Paganini Variations - Piano Concerto No.3 by Poul Ruders. The original guitar-part (for Guitar Concerto No. 2) arranged for Piano and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott by the composer 2014.Piano solo part: WH32201CParts are available for hire: hire@ewh.dk Programme note: In 1999 my friend American guitar virtuoso David Starobin wanted me to write a concerto for guitar and orchestra. It quickly dawned on me that this commission presented a golden opportunity to contribute to the time-honoured tradition of composing a series of variations on NicoloPaganini´s famous 24th Caprice for violin solo a work which itself is a set of variations. The 16 bar (with the first 4 bars repeated) theme is not particularly sophisticated or intricate but its inherent simplicity and logic just grow on you almost to the point of distraction - and the secret behind it being hauled through 'the wringer' by composers as disparate as Liszt Brahms Rachmaninoff and Lutoslawski is perhaps found in its - what I´ll call with a quick nervous look over my shoulder: brilliant banality. You can do anything with that tune it´ll always be recognizable and just there however much you maul it. The piece (subtitled Guitar Concerto no 2) was written pretty quickly premiered and subsequently recorded for Bridge Records with David and the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Wagner and everybody was happy. But the story didn´t end there and it must be the ultimate proof of the durability of the theme not to mention the flexibility and far-sightedness of David Starobin when he 14 years latersuggested 'why not transcribe the solo part for piano?'. The idea appealed to me immediately. One thing was clear from the beginning: the new version could in no way sound like a transcription. My aim was to end up with a solo-part sounding like were it 'the

from vol. 1-13. Par BENTZON NIELS VIGGO. All I do is write down what comes. Sometimes a huge amount comes, at other times nothing at all. I?m not in control.' That is how Niels Viggo Bentzon described his own process of composing when I once asked him how he had planned and composed this enormous work. 'They are almost frozen improvisations, and when I?ve written it down, I don?t do very much more with it. If it?s good or bad is something other people must decide.' I have never forgotten these sentences. For precisely this statement, that 'other people must decide what is good or bad', is what gave me the idea for this recording. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Piano

45 Festive Christmas Hits for Piano- The Great Piano Solos - Christmas Book is a bumper compendium of 49 Piano solos just in time for Christmas! This collection offers a fantastic combination of festive favourites and contemporaryclassics. All of your favourite Christmas songs are collected in one volume for solo Piano with this Great Piano Solos songbook. Whether you're more of a fan of the traditionals likeAway In A Manger or O Come All Ye Faithful or you prefer those modern Christmas hits like I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day and Fairytale Of New York there is truly somethingfor all tastes. Not only this but there is also an easy-listening section for the smooth and chilled Christmas melodies and a jazz section for arrangements of tunes with a little something extra. Thissongbook is ideal for a beginner to intermediate-pianist who wants a great deal of variety in their Christmas Piano playing. You will be able to impress your family with beautiful playing of the standards and then wake everyoneup after Christmas dinner with your jazzed-up arrangements of classic tunes.  When on a cold winter's night you're warming your bones by a log fire what better addition to this scene than solo Pianorenditions of everyone's favourite Christmas tunes? Whether you want to lead a singalong with your family or just practise your Piano privately the Great Piano Solos Christmas Book will make you thefavourite this festive season.

