SKU: KU.GM-1944A

ISBN 9790206208119.

Daniel Schnyder wrote the Carmen Suite as an opera paraphrase for a dance performance featuring the flamenco dancer Nina Corti and the Carmina Quartet. Later, I adapted the work for piano trio. This music, based on the most famous opera, is perfectly suited for dance performances. The instrumental interludes create opportunities for direct interactions between musicians and dancers.

SKU: BA.BA07417

ISBN 9790006561469. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Swedish, English. Preface: Jansson, MÃ¥rten.

“I asked my friend, the poet Einar Askestad, if he could write a poem for me about love between father and son, brothers and God.
I felt that these forms of love are seldom sung about. The poem moved me greatly and I have tried to put music to these words which is simple yet full of beauty. In the four movements of this suite-like piece, various aspects of these relationships are conveyed.” (Marten Jansson)


“My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings which life has to offer. This has led people to describe my music as ‘so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings‘ but also as ‘the happiest classical music that we have ever heard’.
My compositions are almost all sacred. They express not only my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries and centuries.”

Mårten Jansson (b. 1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm (KHM) with an MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice. For more than ten years he was the music director and conductor of “Carmen”, one of the most prominent womens’ vocal ensembles in Sweden. He currently teaches choral conducting and music theory as well as giving vocal tuition at the Bolandgymnasiet and Musikskolan in his home town of Uppsala.

SKU: FH.FLE01

ISBN 978-1-55440-300-4.

Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental repertoire and supporting materials such as Studies, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study.This compilation of standard orchestral passages for flute is an indispensable resource for the developing years and beyond. Teachers and students will find this unrivalled volume essential for examination or audition preparation.

Slavonic Dances, op. 46, no. 1 Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): II Franz Joseph Haydn
Le carnaval des animaux: Aquarium Camille Saint-Saens
HMS Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup Arthur Sullivan
La forza del destino: Overture Giuseppe Verdi
Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Va godendo vezzoso e bello George Frideric Handel
Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): III Franz Joseph Haydn
Ma Vlast: II Bedrich Smetana
HMS Pinafore: When I Was a Lad Arthur Sullivan
Nutcracker Suite: Overture Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral): III Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95 (New World): I Antonin Dvorak
Faust: Soldier's Chorus Charles Gounod
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: I Edvard Grieg
Symphony No. 102 in B flat Major: I Franz Joseph Haydn
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: III Johann Sebastian Bach
Carmen: La garde montante Georges Bizet
Petite suite: Ballet IV Claude Debussy
Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military): IV Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K 550: III Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 5: IV Ludwig van Beethoven
Carmen: Act 1, Prelude Georges Bizet
Faust Ballet Music: Danse antique Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 102 in B flat Major: IV Franz Joseph Haydn
Scheherazade, op. 35: IV Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral): I, II Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie fantastique: V Hector Berlioz
Die Zauberfloete: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bolero Maurice Ravel
Scheherazade, op. 35: I Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: I Johann Sebastian Bach
Symphonie fantastique: I Hector Berlioz
Carmen: Entr'acte (Prelude) Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor: IV Johannes Brahms
Die Zauberfloete: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 8 in G Major: IV Antonin Dvorak
Leonore Overture No. 3, op. 72a Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor: IV Johannes Brahms
La mer: I, II, III Claude Debussy
Symphony No. 4 (Italian): IV Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 (Classical): II Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major (Eroica): IV Ludwig van Beethoven
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Claude Debussy
Sinfonie Mathis der Maler: I, II Paul Hindemith
Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo Felix Mendelssohn
Petroushka (1947 revision): Part 1 Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: III Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio espagnol, op. 34: IV Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 1 (Classical): IV Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Orchestra: I, II, III, IV, V Bela Bartok
Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber: II, III Paul Hindemith
Das Lied von der Erde: VI Gustav Mahler
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 Sergei Prokofiev
Le carnaval des animaux: 10. Voliere Camille Saint-Saens
Daphnis et Chloe: Troisieme partie Maurice Ravel
Guillaume Tell: Overture Gioachino Rossini
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Richard Strauss
Firebird Suite (1919 version) Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 9: IV Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Orchestra: III Bela Bartok
Scheherezade, op. 35: IV Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Semiramide: Overture Gioachino Rossini
Symphony No. 5, op. 47: I, II Dmitri Shostakovich.

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Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental Repertoire and supporting materials such as Etudes, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study and is the official series for those using The Royal Conservatory Music Development program.

SKU: ST.C463

ISBN 9790570814633.

This volume contains contrasting works by Federico Ruiz spanning quite a large and rich period of his compositional output that goes from his early Micro-Suite (1971), to lilting, sweet and rhythmic Venezuelan waltzes passing by the mysterious, intimate, and intense Nocturno (1994) plus pieces originally composed for film, and theatre. Real eclecticism in styles, moods and atmospheres that show Ruizâ??s talents and scope.

The Nocturno is a deep, intriguing, substantial piece presenting a satisfying length which moves from different paths of the mind and the heart written in an abstract, chromatic idiom, that does not dissociate itself from the Venezuelan waltz and the joropo. One could perhaps say that there is a deconstruction of the latter. For the interpretation, the composer has suggested to me that it is allowed to have some flexibility in the tempo. Ruiz kindly dedicated it to me, and I have had the pleasure of performing it in many concerts.

