SKU: AP.BDM00033

UPC: 654979188537. English.

An original musical depiction of one of nature's more violent events. Beginning with a serene introduction . . . the calm before the storm . . . the music quickly portrays the fury. After gradually building to an intense percussive climax, the storm quickly moves away. Peace and calm return once again. This is a very impressive composition. Highly recommended. (2:45).

SKU: AP.43298

UPC: 038081488400. English.

Powerful and intense! Angular phrases and percussive attacks add to the drama in this contemporary setting of the day of wrath text. A tour de force for accomplished choirs.

SKU: HL.49046106

UPC: 841886030329.

Thomas Fellow, author of the successful standard work Fellow Guitar Book and world-leading guitarist (European Guitar Quartet, Friend 'n Fellow, Hands on Strings), adds another original twist to his Guitar Music Collection. This book of 10 CROSSOVER APPETIZERS now addresses interested students as well as ambitious advanced players. The pieces are at an intermediate level and benefit from the additional tablature notation which opens up this repertoire to those who cannot read standard music notation. FINGERFOOD LIGHT includes percussive catchy tunes as well as sonorous ballads, and also contains pieces inspired by Piazzolla and movie soundtracks. Many of the 10 pieces in this book are suitable for classical guitar as well as steel string guitar.

SKU: AP.48308

UPC: 038081551319. English.

This thrilling concert/contest work boasts an array of musical moods and artful contrasts. A striking minor theme opens the piece, enhanced by percussive handclaps and punctuated by emphatic cadences from the piano. In the middle, a lyrical major-key melody surfaces along with beautifully sustained legato choral phrases. A joyful recapitulation ends this tour de force even stronger than it began.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SKU: HL.49030371

ISBN 9790220119514.

Written for the superb Domus ensemble, Casken's vivid addition to the small number of modern piano quartets exploits the very different sonorities, weight and attack which strings and piano possess. Casken's music has a strong sense of theatre and here the singing lines are constantly threatened by dynamic, rhythmic material. '... this 16-minute single movement explores the essential dichotomy between the dynamic percussive keyboard and the singing, more cohesive strings.' (Christopher Morley. The Birmingham Post. 1990).

SKU: BT.AMP-280-010

9x12 inches.

Een blazon is een wapenschild of vlag. Daarmee is de titel van deze mars goed gekozen, want Blazon is uitermate geschikt om te dienen als een soort uithangbord: het blazon waaronder het totale orkest zich op zijn beste manierkan presenteren! De mars begint met een overvloedige fanfare in de trompetten, de hoorns en het groot koper. Een toonsoortwisseling brengt ook de houtblazers in het spel, waarna het totale blaasorkest het thema overneemt. Dan keertde beginfanfare terug, deze keer nemen de houtblazers het thema voor hun rekening. Ze nemen de mars mee, op weg naar een stralend slot!

Blazon“ heißt Wappenschild oder Schmuck und dieser Marsch ist auch bestens geeignet als Aushängeschild, mit dem sich das ganze Blasorchester wunderbar präsentieren kann. Er beginnt mit einer ausgiebigen Fanfare in den Trompeten, Hörnern und tiefen Blechblasinstrumenten. Ein Tonartwechsel bringt auch die Holzbläser ins Spiel, bevor das ganze Blasorchester dieses Thema aufnimmt. Dann kehrt die Eingangsfanfare zurück, diesmal mit den Holzbläsern, und führt den Marsch zu einem strahlenden Schluss.

Blazon est une œuvre de commande pour l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de Niederbrechen en Allemagne. Elle fut offerte comme cadeau d’adieu Michael Steiner, le directeur musical, qui quittait la formation, en 2009, après onze années passées sa tête. Sous son impulsion, les musiciens ont accompli d’immenses progrès. Lui dédier une pièce, en guise de remerciement, s’imposait comme une évidence. La création de l’œuvre a eu lieu le 17 mai 2009. L’orchestre était dirigé pour la dernière fois par son chef. Blazon permet d’exploiter le talent des cuivres et des percussions. La pièce s’ouvre avec une grande fanfare pleine d’énergie, qui chemine travers les pupitresdes trompettes, des cors, et des cuivres graves. Un changement de tonalité fait apparaître un thème en legato, joué d’abord par les bois, puis repris par l’orchestre en entier. La fanfare initiale revient, soulignée par des motifs ornementés dans les bois pour mener l’œuvre vers sa fin brillante.

SKU: HL.49016219

ISBN 9790001146449. UPC: 884088202538. 9.0x12.0x0.195 inches.

The chiaroscuro-technique developed by painters of the Italian renaissance served to intensify contrasts and effects of optical depth. In Klar/Obskur, I tried to transfer the general idea of this technique on the rather unusual instrumentation of two double-reed woodwinds and piano. On the one hand, a clear, well articulated playing is characteristic for these instruments, on the other hand, they have an often underestimated potential of 'twilight': air-sounds and fragile, shady colours have a especially attractive when being produced by double-reed instruments (which are often, and superficially regarded as being less capable of differentiated sounds than flute or clarinet). The piano, too, has a broad bandwidth of possibilities between percussive and delicate playing to complement the woodwinds which, in return, can absorb and continue the fading piano sounds.The beginning introduces the two contrasting elements that form the basic material for the piece: a clear, sharp chord, followed by fragile, dim sounds. The changes between these elements as well as their combination and amalgamation produce an enormous spectrum of colours and gesture. After this 'motto-like' opening follow four quite clearly separated short sections, each of them being characterised by a well-defined texture: a partly almost imperceptible air-sound passage, a short sequence of microintervallic notes, a burst of virtuosity and a recourse to the fragile sounds of the beginning.The second, longer main part consists of three sections merging subtly into each other: a short unisono-passage, marked elastic [federnd], is being dissolved into its basic elements; from these remainders, a confrontation of low, 'arcane' bassoon and piano sounds and a strongly ornamented melodic line of the oboe emerges, leading to a short but powerful climax. The piece is concluded by an extended, relaxed epilogue, containing a short piano solo and a duet of oboe and bassoon and, finally, a quotation of the 'elastic' character of the middle section.Benjamin Schweitzer.

SKU: HL.44002166

UPC: 073999117783. 6.75x10.5 inches.

Les vacances approchent ; la famille est en ebullition. Tout est pret, mais il vous manque cette melodie aux couleurs estivales pour vous detendre durant le voyage. Johan Nijs y a pense. En associant un air simple a fredonner a des percussions endiablees, les ingredients de la reussite sont rassembles. A vous de jouer.