The first comprehensive resource of its kind, Gloriosi contains a treasure trove of ritual music that bridges linguistic, cultural, and musical differences for the liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. Weaving together familiar tunes and ancient chants with newly-composed pieces, Tony Alonso has meticulously crafted the music of Gloriosi to inspire the participation of a diverse assembly during these celebrations at the heart of the liturgical year.   In addition to settings of all of the ritual texts found in the Roman Missal / Misal Romano for the Three Days, this collection contains settings of every prescribed psalm drawn from texts approved for liturgical use in English and in Spanish.    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   El primer recurso completo de su tipo, Gloriosi es un tesoro rebosante de música ritual que supera las diferencias lingüísticas, culturales y musicales para las liturgias del Jueves Santo, Viernes Santo y la Vigilia Pascual. Tejiendo melodías familiares y cantos antiguos con piezas recién compuestas, Tony Alonso ha elaborado meticulosamente la música de Gloriosi para inspirar la participación de una asamblea diversa durante estas celebraciones que están al centro del año litúrgico.    Además de proporcionar los textos rituales que se encuentran en el Misal Romano / Roman Missal para los Tres Días en forma musicalizada, esta colección también ofrece nueva música para todos los salmos prescritos para las liturgias del Triduo utilizando los textos oficiales en español y en inglés.    Disc 1 / Disco 1 Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper / Jueves Santo de la Cena del Señor We Should Glory in the Cross / Que Nuestro Único Orgullo Sea la Cruz • Blessed Be God Forever / Bendito Sea Dios por Siempre (Reception of the Holy Oils / Recepción de los Santos Óleos) • Kyrie, Eleison (Penitential Act / Acto Penitencial) • Our Blessing-Cup / El Cáliz que Bendecimos (Psalm 116 / Salmo 116/115) • Glory to You / Gloria a Ti (Gospel Acclamation / Aclamación del Evangelio) • A New Commandment / Un Mandamiento Nuevo • Love One Another / Ámense Unos a Otros • Lord, Hear Our Prayer / Te Rogamos, Óyenos (Prayer of the Faithful / Oración de los Fieles) • Ubi Caritas • Agnus Dei • Called to the Supper of the Lamb / Llamados al Banquete del Señor • Called to Keep Vigil with the Lord / Llamados a Velar con el Señor (Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament / Traslado del Santísimo Sacramento) • Tantum Ergo Sacramentum     Disc 2 / Disco 2 Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord / Viernes Santo de la Pasión del Señor Into Your Hands / En Tus Manos (Psalm 31 / Salmo 31/30) • Glory to You / Gloria a Ti (Gospel Acclamation / Aclamación del Evangelio) • Adoramus Te (Passion Acclamation / Aclamación para la Pasión) • The Solemn Intercessions of Good Friday / La Oración Universal del Viernes Santo • Behold the Wood of the Cross / Miren el Árbol de la Cruz (The Showing of the Holy Cross / Presentación de la Santa Cruz) • Faithful Cross / Cruz Fiel • Forgive Us, Your People / Perdona a Tu Pueblo • O Come, Let Us Worship / Venid, Oh Cristianos • Called to the Supper of the Lamb / Llamados al Banquete del Señor     Disc 3 / Disco 3 The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night / Vigilia Pascual en la Noche Santa The Easter Proclamation / Pregón Pascual (Exsultet) • Lord, Send Out Your Spirit / Envía Tu Espíritu, Señor (Psalm 104 / Salmo 104/103) • Keep Me Safe, O God / Protégeme, Dios Mío (Psalm 16 / Salmo 16/15) • Let Us Sing to the Lord / Cantemos al Señor (Exodus 15 / Éxodo 15) • I Will Praise You, Lord / Te Ensalzaré, Señor (Psalm 30 / Salmo 30/29) • You Will Draw Water Joyfully / Ustedes Sacarán Agua con Gozo (Isaiah 12 / Isaías 12) • Words of Everlasting Life / Palabras de Vida Eterna (Psalm 19 / Salmo 19/18) • Like a Deer that Longs / Como Busca la Cierva (Psalm 42, 43 / Salmo 42/41, 43/42) • Easter Alleluia / Aleluya Pascual (Psalm 118 / Salmo 118/117) • Litany of the Saints / Letanía de los Santos • Alleluia Popular / Aleluya Popular (Blessing of the Baptismal Water / Bendición del Agua Bautismal) • Alleluia Popular / Aleluya Popular (Baptism / Bautismo) • Alleluia Popular /Aleluya Popular (Acclamation / Aclamación) • Veni Sancte Spiritus (Confirmation / Confirmación) • Alleluia Popular / Aleluya Popular (Sprinkling Rite / Rito de la Aspersión) • Lord, We Ask You, Hear Our Prayer / Te Rogamos, Óyenos (Prayer of the Faithful / Oración de los Fieles) • Called to the Supper of the Lamb / Llamados al Banquete del Señor  .

