SKU: HL.870071
ISBN 9781705150207. UPC: 196288016946. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches.
30 popular melodies at an easy level in solo books for all the instruments in the Essential Elements Band Method. Perfect motivational music for students to play and practice featuring songs by Billie Eilish, Queen, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Star Wars, The Avengers, and more! Titles include: Believer • Blinding Lights • Don't Stop Believin' • Dynamite • Hallelujah • The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) • Let It Go • Señorita • Seven Nation Army • Sucker • This Is Me • We Are the Champions • Wildest Dreams • You Will Be Found • and more.
SKU: HL.48023982
Orcus, presented by the composer in a version for contraforte as well, is a virtuoso solo which gives the instrument the character of a 'bass nightingale'. Mockery and humour, however, are disregarded. This composition rather is a piece of archaic language-like character. Lamenting vocal tones are crossed dramatically by staccatos.
SKU: IS.BC7076EM
ISBN 9790365070763.
It was 1995 when I had the fortune to listen to the freshly published recording of the suites performed by Mstislav Rostropovich. I would have given anything to be able to play them, and this was what inspired me to study the bass clarinet. The series of diverse emotions which I subsequently experienced made me see Music in a completely new way. I began learning them slowly, inevitably adapting the text. As I discovered their educational value, the knowledge of harmonic structures, forms and stylistic features gradually evolved within me. Over 20 years I have studied various editions and listened to the meaning which these suites have had for many famous performers. I pleasantly discovered the commendable work of other clarinettists who in turn have dedicated themselves to approaching this composer with the bass clarinet. The objective of this version isn’t to impose conditions on how to play the suites. We carried out unique research into the coherence of the text, based on the manuscripts of Anna Magdalena Bach and Johann Peter Kellner. The choice to remove any type of articulation and agogic was made in order to encourage the development of personal interpretation, which obviously requires a fundamental investigation of the sources. This edition comes with 4 versions of the suite. The reason behind producing four versions (which are in different keys and tones) is because every musician has their own tastes and tendencies. Personally, I prefer the bass clef transposed to B flat because I find the bass clef to be the most appropriate for the spirit of the low instrument.
