SKU: HL.224731
ISBN 9781495090325. UPC: 888680671761. 9.0x12.0x0.312 inches.
Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop songs! Songs include: Another Brick in the Wall • Billie Jean • Dust in the Wind • Easy • Free Bird • Girls Just Want to Have Fun • Hey Jude • I'm a Believer • Jessie's Girl • Lean on Me • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Livin' on a Prayer • My Girl • Piano Man • Pour Some Sugar on Me • Reeling in the Years • Stand by Me • Sweet Home Alabama • Take Me Home, Country Roads • With or Without You • You Really Got Me • and more.
SKU: HL.14045629
ISBN 9788438706237. Spanish.
SKU: HL.14028929
Written for Moray Welsh whilst still an undergraduate at York University. This piece was completed in mid-September. Inspired by Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf. A solo 'cello seemed an appropriate medium for music which might explore the character of Harry Haller, with his desire for bourgeois comfort and his strong misanthropic and suicidal tendencies. The opening theme attempts to express this - melancholy, nostalgic, a bit Biedermeyer (cf. Brahms Intermezzi). The basic theme of the book, at its simplest, is that every human personality consists of hundred of different personalities - within every man there lurks a wolf. Accordingly the tendency of my piece is for all its musical material to become distorted, either by thematic transformation or by changes of timbre. There are three movements played without a break. The first is a character portrait of the Steppenwolf. The second is concerned in the most general sort of way with the dance elements in the novel - Harry's being taught to dance and appreciate low 'popular' music - a tango is recapitulated in a waltz and 'Yearning', a popular song of the time (1927) is hinted at. The third movement concerns the Masked Ball and the Magic Theatre. Mozart is one of Hesse's great loves and he is repeatedly mentioned in the book. Inevitably some Mozart quotes have been worked in, the most significant being a reference to The Magic Flute 'fire and water' flute theme in the middle of the second movement. Long before I finished the piece, I was disenchanted with the work of Hesse. Much of Steppenwolf I now find rather embarrassing and the claims currently made for Hesse's greatness seem to me exaggerated. Since my piece is in no important sense programmatically specific, this change of heart doesn't really matter. ~ David Blake.
SKU: SU.29120150
Aurora Borealis for solo cello evokes the mystery and drama of the northern lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. The Aurora Borealis was out. It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater. In colors of rose and lavender and purple it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. What a thing to see!... ― John Steinbeck Level of difficulty - music school student to professional Solo Violoncello Duration: 6' Composed: 2020 Published by: Todd Mason Aurora Borealis for Solo cello (Youtube):.
SKU: BR.EB-9074
ISBN 9790004179499. 9 x 12 inches.
World premieres:I version for flute: Wiesbaden, 1972II version for piano: Nyon, 1972III version for var. insts.: Cologne, May 29, 1976VI version for accordeon: Fribourg, June 25, 1987VIII version for violoncello Tokyo: October 14, 1989X version for organ: Stuttgart, March 28, 2018This work (A Breath of the Untimely) was first written for solo Flute and dedicated to Aurele Nicolet. Its bears the subtitle Lament on the Loss of Musical Thought - some Madrigals for Solo Flute or Flute with any other Instruments. This serves as a playing instruction but doubles at the same time as an outmoded programme: it refers back to the musical origin of the opening lamenting motif, a tradition which was once of its time but is not of our time - namely the Lamento genre which gave the title to the Chaconne in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas. Almost simultaneously I wrote a second version for Piano (for Piano one-and-a-half hands), which already formulates possible approaches for the performer, in some detail, to the indicated, quasi-canonic version of the piece in the programme. The multiple version Ein Hauch von Unzeit III realizes a concrete version of a formal state which floats between strict canon and aleatoric principles: each of the musicians who are spread throughout the hall introduces their own idiomatic translation of the flute part. And so the music exists, omnipresent, not only spatially throughout the hall, but also formally in a sort of fluctuating simultaneity. For that reason, it was my express wish to any potential interpreter that they should construct entirely their own version of the piece. A healthy number of musicians have responded to my suggestion - versions of the piece have now been made for guitar (Cornelius Schwehr, Gunther Schneider), accordion (Hugo Noth), double bass (Fernando Grillo), violin (Hansheinz Schneeberger), viola, violoncello, and double bass (trio basso, Koln), violoncello (Michael Bach), trombone (Andrew Digby) and, created by myself, a sung version for voice (to words by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel und Max Bense), and for viola.The most important requirement for the whole piece is absolute stillness, which should as far as possible emanate from the performer. The pauses are occasionally in this respect the most important element. These may, if one can find the necessary stillness, become very long.Ein Hauch von Unzeit (A Breath of the Untimely) - time almost dissolves!(Klaus Huber, 1989/2014 - translation: David Alberman)CD:Jean-Luc Menet (Bass flute)CD Traversieres 120.270Jean-Luc Menet (fl)CD STR 37039Bibliography:Zimmermann, Heidy: Zeitgestaltung im Kompositionsprozess bei Klaus Huber - dargestellt anhand von Skizzen, in: Mnemosyne. Zeit und Gedachtnis in der europaischen Musik des ausgehenden 20. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Dorothea Redepenning und Joachim Steinheuer, Saarbrucken: Pfau 2006, S. 90-109World premiere: VIII version for violoncello Tokyo: October 14, 1989.