SKU: BT.DHP-1145615-140

Sting’s song about an Englishman who lives in New York but still sees himself as an outsider became a huge hit for the singer-songwriter and has gone on to be a true classic. The central message ‘Be yourself, no matter what they say’ is as timeless and universal as the melody of the song, which in Roland Kernen’s wind band arrangement is sure to delight your audience.

De Britse singer-songwriter Sting scoorde met dit lied over een Engelsman die in New York steeds een vreemdeling is gebleven, een grote hit, die inmiddels een evergreen is geworden. De boodschap erachter ‘Blijf jezelf, wat ze ook zeggen’ is net zo tijdloos en universeel als de melodie, die in deze blaasorkestversie van Roland Kernen uitstekend tot haar recht komt.

Dem britischen Sänger und Songwriter Sting gelang mit Lied über einen Engländer, der in New York stets ein Fremdling belieben wird, ein großer Hit, der mittlerweile zum Evergreen geworden ist. Die zentrale Botschaft: Bleib du selbst, egal, was sie sagen“ ist jedoch so zeitlos und universal wie auch die Melodie des Liedes, das in Roland Kernens Blasorchesterversion bei jedem Publikum gut ankommen wird.

Le chanteur et compositeur britannique Sting évoque dans cette chanson, l’histoire d’un anglais excentrique qui arrive New York. Le message central : « Soyez vous-même, peu importe ce qu’ils disent » reste toujours actuel et universel, ainsi que la mélodie inoubliable de cette chanson.

In questa canzone il cantante e compositore inglese Sting racconta la storia di un inglese eccentrico che arriva a New York. Il messaggio centrale « siate voi stessi, non importa ciò che gli altri dicono », resta attuale e universale, così come l’indimenticabile melodia di questa splendida canzone.

SKU: MB.30091

ISBN 9781513466378. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Appalachian fiddle music, based on the musical traditions of the people who settled in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States, is widely-known and played throughout North America and parts of Europe because of its complex rhythms, its catchy melodies, and its often-ancient-sounding stylistic qualities. The authors explore the lives and music of 43 of the classic Appalachian fiddlers who were active during the first half of the 20th century. Some of them were recorded commercially in the 1920s, such as Gid Tanner, Fiddlin? John Carson, and Charlie Bowman. Some were recorded by folklorists from the Library of Congress, such as William Stepp, Emmett Lundy, and Marion Reece. Others were recorded informally by family members and visitors, such as John Salyer, Emma Lee Dickerson, and Manco Sneed. All of them played throughout most of their lives and influenced the growth and stylistic elements of fiddle music in their regions. Each fiddler has been given a chapter with a biography, several tune transcriptions, and tune histories. To show the richness of the music, the authors make a special effort to show the musical elements in detail, but also acknowledge that nothing can take the place of listening. Many of the classic recordings used in this book can be found on the web, allowing you to hear and read the music together.

