SKU: HL.233151

ISBN 9788759886427. 10.0x14.5 inches. English.

Piano solo part for Paganini Variations - Piano Concerto No.3 by Poul Ruders (2014). Score available: WH32201 Programme note: In 1999 my friend, American guitar virtuoso David Starobin, wanted me to write a concerto for guitar and orchestra. It quickly dawned on me, that this commission presented a golden opportunity to contribute to the time-honoured tradition of composing a series of variations on Nicolo Paganini's famous 24th Caprice for violin solo, a work which itself is a set of variations. The 16 bar (with the first 4 bars repeated) theme is not particularly sophisticated or intricate, but its inherent simplicity and logic just grow on you, almost to the point ofdistraction - and the secret behind it being hauled through the wringer by composers as disparate as Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Lutoslawski is perhaps found in its - what I'll call, with a quick nervous look over my shoulder: brilliant banality. You can do anything with that tune, it'll always be recognizable and just there, however much you maul it. The piece (subtitled Guitar Concerto no 2) was written pretty quickly, premiered and subsequently recorded for Bridge Records with David and the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Wagner, and everybody was happy. But the story didn't end there, and it must be the ultimate proof of the durability of the theme, not to mention the flexibility and far-sightedness of David Starobin , when he 14 years later suggested why not transcribe the solo part for piano?. The idea appealed to me immediately. One thing was clear from the beginning: the new version could in no way sound like a transcription. My aim was to end up with a solo-part sounding like were it the one-and-only, the real thing, if you like. The orchestral score remains exactly the same in both cases. Both versions, the two Paganini Variations, are comparable to a set of twins, not quite identical, but almost. And both each others's equal. Poul Ruders.

SKU: SP.TS302

ISBN 9781585604029. UPC: 649571003029.

Everyone at Santorella Publications is extremely sensitive to the costly demands placed on piano teachers and their tenacious students. With this in mind, we decided to publish a series of Christmas sheets for easy piano with only those specific titles that you and/or your student(s) have decided to perform for their holiday concert, recital or maybe just for family and friends. Rather than purchase a large costly collection of songs that you may or may not have the opportunity to perform this year, we have provided an inexpensive alternative. For just $4.95, you can buy just that one, two or three songs that you truly want to learn this holiday season. That's three songs for the price of one! Each arrangement derives from our best-selling Christmas songbook, The Best Of Christmas For Easy Piano by Craig Stevens which is also available with or without a performance CD. If cost is not an issue and you'd like to buy this fantastic collection, be our guest, but if a big songbook is not in the budget this year, that's quite alright. Why not choose only those titles you've settled on for your Christmas performance? Here's your chance to learn O Come All Ye Faithful, Deck The Halls and The Snow Lay On The Ground published by Santorella Publications. Be sure to review our entire list of songs available for easy piano and yes, every one includes lyrics to sing along. Merry Christmas! Look at all the great Christmas sheets to choose from: (TS301 - TS313) O Come All Ye Faithful, Deck the Halls, The Snow Lay on the Ground - I Saw Three Ships, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Angels We Have Heard on High - We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Angels From the Realms of Glory, We Three Kings - Jingle Bells, Silver and Gold, Away in The Manger - Jingle, Jingle, Jingle, Joy To The World, Bringing the Season's Cheer - O Christmas Tree, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, The Coventry Carol - Holly and the Ivy, Good King Wenceslas, Away in a Manger - The Most Wonderful Day of the Year, Up On the Housetop, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Holly Jolly Christmas, Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Carol of the Bells - O Holy Night, The First Noel - 12 Days of Christmas.

SKU: BR.EB-8749

Barbara Heller's piano pieces should not just be played; as the composer writes in her preface, the student should learn while playing to approach the music creatively and experimentally.

ISBN 9790004181577. 9 x 12 inches. German / English.

You can change the pieces at will and even shape your own personal pieces from the material. We hope that these pieces will help you to discover your own musical world within yourselves, and to let yourselves and others hear its sound. The composer offers a wealth of stimuli and suggestions to help the learner achieve this. Monika Thiery's supplementary comments facilitate the use of the 18 pieces in teaching. In her Intervallbuch Heller applies this successful concept to the other intervals.

Barbara Heller's piano pieces should not just be played; as the composer writes in her preface, the student should learn while playing to approach the music creatively and experimentally..