SKU: HL.14041529
ISBN 9781849388214.
Lord Berners (1883-1950) was one of the most idiosyncratic and fascinating personalities in British music. He became a pioneer in the avant-garde when he wrote his first music whilst living in Rome as adiplomat during World War 1; Balanchine choreographed his first two ballets and Ashton the next three; in 1931 he had the first exhibition of his paintings; in 1934 he published the first volume of his autobiography, FirstChildhood, and two years later his first novel, The Camel -- and three more novels came out in 1941. On top of all this during the 1930s, known as 'the versatile peer', he increasingly gained a reputation as an eccentric,which he realised was good for publicity.A wry humour pervades everything, as in these three sets of piano duets. Berners' songs and piano music, too, are as full of whimsical references as those of Erik Satie -- he hasbeen called the English Satie and the Ronald Firbank of music. Berners was not prolific but whatever he did was stamped with his own fastidious accomplishment. He may not have been the last eccentric but his music, writingand painting combine to make him one of the most rewarding.
SKU: HL.14043131
ISBN 9781513460000.
Dominic Anthony Ferris is a musician whose field of expertise crosses over three genres: music theatre, pop/rock and classical.
Elwin Hendrijanto is a pianist and film composer based inLondon.
Hendrijanto, for this piece, worked in a commercial Piano duo project with Ferris known as The Piano Brothers supported by the international Piano brand Steinway&Sons and recorded in Abbey RoadStudios.
SKU: HL.14004191
ISBN 9780711958395. 8.25x11.75x0.094 inches.
Premiered in the Wigmore Hall in 1955. For 1 piano, 4 hands.
SKU: HL.14042459
ISBN 9781783051557. UPC: 888680029104. 9.0x12.0x0.139 inches.
Ten character pieces for the early intermediate pianist.
SKU: HL.14020065
8.5x11.5x0.615 inches.
The second Concerto by the celebrated British composer of 'light' music, arranged for Piano Duet.
SKU: HL.49047113
ISBN 9781705189269. UPC: 842819117520. 0.096 inches.
The final movement of the Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous pianopieces of all. Once reserved for all music connoisseurs, later played by every piano student, its opening melody, alienated like a sine tone, is now omnipresent even as a mobile phone ringtone. The arrangement by Fazil Say, created as an effective encore, builds on this popularity. Mounted on the still recognizable classic basic level, typical jazz elements such as syncopation of the top tones and embellishment with chromatic blue notes, embedded in sometimes frenzied chains of sixteenth notes, are found - after the first eight bars have been presented originally. In accordance with the improvisational character, Say himself likes to perform his Alla Turca Jazz in other combinations, for example with the accompaniment of jazz singers or with an orchestra. Perhaps it is surprising that Fazil Say, who was born in Turkey and lives there when not on tour, does not trace Mozart's adaptation of genuinely Turkish music closer to its origins, since many of his compositions such as Black Earth or the Violin Sonata are characterized by a subtle touch Combination of classic-romantic tradition, Turkish folk music and jazz elements. In another Mozart arrangement, the ballet music Patara, which premiered in Vienna in 2006, but now composed on the rococo-esque (and almost equally popular) theme from the first movement of the same A major sonata, Say still has the connection denied to the Alla Turca, albeit inthe opposite direction. In distinctive chamber music instrumentation, the piano stands for Western culture, the ney flute for that of the Orient, atmospherically conveyed by sparse percussion and vocalises by a soprano.
SKU: FG.55011-839-3
ISBN 9790550118393.
A new arrangement four piano duet (four hands) of Dmitri Shostakovich's famous Waltz no. 2 for Suite for Variety Orchestra divides melody and accompaniment equally between the two voices.
SKU: HL.49004858
ISBN 9790001051699.
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