SKU: HL.49046544

ISBN 9781705122655. UPC: 842819108726. 9.0x12.0x0.224 inches.

I composed the Piano Concerto in two stages: the first three movements during the years 1985-86, the next two in 1987, the final autograph of the last movement was ready by January, 1988. The concerto is dedicated to the American conductor Mario di Bonaventura. The markings of the movements are the following: 1. Vivace molto ritmico e preciso 2. Lento e deserto 3. Vivace cantabile 4. Allegro risoluto 5. Presto luminoso.The first performance of the three-movement Concerto was on October 23rd, 1986 in Graz. Mario di Bonaventura conducted while his brother, Anthony di Bonaventura, was the soloist. Two days later the performance was repeated in the Vienna Konzerthaus. After hearing the work twice, I came to the conclusion that the third movement is not an adequate finale; my feeling of form demanded continuation, a supplement. That led to the composing of the next two movements. The premiere of the whole cycle took place on February 29th, 1988, in the Vienna Konzerthaus with the same conductor and the same pianist. The orchestra consisted of the following: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, tenor trombone, percussion and strings. The flautist also plays the piccoIo, the clarinetist, the alto ocarina. The percussion is made up of diverse instruments, which one musician-virtuoso can play. It is more practical, however, if two or three musicians share the instruments. Besides traditional instruments the percussion part calls also for two simple wind instruments: the swanee whistle and the harmonica. The string instrument parts (two violins, viola, cello and doubles bass) can be performed soloistic since they do not contain divisi. For balance, however, the ensemble playing is recommended, for example 6-8 first violins, 6-8 second, 4-6 violas, 4-6 cellos, 3-4 double basses. In the Piano Concerto I realized new concepts of harmony and rhythm. The first movement is entirely written in bimetry: simultaneously 12/8 and 4/4 (8/8). This relates to the known triplet on a doule relation and in itself is nothing new. Because, however, I articulate 12 triola and 8 duola pulses, an entangled, up till now unheard kind of polymetry is created. The rhythm is additionally complicated because of asymmetric groupings inside two speed layers, which means accents are asymmetrically distributed. These groups, as in the talea technique, have a fixed, continuously repeating rhythmic structures of varying lengths in speed layers of 12/8 and 4/4. This means that the repeating pattern in the 12/8 level and the pattern in the 4/4 level do not coincide and continuously give a kaleidoscope of renewing combinations. In our perception we quickly resign from following particular rhythmical successions and that what is going on in time appears for us as something static, resting. This music, if it is played properly, in the right tempo and with the right accents inside particular layers, after a certain time 'rises, as it were, as a plane after taking off: the rhythmic action, too complex to be able to follow in detail, begins flying. This diffusion of individual structures into a different global structure is one of my basic compositional concepts: from the end of the fifties, from the orchestral works Apparitions and Atmospheres I continuously have been looking for new ways of resolving this basic question. The harmony of the first movement is based on mixtures, hence on the parallel leading of voices. This technique is used here in a rather simple form; later in the fourth movement it will be considerably developed. The second movement (the only slow one amongst five movements) also has a talea type of structure, it is however much simpler rhythmically, because it contains only one speed layer. The melody is consisted in the development of a rigorous interval mode in which two minor seconds and one major second alternate therefore nine notes inside an octave. This mode is transposed into different degrees and it also determines the harmony of the movement; however, in closing episode in the piano part there is a combination of diatonics (white keys) and pentatonics (black keys) led in brilliant, sparkling quasimixtures, while the orchestra continues to play in the nine tone mode. In this movement I used isolated sounds and extreme registers (piccolo in a very low register, bassoon in a very high register, canons played by the swanee whistle, the alto ocarina and brass with a harmon-mute' damper, cutting sound combinations of the piccolo, clarinet and oboe in an extremely high register, also alternating of a whistle-siren and xylophone). The third movement also has one speed layer and because of this it appears as simpler than the first, but actually the rhythm is very complicated in a different way here. Above the uninterrupted, fast and regular basic pulse, thanks to the asymmetric distribution of accents, different types of hemiolas and inherent melodical patterns appear (the term was coined by Gerhard Kubik in relation to central African music). If this movement is played with the adequate speed and with very clear accentuation, illusory rhythmic-melodical figures appear. These figures are not played directly; they do not appear in the score, but exist only in our perception as a result of co-operation of different voices. Already earlier I had experimented with illusory rhythmics, namely in Poeme symphonique for 100 metronomes (1962), in Continuum for harpsichord (1968), in Monument for two pianos (1976), and especially in the first and sixth piano etude Desordre and Automne a Varsovie (1985). The third movement of the Piano Concerto is up to now the clearest example of illusory rhythmics and illusory melody. In intervallic and chordal structure this movement is based on alternation, and also inter-relation of various modal and quasi-equidistant harmony spaces. The tempered twelve-part division of the octave allows for diatonical and other modal interval successions, which are not equidistant, but are based on the alternation of major and minor seconds in different groups. The tempered system also allows for the use of the anhemitonic