SKU: HL.14028036

ISBN 9788759810248. 12.0x16.5x0.537 inches.

This short orchestral piece is a tone poem based on a passage from one of Hans Christian Andersen's lesser known fairytales, THE WIND TELLS ABOUT WALDEMAR DAAE AND HIS DAUGHTERS, a mighty allegory about the transitoriness of Life, about Vanity and Pride and the inevitable victory of Death (alias the wind), whose scything ravaging is sublimely depicted by Andersen in these few, truly breathtaking lines: And Winter rushed, Winter and Summer they rushed, and they rush, like I rush, like the howling snow, the flurrying apple blossom, the scurrying foliage; rush! rush! The people too!.

SKU: HL.14043216

ISBN 9781783056200. English.

Michael Nyman's Musique A Grande Vitesse (MGV) translates as ‘high speed music’ and was commissioned by the Festival de Lille for the inauguration of the TGV North EuropeanParis-Lille line in 1993.

This piece of sheet music runs continuously, but was conceived as an abstract, imaginary journey; or rather five inter-connected journeys, each ending with a slow, mainly stepwise melody which isonly heard in its 'genuine' form when the piece reaches its destination.

Thematic 'transformation' is a key to MGV as a whole. Throughout the piece ideas - rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, motivic, textural -constantly change their identity as they pass through different musical 'environments'.

The opening bars establish both a recurrent rhythmic principle - 9, 11, or 13-beat rhythmic cycles heard against a regular 8 - and aharmonic process - chord sequences (mainly over C and E) which have the note E in common. (Coincidentally, MGV begins in C and ends in E). A later scalic, syncopated figure (again first heard over C, E and A)begins the second section, featuring Brass, in D flat.

The topography of MGV should be experienced without reference to planning, description or timetables. Its tempo changes and unpredictable slowings downbear no logical relation to the high speed of the Paris-Lille journey, while the temptation to treat MGV as a concerto grosso, with the Michael Nyman band as the ripeno, was resisted: more suitably theband (amplified in live performance) lays down the tracks on which MGV runs.

SKU: HL.14041142

French.

SKU: HL.14030080

ISBN 9788759857281. 12.0x16.5x0.485 inches.

Stormen / The Tempest Suite No.2 Op.109 No.3 for Orchestra.

From the music to William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

Partitur / Score

Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk

SKU: HL.14009611

8.5x11.75x0.312 inches.

Full Orchestra score for Edward Elgar's In The South Overture (Alassio) Op.50.

SKU: HL.14022923

ISBN 9788759814413. English.

Springtime On Funen Op.42 by Carl Nielsen for Soprano Solo, Tenor Solo, Bass Baritone Solo, SATB and Children's choirs and Orchestra. Orchestral parts.

SKU: HL.14023305

ISBN 9788759855973. English.

A stuning composition by Per Norgard, Iris for Orchestra dates from 1966-67. This is the full conductor's score.

SKU: HL.14015535

ISBN 9780711986220. 8.25x11.75x0.135 inches.

Howells wrote Penguinski for a visit made to the Royal College of Music in London on 10 May 1933. This score pays light and affectionate tribute to the considerable popularity of Stravinksy in London from the teens of the twentieth century. In Penguinski Howells creates a knockabout piece which shadowboxes Petrushka. Whilst underlining Howells's versatility, the score gives a colourful insight into the prevailing influences of the time, and is an intriguing example of how Stravinsky must have sounded to his English contemporaries.

SKU: HL.14042978

ISBN 9788759827628.

Invisible Cities by Swedish composer, Britta Bystrom . Britta Bystrom 's careful ear for musical qualities such as timbre and resonance has resulted in an idiom that could almost be labeled impressionistic. She began composing already as a teenager and later studied composition at Musikhogskolan in Stockholm with Par Lindgren and Bent Sorensen.

SKU: HL.14043674

ISBN 9781783054725. 12.25x16.75x0.9 inches.

Phaedra by German composer Hans Werner Henze is a 'concert opera' in two acts whose first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera in 2007. Phaedra was Henze 's penultimate opera, and this item presents the full score, with the entire work lasting around 75 minutes. Featuring a unique libretto by Christian Lehnert and sound effects by Francesco Antonioni, this opera presents the wonderful story of Phaedra, filled with drama and fantastic music. This Full Score  presents the work in German and English language, and features detailed instructions for the supplied CD, on which some sound effects are included that are to be used in conjunction with the instruments. Phaedrawas co-commissioned and co-produced by Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Berliner Festspiele, Theatre de la Monnaie Brussels, Alte Oper Frankfurt and Wiener Festwochen. Hans Werner Henze  was a hugely prolific composer who drew influences from a wide number of sources. Phaedra is regarded as among his greatest works and would certainly make for a stunning performance.

SKU: HL.14032844

7.0x10.0x0.262 inches.

A complete musical setting of the Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova's Requiem using the original Russian text, to which some prayers from the Russian Orthodox funeral service have been added by the composer. Duration c. 50mins. Instrumentation:; SOLO SOPRANO; SOLO BASS; 3 HORNS IN F; 3 TRUMPETS IN C; 3 BASS TROMBONES; TIMPANI (2 SETS); PERCUSSION (5 PLAYERS); CELESTE; STRINGS.

SKU: HL.14028645

ISBN 9780853609674.

A facsimile study score for one of Sallinen's most recent works, A Solemn Overture. Orchestration: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 3 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B flat, 3 trombones in C, Tuba, Timpani, Harp and Strings. Duration approximately 10mins.

SKU: HL.14010101

ISBN 9780853606499. 5.5x8.5x0.357 inches.

Miniature score of Elgar's Enigma Variations.

SKU: HL.14042181

ISBN 9781780389943. 12.0x16.5x0.53 inches.

Witold Lutoslawski's Symphony No.2 in full score.