SKU: HL.402077

ISBN 9781705160084. UPC: 196288056829. 9.0x12.0x0.276 inches.

The Right of Your Senses is a set of nine songs for children's voices, solo soprano, and orchestra written for the National Children's Chorus, American Youth Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. The texts are primarily 17th-century, by Thomas Traherne and George Herbert, but two of them come from the 11th-century Enchiridion by Byrhtferth. The overarching theme is the story of creation, but not just the list of objects created: the texts deal with the emotional resonances of the sun, the sea, the air, and the moon with all their mysterious, bright, and dark potential. There is a recurring gesture in the strings, introduced at the very top: a simple descending pattern which binds many of the movements together, even when hidden in the more tumultuous sections. The first two movements are bright, whereas the middle three movements are violent and deal with the angrier natural elements. The seventh movement is the most abstract and playful, and here a direct nod to Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, with a fast three-part canon depicting the behavior of the atom. The eighth movement, Night, is the slowest, and depicts the night sky. The final movement is calm, and encourages us: Be faithful in a little, and you shall be master over much. The piece ends with five strokes of high bells. x Nico Muhly.

SKU: M7.MF-3901

ISBN 9783795789213.

Easy Charts for Guitar is the new series from Schott, allowing beginner guitarists to play the latest hits in their first year of study - either alone or together with other guitarists. Each song is presented in simple notation for the characteristic rhythm guitar part as well as in an easy TAB version of the original riffs, along with the vocal part for any up-and-coming virtuosos. The accompanying CD contains live recordings of the full versions as well as play-along versions for the rehearsal room or stage.