SKU: FG.55011-906-2

ISBN 9790550119062.

Harri Wessman's Summer Variations for viola and piano (1998) exploites the rich and romantic sound of the viola and enjoys the many shades of summer days. It is dedicated to violist Yuri Gandelsman, who premiered the suite with Risto Lauriala 15th June 1998.

Duration: c. 11'

Movements:
1. Summer theme
2. What is this?
3. Pizzicato
4. Con sordino
5. Stile concitato ostinato
6. Tango
7. Finale

Harri Wessman (b. 1949) is interested in all aspects of music that may be expressive, without in any way ignoring the possibilities of melody. He himself describes his harmonic method as a kind of contrapuntally treated jazz harmony. Wessman is particularly preoccupied with the ability of music to express emotions, an interest which has led him to study the so-called doctrine of the affections and the musical rhetoric of the baroque era. His Eine kleine Figurenlehre for wind quartet and piano is a playful application of a set of baroque musical figures.

His output is dominated by chamber and vocal music as well as a number of concertos for various instruments such as the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and the Serenade for Piano and String Orchestra. During recent years pedagogic music has become a more and more central area in his output with an emphasis on creating repertoire for budding musicians, from beginners to young professionals. He has even tailored some solo and chamber works for young musicians that he personally knows: e.g. Five Trombone Pieces for Minna Kajander (1992), Five Horn Pieces for Jenni Kuronen (1993), Five Piano Etudes for Tiina Karakorpi, Five Trumpet Pieces for Alevtina Parland and Five Double Bass Pieces for Amanda Thieme. Other chamber and solo pieces include Pan and the Nymph Pitys (1979) for flute and guitar, Three Caprices for Konstantin Weitz (1994) for solo violin and Capriccio for wind ensemble (1989).

SKU: SU.00220115

The complete Flute and Piccolo parts [CD-ROM] for the 42 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 4: Tchaikovsky and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmilla, A Life for the Czar Overtures; TCHAIKOVSKY 6 Symphonies, Manfred Symphony, 3 Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto, Rococo Variations, 3 Complete Ballets (Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake), 7 Suites (Mozartiana, Nutcracker, Swan Lake). 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italienne, Francesca da Rimini, Hamlet, March Slav, Mazeppa Overture, Romeo and Juliet, Serenade for Strings, The Tempest, Voyevoda, more (37 works); MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain, Khovantchina Overture Visit for more information

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