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.
SKU: HL.49044838
ISBN 9790220134418. UPC: 841886027602. 9.0x12.0x0.067 inches.
Vier Seiten for violoncello is an attempt to present an event that in reality takes about two seconds in extreme slow motion, thus making even the micromovements visible or audible beyond the straight line of motion.When I composed the piece, the fatal accident of Ayrton Senna came to my mind again and again - an accident which was shown on TV in slow motion again and again until it became unbearable. The fast motion of the car immediately before the crash into a concrete wall, a motion which was no longer purposeful but out of control and which had the car pulled to and fro and from side to side, was followed by that crash. In this extreme slow motion, it is no longer shown as a crash but as the fast telescoping of carbon fibre, metal and human body parts.After this crash, as a postlude so to speak, everything suddenly slowed down, tyres and automotive particles floating in the air, the torso of the vehicle swinging until the motion stopped. It was not until this moment that I realized that the whole presentation of the incident had been accompanied by paralyzing silence.- Thomas LarcherVier Seiten is a response to Ayrton Senna's fatal car accident, portrayed in slow motion, as it was repeatedly shown on television at the time. In this poignant work, a violent fast section represents the crash, followed by a long epilogue, reflecting the apparent stillness of the immediate aftermath.
SKU: BR.EB-9135
ISBN 9790004182550. 12 x 9 inches.
Immer wieder stelle ich beim Horen und beim Beobachten von Horhaltungen in Proben und Konzerten fest, dass wir uns im Zeitalter der Medien so an das Horen uber Lautsprecher (Schallplatte, CD, Video, Radio, Fernsehen etc.) gewohnt haben, dass durch die Alltaglichkeit solcher Klangbilder das Empfinden fur die Qualitat RAUM fast verkummert ist. Lautsprecher simulieren RAUM bereits in ihrer Sende-Information. Ihre Fahigkeit, Raumlichkeit aus dem realen RAUM, in den sie ihren Klang abstrahlen, zu gewinnen, ist dagegen ausserst gering. Umgekehrt scheint es in der Natur des Instrumentalklangs zu liegen, vollkommen im RAUM aufgehen zu konnen, gerade in ihm das Neue, Einmalige seines Klingens zu finden und mit ihm erst das Klangleben aufbauen zu mussen. Im Prozess des ,,..... in die Stille-Gehens hat der Cellist Tone und Klange zu realisieren, die bis zum siebenfachen Piano reichen. Dies sollen jedoch keine Lautstarken sein, die eine blosse Erweiterung der Lautstarkenskala ins Unhorbare sind, sondern eher die Realisierung einer besonderen Form von RAUM-KLANG. Die Wirkung des Instruments als Ort der Abstrahlung verringert sich dadurch zugunsten eines Klangs, der sozusagen nur noch im RAUM alleine, wie ,,insistierend, vorhanden zu sein scheint. Es ist die schwebende Prasenz einer Beinahe-Lautlosigkeit wie etwa im Goethe-Vers ,,In allen Wipfeln spurest du/kaum einen Hauch. Je lautloser, desto prasenter! (Nicolaus A. Huber, 27. Juli 1998) Bibliography : ,,Es gibt Dinge, die sind richtig, aber sie ruhen. Nicolaus A. Huber im Gesprach mit Michael Struck-Schloen , in: MusikTexte, Heft 154 (August 2017), S. 31-37.World premiere: Furth, November 8, 1998.
