SKU: IS.VLP6533EM
ISBN 9790365065332.
Charles Camilleri (1931 - 2009) was a Maltese composer. As a teenager, he composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability. He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments. Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a universal style. Camilleri is recognized in Malta as one of the major composers of his generation. He died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place two days later at Naxxar, his long-time town of residence. Flags across Malta were flown at half-mast in tribute to him. Just like Bach's 6 suites for cello solo, these 6 arabesques are composed of a number of distinct movements which follow the suite principle. The melodies in these 6 arabesques are influenced by Mediterranean folk music.
SKU: IS.VLP6039EM
ISBN 9790365060399.
SKU: IS.VLP6539EM
ISBN 9790365065394.
SKU: IS.VLP6034EM
ISBN 9790365060344.
SKU: PR.114407890
UPC: 680160012169.
SKU: HL.49030434
ISBN 9790220119873.
Apres un silence was originally written as a work for violin and piano. The piano part was subsequently orchestrated in such a way that the work may be performed with a chamber orchestra or with an ensemble of the same forces using strings. 'The violin's opening interval of a rising sixth is the gem from which everything is developed into one extended movement.' This will become a regular presence in the violin and piano repertoire.
SKU: IS.VLP6394EM
ISBN 9790365063949.
François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932, and acclaimed throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America, Canada, Japan, China, the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and versatile musicians traveling the international circuit today: pianist composer conductor, commentator, entertainer, honorary professor of chamber music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Ghent and guest professor at Yale University (USA). His particular art was the rare one of improvisation presented in five languages. Glorieux practices all musical styles and has been highly considered by great artists such as André Cluytens, Arthur Rubinstein, Yves Nat, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Enrique Jorda, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos, but also Michael Jackson, Stan Kenton, Stéphane Grappelli, Paul McCartney, Toots Thielemans, Jacky Collins, Annie Girardot, Dionne Warwick, A.C. Jobim, and so on.
SKU: IS.VLP6395EM
ISBN 9790365063956.
SKU: HL.49044135
ISBN 9790001187091. UPC: 842819100096.
Zauberei, Magie, Mythen, Legenden, dies sind die grossen Themen barocker Opern - Ausdruck der Sehnsucht jener Zeit, sich durch die Illusion der Oper dem Phantastischen hingeben zu konnen. Diese unverkennbare Parallele zu unserer Gegenwart ist die Grundlage einer tiefgreifenden kompositorischen und inhaltlichen Auseinandersetzung mit Stoffen und Gesten der Alten Musik, die mich zu einer Reihe von Werken anregt. Sie wird mit dem Zaubergarten - Concertino fur Violine und Kammerorchester gleichsam eroffnet.Die vier Satze 'erwacht - verzaubert - bedroht - entschwunden', deren jeweilige atmospharische Struktur von der Solo-Violine charakterisiert wird (darin ahnlich den vivaldinischen Vier Jahreszeiten), durchlaufen unterschiedliche Stadien der Idiome 'Alter Musik', um sie durch das Prisma unserer Zeit unverbraucht und 'magisch' erscheinen zu lassen. So kann sich der Konzertmeister oder ein Gastsolist auf die Pfade des 'Zaubergartens' begeben, sie lenken oder sich dahintreibend in das Geschehen einfugen.Christian Jost, Mai 2011.
SKU: PR.114419280
ISBN 9781491132357. UPC: 680160676125.
