SKU: PR.41641613L

UPC: 680160642199. 11 x 17 inches.

On the island of Elba, off the coast of Italy, I composed this work as the sun was rising over the ocean in the mornings and gently sifting through the clouds against the lingering fog. As the piece developed, it took on a shape of its own and gradually became centered around diminished chords and the interval of a tri-tone (diminished 5th). I love these chords for their angst and for their sadness, but also for their flexibility. My piece is very textural in nature; and yes, it does have a melody of sorts, and yet, this melody comes and goes, and is never quite grasped until the end. Portions of it are repeated and spun out creating layers of sound without the heaviness of form. It is indeed a depiction of mist, where one minute you see things and the next they are gone. As you move through the piece, you find that the trumpet is also an antagonist, creeping in with a haunting cry; a reminder of things unsettled. Throughout the piece, we are quietly searching. We search for a tonal center for stability, and also for a melody that will make us feel fulfilled. Once found, we hold them for an instant, and then like the clouds and like life itself, they are gone. We are warmed by their presence and saddened by their loss. I hope that you will reflect upon your own memories of life's quiet moments as we enjoy the world premiere of this new work together. Mist is not a piece to be analyzed, but rather a piece to be experienced and absorbed. As you listen, release your mind, embrace your emotions, close your eyes, and allow the mist to creep in.

SKU: HL.14030961

ISBN 9788759857458. English.

Score of the Danish Composer's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra written in 1996. Bent Sorensen writes: 'The title of this piano concerto came, as usual, very early to me, when my thoughts about the work had started to circulate, but before 'real' music was written down. I held on to the Italian title, even though its association with Vivaldi had no influence on my music, and even when German, French, English, and Danish titles covering almost the same content -'Nachtmusik', 'Nocturne', 'By Night', 'Om Natten', were just about to get the upper hand. The piano concerto has, then, in my opinion, something to do with night, but to describe this further is at least as difficult to me as it is to defend the final Italian title against those which were rejected. The Piano Concerto is in two movements. The first, swarming, is perhaps the mystery of the night, and the second perhaps the dreams of the night; with this, however, I have already given the concerto a more programmatic content than I can defend. Each movement ends with a cadenza and perhaps the last of those - the ending of the work that is - is inspired by a sequence from Bruce Chatwin's wonderful book 'The Viceroy of Ouidah': Or the Amazons howling. 'No, No, No. It was not the leopard that killed him. Not the buffalo that killed him. It was night. Night that killed him!'.

SKU: PR.110406720

UPC: 680160001316.

I have always been fond of writing works for specific people or organizations. It has been my good fortune during most of my creative career to be asked to compose for many extraordinary performers. The Sonata for Harpsichord Solo is such a case in point: it was written in 1982 for Barbara Harbach, a superb performer, close friend, and collaborator on many musical projects. The Sonata was premiered on March 2, 1984, in a recital given by Dr. Harbach at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. During my formative years as a composer, one seldom heard of the harpsichord as a modern instrument, though while I attended undergraduate school at Boston University, some of us banded together to construct a small harpsichord from one of the first do-it-yourself kits which began to appear in the late '40s. It was also during this time that I heard the Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord by my teacher Walter Piston and consequently specified that the accompanying instrument for my second violin sonata could either be a piano or a harpsichord. It was not until recently, however, that my interest in the harpsichord as a solo instrument for new music was aroused. This was because of the emergence of so many young virtuosi, such as Barbara Harbach, who are interested in the performance of new music besides the great harpsichord music of the Classical, Baroque, and pre-Baroque eras. The keyboard music of Domenico Scarlatti has always intrigued and fascinated me. The brevity, excitement, and clarity of this sparkling music is charming as well as exhilarating. It is this type of Baroque sonata that inspired the conception and form of my harpsichord sonata. The entire work is loosely based on the musical translation of Barabara Harbach's name, especially the conflict of the B (B-flat) and H (B-natural in German notation). This secondo rub or dissonance especially pervades the first movement, which is in a modified sonata form, pitting jagged and tense melodic elements against most lyrical and smooth lines. This second movement is a song-like melody accompanied by rolled chords which may be played on the lute stop of the instrument if this sonata is performed on a two-manual harpsichord. The final movement is an ever-driving joyous toccata which brings the work to an exciting close with a coda made up of accelerating repeated chords. --Samuel Adler.

SKU: BT.1511-08-010-MS

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

In this fantastic medley, Stefan Schwalgin has used nine of Abba’s timeless hits to produce a piece, which demonstrates the wide-ranging repertoire of this timeless Swedish group. The alternating instrumentations and atmospheres guarantee a varied, sparking piece, which is certain to have your audience singing along.