SKU: HL.48183212
Couperin's Concert Pieces for Cello and String Quartet accompaniment is an exciting addition to the string repertoire for its slightly unusual instrumentation. Francois Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish him from other members of the musical family. Concert Piecesis made up of five movements; 1) Prelude, 2) Sicilienne, 3) The Trumpet, 4) The Complaint, and 5) Devil's Air. Couperin's moods are expressed through choices of keys, adventurous harmonies and discords. With a significant amount of variation and inspiration, Concert Pieces is essential to the repertoire of aspiring, advanced String Quartets and solo cellists..
SKU: BO.B.3726
Written in 2001, this work was conceived by the need to enlarge the repertoire of works for solo cello, an important goal since the repertoire of such works is limited. Most cellists are limited to performances of such well-known solo works as the Suites of Bach, written almost 300 years ago, as well as other classics of the genre by Max Reger, Zoltan Kodaly, Benjamin Britten, Gaspar Cassado, Enric Casals, etc.The intention of the Suite Exotique is to revolutionize the concept of the Baroque suite by transforming the suite into a collection of modern dances, which are both contemporary and widely recognized today. Thus, the dances of the Baroque suite, such as Allemande, Courante, Sarabande are substituted for the Tango, Milonga, Blues in such a way that the traditional formal structure of six movements of Baroque dances is modernized by rhythms and contemporary styles which coexist in the Modern world, but are separate from and do not pertain to those works which are normally considered to belong to the realm of cultured music.Apart from the fusion represented by the mixture of a Baroque genre with modern, urban musical language found in this work, the subtitle exotica is appropriate due to the originality of writing such a work for cello solo. This work allows the interpreter to explore and take full advantage of their technical, artistic and expressive abilities.This work establishes a total symbiosis between the instrument and the evolutionary transformation of its musical language which in turn creates a style adapted to the expressive requirements of the work itself. The specific techniques and qualities of the cello are placed in service of the required style and concept of each movement of the Suite. At the same time those stylistic characteristics are transformed and adapted to the particular characteristics of the cello and taking full advantage of the instruments polyphonic, sonic, aesthetic qualities as well as its timbre.The Suite Exotique was premiered in August, 2003 during the International Music Festival of Ibiza by the Russian cellist Svetlana Tovstukha.
SKU: FH.VCE1
ISBN 978-1-55440-548-0.
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. Reaching beyond the realm of examination preparation, this series offers one comprehensive volume of Orchestral Excerpts to prepare developing cellists for standard orchestral literature and audition requirements. Bowing and fingering suggestions follow established principles of orchestral playing and are provided to assist students in making stylistically informed performance decisions.Level 5:Prelude - Cohen, MaryEtude in D Minor - Noelck, August arr. Francis GrantEtude in E Minor - Kummer, Friedrich AugustSpanish Pizzicato - Legg, PatEtude in C Major, op. 76a, no. 5 - Popper, DavidBusy Bees - Mooney, RickEtude in D Minor - Feuillard, Louis R.Etude in A flat Major - Matz, RudolfPolly Wolly Doodle - American minstrel song arr. Rick MooneyEtude in A Major - Schroeder, CarlLevel 6:Etude in D Major, op. 76a, no. 7 - Popper, DavidLooping the Loop - Cohen, MaryMetal Cellos - Mooney, RickScherzo, op. 31, no. 4 - Lee, SebastianEtude in D Minor - Matz, RudolfEtude in E Minor - Dotzauer, FriedrichMarch, op. 68, no. 2 - Kabalevsky, DmitriVocalise in G Minor - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in F Minor - Kummer, Friedrich AugustLevel 7:Gigue Positions - Legg, PatRide Like the Wind! - Cohen, MaryRussian Song - Mooney, RickDance, op. 68, no. 3 - Kabalevsky, DmitriEtude in G Major - Feuillard, Louis R.Light Bowing, op. 31, no. 15 - Lee, SebastianEtude in F Minor - Matz, RudolfEtude in G Major - Dotzauer, FriedrichEtude in B flat Major, op. 75a, no. 10 - Popper, DavidVocalise in G Major - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in G Minor, op. 57, no. 6 - Kummer, Friedrich AugustLevel 8:Etude in D Major - Matz, RudolfExercise on the Trill, op. 31, no. 20 - Lee, SebastianThe Coyote's Bark - Mooney, RickEtude in D Minor - Dotzauer, FriedrichVocalise in C Major, op. 8, no. 6 - Bordogni, MarcoEtude in D Major, op. 35, no. 2 - Franchomme, Auguste-JosephEtude in D Minor - Grant, FrancisEtude in A flat Major, op. 21, no. 12 - Buechler, FerdinandScherzo, op. 68, no. 5 - Kabalevsky, DmitriChromatic Etude - Schroeder, Carl.
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