SKU: FG.55011-510-1
ISBN 9790550115101.
Matthew Whittall's preface to Bright Ferment (2019): I have a complicated history with the string quartet. Actually, it's not that complicated. I spent months writing a huge one in my early twenties and hastily withdrew it after a long delayed premiere, vowing never to write another. In a typical case of karmic retribution, my fear of the form would eventually be overcome by the unrefusable offer to write the compulsory piece for the Banff International String Quartet Competition in my native Canada. The short duration requested, about nine minutes, also felt like a good way to wade gingerly back into the medium. The title was originally just a nice-sounding pair of words that surfaced in a brainstorming session with fellow composer Alex Freeman over an injudicious amount of fermented barley. When I looked it up later, I found that it was a phrase of older coinage, seemingly used more for poetic resonance than any fixed meaning. Ferment by itself denotes a state of confusion, change or lack of order. With bright, it takes on a more positive connotation with regard to society and creativity: a wild profusion of ideas barely checked by reason. (It may not actually mean that, but it describes this piece nicely, so let's go with it.) Fermentation in its trendy culinary usage is also hinted at via a recurrent percolating device of scattered pizzicati. As one may guess from the tone of this introduction, there is little attempt at gravity in Bright Ferment, the only means by which I felt I could sidestep the historical and expressive weight of the string quartet genre. Styles, gestures and moods are tossed around, cross-cut and abandoned in stream-of-consciousness fashion, connected by little except an intuitive sense of rightness in their juxtaposition. If the piece acquires depth in spite of me, it will only be because its disparate parts amplify and strengthen each other simply by being together - much like the ensemble itself. Bright Ferment was commissioned by the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with additional funding from the Americas Society (New York), for the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Duration: ca. 9 minutes.
SKU: PR.16400222S
UPC: 680160037841.
This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection. The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour. In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature. The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales. The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey. Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.
SKU: BT.DHP-1185968-070
ISBN 9789043156707. English-German-French-Dutch.
Con te partirò, which also became famous under the title Time to Say Goodbye, has burned itself into the collective musical consciousness above all in the interpretation by the blind Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli. In the 1990s this song raced up the singles charts and has since become almost indispensable at farewell celebrations, especially in the world of sports. Thanks to Anthony Grögersâ?? expressive arrangement, string quartets now have the opportunity to let this wonderful song ring out on suitable occasions, guaranteed to awaken the emotionsâ?¦Con te partirò, ook bekend onder de titel Time to Say Goodbye, heeft in de versie van de blinde Italiaanse tenor Andrea Bocelli een plek in ons collectieve muzikale geheugen veroverd. In de jaren negentig van de vorige eeuw bestormde het nummer de hitlijsten, en sindsdien is het bij afscheidsceremonies, met name in de sportwereld, nauwelijks nog weg te denken. Dankzij Anthony Grögers expressieve bewerking hebben strijkkwartetten nu ook de mogelijkheid om dit prachtige lied bij passende gelegenheden ten gehore te brengen en daarmee ongetwijfeld een gevoelige snaar te raken.Con te partirò, auch unter dem Titel Time to Say Goodbye berühmt geworden, hat sich vor allem in der Interpretation durch den blinden italienischen Tenor Andrea Bocelli in das kollektive Musikgedächtnis eingebrannt. In den neunziger Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts stürmte der Titel die Single-Charts und ist seitdem bei groÃ?en Abschiedsveranstaltungen, insbesondere im Sport, kaum noch wegzudenken. Dank Anthony Grögers ausdrucksvollem Arrangement haben nun auch Streichquartett-Formationen die Möglichkeit, bei passenden Anlässen das wunderschöne Lied erklingen zu lassen. Da sind die Emotionen garantiert â?¦La chanson « Con te partirò » (« Avec toi je partirai ») est un véritable succès international gr ce son interprétation par le ténor italien Andrea Bocelli, qui lâ??a popularisée au Royaume-Uni sous le titre « Time to Say Goodbye ». Montée en flèche au hit-parade dans les années 1990, cette chanson est devenue incontournable lors des cérémonies dâ??adieux, notamment lors dâ??événements sportifs. Lâ??arrangement expressif dâ??Anthony Gröger permet aux quatuors cordes de faire sonner cette merveilleuse mélodie évocatrice lors dâ??événements appropriés.
SKU: AP.36-52703310
ISBN 9781621569824. UPC: 660355109768. English.
A marvelous collection Cole Porter classics that are arranged to be both accessible by younger musicians and appropriate for professionals. Songs: 1. All of You 2. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 3. I've Got You Under My Skin 4. I Love You 5. What Is This Thing Called Love? 6. It's All Right With me .
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SKU: HL.48025321
UPC: 196288175414.
The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for soprano and orchestra, Eliza Aria introduces Princess Elisa and expresses her pure soul, innocence and belief in the goodness of the world: Without saying a word, she must weave stinging nettles into cloth to save her enchanted brothers. The short, enchanting vocalise is perhaps Elena Kats-Chernin's best-known creation and went around the world as music in a promotional video on YouTube. It is now available in numerous versions for `ifferent instruments and instrumentations.
SKU: HL.48025322
UPC: 196288175421.
SKU: HL.48025327
UPC: 196288175476.
SKU: HL.48025326
UPC: 196288175469.
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