John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra was the most influential band of the 1970s fusion jazz movement. Fresh from turning the jazz world upside down on Miles Davis' immortal In a Silent Way, John McLaughlin teamed with Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Billy Cobham, and Jerry Goodman to form the Mahavishnu Orchestra, an amazing fusion of jazz, blues, rock and Indian music. This book contains John's own miniature scores to 28 classic Mahavishnu songs. Titles: A Lotus on Irish Streams * Awakening * Be Happy * Birds of Fire * Celestial Terrestrial * Commuters * Dawn * Dream * Earth Ship * Eternity's Breath * Faith * Hope * If I Could See * Lila's Dance * Meeting of the Spirits * Miles Beyond * Noonward Race * On the Way Home to Earth * One Word * Open Country Joy * Opus I * Pastoral * Resolution * Sanctuary * Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love * The Dance of Maya * Thousand Island Park * Vital Transformation * You Know, You Know.

New Version 1994-Symphony No. 6 was created in the late 1960s and was first performed in Havana on 26. November 1969 by the Cuban National Orchestra under my direction. This symphony reflects not only the excited atmosphere of awakening during those years but also my efforts to include in the composition the large number of new human and artistic stimuli that I experienced at that time. So the banjo starts to play a Vietnamese song of freedom (Stars in the Night) later the first bars of Mikis Theodorakis hymn of freedom is heard.The second movement is based on the poem Fe de erratas (errata sheet) by Miguel Barnet. In the original version the three parts of the symphony merge withoutinterruption. In the revised version I separated them to make it easier for the audience to register the caesuras which are also internal caesuras as regards content. Apart from strengthening the string sound the most significant alternation in comparison to the first version is that I fully composed all of the aleatoric passages and pitches which originally were to be freely improvised as was the fashion at that time. Thus I wanted to free them the realm of chance and indeterminacy and to bring them back into my artistic control.- Hans Werner Henze

Orchestra and concert promoters long for a public that is excited by music and curious about the modern repertoire. Today there are many ways to awaken this excitement. Musicians as well as music educators are forming new alliances to bring young people and adults into close contact with music.Listening Lab is a new series that offers practical and inspiring approaches for children, young people and adults. Music educators will find general tips for the creative design of programmes for music lovers as well as concrete suggestions that open up and allow for a deeper understanding of each work. / Tout Instrument

Orchestra and concert promoters long for a public that is excited by music and curious about the modern repertoire. Today there are many ways to awaken this excitement. Musicians as well as music educators are forming new alliances to bring young people and adults into close contact with music.Listening Lab is a new series that offers practical and inspiring approaches for children, young people and adults. Music educators will find general tips for the creative design of programmes for music lovers as well as concrete suggestions that open up and allow for a deeper understanding of each work.The present volume considers the Violin Concerto by Alban Berg and aims to help facilitate these journeys. / Violon

'Aethelinda' is Welsh for dragon. This programmatic piece invokes the energy and power of a great winged beast as it awakens from its slumber to wreak havoc on the countryside. Opening with a low string choir, the piece builds to a rousing allegro section and then a soaring fanfare. (6:00) / Orchestre

This book contains John's own miniature scores to 28 classic Mahavishnu songs. Titles: Awakening - Be Happy - Birds of Fire - Celestial Terrestrial - Commuters - Dawn - Dream - Earth Ship - Eternity's Breath - Faith - Hope - Meeting of the Spirits - Miles Beyond - Noonward Race - One Word - Opus I - Pastoral - Resolution - Sanctuary - Vital Transformation - and many more.

This dramatic and best-selling choral classic is now available with orchestration. This moving work of the glory of music is treated with great depth and musical-textual imagery with all its voicings. Available: SSAA (new!); SATB;TTBB; Orchestration Score and Parts; StudioTrax CD.