Inspired by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China many centuries ago. CHINESE FOLK DANCE SUITE is available for violin with full orchestra, or as a recital work with piano.Supported by a major commissioning award from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, Chinese Folk Dance Suite is written for solo violin and orchestra; it was premiered by The Women’s Philharmonic with violin soloist Terrie Baune, conducted by Apo Hsu, on March 10, 2001, at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Theater in San Francisco.Inspired by various Chinese traditional folk dances, the suite has three movements:I. Lion Dance. Traditionally, people dance with richly decorated hand-made lions, accompanied by percussion ensemble, to celebrate happy occasions and major festivals throughout the country. In this composition, I use Chinese drum and other percussion instruments in the background, to form a dynamic and rhythmic texture responding to the solo part, which imitates the tunes played on the suona (traditional Chinese trumpet). The pitch materials came from the traditional Guangdong tune “Dragon Boat Racing,†and the Chaozhou tune “Lion Playing Ball.â€II. YangKo. Originating in northern China, this is a major folk dance form in mass performance popularized in the country. In YangKo performance, people play rhythmic patterns on the drums hung around their waists while singing and dancing. In the second movement, I imagined a warm scene of YangKo dancing in distance. The solo violin plays a sweet and gracious melodic line while all members of the orchestra sing non-pitched syllables in different layers as the soft background, to imitate the percussion sound which produces the ever-going pulse.III. Muqam. This large-scale music and dance form, from the Uygur nationality in Xinjiang province, originated in the 15th century. My third movement use a 7/8 meter and the melodic style of Muqam music. The fiery dancing gesture culminates in the sustained climax section at the end of the work, after a colorful violin cadenza in both improvisational singing style and polyphonic writing with woven lines.
SKU: PR.114416650
UPC: 680160624263.
Ran's Violin Concerto is dedicated to phenomenal Israeli violin virtuoso Ittai Shapira, who played the premiere in 2003 with Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall. He also recorded the work with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The piano reduction of the Concerto by Yao Chen is now available.
SKU: HL.48024685
ISBN 9781784545406. UPC: 888680952594. 9.0x12.0x0.323 inches.
Dating from 2015, this work was a commission from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio France and New York Philharmonic. Its dedicatee is Frank Peter Zimmermann, whose performance suggestions have been incorporated into the score. Cast in a single 25-minute span, the concerto falls into three movements, plus cadenza. London's Financial Times commented,...there is no lack of technical discipline. The atmosphere, though, is brooding...a panoramic vista opens up of dark clouds over forests and lakes, of repressed passions and baleful desires..
SKU: HL.49009272
ISBN 9790001115186. UPC: 840126938975. 9.0x12.0x0.042 inches.
Istvan Szelenyi (1904-1972), a student of Kodaly, taught composition at the Budapest conservatory. Apart from chamber music and piano pieces he composed mainly educational material, e.g.for youth orchestra and violin ensemble. Improvisation, composed 1946, is equally suited for violin, flute or oboe. Simple piano chords provide the background for a rhapsodic, improvisatory solo part with an eastern European folkloristic flavour.
SKU: HL.1465006
ISBN 9798892703925. UPC: 196288212171. 9.0x12.0x0.438 inches.
Four-movement violin concerto portrays four great singers who changed our musical landscape: Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. In all but the first movement the soloist has opportunities to improvise. The orchestra accompaniment for which the work was written is also available from the publisher, but this piano reduction is intended largely for rehearsal purposes, though it may also serve on recital/chamber performances.
SKU: PR.114418650
UPC: 680160642977. 9.5 x 13 inches.
Bendix-Balgley is a major young talent, currently serving as first concertmaster in the Berlin Philharmonic. Klezmer music was a background for his childhood and has been an influence in his life ever since. Upon writing his very own Klezmer Concerto, Bendix-Balgley was delighted to have the master of orchestration, Samuel Adler, produce performance versions for both full orchestra and a fully-realized piano reduction. Formerly concertmaster with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bendix-Balgley performed the premiere of this PSO-commissioned work in June, 2016 with the PSO, Maestro Manfred Honeck conducting. Adler's piano reduction of the work is now available.
SKU: HL.48013901
UPC: 073999971293. 9.0x12.0x0.098 inches.
SKU: PR.11140253S
UPC: 680160631377. 9.5x13 inches. Based on a traditional African folk tale.
As a standalone performance piece, Dorff's A Treeful of Monkeys is a delightful telling of an African folk tale, complete with narration. The instrumental ensemble describes a hat seller, a good number of hats, and a good number of monkeys up in the trees with those hats. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, however, A Treeful of Monkeys is also an opportunity to introduce musical elements to young students, with Dorff's suggested educational objectives and performance tips suitable for classroom use.
SKU: PR.164002230
UPC: 680160037858.
SKU: PR.114411730
ISBN 9781491137284. UPC: 680160682089.
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