This collection features 17 piano solo arrangements of favorite Elfman movie and TV themes including: 1. Alice's Theme (from ALICE IN WONDERLAND - A Film by Tim Burton) [Danny Elfman]2. Ana And Christian (from FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) [Danny Elfman]3. Batman Returns (Selena Transforms) [Danny Elfman]4. Batman Theme [Danny Elfman]5. Beetlejuice (Main Theme) (from the movie BEETLEJUICE) [Danny Elfman]6. Black Beauty (Main Titles) [Danny Elfman]7. Breakfast Machine (from PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE) [Danny Elfman]8. Charlotte's Web (Main Title) (from CHARLOTTE'S WEB) [Danny Elfman]9. Chicago (After Midnight) (from the Miramax Motion Picture CHICAGO) [Danny Elfman]10. Darkman (Main Theme from the Universal Picture DARKMAN) [Danny Elfman]11. Desperate Housewives Main Title [Danny Elfman]12. Dick Tracy (Main Theme) (from the Film DICK TRACY) [Danny Elfman]13. Diner Blues (from MIDNIGHT RUN) [Danny Elfman]14. Edward Scissorhands Introduction (Titles) (from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) [Danny Elfman]15. Theme From ?The Flash? [Danny Elfman]16. Good Will Hunting (Main Titles) [Danny Elfman]17. Harvey's Last Day (from MILK) [Danny Elfman]18. Heroes (from the Motion Picture AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON) [Danny Elfman]19. Ice Dance (from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) [Danny Elfman]20. Jenny's Theme (from BIG FISH) [Danny Elfman]21. Love Theme (from the Paramount Motion Picture MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) [Danny Elfman]22. Mars Attacks! (Main Title) [Danny Elfman]23. M.I.B. Main Theme (from the Columbia Pictures film MEN IN BLACK) [Danny Elfman]24. Oz The Great And Powerful (Main Titles) (from OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL) [Danny Elfman]25. Scrooged Main Title (from SCROOGED) [Danny Elfman]26. Silver Lining Titles (from SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) [Danny Elfman]27. Theme From The Simpsons (from the Twentieth Century Fox Television Series THE SIMPSONS) [Danny Elfman]28. Sommersby - Main Titles (from SOMMERSBY) [Danny Elfman]29. Spider-Man 2 (Main Title) (from the Columbia Motion Picture SPIDER-MAN 2) [Danny Elfman]30. Tales From The Crypt Theme [Danny Elfman]31. Victor's Piano Solo (from Warner Bros. Pictures' CORPSE BRIDE) [Danny Elfman]32. What's This? (from THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) [Danny Elfman]33. Wonka's Welcome Song (from CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY) [Danny Elfman] / Musique films - comédies musicales / Hal Leonard

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Piano Solo-Features beautiful piano solo arrangements of 12 seasonal standards: Angels We Have Heard on High · Away in a Manger · Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella · Ding Dong! Merrily on High! · In the Bleak Midwinter · O Little Town of Bethlehem · What Child Is This? · more. Includes a biography of arranger Dr. Leavitt. A CD recording of the arrangements in this book is also available! (HL08742518)

Solo Piano Arrangements by Lloyd Larson-Lloyd Larson offers inspiring solo piano arrangements of ten beloved Holy Week and Easter hymns and spirituals: All Glory Laud and Honor • Beneath the Cross of Jesus • He Never Said a Mumbalin' Word • I Know ThatMy Redeemer Lives • Near the Cross • O Sacred Head Now Wounded • The Old Rugged Cross • Were You There? • What Wondrous Love Is This • When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.

Quirky New Piano Pieces-'In choosing to call this set of 25 pieces The FitzTanner Collection I make a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.The FitzTanner Collection doffs its cap in the direction of this seminal ancient tome by borrowing some of the more fanciful and suggestive titles from which it is comprised but beyond this there is no musical connection with the original pieces at all. And yet stirred into the mix is my fondness for melding together bygone musical styles. Hence this album of piano pieces pitched at the more robust intermediate pianist combines quirky originality with older musical styles drawinginspiration not just from Renaissance dances and fantasies but from more elaborate Baroque and Classical styles too. That said the music is conceived very much with the qualities of the modern piano in mind and hence requires a good many pedal effects dynamics and plenty of expression. What emerges is I hope a collection of attractive piano pieces which cheerfully bear the traces of a time when the modern piano was but a twinkle in the eye.There is an enjoyable charisma to the Old English spellings of these pieces (as well as a healthy margin for idiosyncrasy I might add) and to my own creations I have taken great delight in adding a few light-hearted directions which I trust won't cause too much consternation. Not all of the Fitzwilliam titles are easily fathomed but the playful risqué and politically incorrect overtones are sometimes quite striking leading me to contemplate a similarly unserious vein in my own writing. To what (or indeed to whom) you may ask does 'Quodlings Delight' refer? I'm not sure I'd recognise a Quodling if it crawled out of my porridge (and likewise who the eponymous Barafostus might have been is anybody's guess). Perhaps on balance the music is best left to speak for itself and regardless of how many ways an old title can be reworked it will always come down to living breathing

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library-Following up on the success of the Christmas Piano Solos books for levels 1-5 in the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library these books contain additional holiday selections for each grade level that will work great with any piano method. The MIDI enhanced CD has orchestrated accompaniments for practice and performance. 12 songs: Believe · Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella · Do You Hear What I Hear · Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer · It Came Upon the Midnight Clear · Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming · O Come O Come Emmanuel · O Holy Night · Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · Snowfall · What Child Is This? · Wonderful Christmastime.

