SKU: CA.133400
ISBN 9790007002930. Key: B flat major. Language: German.
SKU: CA.133700
ISBN 9790007002961. Key: B flat major. Language: German.
SKU: FG.55011-543-9
ISBN 9790550115439.
These songs for mixed choir are set to poems of three Estonian lyricists, Hando Runnel, Henrik Visnapuu and Marie Under. Urmas Sisask (b.1960) possesses a vision unique among Estonian composers. His music contains magical primeval power and a sincere sense of beauty.
SKU: CA.161800
ISBN 9790007005481. Key: B minor. Language: German.
SKU: CA.143700
ISBN 9790007003968. Key: B flat major. Language: German.
SKU: FG.042-08702-2
ISBN 979-0-042-08702-2.
This work was commissioned by the Hungarian Radio for a concert expressly in memory of Bela Bartok. The composer's name was an inspiration and, through the notes B (flat), E and A along with their transpositions, lies at the basis of the work. Ever-present is the spirit of Bartok himself: a composer who oscillated between the quest for the original wellspring of music on the one hand and sophisticated refinement on the other.
SKU: BT.PWM5309040
SKU: FG.55011-567-5
ISBN 9790550115675.
Alex Freeman's (b. 1972) Cathedral of Spring for chamber choir (2019) to poems of e.e. cummings and Robert Frost was commissioned and premiered by Somnium Ensemble. The composer tells: For the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Somnium Ensemble (Finland), I was commissioned to write a piece with spring as a central theme. While contemplating that and perusing appropriate poetry, I was inspired by memories of the night-time sky in early spring--the warm air, the teeming, buzzing energy of life all around, and an expansive dome of stars overhead. I then imagined that moment in time as a kind of sacred space; this is the point where the cathedral notion came to mind. The frenetic and joyous poetry of e.e. cummings, from his Epithalamion, gives an exclamatory introduction to the set, followed by his vision of spring from the point of view of giddy children in his iconic poem, [in Just-]. We then take a moment to contemplate the ephemerality of all this beauty (spring giveth and spring taketh away, i.e. an offertorium of sorts); Robert Frost's Blue-Butterfly Day places us in a moment where, by chance, we find ourselves enveloped by a delicately fluttering swarm of butterflies. Peaceful and still, yet in constant flux, we spend a some time taking that phenomenon in, while also experiencing a twinge of the realisation that this is truly fleeting. The final movement, returning to a later stanza from Epithalamion, cummings's sparkling paean to May is set as a kind of final anthem..
SKU: FG.55011-544-6
ISBN 9790550115446.
This delightful Estonian Christmas carol captures the joyful moments of Christmas with children gathering around the Christmas tree. Urmas Sisask (b.1960) possesses a vision unique among Estonian composers. His music contains magical primeval power and a sincere sense of beauty.
SKU: ZB.ZE-4071
ISBN 9783940745514.
Greater Than Anything consists of 11 songs which will be hits in concerts and church services, during workshops and on CDs. This collection generates the good message of the Gospel in a concentrated form in music and lyrics, touching and enthralling both the choir and the listeners. For the mixed choir in three to four parts (S.A.Bar./S.A.T.B.) and the soloists it means performing refreshing modern arrangements at a medium skill level. The piano accompaniment is written in an exemplary gospel style.
SKU: FG.55011-773-0
ISBN 9790550117730.
Alex Freeman's A Wilderness of Sea (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB) draws from four of Shakespeare’s most famous works. It emphasizes a common thread among those works that addresses two of the most universal aspects of human existence: water and impermanence. The recording of the work by Helsinki Chamber Choir conducted by Nils Schweckendick is published by the label BIS - follow the link to listen to it. Duration: c. 15' Alex Freeman (b. 1972) grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Around the age of 13 he became interested in composing. In 1998 he moved to New York to begin his Doctoral studies at the Juilliard School, studying with Christopher Rouse. The focus of his doctoral document led him to Finland. The recipient of a Fulbright Full Fellowship, he moved to Helsinki in 2001 to research Sibelius's sketches and study composition with Eero Hämeenniemi at the Sibelius Academy. Dr. Freeman is currently composing full-time and lives with his wife and children in Finland.
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