SKU: FH.VC3

ISBN 978-1-55440-539-8.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.
Baroque and Classical Repertoire:
Trio Sonata in D Minor (La Follia), RV 63 - Vivaldi, Antonio arr. arpad Pejtsik
Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F2 - Telemann, Georg Philipp arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 - Handel, George Frideric
- Third Movement
Suite No. 3 - Caix d'Hervelois, Louis de arr. L.-R. Feuillard
- Eleventh Movement: Musette (La Brantes)
Ave Verum Corpus (Hail, True Body), K 618 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Jason Gray
Concertino No. 5 in D Major - Breval, Jean-Baptiste arr. Pierre Ruyssen
- First Movement
Traditional and Romantic Repertoire:
Norweigian Dance, op. 35, no. 2 - Grieg, Edvard arr. Christine Donkin
Prelude in B Minor, op. 28, no. 6 - Chopin, Frederic arr. Jason Noble
El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds) - Catalan Christmas carol arr. Jason Gray
On Wings of Song, op. 34, no. 2 - Mendelssohn, Felix
L'elephant (The Elephant) - Saint-Saens, Camille
Standchen (Serenade), D 957, no. 4 - Schubert, Franz
Repertoire Composed After ca 1930
My Blue 'Cello - Gout, Alan
Rondo - Matz, Rudolf
Just Passing By - Wedgwood, Pam
Fuego Espanol! (Spanish Fire!) - Birston, Harold
Minuet, op. 19, no. 3 - Squire, William Henry
Langsam (Slowly) - Hindemith, Paul.

SKU: HL.14017469

UPC: 884088812041. 8.5x11.0x0.419 inches.

Composer's Note When I considered the ensemble of eight cellos, I first thought of matt and dark textures. I also wanted to go back to some ideas on symmetry. While I was pondering all that, I saw snow flakes falling from the dark sky of the Finnish autumn. Focusing on the snow, the idea of writing variations on it and its various forms became clearer in my mind.Nuages de neige is a uniform and linear texture in which I realise my first impressions of that ensemble. The two Etoiles de neige are based on the idea of symmetry and repetition: the first one develops up to a certain point where it doubles back as in a mirror image, the second one consists of eight sections in which the harmonic structure is repeated, as well as a linear gesture that becomes ever more present. Aguilles de glace focuses on different pizzicati and superimposed ostinati. With Fleurs de neige I sought to recall the texture of those harmonic trills at the end of the first section, although more airy and diversified here. Kaija Saariaho.