SKU: HL.48187533

UPC: 888680843779. 6x8.25 inches.

“This edition of Les Biches by Francis Poulenc features the score for the whole Orchestra. Initially written as Ballet, it was revised as a suite for Orchestra in the 1940s. This piece has a light style, considered 'beautiful and melancholic' by Jean Cocteau. Lasting 15 minutes 30 seconds, it is divided into five parts: 1. Rondeau 2. Adagietto 3. Rag-Mazurka 4. Andantino 5. Finale Francis Poulenc is French composer and pianist. He also produced Piano and Chamber pieces, Operas, ballets as well as some Orchestral works.&rdquo.

SKU: HL.14008396

ISBN 9780711921337. 8.5x12.0x0.533 inches.

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate its 40th birthday. The first performance took place in June 1986 at St. Magnus' Cathedral, Kirkwall, as part of the tenth St. Magnus Festival. Written for and first performed by Isaac Stern, Davies's Violin Concerto brings together two streams in his music: symphonism and folk-fiddling. In its strongly developed substance, it asks to be measured in the company of Beethoven, Brahms and Sibelius, while there is also, particularly in the middle movement, a strong element of the Scots lament. The orchestra is generally muted in colour, though there is a dramatic role for the timpanist. There are three movements, played without a break - this is only one of many connections with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. Duration c. 30mins.

SKU: HL.14022897

ISBN 9788759853658. 10.25x14.25x0.42 inches.

The score for Carl Nielsen's Romance For Violin And Orchestra Op.2, as arranged by Hans Sitt.

SKU: HL.50485236

ISBN 9790080400609. A/5 (14,2x20) inches. Gabor Darvas.

Though some themes of the D major Violin Concerto appear fragmentarily among Beethoven's earlier drafts, the score received its final shape - according to the autograph manuscript - in 1806 only. The first performance took place on December 23 of the same year in Vienna, the violon solo was played by Franz Clement. The concerto met with a rather cold reception: this critic of the Wiener Theaterzeitung admitted 'some beauty' in it but for the rest he found that '...the coherence often seems totally broken and the endless repetitions of some commonplace sections can easily become tedious.' The performance may have not been totally satisfying, it is certainly surprising that the setof parts published in 1808 is dedicated to Stephan von Breuning instead of Clement. It is not impossible that Beethoven lost faith in the value and future of his work, too, - his later attempt to change it into a piano concerto can be interpreted in this way.