pentatonic scale (the black keys of the piano). From equidistant scales, therefore interval formations which are based on the division of an octave in equal distances, the twelve-tone tempered system allows only chromatics (only minor seconds) and the six-tone scale (the whole-tone: only major seconds). Moreover, the division of the octave into four parts only minor thirds) and three parts (three major thirds) is possible. In several music cultures different equidistant divisions of an octave are accepted, for example, in the Javanese slendro into five parts, in Melanesia into seven parts, popular also in southeastern Asia, and apart from this, in southern Africa. This does not mean an exact equidistance: there is a certain tolerance for the inaccurateness of the interval tuning. These exotic for us, Europeans, harmony and melody have attracted me for several years. However I did not want to re-tune the piano (microtone deviations appear in the concerto only in a few places in the horn and trombone parts led in natural tones). After the period of experimenting, I got to pseudo- or quasiequidistant intervals, which is neither whole-tone nor chromatic: in the twelve-tone system, two whole-tone scales are possible, shifted a minor second apart from each other. Therefore, I connect these two scales (or sound resources), and for example, places occur where the melodies and figurations in the piano part are created from both whole tone scales; in one band one six-tone sound resource is utilized, and in the other hand, the complementary. In this way whole-tonality and chromaticism mutually reduce themselves: a type of deformed equidistancism is formed, strangely brilliant and at the same time slanting; illusory harmony, indeed being created inside the tempered twelve-tone system, but in sound quality not belonging to it anymore. The appearance of such slantedequidistant harmony fields alternating with modal fields and based on chords built on fifths (mainly in the piano part), complemented with mixtures built on fifths in the orchestra, gives this movement an individual, soft-metallic colour (a metallic sound resulting from harmonics). The fourth movement was meant to be the central movement of the Concerto. Its melodc-rhythmic elements (embryos or fragments of motives) in themselves are simple. The movement also begins simply, with a succession of overlapping of these elements in the mixture type structures. Also here a kaleidoscope is created, due to a limited number of these elements - of these pebbles in the kaleidoscope - which continuously return in augmentations and diminutions. Step by step, however, so that in the beginning we cannot hear it, a compiled rhythmic organization of the talea type gradually comes into daylight, based on the simultaneity of two mutually shifted to each other speed layers (also triplet and duoles, however, with different asymmetric structures than in the first movement). While longer rests are gradually filled in with motive fragments, we slowly come to the conclusion that we have found ourselves inside a rhythmic-melodical whirl: without change in tempo, only through increasing the density of the musical events, a rotation is created in the stream of successive and compiled, augmented and diminished motive fragments, and increasing the density suggests acceleration. Thanks to the periodical structure of the composition, always new but however of the same (all the motivic cells are similar to earlier ones but none of them are exactly repeated; the general structure is therefore self-similar), an impression is created of a gigantic, indissoluble network. Also, rhythmic structures at first hidden gradually begin to emerge, two independent speed layers with their various internal accentuations. This great, self-similar whirl in a very indirect way relates to musical associations, which came to my mind while watching the graphic projection of the mathematical sets of Julia and of Mandelbrot made with the help of a computer. I saw these wonderful pictures of fractal creations, made by scientists from Brema, Peitgen and Richter, for the first time in 1984. From that time they have played a great role in my musical concepts. This does not mean, however, that composing the fourth movement I used mathematical methods or iterative calculus; indeed, I did use constructions which, however, are not based on mathematical thinking, but are rather craftman's constructions (in this respect, my attitude towards mathematics is similar to that of the graphic artist Maurits Escher). I am concerned rather with intuitional, poetic, synesthetic correspondence, not on the scientific, but on the poetic level of thinking. The fifth, very short Presto movement is harmonically very simple, but all the more complicated in its rhythmic structure: it is based on the further development of ''inherent patterns of the third movement. The quasi-equidistance system dominates harmonically and melodically in this movement, as in the third, alternating with harmonic fields, which are based on the division of the chromatic whole into diatonics and anhemitonic pentatonics. Polyrhythms and harmonic mixtures reach their greatest density, and at the same time this movement is strikingly light, enlightened with very bright colours: at first it seems chaotic, but after listening to it for a few times it is easy to grasp its content: many autonomous but self-similar figures which crossing themselves. I present my artistic credo in the Piano Concerto: I demonstrate my independence from criteria of the traditional avantgarde, as well as the fashionable postmodernism. Musical illusions which I consider to be also so important are not a goal in itself for me, but a foundation for my aesthetical attitude. I prefer musical forms which have a more object-like than processual character. Music as frozen time, as an object in imaginary space evoked by music in our imagination, as a creation which really develops in time, but in imagination it exists simultaneously in all its moments. The spell of time, the enduring its passing by, closing it in a moment of the present is my main intention as a composer. (Gyorgy Ligeti).

