SKU: BR.EB-32065
ISBN 9790004186558. 9 x 12 inches.
Die Entstehung von op. 52 fallt in ein zeitlich und inhaltlich schwer abzugrenzendes Spannungsfeld. Die Stucke erschienen 1910 im Verlag von Albert Stahl in Berlin, als Richard Franck sich bereits nach Heidelberg zuruckgezogen hatte. Sie zahlen somit zu seinen letzten veroffentlichten Werken. Inhalt: I. Elegie wirkt ausgesprochen resigniert, fast wie ein Abschied. Die Flote steht ganz im Vordergrund dieses melancholischen, mit Chromatik angereicherten und klar strukturierten Adagio-Satzes. II. Der Reiter von Sankt Karli kommt als humorvolles Scherzo daher, wohl eine Anspielung auf die Schweiz, in der Franck einige Jahre verbrachte. Fast wirkt es wie eine Hommage an Schumann. Der Mittelteil dieses Scherzos, ein Andante, nimmt Bezug auf die elegische Stimmung des ersten Satzes. Es ist eine ruhigere Station, bevor der Reiter weiterzieht. III. Perpetuum mobile, so schnell als moglich kann man als Vorlaufer moderner Klangflachenkompositionen auffassen, aber naturlich auch als schlichtes, scherzhaftes Bravourstuck im Stile des Hummelflugs.
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: M7.VHR-3435
ISBN 9783864341014.
Die kleinen Duos erzählen von Rittern und Seeräubern, malen Landschaftsbilder, lassen Drachen steigen und entführen ins Reich der Tiere. Die Ausgabe richtet sich gleichermaßen an Geigen- wie an Klavierschüler/-innen mit Freude am gemeinsamen Musizieren. 1. und 2. Griffart Die Ausgabe einthält einen 20-seitigen Einleger für Violine.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094746-400
ISBN 9789043132848. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Take a trip around Europe with this exciting play-along book: Enjoy visits to Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, Spain, Bohemia and many more exciting places! Die Tänze in diesem Buch enthalten alle charakteristische Rhythmusmerkmale der musikalischen Tradition des Landes oder der Region, aus der sie stammen. So ist zum Beispiel Irish Dance von der traditionellen Jig mit ihrem trällernden 6/8-Takt inspiriert. In der Violinstimme von Spanish Dance ist der der Flamencorhythmus in einem schnellen 3/4-Takt herauszuhören, während die Klavierstimme den Klang der Gitarre nachahmt. Scottish Dance weist Strathspey-Rhythmen auf und imitiert außerdem den Klang eines Dudelsacks.Douze danses traditionnelles en provenance dââ¬ËEspagne, dââ¬ËÃâ°cosse, de Roumanie, dââ¬ËItalie, de Suède, des Baltiques, des Landes, dââ¬ËIrlande, de Provence, dââ¬ËHongrie, de Bulgarie et de Pologne ; douze pièces idéales interpréter lors dââ¬Ëune audition. Sur le compact disc vous trouverez trois pistes pour chacune des danses : la version intégrale, lââ¬Ëaccompagnement dans le tempo normal et enfin lââ¬Ëaccompagnement dans une version dââ¬Ëétude au tempo lent. Inizia un viaggio attraverso lââ¬ËEuropa. Questa pubblicazione di porter in Scozia, Irlanda, Ungheria, Spagna, Boemia e tanti altri posti affascinanti!
SKU: M7.DUX-956-10
ISBN 9783868492958.
TANGO - das ist das Album des World Music Ensembles Quadro Nuevo, das nach einer 'Buenos-Aires-Expedition' zusammen mit dem Pianisten Chris Gall veröffentlicht wurde. TANGO FOR TWO - das ist die daraus entstandene Sammlung von 12 Tangos für die spannende 'Duo-Besetzung'. Neben Eigenkompositionen wurden unter anderem Stücke von Ãngel Villoldo (El Choclo), Carlos Gardel (Por una cabeza, El dÃa que me quieras) und Astor Piazzolla (Libertango, Oblivion) für das Duospiel arrangiert. Die Reihe ist erhältlich für Tenorsaxophon, Altsaxophon, Klarinette, Trompete, Flöte, Violine und Violoncello, wahlweise in der Besetzung Solo + Piano oder Solo mit CD. Die CD beinhaltet alle 12 Titel als Play-along- und Duo-Versionen. Die Arrangements von Mulo Francel und Chris Gall liegen im mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad. Der Ausgabe liegt ein 36-seitiger Einleger mit der Violinstimme bei.
