By Jonathan Newman. (Score & Parts). Eric Whitacre Concert Band. Size 9x11 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Trombone

SKU: HL.48185634

Composed by Michel Defaye Jean. Leduc. Classical. Softcover. 8 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL29310. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48185634).

UPC: 888680907723. 9.0x12.0x0.069 inches.

French pianist, arranger, composer and conductor, Jean Michel Defaye (b. 1932) entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of ten years old. His successful compositions and arrangements were mainly for brass, In the Style of Debussy, composed in 2002 for Trombone and Piano, being no exception. With a typical performance lasting about five minutes, Defaye's In the Style of Debussy reflects the compositional techniques of Claude Debussy by use of chromaticism, evocative melodic passages, spread chords in the accompaniment and a calm nature. Defaye's passion to explore a variety of preceding composers is clear with In the Style of Debussy being a part of a series which explores the music of many great composers. For all aspiring trombonists wishing to vary and expand their repertoire, In the Style of Debussy by Jean Michel Defaye is essential..

SSATB choir & piano (SATB) - Very Easy

SKU: OU.9780193529571

Composed by Various. Sacred choral - mixed voices. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 4'. Oxford University Press #9780193529571. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193529571).

ISBN 9780193529571. 10 x 7 inches.

For SSATB and piano An arrangement of a well-known hymn by John Adam Granade in which the arching vocal lines are accompanied by a rhythmic, undulating piano part evocative of the rivers the hymn-writer describes. There is also a version for men's voices.

Piano

SKU: HL.48188977

Composed by Reynaldo Hahn. Leduc. Softcover. 86 pages. Heugel & Cie #HE33879. Published by Heugel & Cie (HL.48188977).

UPC: 888680874155. 9.0x12.0x0.32 inches. French.

“Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Mélodie, however his other works have never gone amiss. His The Distraught Nightingale Poems for Piano represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was a magical art and his instrumental compositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Suitable advanced pianists, the first volume of Hahn's The Distraught Nightingale Poems provides pleasant and evocative performance pieces, incorporating a range of expressions, rhythms and other musical features.”.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Percussion, Piano, Tape, Violoncello, soprano voice

SKU: PR.11140180S

For Mezzo-soprano Voice and Chamber Ensemble with Tape. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger. Contemporary. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1969. 52 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40180S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11140180S).

UPC: 680160601691. Text: Nelly Sachs. Nelly Sachs. Text: Five Poems of Nelly Sachs, Translation from German of Nos. I, III and IV by Ruth and Matthew Mead, of No. II by Michael Roloff and No. V by Michael Hamburger.

O The Chimneys is a setting of five poems by Nelly Sachs, the great German-Jewish 1966 Nobel Prize co-winner in literature, whose writing concerned itself almost entirely with the subject of the holocaust. Composed in 1969, the work was my own personal way of saying, through my own art, do not forget. Shockingly, these words have as much relevance today as they did when the work was written. Today we find ourselves having to say do not forget, do not distort, do not deny it ever happened.   I selected the five poems from Sachs' O The Chimneys collection, retaining its grimly evocative title even though I did not include the actual poem by that name. In scoring the work for female voice, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion, I aimed to give myself the broadest possible palette of instrumental colors while using the smallest number of participants. Yet as I was planning the final moments of my cycle, I felt that instrumental sound alone would not suffice to express the horror. An electronic tape segment was added to the work's final climax.   The first two poems (A Dead Child Speaks and Already Embraced by the Arm of Heavenly Solace), both depicting the tearing of a child away from his mother, are treated essentially as one unit, with the first acting as an introduction to the second. These two, and the cycle's apocalyptic fifth poem (Hell is Naked from Glowing Enigmas II), act as the two weighty pillar points, so to speak, surrounding the more introspective two middle poems (Fleeing and Someone Comes). To maximize dramatic differentiation within the constraints of a relentlessly tragic subject matter, I used range as a means to delineate contrast, by dividing the sounds available to me into low and dark (mvt. III) vs. high and, at times, eerily bright (mvt. IV) colors. Thus the two middle poems are intended to balance the frenzied madness of which the work's outer parts are made.   The work received its first performance in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Auditorium on January 19, 1970.   --Shulamit Ran.

Grade 4

SKU: CL.012-4722-01

A Gay Games Anthem. Composed by Galante. Concert Band. Extra full score. Composed 2019. Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications #012-4722-01. Published by Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications (CL.012-4722-01).

Rise: A Gay Games Anthem was commissioned by the Federation of Gay Games to accompany the raising of its official flag. This composition is heroic, uplifting, evocative of achievement, reverent, and welcoming. The work has global appeal, referencing the spirit embodied by the organization's three guiding principles: Participation, Inclusion, and Personal Best.

Composed by Mark Hayes. For SATB choir, piano. Sacred Anthem, Advent, Christmas. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Violin 2 (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 0.2.0.2. - 0.2.3.0. - timp - org - str(without va))

SKU: BR.OB-5329-16

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Franz Beyer. Stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Mass; Classical. Part. Composed 1780. 12 pages. Duration 20'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5329-16. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5329-16).

