SKU: HL.14008415
UPC: 884088808242. 8.5x11.0x0.261 inches.
This work, written by Maxwell Davies in 1983 for chamber orchestra, was commissioned to celebrate the quartercentenary of Edinburgh University. The first performance was given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edward Harper in October 1983. Duration c. 29mins. This work was thought through in outline following a visit to the ruined pre-Reformation church of Hoy in Orkney, on a fine Spring afternoon after Maxwell Davies had played the harmonium for the tiny congregation in its large bleak Victorian replacement. The old church was surrounded by the graves of centuries, the more recent ones with familiar names, largely of people who lived in houses now ruinous - crofters, fishermen, clerics, sea-captains. Next to it stood the chief farmhouse, the Bu, going back to Viking times. He thought of the lives and deaths encompassed there, expressed through hundreds of years of music in the church, and in the big barn of the farm. The plainsongs 'Dies Irae' and 'Victimae Paschali Laudes' are used throughout the work - the first concerning the Day of Judgement, from the Mass for the Dead, the second particular to Easter Sunday and the Resurrection. These are subject to constant transformation - the intervallic contour slowly changes from one into the other, and their notes are made to dance through Renaissance astrological 'magic square' patterns. The orchestra consists of double woodwind, two horns, two trumpets and strings.
SKU: HL.14018903
Danish.
Les Cloches De Monsigneur Grieg (1993-99) for small Symphony Orchestra by Asbjorn Schaathun. 'Edvard Grieg's 'Bell Ringing' for Piano Op.54, No.6 ... seen through Monsigneur A. Schaathun's half shut eyes...' Commissioned by the The Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
Les Cloches De Monsigneur Grieg (1993-99) for small Symphony Orchestra by Asbjørn Schaathun.
'Edvard Grieg's 'Bell Ringing' for Piano Op.54, No.6... seen through Monsigneur A. Schaathun's half shut eyes...'
Commissioned by the The Norwegian Radio Orchestra.
SKU: HL.14019657
UPC: 884088490324. 8.5x11.0x0.166 inches.
The original version of this work, scored for chamber orchestra, was written in 1950 in response to a commission from Warsaw Radio. In the following year the composer revised and slightly extended the work and rescored it for symphony orchestra. The first performance was given by the Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grzegorz Fitelberg, in Warsaw in April 1951. The work uses folk melodies from the village of Machow in the region of Rzeszow, east of Cracow. Duration c.11 mins. Full score and orchestral parts available on hire from the publisher.
SKU: HL.14026343
Punctuations for Orchestra was composed by Ole Buck in 1968. Punctuations for Orchestra was composed by Ole Buck in 1968.
SKU: HL.244904
8.25x12.0x0.508 inches.
Quilting, co-commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is my first stand alone work for orchestraand is loosely inspired by the American tradition of quilt making. I composed Quilting while living most of last year in Paris.During my time there, I thought a lot about what it means to compose symphonic music as a young American in the 21st century, when so many of the many masterworks which are programmed year in and out by orchestras across the country are European. I considered which artistic traditions defined the American 19th-century. I began to think of the American crafts-tradition of quilting as a foilto the high-art tradition of European orchestral composition. As the score for my new work began to take shape, I started thinking about the manuscript itself as an object, its vertical and horizontal planes create a kind of patterned geometry of their own. Visually the way a musical score is woven together like patchwork brought to mind quilts and the great American tradition of quilting. I imagined about how conducting an orchestra can feellike stitching a piece together, or sewing together a large number of musical ideas and musicians into a coherent and transcendent whole. Quilting was an integral part of American vernacular in the 18th and 19th centuries, the African-American quilting tradition is especially fascinating, and the quilts tell the stories of the women and communities who made them. The names of the quilt patterns themselves can have their own sense of narrative: 'jacobs ladder', 'drunkards path', 'solomon's puzzle', and (my favorite for its relevance to this piece) 'the road to California. - Bryce Dessner.
SKU: AP.43817
UPC: 038081506784. English.
Opening with America, this arrangement is designed to be playable and easy to put together with any level of players. Set in C major for the simplest fingerings and to remain in 1st position, this will sound great for young orchestra or go together easily for more advanced players. (1:20).
SKU: HL.114464
UPC: 884088872670. 8.5x11.0x0.525 inches.
Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On†are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow†by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of the struggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard, bass and drums or the optional orchestral accompaniment! Available separately: SATB divisi, Orchestra score and parts (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2 [btbn], bells, perc 1-2, vn 1-2, va, vc, db). Duration: ca. 5:00.
SKU: HL.14041548
12.0x16.5x0.513 inches.
Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Musical Director James Levine, and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall, Boston, USA, by the cellist Anssi Karttunen,with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Sarastre.
SKU: CL.016-0292-00
NOTE: This is a vintage orchestra publication, designed for the small theater orchestras of the very late 1800s and early 1900s – whose instrumentation varies considerably from a modern full orchestra work. Parts for standard string instruments are included, along with wind and percussion parts as scored by the musical judgment of the composer or arranger. Be cautioned that published parts might include less familiar transpositions, such as Clarinet or Cornet in A, Horn in Eb, etc. Please contact us with any specific instrumentation questions.
SKU: HL.232490
ISBN 9788759838570. 12.0x16.75x0.506 inches.
Many, Yet One for Orchestra by Britta Bystrom (2016). Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in honor of Elaine Lebenbom. Plastic spiral binding.
SKU: HL.14042684
8.25x11.75x0.523 inches.