SKU: HL.49044450
ISBN 9790001198639. 9.0x12.0x0.124 inches.
This work is part of a cycle of five short pieces for a single instrument and piano, focused on the five ages in the cosmogony of Ancient Mexican civilisation. The peoples of the Mexican highlands believe that time follows specific cycles and that the world was created following the pattern of 'trial and error'. The creation of the world is divided into several periods which are termed 'suns' (we are currently living in the fifth phase named 'Ollin'). Each period will be brought to an end through a natural catastrophe.Solei-Feu refers to the first attempt to create a world out of a rain of fire (nahui quiahuitl).The element of fire is reflected in the musical soundscape of this work, constructed from rampant, rhythmic motifs, fragmented splinters, spinning upswings and impacts reverberating through space. An intimate dialogue develops between violin and piano on the basis of extremely simple figures. Interconnecting lines and dense musical material are thrown against each other in a play of contrasting registers and blended tonal colouring, creating a mysterious and disturbing mythological universe coloured by its ontological pessimism. Thierry PecouSoleil-Feu refers to the first attempt to create a world out of a rain of fire (nahui quiahuitl) as described in the cosmogony of Ancient Mexican civilisation. The element of fire is reflected in the musical soundscape of this work; rampant, rhythmic motifs, fragmented splinters, spinning upswings and impacts reverberating through space create a mysterious and disturbing mythological universe coloured by its ontological pessimism. Thierry Pecou.
SKU: PR.144407050
UPC: 680160655519. 9 x 12 inches.
Celebrating 30 years, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society commissioned a work of 20-25 minutes for violin and piano from James Primosch, University of Pennsylvania professor of music. Primosch had originally thought to create a new sonata, but what developed is more appropriately a set of five character pieces, two of which were directly inspired by poems. Five Poems was premiered in May, 2016, and Primosch's thoughts are recorded at his website: https://jamesprimosch.com/2016/05/10/five-poems-premiere/.Upon receiving a commission from the Philadelphia Chamber MusicSociety for a violin and piano piece in honor of its 30th anniversary, myplan was to write a sonata, a term suggesting a relatively abstractdiscourse. But as the piece developed, the movements struck me ascharacter pieces rather than music employing a more “symphonicâ€approach. When specific poems started to attach themselves in my mindwith two of the movements, the overall title Five Poems became clear.The title of the second movement is a line from Susan Stewart’s“Descentâ€, which deals with Aeneas’s visit to the underworld. The musicis alternately fiercely driving and quite still, though tense. RobertFrost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay summons fleet scale passages framinglyrical counterpoint. The remaining movements do not refer to specificpoems, but have titles reflecting their expressive tone. Dreamscape ismusing with an improvisatory violin line over shifting pairs of pianochords. Nightsong is a bluesy lullaby that turns highly dramatic.Vision begins with a closely argued struggle but breaks through tosomething spacious and clear.
SKU: PR.414411630
ISBN 9781491114551. UPC: 680160089956. 9.5 x 13 inches.