ISBN 9790004333549. 10 x 12.5 inches.

According to the date inscribed in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's autograph score, the present mass was composed in March 1780. The instrumental setting (oboes, trumpets and timpani add color and festive splendor to the work) rightly suggests that the work was in all likelihood performed with the Church Sonata K. 336 at the Easter high mass in the Salzburg cathedral. Since Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo wanted the mass text to be treated as succinctly as possible, Mozart offered him a richly orchestrated Missa solemnis in the terse form of a Missa brevis.The brilliant, festive character of the Mass K. 337 is abruptly interrupted by a powerful Benedictus in a harsh A minor, the most striking and revolutionary movement in all of Mozart's Masses, in the strictest contrapuntal style ... (Alfred Einstein). What could have inspired Mozart to such unexpected rigor? But there is another surprise yet: while the dark drama of the Holy Week seems to radiate from this Benedictus, the following Agnus Dei in the distant key of E flat major sounds, with its soprano solo and concertante oboe, bassoon and organ, like a song of thanksgiving filled with the warmth and light of Easter.Other features worth noting are the three unisons between the alto and bass heard at the Deus pater omnipotens in the Gloria (bars 22-32), the a cappella illumination of the words Jesu Christe found a little later (bar 62) and the descending chromaticism evocative of death at the Crucifixus in the Credo. (Incidentally, Mozart had initially planned a different movement for the Credo of this mass, superscribed Tempo di Chiaconna; he wrote out 136 bars but, for some unknown reason, never completed it.)While the Coronation Mass K. 317 of 1779 is one of Mozart's most well-known mass settings, its later composed frllow piece K. 337 - Mozart's last completed mass before the great C minor fragment K. 427 (417a) - has been paid less attention, even though it is an outstanding example of the Mozartian mass type and contains parallels to the Coronation Mass in its disposition and in the structure of its various movements. The score and piano reduction of this new edition were prepared on the basis of the autograph (Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek/Vienna, dass. no. Mus. Hs. 18 97512) and the Salzburg performance material (Staats- und Stadtbibliothek/Augsburg, dass. no. Hl. Kreuz 9). We wish to thank both libraries for putting the source material at our disposal.Franz Beyer, Munich, Spring 1998.

Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: XC.HCB2404FS

View from the Moon. Composed by Laura Estes. Harmony Grade 1.5. Contest/Festival. Score. Excelcia Music Publishing #HCB2404FS. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.HCB2404FS).

9 x 12 inches.

Rising Earth evokes images of our lonely planet, suspended like a pale blue dot amidst the cosmos. Composer Laura Estes has crafted a wonderfully evocative new work for the developing concert band. Musicians and audiences alike will delight in the rich harmonies and catchy rhythms. A for sure winner at your next concert.

Psallite Choral Series. Composed by Brad Nix. Sacred Choral. A Cappella, Christmas, Christmas Sacred, Concert. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar solo

SKU: PE.EP68489A

For solo guitar. Composed by Roger Reynolds. Guitar Book. Edition Peters. Living Composer. Performing score. 12 pages. Edition Peters #98-EP68489A. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP68489A).

ISBN 9790300758879.

The image series involves brief complimentary works for a variety of instruments. imagE/ ... is 'evocative', lyrical, symmetrical, continuous, and even tender than image/A ... , which is 'articulate', sectional, tending towards assertion and variety.

Composed by Jay Althouse. Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Secular; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45703).

Clarinet and Piano

SKU: ST.C501

Composed by Rob Hall. Wind & brass music. Clifton Edition #C501. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C501).

ISBN 9790570815012.

Close Encounters for Clarinet in B flat & Piano draws on historic themes connected to the medieval closes (also know as wynds or vennels) of the Scottish burgh town of Lanark, situated in the rural Clyde Valley. Often named after prominent resident business owners, these otherwise unremarkable narrow lanes are given life by the records of their occupiers or through local tales.

Aside from the more self explanatory titles, ‘Luminare’ describes the astronomical interests of electrical pioneer David Hunter; ‘Jumbo Jive’ relates to the legend of an inebriated circus elephant escapee who became stuck in the arch of Wide Close; ‘Amber Sky’ connects the India Ale trade of Brewery Close with an occasional, evocative dusk light that cloaks the town before sunset.

Close Encounters comprises five fascinating and contrasted short movements each set within its own very vivid sound world. The colourful harmonic language is drawn from a number of musical influences including flavours of Jazz, the silver screen and the French impressionists, all adding up to music that is both engaging to play and to listen to. The five movements are set at a comfortable technical level for the intermediate to advanced clarinettist, cover the entire range of the instrument, and the set would make for an intriguing addition to any clarinet recital.

- Paul Harris (composer & clarinettist)

Suitable for intermediate to advanced clarinettists.
Grades 5–8

(Cover painting by Ronnie Cruwys www.drawingthestreet.co.uk).