SKU: MA.EMR-47287
Opus 4.
SKU: WD.080689183331
UPC: 080689183331.
SKU: PR.41641423L
UPC: 680160602094. 11 x 14 inches.
Colonnade is inspired by Albanys majestic New York State Board of Education Building, and written on a commission from the Albany Symphony Orchestra. It was an intriguing task, in part because in order to accept the commission I had to agree to write a work inspired by a building I had not yet seen. This problem was compounded by the fact that, for me, the very notion of extra-musical inspiration is a complex one, particularly with respect to literary or visual sources. I generally find ideas and abstracted notions more generative of musical ideas than specific ones (a poem, an experience, a painting). So when I went to see and tour the building, I sought to identify fundamental formal aspects of the building which I could process into musical ideas, and would then be linked to the building through a sense of formal relationship. In the end, two characteristics of the building stood out as noteworthy and undiminished by time (compared with, for instance, the buildings rotunda, which contains a series of quaintly outdated allegorical paintings): the exterior colonnade and a beautiful interior vaulted ceiling, designed by Rafael Guastavino. For me, a colonnade acts as a metaphor for the tension between knowledge and perception. We all know, for instance, that the columns are of the same height and are equidistant from each other. Nevertheless, while the mind understands this fully, it is also the case that there exists no place no standpoint or viewpoint anywhere in the universe from which one can perceive this; the columns always appear to be of uneven height and spacing. If one then adds motion to perspective a walk along the colonnade, for instance the fixed, even, rigidly identical columns acquire elasticity, and begin to change kaleidoscopically they shrink, grow, become closer, and then further apart. Further, the detail of the buildings facade behind the colonnade shifts into and out of visibility, with different portions obscured by the columns from each vantage point. These considerations underlie the outer sections of Colonnade, in which a continuously repeated, continuously varied rising figure suggestive of a column dominates. The iterations of this elastic, evolving figure are interspersed with other music suggestive of the buildings facade. The second feature of the building that caught my attention was the vaulted ceiling, designed by Guastavino, of one of the buildings largest rooms. The ceiling enhances the spaciousness of the room, giving it an openness and lightness that is quite captivating. The middle section of Colonnade has this openness at its core, and is dominated by long, arching lines that, to me, suggest the refined beauty of this ceiling. World premiere March 8, 2003; Albany Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Alan Miller.
SKU: HL.49003293
ISBN 9790220119453.
Following on from Volume 1, this book contains more fun pieces for piano or keyboard players. Contents: My Turn, Your Turn * Walkin' with the Gerbil * And the Little Birds Go... * Don't Stop * Lost for Words * Hop-Bop * Clockword Soldier * Minor Bird * Sunshine Rag * Quiet * I'm Thinking * Sneakin' Up Behind * Reflections in a Rockpool * Ghost Train Boogie * Preachin' * Soul Food (Duet) * Release the Monkey * Purple Seas * Nocturne * Terms and Signs * Key to the Written Music.
SKU: CF.YBS92
ISBN 9780825822674. UPC: 798408022679. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Eb major.
What a rousing holiday selection! Combining three of the most beloved melodies associated with Chanukah, including The Dreidel Song; Rock Of Ages and Chanukah, Chanukah, this lively overture will keep your students on their toes, and will lend a lively air to your seasonal concert. Exceptionally nice!
SKU: PE.EP67862
ISBN 9790300747064. 297 x 420 mm inches.
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SKU: SU.81001039
2 electric guitars and 2 pianos Duration: 7' Composed: 2018 Published by: Red Poppy Ltd.
SKU: BR.OB-15132-19
ISBN 9790004341964. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Bruch's evergreen for the first time in UrtextThanks to the premiere performance by Joseph Joachim and to the release of the printed edition in 1868, Max Bruch's Violin Concerto no. 1 zipped onto the road to success and has never left it since. Yet from the preface of the BreitkopfUrtext edition,one can infer how things looked like behind the dazzling facade. After the world premiere, the composer struggled for the definitive form. He wrote 3, 4 development sections in the finale, and sought the advice of celebrated virtuosi such as Joseph Joachim and Ferdinand David to revise the solo part. And after all this was done (see above), Bruch suffered under the work's popularity: Have I written nothing but this one concerto?The new Urtext edition is based primarily on the first edition. Next to the main source and the autograph, what is supremely interesting is a solo part with entries by Joachim and Bruch. It confirms how intensively the two men collaborated on honing the final form of the work.
SKU: TM.00607SC
SKU: BT.YE0084
Probably the first double bass quintet published. An ingenious work by a young British composer, received enthusiastically at its Manchester premiere. Musical re-creations of German impressionist paintings. Advanced. Ideal forconservatoiretraining. Duration c. 10'.
Grade: Advanced.
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