EXCURSIONS is a one-movement work exploring two “characters.†A rhapsodic, descending passage is introduced by the cello, followed by a static, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello. Their individual developments are separated by a slow, contrasting middle section. The composer has written: “This is analogous to situations in life: we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option and forfeiting the other. But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination… or can we? It is symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place.â€.Excursions for violin, cello and piano, is a one-movement work of tripartite structure in which materials explored in the first of three large sections are brought back in the last section. The traditional statement-contrast-restatement form, which is readily suggested by such a description, is, however, not at all in the mold in which the work is cast. Rather, my aim was to subject the essential materials of the piece (two “characters†–the rhapsodic, descending passage played by the cello in the very opening and, later, a static, slow moving, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello) to two entirely different developments separated by a slow, contrasting middle section. This is analogous to an exploration of the ramifications that two divergent choices made by the same person might lead to. In life, as we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option usually means having to forfeit the other. But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination…or can we? It is, I believe, symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place: in composing Excursions, it seemed absolutely inescapable that at the end the slow, contrasting middle sections – both more resigned and peaceful than the battling spirits of the outer parts – should return briefly to end the work. The piano trio combination (once highly favored, but to this composer still as challenging today) is approached here as a collaborative effort of three equal soloists – partners. Of the available pairings, the two strings find themselves occasionally approached as a team pitted against the piano. The cello-piano combination is also not uncommon here, and there is an extended violin cadenza toward the end of the piece. The writing for the three instruments is closely and at times interlinked, but the players are all instructed to play from scores. Excursions was first performed at Brandeis University in 1982.
SKU: PR.144405810
ISBN 9781491101407. UPC: 680160614127.
In this ballad, Reise ponders the Red Sea Swallow, of which only one was ever found (and dead, at that). The Flight of the Red Sea Swallow imagines the final flight of what may have been the last of its kind. Originally written for violin and piano, and premiered by Maria Bachmann, Flight has also been transcribed for flute and piano. For advanced performers. Duration: 17'.
SKU: BA.BA11086
ISBN 9790006564446. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.
A suite whose movements always deliver something other than what they seem to promise. But throughout, the two instruments and respectively their players act like two people in very specific situations:I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; the initially earnest, solitary cantilena intensifies creating expectation. SuddenlyII.: the violin sounds. Its moving figures replace the now silent piano, also soloistically.III. „Passacaglia“: The title is taken literally – the two instruments/persons encounter each other in the street. Two musical characters who meet at a specific point, recognize each other, but move on again, each one by itself. IV. „Rondo“: The two of them dance together. Before me, I saw people dancing the Sardana – a round dance – in front of the cathedral of Barcelona. Four themes in different time signatures circle ceaselessly between the two instruments. V. „Fuga“: At last, regardless, panic flight – again the title is taken literally ... Human, only too human …
SKU: PR.14440516S
UPC: 680160667864. 9 x 12 inches.
In 1979, Martin produced a set of three quintets, in consideration of Gorky's piece Nighttime Enigma Nostalgia. Each is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. As the title suggests, the music is in a state of perpetual questioning using a variety of approaches. For example, Enigma opens using ostinati (plural of ostinato) that do not match in length, like a staircase with each step a different height. Additionally, the music has sudden starts and stops, again unexplained. There are dramatic and powerful explosive passages that are interrupted. The technique, used to create this feeling of a perplexed music world where things seem often not to make sense and to be left unresolved, is called in poetry and literature, anticlimax. In Enigma, the music suggests one direction; then refuses to continue, striking out in another direction. Artists use approaches such as this to force themselves into creative circumstances that they otherwise might not have discovered. (From the performance notes.).
SKU: FL.FX071360
What else can be better than a Samba to tackle the Syncopation with fun! In the second part, the player will have to articulate the syncopation to become a credible Samba player! one could also add the sounds of a reco-reco or a pandeiro (small Brasilian drums) to make this Samba even more captivating!
SKU: PR.14440517S
UPC: 680160667888. 9 x 12 inches.
In 1979, Martin produced a set of three quintets, in consideration of Gorky's piece Nighttime Enigma Nostalgia. Each is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. There are passages in Nostalgia that build using two layers, a louder foreground and a quieter background. Both of these layers are independent of specific instruments, in other words, the various instruments jump in to play a role in either layer, then jump to the other layer. It is as if the ensemble has doubled. The technical musical term for multiple instruments interweaving to produce a single thread or idea is called Klangfarbenmelodie (tone-color-melody). Because there are two layers (louder and softer), both using this technique, Nostalgia is a unique example of 'double Klangfarbenmelodie.' The piece ends with a series of intense rhythmic pulsations and several apocalyptic fanfares. (From the performance notes.).
SKU: FL.FX071959
Easy variations on a famous popular theme. For an auditon or exam on folk songs, and with a piano accompaniement adapted to the young musicians.
SKU: IS.VLP6039EM
ISBN 9790365060399.
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.
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