SKU: HL.4008046
UPC: 196288114703.
These days, many concert bands celebrate their centenary--this provided a good reason to compose the Centennial Celebration. This work has a festive, harmonious and optimistic vibe. A joyful introduction is followed by a lyrical passage with an enticing melody, after which the same theme can be heard in a pop style variation. Next is a kind of trio with a melody that will linger in your mind. Lively sounds bring us back to the lyrical main theme once more, but this time exuberant, like a pop ballad. Finally, we hear the festive sounds of the introduction again, now as a lustrous conclusion.
SKU: FV.FUE-10401
ISBN 9790501827015.
With a single movement, it is a great and joyful variation on a main theme, framed by two softer moments, always from the theme of the beginning. Particular attention is paid to the dialogue between the two pianists. The work concludes in a great and luminous momentum.
SKU: AP.46714S
UPC: 038081537047. English.
This joyful and jubilant piece by Richard Meyer has the sound of a celebration and a title that describes how music unites us all: Yumiweeus. Hand drumming and a simple chant-like melody start the festivities, followed by an original theme and a set of six variations. Duets featuring the first stand players of every section introduce the first five variations, and a virtuosic final variation closes the piece. The changing meters and variety of key signatures and modes included here are sure to challenge all of your more advanced players. The measure of contrary motion that starts the piece is heard again between each variation and is meant to represent a coming together to common ground.
SKU: HL.49045797
The first movement of my Piano Quintet is filled with drama and passion. Its atmosphere can be related to my Second Symphony Johannes Angelos. The second movement is a set of polyphonic variations in a form reminiscent of a passacaglia. The music seems to be hypnotized by a theme consisting of a chromatic cluster of ten notes. In the beginning of the last movement, materials from the previous movements start to reappear, but this time in a mysterious, incoherent way. The strings find new music resembling a fragmented hymn. Fast-moving triplets start to appear and the music reaches a joyful and ecstatic conclusion. Olli Mustonen.
SKU: GI.G-003107
Scripture: Psalm 27, Psalm 47, Psalm 63, Psalm 66, Psalm 91, Psalm 104, Psalm 116, Psalm 146.
Ed Eicker’s second offering to this series consists of eight pieces for solo piano. Psalm 27’s joyful theme is varied by several key changes. Psalm 47 is an exuberant, rhythmic prelude reminiscent of Copeland’s “Hoedownâ€. Psalm 63 is a passacaglia-a theme and variations over an ostinato bass. Psalm 66 is in 8/8 meter, but has accents on beats 1, 4, and 7, giving the accompaniment a playful feel. Psalm 91 begins with an expressive minor theme, which briefly changes to major before returning to a pleading tone. Psalm 104’s sparse melody is heightened with tempo changes and fermatas. Psalm 116’s theme is expressive and pleading. Psalm 146 is set in a swinging gospel style.   .
SKU: PL.0602
* verse anthem for Palm Sunday that captures the majesty of the day through fanfare-like organ accompaniment and uplifting metrical shifts, and the modal character of the vocal line * ABA form: Dr. Lau uses variation between unison singing, duetting, and simple, direct harmonic writing * soprano descant for the final verse written with vocal sensitivity and overarching musical line shape * doubling the trumpet part in either the organ accompaniment or soprano line, Dr. Lau makes this anthem a practical, uplifting for Palm Sunday or Christ the King offertory, and a joyful anthem of praise for other occasions.
SKU: OU.9780193395077
ISBN 9780193395077. 12 x 8 inches.
For SATB unaccompanied Out of your sleep is a fresh-sounding Advent carol rich in rhythmic variation and subtle detail. Written for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the carol provides opportunities for the choir to shine, with bell-like vocal syncopations and a joyful text celebrating the transformative powers of Christmas Eve.