SKU: BT.AMP-035-140

Kaleidoscope is a set of five variations of on the ‘Brugger Lied’ (Brugg Song) which is the traditional song of the town of Brugg. The lyrics tell of the geography, people and traditions of this charming and historic town, which is situated in the north of Switzerland, near to the German border, about halfway between Basel and Zurich.Each variation is based on tiny extracts of the theme, the whole piece therefore resembling the effect of a kaleidoscope, which juxtaposes small fragments of colour in a constantly changing pattern.

Kaleidoscope is een set van vijf variaties op Das Brugger Lied, het traditionele lied van de plaats Brugg. De tekst gaat over de omgeving, inwoners en tradities van deze historische stad, die is gelegen in het noordenvan Zwitserland, dicht bij de Duitse grens, tussen Basel en Zürich. De variaties zijn gebaseerd op minuscule samenvattingen van de thema’s. Zo doet het hele stuk denken aan een caleidoscoop, die bij de kleinste bewegingen steedsweer afwisselende figuren toont.

Kaleidoscope ist ein Set von fünf Variationen zum Brugger Lied, dem traditionellen Lied der Stadt Brugg. Der Text erzählt von der Landschaft, den Menschen und den Traditionen dieser bezaubernden historischen, im Norden der Schweiz gelegenen Stadt. Die Variationen beruhen auf winzigen Auszügen des Themas. So erinnert das ganze Stück an ein Kaleidoskop, das sich aus kleinen Farbelementen in wandelnden Mustern immer wieder neu zusammensetzt.

Kalediscope è un insieme di cinque variazioni sul Brugger Lied, la canzone tradizionale della citt di Brugg. Le parole evocano la posizione geografica, gli abitanti e le tradizioni di questa ridente citt storica situata nel nord della svizzera, vicino alla frontiera con la Germania, tra Basilea e Zurigo. Le variazioni sono basate su brevi estratti del tema, a mo’ di un caleidoscopio che giustappone piccoli frammenti di colori in un motivo in costante cambiamento.