

ISBN 9790007297350. Key: E phrygian. German.

A psalm concerto by Heinrich Schutz for solo voices, choir, 2 violins, 3 trombones, and basso continuo which is too little known. It can also alternatively be performed by smaller forces. Schutz probably wrote the concerto for a major political occasion in connection with the Thirty Years' War. He hauntingly set the plea for God's help and peace throughout the land, sometimes in unison or for duet with echo passages, sometimes for tutti, but always in harmonically exciting fashion leading to the vision that finally justice and peace kiss. An exciting work for concerts on the theme of psalms and peace.