Toy Box - Very First Pieces For Piano contains 26 simple yet impressive Piano songs composed by experienced teacher June Armstrong. This book is ideal for a beginner to put theory into practice with a wide variety of pieces in a number of styles.Each title in this songbook is evocative of the way the piece is meant to be played, with songs like Ballerina, Hula Hoop and Kaleidoscope suiting the instructions that Armstrong has provided like ?Daintily? and ?Steadily?. Unique touches like this make Toy Box perfect for a young child who is working their way towards grade one standard, as the composer has skilfully attempted to represent the nature of various toys through the medium of music. This will help a young musician to learn the basic concepts of musical theory in a fun and familiar context, with songs like Jumbo and Slinky sure to entertain all who are within earshot through humour and musicality. If you would like to listen to audio recordings of all the songs included in Toy Box, they are all available to download free of charge from the author's website.What sets this songbook apart from other beginner books is the personality and dedication that June Armstrong brings to her compositions, noting that her pieces are all inspired by her own Piano students and giving detailed and informative notes for each song at the beginning of the book. For the song Dinosaur, Armstrong writes that ?You will want to create a very scary atmosphere?The right hand note heads are strange bird calls in the forest. The left hand Ds, Es and Fs are the dinosaur??. The care that has been put into creating this sheet music shows that Armstrong is acutely aware of the best way for students to learn, and that she truly wants students to learn effectively, but in a fun and light-hearted way.Each song in Toy Box occupies a single page making it easy for a player to track their progress and learning, while there are additional helpful bits of information peppered throughout to clarify anything that may be unfamiliar to the student. Armstrong is keen on developing a student's ear for tone and atmosphere, so these extra notes not only reinforce how to play the piece physically, but also how to include emotion and feeling in music, for example how to conjure imagery like that of Blowing Bubbles. The songbook will be perfect for a child who already understands basic musical terms, will be able to play in a few keys other than C Major and is able to play in simple time signatures. As a first step into new compositions, Toy Box will introduce new concepts as well as reinforce what a student is already accustomed to, nevertheless, Armstrong's message is clear - ?Have fun!?. / Piano

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course for Children-A book of 20 solo piano pieces to supplement Lesson Book 1 of this definitive beginner method by leading piano educator H-G Heumann. The choice of repertoire includes pieces from the classical period to the present day charming arrangements of folk tunes children’s songs and jazz and pop melodies. Perfect for first concerts! What is Piano Junior? Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative it's interactive it's colourful it has its own website with additional online material - and most importantly it really works! Its characters PJ the friendly robot and his sidekickMozart the dog motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books along with supplementary Theory Duet and Performance Books at each stage.   Who is Piano Junior for? Suitable for children from around the age of 6 Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for early grades. A method for the digital age Teachers parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com for demonstration videos and recordings along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life!   PIANO JUNIOR - press reviews 'The careful introduction of all aspects of music notation is a standout feature of these books and to my mind Heumann has provided one of the best child-friendly introductions to reading music that I have seen... Piano Junior has in many respects raised the bar in some ways perhaps even setting a new standard by which piano courses for children will be judged.' - PIANODAO.COM

Each book in the Sight Reading Success series has been written by expert examiners to reflect the style of the revised ABRSM tests helping your students to tackle the sight reading exam with confidence and poise.Uniquely each book is accompanied by a CD providing guidance through each test and demonstrating how it should sound (Vocals by Kate Johnson and Piano by Harriet Power). These books are therefore ideal for independent use and study by students of all ages as well as other pianists who desire to improve their ability at this fundamental skill. Sight Reading Success takes the reader throughvarious fundamental concepts to sight-reading such as more advanced fingering compound time signatures starting on an upbeat more difficult keys and key signatures while concluding the book with practice scores allowing you to play and practise what you've just learned. Not only this but the accompanying CD lets you listen to how these should sound so you can test yourself over again making sure you can get them exactly right.   Written by experienced examiners and teachers Sight Reading Success accurately reflects the style of the revised ABRSM tests. This Grade 4 book will cover everything you will need to know for that exam also giving you some really useful tips for most effective practise and what to expect in the exam itself.   The Piano Grade 4 Sight Reading Success book provides a great amount of detail for everything that could be asked in the sight reading exam. For the best possible preparation from a truly thorough and authoritative guide that will put you on the best path to passing check out Sight Reading Success.

This songbook contains stellar solo Piano arrangements of a dozen smash hits from Coldplay including the favourites Clocks Fix You In My Place Lost! Paradise The Scientist Speed of Sound Trouble Up in Flames Viva La Vida What If and Yellow.