SKU: IS.BC6930EM

ISBN 9790365069309.

Sohrab Uduman read music at the University of Surrey and went on to study composition at the University of Birmingham, receiving his PhD in 1993. His music has received several awards, including an international prize at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music, The Bourges International Competition for Electroacoustic Music, the George Butterworth award and the Oskar Back Foundation Prize for Young European Composers. Sohrab Uduman's music has featured at many festivals, including the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music, The Spitalfields Festival, the Cheltenham International Festival of Music, Darmstadt, Britten Festival Brugges and Agora Festival at the Centre Georges Pompidou Paris. This composition was written for bass clarinet soloist Sarah Watts, who did extensive research on bass clarinet multiphonics. This piece is a great illustration on the integration of multiphonics in contemporary music.

SKU: FG.55011-334-3

ISBN 9790550113343.

Composer, pianist and conductor Kirmo Lintinen is equally at home in jazz as in the world of classical music. Since the turn of the millennium, his main job has specifically been composing concert music. Stylistically, he has found his biggest inspiration in the Baroque and in early 20th-century Neoclassicism. He composed Rieha (Frolic) as a commission from the Crusell Music Festival in Uusikaupunki, Finland, as the obligatory piece for its international clarinet competition, and it was premiered by the semi-finalists in July 2009.
The first part of Rieha is dominated by spurting arpeggios, trills and changing tempos. Following this impulsive opening is a brief respite, after which the piano and clarinet begin competing, tossing each other quick, accented semiquaver figures. The rhythm soon becomes syncopated and the piece enters the longest section, a sort of hypertuned, lurching ragtime. The closing section recalls all the work's motifs before burning itself out and vanishing like smoke.
Rieha is a consummate virtuoso piece demanding nimble fingers, sharp articulation and a command of tone in all the clarinet's registers. The piano is more than just an accompanying instrument; it is an equal partner. The biggest challenge for the players is synchronising their parts: the changing tempos and metres, and the alternation of quick figures keep the performers on their toes and the audience alert.

SKU: HL.50606651

ISBN 9781705199831. UPC: 196288153580.

The title of this solo piece, written for the former Rondino festival of Hegymagas and for the tireless performer of contemporary clarinet music, Csaba Klenyán, evokes the atmosphere of the Balaton highlands. The dramaturgy, moving from long, sustained notes to virtuosic runs, evokes the specific acoustics of the small church of Hegymagas. János Malina rightly compared this composition to the elation of Shakespeare's monologues.

SKU: HH.HH397-SOL

ISBN 9790708146148.

Solo Uno was completed in summer 2015 and first performed by Nicholas Cox in a July recital at the International Clarinet Festival in Madrid. It consists of three contrasting movements: a moderately paced first movement that shifts in character towards the end, a slow, meditative middle movement, and a brisk, folksy finale.

SKU: BT.AMP-072-400

English-German-French-Dutch.

This series aims to present the significant concert band works of Philip Sparke in a format that enables any player to study their music whether or not they get the chance to play these pieces with their own band.

Voor dit boek heeft Philip Sparke zeven van zijn stukken voor harmonieorkest geselecteerd om muzikanten in staat te stellen ze te oefenen met behulp van professionele opnamen. Ideaal om eens wat nieuws te spelen of om indruk op dedirigent te maken door stukken in te studeren voordat de partijen zijn uitgedeeld! Inhoud: Hanover Festival • To a New Dawn • Portrait of a City • The Year of the Dragon • Kaleidoscope • The White Rose • Time Remembered

Philip Sparke wählte aus seinen Werken sieben Stücke aus, die Sie mit Unterstützung von professionellen Aufnahmen auf der CD zu Hause einstudieren können. Eine ideale Gelegenheit, einmal etwas Neues einzustudieren, oder Ihren Dirigenten mit den selbst erworbenen Künsten zu überraschen.

Sept oeuvres du brillant compositeur anglais Philip Sparke avec accompagnement d’Orchestre d’Harmonie.