SKU: YM.GTW01100445

ISBN 9784636103052. 8.5 x 12 inches.

Here, you can enjoy the beautiful Japanese classic tunes expressing the changing seasonal sentiments in this book. It features 25 songs, mainly nursery rhymes, children's songs, and shoka songs, and it comes with a karaoke CD of piano accompaniment. Please enjoy these wonderful arrangements, which are perfect for recitals and concerts.

SKU: HL.14030977

ISBN 9788759862148.

Work for Violin and Piano dating from 1999. The composer writes: 'Sieben Sehnsuchte was written in 1999 for David Alberman and Rolf Hind. As the title suggests, it is in seven movements - each more insanely difficult and bothersome than the other. All sorts of possible and impossible playing techniques have been used, and the performers have to both whistle and sing. However, it is not the intention that the slightly more unusual sound should be heard as effects. Everything is supposed to fuse together into something that is in itself a little opera - a 'chamber piece'. It was written in a period when I was waiting impatiently for the libretto for Under the Sky, and I see it as a meeting (or seven meetings) between two people - two instruments - longing for each other; longing to merge together. The piece is a kind of sister work to Roses are Falling.'.

SKU: PR.164002390

UPC: 680160038091.

I became interested in the work of Plato through my friend and collaborator, the writer and philosopher Paul Woodruff. Paul's new translation, with Alexander Nehamas, of the Symposium gave me insights into ancient Greek ways of thinking about Love, Beauty, and Wisdom -- and managed to keep the earthy, and often bawdy side of it all in full view. But their new translation of Plato's later dialogue Phaedrus went even further: the beauty of the speeches is breathtaking, and the discourse itself is enough to keep one awake at night. Basically the Great Speech of Socrates in the Phaedrus dialogue has to do with the place of Eros in the world, and with the conflict in the soul between fleshly pleasure and philosophic discovery. I will not attempt to encapsulate this brilliant discourse in a program note: suffice it to say that reading it gave rise to my two-sided work for clarinet, violin, and piano, Phaedrus. The first movement represents the Philosophic life, and is thus subtitled Apollo's Lyre (Invocation and Hymn). It begins with an unaccompanied melody for the clarinet, which (after a pair of harp-like flourishes for the piano, expands into an accompanied canon. The voices in the dialogue (clarinet and violin) follow each other by a prescribed number of beats, but the music is totally devoid of any meter at all. The piano, representing the lyre, accompanies this lyric love-feast with repeated strummed chords. The canon has three large sections, and ends with violin echoing the unaccompanied clarinet invocation as the sound of the lyre fades. The second movement, called Dionysus' Dream-Orgy (Ritual Dance) presents, after a brief introduction, another kind of unmetered music. Rather than long lyric flights of philosophic song, however, this time we hear a unison dance of unbridled energy and sensual transport. The piece soon forms itself into a loose arch form, with contrasting metered dance sections divided by the unison unmetered orgy tune. Midway through the movement, Apollo's melody returns from the first movement, but it is a temporary reminiscence. The orgiastic dance returns, reaches a climax, and ends with a stomping of feet. While Plato asserts that a proper balance between lust and reason is necessary in all men, he (naturally) gives the nod to Philosophy as the better choice in which to live. Not so in my music: the two sides are meant to coexist and to complement each other. No sides are taken. Phaedrus was commissioned of the Verdehr Trio by Michigan State University. It is dedicated to the Vedehr Trio with great affection and admiration.

SKU: HL.49046912

ISBN 9783795726409. UPC: 196288082118. 9.0x12.0x0.223 inches.

Rousing Klezmer pieces newly composed! Inspired by old klezmer melodies, Joachim Johow has written 16 new tunes for violin, reenacting scenes from life in a Jewish town, such as 'Am Morgen in der Gasse' [On the Street in the Morning], 'Auf dem Jahrmarkt' [At the Fair], 'Schlittenfahrt' [Sleigh Ride], 'Tanz der Grosseltern' [Dance of the Grandparents], 'Am Abend' [In the Evening]. With notated piano accompaniment and additional harmonic symbols as well as an additional bass part (for download) which allow for a variety of instrumentations. The audio MP3 pack contains both full and playback versions.

SKU: HL.49008004

ISBN 9790001112383. 9.0x12.0x0.15 inches.

This collection is more than just a continuation of volume 1 (4 Lieder ohne Worte = AVV 131), pieces from both volumes can be mixed and played in different running order. The intermezzi are in irregular metres with strongly accented rhythms. The remaining items are mood pieces with violin and piano part closely interwoven.

SKU: BT.DHP-1175827-401

ISBN 9789043153010. English-German-French-Dutch.

The seaside, a blue lagoon under the sun… Only some birds disrupt tranquillity, but then leave by the evening. An idyllic vision illustrated by the sound of young violinists.
Composer Pascal Proust has many years of experience as a musician and music teacher. His work includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote Sea Blue for violinists with an ability of approximately 3 4 years’ experience. He paid special attention to an easy-to-follow, attractive musical style. Sea Blue is an ideal performance or competition work for young musicians.

De kustlijn, een blauwe lagune onder de zon… Enkel het gefluit van vogels onderbreekt deze stilte, maar verdwijnt weer tegen de avond. Een idyllische gedachte ge llusteerd door de klank van de jonge violist.
De componist Pascal Proust kan bogen op een jarenlange ervaring als muzikant en muziekdocent. Zijn oeuvre omvat honderden composities voor de meest diverse instrumentaties. Hij schreef Sea Blue voor violisten die ongeveer drie tot vier jaar les hebben gehad, waarbij hij speciaal aandacht heeft besteed aan een makkelijk te volgen, aantrekkelijke muziekstijl. Daardoor is Sea Blue een ideaal voordrachts- of wedstrijdstuk voor jonge muzikanten.

Am Meer, eine blaue Lagune in der Sonne ... Nur ein paar Vögel stören diese friedliche Stille, aber sie brechen wieder auf, als es Abend wird. Ein idyllisches Bild, das durch die Klänge der jungen Geiger veranschaulicht wird.
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 Sea Blue für Geiger mit ungefähr 3 4 Jahren Unterrichtserfahrung und legte besonderes Augenmerk auf einen leicht verständlichen, attraktiven musikalischen Stil. Dadurch eignet sich Sea Blue ideal als Vortrags- und Wettbewerbsstück fürjunge Musiker.

Un bord de mer, un lagon bleu sous le soleil … Seuls quelques oiseaux viennent troubler cette quiétude, mais repartent le soir venu. Un tableau idyllique illustré par le son de jeunes violonistes.
Le compositeur Pascal Proust puise volonté dans son immense expérience de musicien et professeur de musique - son catalogue d’œuvres englobe plusieurs centaines de compositions pour divers instruments. Il a notamment écrit Sea Blue pour violonistes ayant environ 3 4 années de pratique, dans un style musical accessible et coloré. De ce fait, Sea Blue est la pièce idéale pour tout examen ou audition de jeunes musiciens.