Trombone and Piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC3136

Composed by John W. Ware. Classical. Score and Parts. Cherry Classics #CC3136. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC3136).

ISBN 9790530111055. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

This fine work has sat dormant for many years and has now come to light thanks to the efforts of Charlie Vernon, Bass Trombonist of the Chicago Symphony, who performed this virtuoso work as a young performer. The concerto is in the standard three movement form: Fast, slow, fast. This publication is a reduction from the original orchestral version (to be released at some point in the future). Here is a description of the Concerto by the composer, John W. Ware. I started on the trombone concerto in my junior year studying composition at Indiana University. While working on it, I learned of an opportunity to make it sort of a thesis piece (though students didn't write a thesis in composition while an undergrad). The original version was for trombone with string orchestra, and it was performed by the IU String Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Arthur Corra, with Robert Priez, trombone, as part of my senior composition recital. I thought the performance was quite good (Priez played extraordinarily well), and the piece received a newspaper review in the Indiana Daily Student, in which the reviewer wrote that the work was almost too exciting. I thought at the time that he had given me and my music a fine compliment. I made a piano version of the accompaniment, shortening and tightening the first movement, for performances in 1966; I made a second revision in 1967 for a performance by E. J. Eaton, trombonist at the University of Tennessee at Martin, arriving at the form in which the work exists now. The first movement is in fairly normal sonata-allegro form, in the key of A minor. It alternates between assertive and more thoughtful moods. There is no introduction; the soloist enters immediately and dominates much of the movement. The main theme is--by some manipulation--a source for most of the other themes, and all of the themes are used in close proximity to each other, including contrapuntal combinations, especially near the end. Originally the movement included a lengthy fugato, now much shortened and including a stretto that builds and subsides before a cadenza leading to a coda based on both the principal and secondary themes. Key relations in this movement, as in the other two, are quite free and often chromatic, with frequent third-relations; but returns to the tonic at the end are emphatic. The writing is challenging for both soloist and accompanist; the piece is substantial, requiring technique and stamina. The second movement is in F minor and is also built on both contrast and close relationships between the main and secondary themes. The main theme is heard in the piano part before the soloist enters. The mood is more lyric than in the first movement, but with dramatic episodes also. In this movement are some definite derivations from themes in the first movement. The ending is a sort of lengthened shadow of the opening. The finale returns to A minor, with themes slightly related to polonaise rhythms, but with strong echoes of first-movement themes. Here, too, dramatic and lyric episodes alternate, with dotted rhythms frequently propelling the music forward. The introduction is a brief and simple preparation for the solo entry. Later in the movement, a very brief, slightly slower section is soon overtaken by the original tempo. Toward the end, there is a second cadenza, again leading to a swift and energetic coda. The work is about 20 minutes in length and is appropriate for advanced performers.

(Newly Composed Fiddle Tunes). Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. For Fiddle and Violin. Transcribed Solos. Cranford Publications. Fiddle Tunes. Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 112 pages

By Queens Own. For Bagpipes. Traditional. Sheet Music. 294 pages. Published by Paterson Ltd.

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 3

SKU: BT.GOB-000326-140

Composed by Andrew R. Mackereth. Score Only. 10 pages. Gobelin Music Publications #GOB 000326-140. Published by Gobelin Music Publications (BT.GOB-000326-140).

A majestic opening which gets a thoroughly sparkling musical follow-up, captivating ensemble and a very well-known hymn are the ingredients of Keep me praising by Andrew Mackareth from the English town of Nuneaton.
His music sets itself apart through it scintillating vitality and spontanity. His feeling for style and melody makes this flashing work into a beautifully balanced composition which will undoubtedly find its way into the concert-stage.
Influences from both jazz and rock furthermore make it an absolute hit. Een majestueuze opening , een spetterend vervolg, bekende hymnes en technische uitdaging zijn de ingrediënten van Keep me Praising.
De muziek vanAndrew Mackereth, uit het Engelse Nuneaton, kenmerkt zich door veelzijdigheid.
Gebaseerd op Sing Hosanna en Praise my soul.
Een aanrader!

Gobelin Music Publications.

Fanfare Band - Grade 3

SKU: BT.GOB-000302-020

Composed by Andrew R. Mackereth. Set (Score & Parts). 10 pages. Gobelin Music Publications #GOB 000302-020. Published by Gobelin Music Publications (BT.GOB-000302-020).

A majestic opening which gets a thoroughly sparkling musical follow-up, captivating ensemble and a very well-known hymn are the ingredients of Keep me praising by Andrew Mackareth from the English town of Nuneaton.
His music sets itself apart through it scintillating vitality and spontanity. His feeling for style and melody makes this flashing work into a beautifully balanced composition which will undoubtedly find its way into the concert-stage.
Influences from both jazz and rock furthermore make it an absolute hit. Een majestueuze opening , een spetterend vervolg, bekende hymnes en technische uitdaging zijn de ingrediënten van Keep me Praising.
De muziek van AndrewMackereth, uit het Engelse Nuneaton, kenmerkt zich door veelzijdigheid.
Gebaseerd op Sing Hosanna en Praise my soul.
Een aanrader!

Gobelin Music Publications.

Orchestra SST Voices, SSAATB Choir, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org - Level 3

SKU: CA.4007604

Symphony cantata. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Douglass Seaton. Carus plus: Innovative practice aids; Sacred vocal music; Carus sheet music series: Vocal scores XL; Stuttgart Editions (Urtext): Stuttgart Mendelssohn Edition; occasions: Praise and thanks. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mendelssohn. XL in large print. Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Praise and thanks. Vocal score. Composed 1840. MWV A 18, Op. 52. 104 pages. Duration 65 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.076/04. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4007604).

ISBN 9790007240912. Language: German/English.

Mendelssohn describes to his friend Klingemann the 1840 work as a 'symphony for chorus and orchestra'... First three symphonic movements, to which 12 choral- and solo- movements are appendaged; the words from the Psalms, and indeed all pieces, vocal and instrumental, are composed in the words 'Everything which has breath, Praise the Lord'; one understands by this that first the instruments give praise in their own way, and then the chorus and the individual voices. This work is now available in carus music, the choir app! Score available separately - see item CA.4007600.