SKU: HL.369110

UPC: 840126989052. 9.0x12.0x0.066 inches.

With Romantic Christmas Suite: Vol. 1, it is our pleasure to welcome arranger Dianne Davies to our family of writers! Dianne has expertly paired three Christmas carols with three Chopin nocturnes, and the results are magical! Perfect for both the sanctuary and the concert hall, you will not want to miss this one!

SKU: BA.BA11574

ISBN 9790260109711. 31 x 24.3 cm inches.

SKU: HL.49000516

SKU: PR.446413410

UPC: 680160667420. 9 x 12 inches.

I wrote this piece with a darker sonority and an emphasis on lyricism, qualities that I associate with the viola. In the first movement, titled Fantasia, the viola begins with a quiet and free cadenza, becoming more passionate until the woodwinds join in dialogue with the soloist. Gradually the rest of the orchestra enters, exploring ideas from the solo cadenza while introducing a new theme that reappears in the last movement. The second movement is a scherzo, mischievous in mood with the orchestra and viola trading barbed jokes. The antics are interrupted by a brass chorale with embellishment from the viola. The scherzo then resumes with prominent contributions from the bassoons. The last movement, titled Nocturne, plays with different kinds of music associated with the night. A sensual and romantic atmosphere gives way to something more menacing and ultimately violent. After a climax from the full orchestra, soft strings and solo viola lead us into the coda, taking an ambiguous idea from the first movement and transforming it into a lyrical and heartfelt prayer. The concerto ends with the solo viola ascending on the crest of an orchestral wave of sound.

SKU: FH.FLR07

ISBN 978-1-55440-295-3.

Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental repertoire and supporting materials such as Studies, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study.This compilation of standard orchestral passages for flute is an indispensable resource for the developing years and beyond. Teachers and students will find this unrivalled volume essential for examination or audition preparation.
Sonata in G Major, op. 1, no. 5, HWV 363b (complete) George Frideric Handel, arr. Stephen Chatman
Sonata in A Minor, op. 2, no. 6 (La Bouget) (complete) Michel Blavet
Andante in C Major, K 315 (285e) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Stephen Chatman
Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits Christoph Willibald Gluck, arr. Stephen Chatman
Suite Antique, Second Movement: Ostinato, Third Movement: Aria John Rutter
Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord (or Piano), First Movement and Third Movement R. Murray Schafer
Deux Morceaux, op. 41, 2. Intermezzo Victor Alphonse Duvernoy
Six Pieces for Flute and Piano Fikret Amirov
1. Song of the Ashug
3. Dance
6. Nocturne
Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute, BWV 1013 Third Movement: Sarabande Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia No. 6 in D Minor, TWV 40:7 Georg Philipp Telemann
Thoronet Robert Evans
Trois pieces, 2. Jade Pierre-Octave Ferroud.

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Unparalleled in scope, Overtones offers all the music flutists want in one complete series! This progressive collection includes fundamental Repertoire and supporting materials such as Etudes, Compact Discs, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique. The richness of music carefully selected for this compilation will resonate with teachers and students at every level of study and is the official series for those using The Royal Conservatory Music Development program.

SKU: HL.14012025

8.5x11.75x0.44 inches.

Geoffrey Bush's Summer Serenade is a refreshingly enjoyable work, written on the wing of inspiration, essentially sunny and life-enhancing. The eclectic style is readily diatonic, the harmonies never make one shudder and the rich melodic flow is appealingly direct. The settings of an ingenious selection of verse are in the best traditions of British choral writing. Performance time approx. 20 minutes.

Made up of 7 parts, including Prologue, Madrigal, Scherzo, Dirge, Aubade, Nocturne and Finale.Orchestration varies between theseparts - they are scored for chorus and orchestra, unaccompanied voices or Tenor solo and orchestra.

Geoffrey Bush was a British composer, organist and scholar of 20th-century English music. His compositions include 5 operas, 2 symphonies, choral pieces such as his Christmas Cantata and many songs, generally in the lieder style.