SKU: HL.14001903

ISBN 9788759859605. Danish.

Animals In Concert - Three pieces for Piano solo by Per Norgard. Programme Note  1. A Tortoise's Tango (1984) - dur.: 4'  2. Light of a Night - Paul meets bird (1989) - dur.: 6'  3. Hermit Crab Tango - Esperanza (1997) - dur.: 5'   The pieces can be performed together or one by one. In the1980s, quite a few finds turned up in Per Norgard's music. The material could be, say, a number of song birds' equilibrist melodic lines, the overtones of the ocean surf, or waltzing themes by the schizophrenic artist Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930). Or again, as heard here, it can be the rhythms and motifs of the tango and a Beatles song (with bird), explored in three independent piano pieces that form the Animals in Concert suite, about which the composer writes:  A Tortoise's Tango: The tortoise as tango dancer must presumably possess certain rhythmic peculiarities, which I have chosen to express by letting the tune of the tortoise shuffle broadly, tripartite through the strict four partite time of tango.  Tortoise Tango was the original title of this piece, written for Achilles (the pianist Yvar Mikhashoff), for his so called tango project, including new tangos for piano by composers from all over the world.  Light of a Night (Paul meets bird) was commissioned by pianist Aki Takahashi. It is a reworked arrangement for piano of the Beatles song Blackbird. As some of us will recall, the Beatles on The White Album let the beautiful song to the blackbird be accompanied by an (apparently) live blackbird song. It is this authentic bird-motif world that in Light of a Night weaves itself into the Beatles melody and in turn is gradually infected by it, so that a completely new third entity ensues: a kind of Bird-rock ballad (or maybe it is a Beatle-bird?).  Hermit Crab Tango (Esperanza): The tango situation is quite special for a Hermit Crab. It is a well-known fact that the hermit crab - this soft animal - must run the gauntlet among the many perils at the bottom of the sea when it must move hose. I have chosen to express the angers by a tango pattern - sharp as a cactus - through which the tune, optimistic, slips to its new shelter. I have borrowed the tune from songwriter Hanne Methling's Introduction: 'I want to get through this time!' she sings in a ecstatically ascending melody line - and I believe that these words must correspond very well to the mood of the hermit crab: 'Esperanza'- the green runners of hope wind among the latticework formed by the tango rows.

SKU: GI.G-CD-585

This ground-breaking new collection for young people, grades K–8, features all the music found in the Silver Burdett Ginn school catechetical series, Blest Are We. All music (grades 1–6) found here will be included in the new hymnal, Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition. Using Blest Are We music in classrooms and religious education settings is a great unprecedented way to connect youth activities to the larger Sunday Eucharist. This eight-CD set is available for this collection and includes both fully performed tracks as well as instrumental backing tracks for each song. There are also bonus meditation and catechetical tracks—perfect for classroom learning! CONTENTS: Blest Are We - We Praise You DAMEANS - Come All You People ARR. BELL - He Came Down ARR. BELL - If You Believe and I Believe ARR. BELL - Laudate Dominum BERTHIER - You Have Put on Christ HUGHES - Psalm 51: Be Merciful, O Lord HAUGEN - Go and Listen to the Word of God BATASTINI - Eat This Bread BERTHIER - Celtic Alleluia O'CARROLL / WALKER - We Are One ARR. FOSTER - Jesus, Heal Us - Gather Round This Table HAUGEN - Jubilate Servite BERTHIER - Bring Forth the Kingdom HAUGEN - All You Works of God HAUGEN - Blest Are They - O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God GAELIC HYMN - Hands of Healing HAUGEN - Song of the Body of Christ - The Lord's Prayer CHANT - Sing Out, Earth and Skies HAUGEN - Who Calls You by Name - I Am the Bread of Life / Yo Soy el Pan de Vida TOOLAN - The Hand of God - The Summons BELL - I Say Yes / Digo Sí, Señor PEÑA - Wade in the Water SPIRITUAL - Let Us Go Rejoicing JONCAS - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder SPIRITUAL - Creator of the Stars of Night CHANT - With You by My Side - Come, Emmanuel ALONSO - We Are the Hope TATE - In Remembrance of You TATE - Hold Us in Your Mercy: Penitential Litany COONEY/DAIGLE - Send Us Your Spirit - Hope at the Crossroads MAHLER - We Are Called - Give Us Your Peace MAHLER - I Have Been Anointed ROSE WARNER - Shelter Your Name ROSE - Send Down the Fire HAUGEN - We Have Been Told - Gloria CHANT - Glory to God (from Mass of Creation) HAUGEN - Come to the Table ALONSO - God Is ROSE - Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts WARNER.