SKU: PR.UE038029
UPC: 803452073116.
In a true performance piece, Igudesman starts us off, appropriately, with Jingle Bells, but a Jingle Bells heard through his ears. This polite opening quickly morphs into an Igudesman-style Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, followed by other surprises of sacred and secular bent. His opening note, Kind of Christmassy with a touch of Hannukah, is apt, as his (recommended) sung We Wish You a Merry Christmas leads directly into I Have a Little Dreidel. Timid violinists are advised to stick with the generic Silent Night (which, surprisingly, also makes an appearance here, along with Auld Lang Syne). True performers of advanced skills will want to work this oddity into their holiday program this year. Christmas Confusion is challenging for both players, but will delight audiences with surprising quotes from familiar materials.
SKU: PR.144407530
ISBN 9781491136614. UPC: 680160687992.
A violinist herself, Lauren Bernofsky has described SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN as drawn from autobiographical inspiration, including gestures from Bachâ??s beloved Partita in E Major. Bernofsky opens with a Preludio movement whose references to Bach may be disguised, but they are surely lurking. The second movement is lusciously contrapuntal with the idiomatic finesse of a violinist composing for her own instrument, while musically journaling the emotional pain of living through 2020. The third and final movement is aptly marked â??white-hot,â? and the music certainly is.My SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN was commissioned by violinist Megan Healy as part of The Maud Powell Project, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The project included the creation of five new works for solo violin inspired by and dedicated to the memory of pioneering American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920). Healy premiered the sonata on May 8, 2021 at PianoForte Studios in Chicago.Among the works Powell most frequently performed in her recitals was the â??Preludioâ? movement from Bachâ??s E major Partita, and I decided to refer to that music in my own first movement, also titled â??Preludio.â? The beginning subtly reflects Bachâ??s opening three-note motive, wherein the music dips down a semitone and then comes back up. This melodic material returns throughout the movement in various forms. I also refer to Bachâ??s sixteenth-note dominated texture, and the gesture in the third measure, which outlines a perfect fifth and then fills it in with notes that alternate between a scale and a pedal tone. The corresponding passage in my piece occurs in the same place, measure 3. Apart from these references to Bach, my sonata is much more modern sounding, especially in its chromatic character.I was still thinking of Bachâ??s solo violin writing while composing the second movement, particularly the polyphonic nature of the slow movements, where the melodic interest moves around between the voices. Emotionally, I wanted my movement to reflect the acute sadness I had been experiencing over the political and social situation in the United States as I wrote the piece. I realized that this is a historically noteworthy time in U.S. history, marked not only by political unrest, but also by a challenge to the very values that I consider essential to what makes a person fundamentally human. I wanted to create a record of that pain in my music.The final movement is marked â??White-hot.â? It is imbued with a relentless, passionate intensity. Wanting again to reflect aspects of our own time, I included glissandi that refer to rock music, specifically the â??fall-offsâ? I frequently hear played by electric guitarists. I borrowed from another (completely different) musical tradition as well, one that is near-and-dear to my heart: Klezmer. Klezmer (Eastern European Jewish folk music) is characterized in part by scales colored by augmented seconds, and is often performed by solo instrumentalists who improvise embellishments like quick grace notes. The second, more lyrical theme in this movement is my nod to Klezmer style.While this piece is an homage to Maud Powell, I also think of it as my own musical autobiography, as it combines some of my favorite aspects of music, and is played on my own instrument.
SKU: BT.DHP-1002060-400
ISBN 9789043110068. International.
This book contains easy arrangements of 16 popular Christmas carols for instrumentalits with play-along CD backing.
Contents: Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen - Deck the Halls - O Tannenbaum - O du fröhliche - Jingle Bells - Engel auf den Feldern singen- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Stille Nacht - Once in Royal David´s City - Vom Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt - Ding Dong Merrily on High - The First Noël - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Good King Wenceslas - Good Christian Men, Rejoice - We Wish YouA Merry ChristmasDit boek bevat 16 sfeervolle internationale kerstliederen. Sechzehn internationale Weihnachtslieder mit einer fantasievollen Begleitung auf CD. 16 mélodies du temps de Noël et de l'Avent sont rassemblées dans ce recueil. Questa pubblicazione contiene arrangiamenti facilitati di 16 brani natalizi per flauto dolce con CD play-along.
SKU: HL.49019819
ISBN 9790001196673. UPC: 841886021112. 9.25x12.0x0.06 inches.
Every player may imagine a wishful portrait for this short elegiac piece. Musically inspired by contrasting works such as 'Portrait for Tracy' by the jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius and the Saraband in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, it is a compulsory piece at the international music festival PACEM IN TERRIS Bayreuth 2014.
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