SKU: ST.H474

ISBN 9790220222900.

A Short Sonata is a work written at around Grade 8 standard for euphonium and piano. In each of the work's three movements, different qualities of the instrument are utilised and explored. In the first movement, an Allegro in 6/8 time, these qualities are the instrument's general agility, and its ability to play fast-moving melodies in a way that drives the music forward. Throughout, different ways of phrasing similar material are used to create interest and a varied sound. In the second, slow movement, the resonant and majestic way in which the euphonium can deliver lyrical melodic lines is explored. The movement is made up of four long phrases which peak dynamically at the third, giving room for interpretation and feeling. The third movement exploits the instrument's ability to play loudly and aggressively, using lots of accented notes, hairpin crescendos and quick double-tonguing.

A Short Sonata was the winner of the first Stainer & Bell Award for Brass Composition, held at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff in May 2010.

SKU: HL.4008996

UPC: 196288283904.

Bb Euphonium parts are available on request (contact see score). Whether inner peace, the peace of one’s own four walls, or peace between nations—the strive for peace is always worth fighting for, even when it seems almost impossible to achieve. This simple and soulful melody should contribute ever so slightly to making the world a more peaceful place.

SKU: BT.DHP-1165696-401

ISBN 9789043150088. English-German-French-Dutch.

Two pages appear, carrying torches that illuminate an imposing woman in a majestic pose… (Alexandre Dumas, in La Reine Margot) The composer Pascal Proust has many years’ experience as a musician and music teacher. His output includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote Majestic for euphonium players at the level of approximately 3 4 years’ study and paid special attention to an easy-to-follow, attractive musical style. As a result, Majestic is an ideal performance or competition work for young musicians.

Er verschijnen twee pages die fakkels dragen en daarmee een imposante vrouw in majestueuze houding verlichten… (Alexandre Dumas in La Reine Margot) De componist Pascal Proust heeft jarenlange ervaring als muzikant en muziekdocent. Zijn oeuvre omvat honderden composities voor de meest diverse instrumentaties. Hij schreef Majestic voor euphoniumspelers die ongeveer drie tot vier jaar les hebben, waarbij hij speciaal aandacht heeft besteed aan een makkelijk te volgen, aantrekkelijke muziekstijl. Daardoor is Majestic een ideaal voordrachts- of wedstrijdstuk voor jonge muzikanten.

Es erscheinen zwei Pagen, die Fackeln tragen und damit einer imposanten Frau in einer majestätischen Haltung leuchten… (Alexandre Dumas, in La Reine Margot) Der Komponist Pascal Proust kann aus seiner langjährigen Erfahrung als Musiker und Musikpädagoge schöpfen; sein Oeuvre umfasst mehrere hundert Kompositionen für verschiedenste Besetzungen. Er schrieb Majestic für Euphoniumspieler mit ungefähr 3 4 Jahren Unterrichtserfahrung und legte besonderes Augenmerk auf einen leicht verständlichen, attraktiven musikalischen Stil. Dadurch eignet sich Majestic ideal als Vortrags- und Wettbewerbsstück für junge Musiker.

Deux pages parurent, portant des flambeaux et éclairant une femme d’une taille imposante, d’un maintien majestueux … (Alexandre Dumas, extrait de La Reine Margot) Le compositeur Pascal Proust puise volonté dans son immense expérience de musicien et professeur de musique ; son catalogue d’oeuvres englobe plusieurs centaines de compositions pour divers instruments. Il a notamment écrit Majestic pour joueurs d’euphonium ayant environ 3 4 années de pratique, dans un style musical accessible et coloré. De ce fait, Majestic est la pièce idéale pour tout examen ou audition de jeunes musiciens.

SKU: CY.CC2722

The Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine), a cycle of six pieces, based on poems by Joseph Mery, were written in 1865, and Bizet performed two of them on 16 April 1866 at a soiree of the Beaujolais Philharmonic Society. The songs are grouped symmetrically around La bohemienne as the central piece, framed by two meditatively yearning pieces (in E and D flat major) and two vividly exuberant ones (similarly in E and D flat major), with L'aurore serving as an introduction.

In this cycle Bizet takes up the theme of the gypsy girl which had already entered European music in the operas The Bohemian Girl by the Irish composer Michael William Balfe and Verdi's Il trovatore, as well as in Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano. Bizet will return to it one year later in La jolie fille de Perth and ten years later in Carmen. The fourth piece Les confidences shows similarities in tonality, structure and motifs to the middle part of the third movement of Chopin's Sonata in B minor.

This version includes parts in B-flat treble clef as well as bass clef.