Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.414411630

Composed by Shulamit Ran. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 28+28+20+24+20+24 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #414-41163. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.414411630).

ISBN 9781491114551. UPC: 680160089956. 9.5 x 13 inches.

EXCURSIONS is a one-movement work exploring two “characters.” A rhapsodic, descending passage is introduced by the cello, followed by a  static, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello. Their individual developments are separated by a slow, contrasting middle section. The composer has written: “This is analogous to situations in life: we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option and forfeiting the other. But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination… or can we? It is symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place.”.
Excursions for violin, cello and piano, is a one-movement work of tripartite structure in which materials explored in the first of three large sections are brought back in the last section.  The traditional statement-contrast-restatement form, which is readily suggested by such a description, is, however, not at all in the mold in which the work is cast.  Rather, my aim was to subject the essential materials of the piece (two “characters” –the rhapsodic, descending passage played by the cello in the very opening and, later, a static, slow moving, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello) to two entirely different developments separated by a slow, contrasting middle section.  This is analogous to an exploration of the ramifications that two divergent choices made by the same person might lead to.  In life, as we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option usually means having to forfeit the other.  But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination…or can we?  It is, I believe, symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place: in composing Excursions, it seemed absolutely inescapable that at the end the slow, contrasting middle sections – both more resigned and peaceful than the battling spirits of the outer parts – should return briefly to end the work. The piano trio combination (once highly favored, but to this composer still as challenging today) is approached here as a collaborative effort of three equal soloists – partners.  Of the available pairings, the two strings find themselves occasionally approached as a team pitted against the piano.  The cello-piano combination is also not uncommon here, and there is an extended violin cadenza toward the end of the piece.  The writing for the three instruments is closely and at times interlinked, but the players are all instructed to play from scores. Excursions was first performed at Brandeis University in 1982.

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett. Contents: Two Interludes - II. Moderato (Bliss) * Romanian Folk Dance - VI. Fast Dance (Bartok) * Prelude en form de Scherzo (Martinu) * Bagatelles Diverses - VI. Spanish Dance (Chapple) * Sonata No. 2 - II. Leger (Milhaud) * Suite for Piano - I. Moderate (Dello Joio) * Puck, Op. 71, No. 3 (Grieg) * Sonatina - II. Allegro (Elgar) * Album for my Friends - II. Adam's Allemande (Gregson) * Pajar Triste (Mompou) * Nocturne No. 8 (Poulenc) * Romance (Yared) * Jig (1932) (Holst) * Sonatina 1947 - II. Andantino (Henze) * Trois Preludes - I. D'Ombre et de silence (Dutilleux) * Three Piano Pieces, Op. 5 - III. Calmo (Wood) * A Soldier's Tale - III. Marche Royale (Stravinsky) * Le Cortege de Balkis (No. 10 from Histoires) (Ibert) * Consolation (No. 5 from 13 Morceaux, Op. 76) (Sibelius) * Ecce Ancilla Domini (Alain) * 6/11/98 (Talbot) * China Gates (Adams) * Snowall in Winter (Study No. 9 Hommage a Debussy) (McCabe) * I've Turned the Page... (Weir) * Prelude (Saariaho) * Prelude No. 5 (Berkeley) * Sarabande (Arnold) * Danse du Meunier (de Falla) * A Hudson Cycle (Muhly) * Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux - II. Le Merie Noir (Messiaen) * Sub Tuam Protectionem (Maxwell Davies) * Etude No. 14 (Glass) * Nottuno alla Italiana (Hahn) * Excursions - I. Vivo (Bennett) * Two Turtle Doves (Bennett) * Essay III for Piano (Barber) * Staccato Beans (Dun) * Venus in 94 (Riley)

Concert Band Trumpet, Concert Band

SKU: AP.36-BSMSB101

Composed by Bruce Broughton. Concert Band. Black Squirrel Music. Score and Part(s). LudwigMasters Publications #36-BSMSB101. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-BSMSB101).

UPC: 659359591884. English.

A demanding work for solo trumpet and band. Commissioned by The United States Air Force Band and recorded by that band on the album, Excursions. In the aptly named work, Mr. Broughton explores the diverse technical and expressive capabilities of the trumpet, with the angular melodies and driving rhythms that characterize the piece used by the solo trumpet to lead the band.

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Composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939-). Premiere: Michael Cameron bass; International Society of Bassists annual convention, Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, NY. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. Composed 2017. Duration 6 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40702. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144407020).

By Philip Young. For handbells (2-3 octaves). Level: Level 2+. Handbell sheet. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company. (20/1150L)

(A Holiday Excursion for Two Pianos). Composed by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Book; Duet or Duo; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. Christmas; Holiday Pops; Light Concert; Recital; Secular; Standard; Winter. Advanced. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Nine Powerful Excursions into Slide Guitar. By Various. This edition: DVDGSGSG21. Instructional/Guitar/DVD. DVD. Guitar tablature. Published by Homespun.

By John Van Buren. For 2 flutes. Score. Composed 1986. 20 pages. Duration 16 min. Published by Carus Verlag (German import).

Orchestra Saxophones and Strings

SKU: PR.446411060

Composed by Steven Stucky. Large Score. With Standard notation. Theodore Presser Company #446-41106. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.446411060).

UPC: 680160096275. 11x14 inches.

Steven Stucky has described the saxophone quartet as surprisingly comparable to the string quartet as a classic chamber music medium, while in the concerto format providing a worthy counterweight to the string orchestra. At times, the saxophones in Music for Saxophones and Strings “whisper, murmur, sigh, sing, squeal, or even scream” as the composer has written in notes about the work. Commissioned for the Raschèr Quartet, the work falls into two main sections. The composer continues that “the opening slow movement is dark, nocturnal, troubled; the language is densely chromatic. Mysterious, barely audible rustlings become increasingly more alarming; creatures cry in the night; and the movement climaxes in a lyric outpouring of melancholy, even tragic character. The music subsides by way of cadenzas for the baritone and tenor saxophone. The second, fast movement arrives almost unnoticed, since at first it too is made up of disconnected fragments — quirky, skittish, playful. There are irregular rhythmic accents, gliding quarter-tone runs, scurrying saxophone figures (suggesting, perhaps, a distant echo the bebop style), and screaming excursions into the altissimo register. Briefly the melancholy of the slow, nocturnal opening returns, before a quick coda leads to an emphatic conclusion.”.

Harpsichord

SKU: SU.80101495

For Harpsichord. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keyboard, Piano/Harpsichord. Harpsichord. Score. Zimbel Press #80101495. Published by Zimbel Press (SU.80101495).

Suite in Three Movements (2021) for harpsichord was commissioned by Scott Hyslop. The three movements take their inspiration and forms from early models. They combine allusions to common practice harmony with later harmonic and rhythmic elements. The first movement, Concerto, is in a bright, Italianate manner (not without a bit of humor). The animating contrast is between ripieno (ritornello) sections and filigree-driven solo episodes. The second movement, Arioso, is a lyric aria in which the baroque-like principal material is integrated with more varied harmonic excursions. The third movement, Sonata, is a vibrant binary movement in the manner of Domenico Scarlatti.Harpsichord Duration: 13’ Composed: 2021 Published by: Zimbel Press.

By John Craton. Chamber ensemble. For Violin, piano. Chamber Music. Student sonatina for violin and piano. Contemporary. Score and part. 24 pages. Duration 12:00. Published by Wolfhead Music. (WM509) Level: Moderately advanced.

By Mark Williams. Music by Mark Williams. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Growing Band Series. Level: 3 (Medium) (grade 3). Conductor Score. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.