Sinds de Zweedse popgroep Abba het in 1982 voor gezien hield, zijn er geregeld revivals van de muziek van het viertal geweest. Een voorbeeld hiervan is de in Duitsland populaire show Abba Magic! - een uitstekende imitatie vanAbba, inclusief originele kostuums. Maar eigenlijk kun je van een revival bijna niet spreken, want de legendarische hits van Abba zijn nooit weggeweest. Stefan Schwalgin heeft in zijn medley maar liefst negen hits verwerkt, waarmeehij een breed spectrum uit het rijke repertoire van Abba presenteert. De wisselende instrumentaties en stemmingen garanderen een gevarieerd, sprankelend geheel.

Dieses großartige Medley von Stefan Schwalgin lässt die 70er wieder aufleben! ABBA Magic! bringt die Magie des schwedischen Erfolgsquartetts auf die Bühne zurück mit neun unvergessenen Ohrwürmern aus dem reichhaltigen ABBA-Fundus. ABBA Magic! hält genau das, was der Name ABBA verspricht: Mitreißende Musik, die auch heute an Aktualität nichts verloren hat. Ein magisches ABBA”-Erlebnis!

Stefan Schwalgin fait revivre les années 70 avec un nouveau medley de chansons du légendaire groupe suédois Abba. Abba Magic! est l’image du groupe : magique, électrique, sémillant, rafraîchissant et toujours actuel ! Adoptez « l’Abba attitude ».

Un splendido medley di Stefan Schwalgin che ci riporta gli anni ’70. ABBA Magic! fa rivivere la magia del quartetto svedese che ha accompagnato i meno giovani di oggi durante gli anni della gioventù con Waterloo, S.O.S., Happy New Year, So Long, Money, Money, Money, Hasta Manana, Mamma Mia, I Do I Do I Do e Thank You for the Music.

SKU: BT.1511-08-140-MS

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

In this fantastic medley, Stefan Schwalgin has used nine of Abba’s timeless hits to produce a piece, which demonstrates the wide-ranging repertoire of this timeless Swedish group. The alternating instrumentations and atmospheres guarantee a varied, sparking piece, which is certain to have your audience singing along.

Sinds de Zweedse popgroep Abba het in 1982 voor gezien hield, zijn er geregeld revivals van de muziek van het viertal geweest. Een voorbeeld hiervan is de in Duitsland populaire show Abba Magic! - een uitstekende imitatie vanAbba, inclusief originele kostuums. Maar eigenlijk kun je van een revival bijna niet spreken, want de legendarische hits van Abba zijn nooit weggeweest. Stefan Schwalgin heeft in zijn medley maar liefst negen hits verwerkt, waarmeehij een breed spectrum uit het rijke repertoire van Abba presenteert. De wisselende instrumentaties en stemmingen garanderen een gevarieerd, sprankelend geheel.

Dieses großartige Medley von Stefan Schwalgin lässt die 70er wieder aufleben! ABBA Magic! bringt die Magie des schwedischen Erfolgsquartetts auf die Bühne zurück mit neun unvergessenen Ohrwürmern aus dem reichhaltigen ABBA-Fundus. ABBA Magic! hält genau das, was der Name ABBA verspricht: Mitreißende Musik, die auch heute an Aktualität nichts verloren hat. Ein magisches ABBA”-Erlebnis!

Stefan Schwalgin fait revivre les années 70 avec un nouveau medley de chansons du légendaire groupe suédois Abba. Abba Magic! est l’image du groupe : magique, électrique, sémillant, rafraîchissant et toujours actuel ! Adoptez « l’Abba attitude ».

Un splendido medley di Stefan Schwalgin che ci riporta gli anni ’70. ABBA Magic! fa rivivere la magia del quartetto svedese che ha accompagnato i meno giovani di oggi durante gli anni della gioventù con Waterloo, S.O.S., Happy New Year, So Long, Money, Money, Money, Hasta Manana, Mamma Mia, I Do I Do I Do e Thank You for the Music.

SKU: GH.GE-12050

ISBN 979-0-070-12050-0. 185 x 262 mm inches. Text: Robert W. Service.

For Descant choir, Mixed choir and organ. The word shall be nourishing as the rain's water. The repetitive raining in the organ carries an explicative choral setting, which at the end is turned into a lively jubilanceDespite the distance, the lovers are close to eachother. Sixten interprets congenially the mood of the poem in his quasi tonal, lyrical music.