Par SCHWARZ OTTO M.. Nostradamus a e´te´ l?un des plus grands prophe`tes de l?humanite´. Un grand nombre de ses prophe´ties code´es se sont produites telles que pre´dit. Nostradamus vivait au temps de l?Inquisition. Ses pre´dictions astrologiques et ses traitements e´labore´s en tant que me´decin, lui ont valu d?e^tre pourchasse´ par l?E´glise. Devant les menaces des autorite´s religieuses, il devra fuir a` plusieurs reprises. Sa famille pe´rit dans une e´pide´mie de peste et Nostradamus se consacrera a` la clairvoyance. Il commence alors a` re´diger ses pre´dictions code´es dont certaines de´crivent des faits historiques. Bien qu?il y ait plusieurs lectures et interpre´tations possibles, Nostradamus est toujours conside´re´ comme une personnalite´ unique de notre Histoire. Que ses de´tracteurs de´noncent le charlatan ou qu?il soit, au contraire, conside´re´ comme un mythe, ses prophe´ties ont indubitablement marque´ l?humanite´. Depuis 2001, Otto M. Schwarz compose des musiques de films. Avec son ?uvre Nostradamus, il signe le film de la vie de celui qui a e´te´ le plus ce´le`bre prophe`te du mille´naire passe´. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Répertoire / Fanfare

Ideal for a popular school or informal concert. Programme note by Rodney Slatford 2008:Jack Snow Hester was born on 2 March 1907 in Chorlton Lancashire and joined the music profession as a double bass player when he was seventeen. His father Arthur Darrell Hester appears on his birth certificate as 'Manufacturer (chemicals)'; his mother was Minnie Frances Hester formerly Stamp and the family lived in South Manchester. During the 1930s as Norman Hester he worked at Daly's Theatre the Piccadilly Theatre the Palace Theatre and other London variety houses in West End productions. He married Isabella Dawson Davidson on 1 July 1940 in Worcester and shedied in 1973. He died in 2001 after a long period of ill health.During the 1960s Norman was an active freelance player working as an extra bass player with the London symphony orchestras including the BBC. Quite when The Bull Steps Out was written isn't certain but Norman sent me a copy to consider for republishing – it is assumed that the original publication appeared sometime during or just after the war. It was a 'one off' that he probably played for light music evenings in the theatres.The piece has been very popular and has been used for examinations on various syllabuses around Grade 7 level.An unpublished manuscript copy of a double bass 'method' is on file that Norman Hester wrote when he retired but it is mainly a compilation of various scales and exercises similar to many that were published in the early 20th century. A photograph of him as a young man is held at the Royal Society of Musicians in London which he joined in 1930 and of which he was a loyal supporter until he died.

Play with style using Mike Cornick's Style Collection- be it jazz, Afro-Caribbean favourites or the evergreens we all enjoy. Each book with CD focuses on a particular genre and includes well-known pieces in arrangements suitable for the middle-grade player as 'The Darktown Strutters' Ball', 'Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey', 'Ja Da' and more. The CD provides the option of playing along as part of an ensemble which is both confidence-building and fun, while the demonstration tracks for listening are not only inspiring but hugely entertaining. / Piano