Although all highly expressive, the Three Venezuelan Waltzes present in this collection as well as the piece titled Aliseo, are works that are close to the colourful Venezuelan folk tradition. Federico Ruiz had given me two of them when we first met: â??Tu Presenciaâ?? (1981) and â??Eloísaâ?? (1989) and then I attended a performance of the play â??Office Number Oneâ?? by Miguel Otero Silva with a fantastic actor, Elba Escobar in the role of Carmen Rosa and, I just fell in love and was very moved by the incidental music that I later discovered, by reading the programme, had been written by Federico Ruiz. Later that evening, I called him and asked to please make a piano score of the composition, so I could have the desired piece in my hands. That is how â??Carmen Rosaâ? waltz (1987) came to exist in a piano version.

â??Eloisaâ?? is another Venezuelan waltz with more jazzy harmonies where precision in the rhythm and elegant playing is also essential, as it is in most of his pieces.

â??Tu Presenciaâ?? was dedicated to his mother, Margarita. It is written with the structure of the Venezuelan waltz, which consists of a nostalgic subject that leads to a faster, happier middle section where the typical graceful rhythm is given by the left-hand accompaniment figure of a dotted crotchet followed by a quaver and a crotchet.

The craft and magic found in the five movements of the Micro-Suite is based on a dodecaphonic row by Ernst Krenek. They remind us of the idiom of the Second Viennese School. These real miniatures seem to tell short stories. The â??Preludioâ?? is full of humour. I imagine dancing figures given by the jumps all over the keyboard and extreme dynamics; the phrases give the impression of a conversation with many questions and answers. The â??Invenciónâ?? is a kaleidoscopic piece where the hands mirror each other. The â??Passacagliaâ?? is the longest movement, at just over a minute where the prime motif is repeated three times on the bass line. For its construction Federico Ruiz uses as well the retrograde and the retrograde inversion of the twelve-tone series. It must be played expressively with dynamic contrasts between pianissimo and louder events. The â??Scherzoâ?? has repetitive motifs of a minor third in both hands and the â??Finalâ?? displays virtuosic passages for the pianist.

Aliseo was originally written for the film â??Aire libreâ? (1995), by Luis Armando Roche. It contains elements of diverse types of Venezuelan joropo. In the film, the character of Aliseo Carvallo is played by the composer himself who performs this piece on a harpsichord to welcome scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland one day at the turn of the 1800â??s, as a sample of the new music from the South American land. It presents the refinement of the late European classical era in fusion with Venezuelan folk music.

SKU: FH.VC7

ISBN 978-1-55440-543-5.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.
Level 7:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - Rossini, Gioachino
Carmen: Prelude to act 1 - Bizet, Georges
Coriolan Overture, op. 62 - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 94 (Surprise), Hob. I:94: I,IV - Haydn, Franz Joseph
Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture - Glinka, Mikhail
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: I,III,IV - Grieg, Edvard
Level 8:
Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: I - Mendelssohn, Felix
Symphony No. 8, op. 88: I,IV - Dvorak, Antonin
The Nutcracker, op. 71: Russian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers, Pas de deux - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759: I,II - Schubert, Franz
Die Zauberfloete, K 620: Overture - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Symphony No. 40, K 550: I,IV - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Level 9:
Symphony No. 9, op. 125: II,IV - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 8, op. 93: III - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Serenade for Strings, op. 22: III,IV,V - Dvorak, Antonin
Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 83: III - Brahms, Johannes
Serenade for Strings, op. 48: I,II,III,IV - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 4 (Italian), op. 90: I,IV - Mendelssohn, Felix
Symphony No. 3, op. 90: III,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Symphony No. 35 (Haffner), K 385: I,IV - Mozart, Wolfgang
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Level 10:
Group 1:
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), op. 36: Variation 12 - Elgar, Edvard
Dichter und Bauer: Overture - Suppe, Franz von
Messa da Requiem: III - Verdi, Giuseppe
Guillame Tell: Overture - Rossini, Gioachino
Group 2:
Symphonie fantastique: II,III,V - Berlioz, Hector
Symphony No. 4, op. 36: I,II,IV - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 5, op. 67: I,II,III - Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 4, op. 98: I,II,III,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), op. 74: I,II - Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Symphony No. 2, op. 73: I,II,IV - Brahms, Johannes
Associate:
Group 1:
Symphony No. 5, op. 100: I,II,III,IV - Prokofiev, Sergei
La mer: I,II - Debussy, Claude
The Bartered Bride: Overture - Smetana, Bed_ich
Symphony No. 5, op. 47: I,II,III - Shostakovich, Dmitri
Group 2:
Matthaus-Passion, BWV: Komm, suesses Kreutz - Bach, Johann Sebastian
Don Juan, op. 20 - Strauss, Richard
Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 - Strauss, Richard
Verklaerte Nach1, op. 4 - Schoenberg, Arnold.