Black Sun by Anne Boyd. 15'; for orchestra (triple winds). Published 1989. 3(3rd=picc).2.2.2 / 4.2.3.2 / 3perc.hp / strings. Performance materials for hire. Black Sun by Anne Boyd. 15'; for orchestra (triple winds). Published 1989.3(3rd=picc).2.2.2 / 4.2.3.2 / 3perc.hp / strings. Performance materials for hire.
SKU: HL.14043676
ISBN 9788759836507. 12.0x16.75x0.42 inches. International (more than one language).
Symphony No. 3 for Orchestra and Mixed Choir SATB by Soren Nils Eichebrg (2015). Poems Qu Yuan and David Vogel. To be premiered by The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra on April 10, 2015.
SKU: HL.283507
Exit Music for Orchestra was composed by Bent Sorensen in 2006-07. Exit Music was commissioned by the Bergen International Festival for the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and is dedicated to Per Norgard on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Programme note It began with a dream, as it always does when I compose. I dreamt that I was standing in an open doorway on a hill in an otherwise open landscape. I do not know what was behind the door, but in front of it - towards the landscape - I saw my music disappearing. I stood looking for the music, and started to hear it, to remember it in time with its disappearance. The dream continued to recur as strange pictures in my daydreams, and I continued to try to write down the music that had vanished. It was also the dream that gave the piece its title- Exit Music. Exit Music is based on three simple songs (the songs that vanish through the doorway): a little lullaby, which continues to reappearin fragments; a strange polyphonic pop song that refers to a section of my opera Under the Sky; and a passionate little love song, which concludes the piece on the strings, very quietly and in unison. These simple songs are then constantly overpainted by enervating repeated motes in fairly simple rhythms, which push the songs out of the room. (Bent Sorensen).
SKU: HL.14019145
ISBN 9788759860625. 12.0x16.5x0.436 inches. English.
This work was written with a mix between computer technology and the more traditional orchestra, the piece was composed in such a way that it would support its own acoustics. Lindberg worked with amplification of instruments and electronically transformed sounds thus producing greater possibilities to abandon acoustic limits. In order for the piece to be supported by it's own acoustics, the piece had to be written in terms of foreground and background harmony, every foreground chord would always have it's background, a shadow existing without it's main chord. Another theme to the piece is that of textural motion as rapid gestures and motions are a big part of the composer's interest. Static repitions seemed to limit the piece however so they were compensated for on another level, so with a repetitive rhythmic pattern, the harmonic material changes rapidly or when a chain of chords is static the rhythmic and timbral qualities vary frequently. Work for orchestra commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company.
SKU: HL.283658
Tunnels De Lumiere for Chamber Orchestra was composed by Bent Sorensen in 2009. Premiered by conducted by Susanna Malkki, 6 May 2010 at Cite de la Ensemble InterContemporain Musique, Paris.
SKU: HL.14040146
French.
SKU: HL.14018164
English.
Ode To A Postman for Symphony Orchestra was composed by Anders Koppel in 2004 for the 50th anniversary of Amatorsymfonikerne. Ode To A Postman for Symphony Orchestra was composed by Anders Koppel in 2004 for the 50th anniversary of Amatorsymfonikerne.
SKU: HL.14043021
ISBN 9788759829318.
Sedna is an Orchestral piece composed by Soren Nils Eichberg in 2013. Soren Nils Eichberg was announced as the first composer-in-residence of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
SKU: HL.14048065
UPC: 840126953541. 12.0x16.5x0.277 inches.
This is the Full Score for Nico Muhly's Control: Five Landscapes For Orchestra. Commissioned by Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer, Music Director, the work was first performed at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City in December 2015.
SKU: HL.14040391
SKU: AP.42066S
UPC: 038081484129. English.
With solemn passages as well as fanfare passages this piece culminates as a celebration. A contest piece that features several opportunities to teach bow placement techniques along with position work, it is suitable for any occasion, especially those in which you wish to celebrate America's veterans (5:30) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: SU.50018080
Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of West Shore Concerts - Lakewood, Ohio. Approximately 8 minutes. Parts available on rental.Copyright 1985. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: AP.47479S
UPC: 038081544878. English.
This lighthearted, carefree work is easy to remember upon hearing. It has a snappy rhythm that makes you want to dance to its lively tune. Minstrels were musicians who traveled throughout the countryside providing entertainment to any and all. Their repertoire included songs, dances, jokes, and storytelling. One could find them all over Europe and America from the Middle Ages up until the 20th century. As traveling musicians, they relied on catch tunes that could easily be learned and communicated to their audiences. They were in the business of uplifting people's spirits through fun and laughter.
SKU: HL.280272
10.5x14.5 inches.
Three Pieces For Orchestra (2014-17) by Hans Abrahamsen. Dedicated to Simon Rattle. Commissioned by Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker. Pemiered by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle (conductor), 26 May 2018, Berlin, Philharmonie.
SKU: HL.14042085
ISBN 9788759825891.
Orchestra score. Parts available for hire from Wilhelm Hansen.
SKU: HL.14047789
8.25x11.75 inches.
This is the study score for Simon Holt 's An Icicle Of Moon , a work for Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Bamberger Symphoniker and its first performance was on 31st October 2014 at the Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Bamberg. A full performance of the work lasts around 6 1/2 minutes. The title of this work is taken from a phrase from a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca.
SKU: HL.14040283
SKU: HL.290966
Luis Tinoco's Cassini for Symphony Orchestra. A3 orchestral score.