Par SPARKE PHILIP. South Down Pictures was commissioned by Millenium Brass 2000, an organisation comprising three brass bands from the county of Sussex, England. The bands (Patcham Silver, Hangleton and Brighton Silver) had got together to organise many events to mark the new millennium and these culminated in a concert in Hove Town Hall on July 9th 2000 when all three bands combined to give the first performance of South Down Pictures. The composer spent much of his childhood amongst the South Downs, a range of hills in Sussex which runs parallel to the sea. Opening with a strong unison passage, interrupted briefly by faster figures based on the interval of a fifth, South Down Picturesdevelops with an often-passionate legato melody. Reaching a climax, this is then followed by the main vivo section of the work, whose main theme is based on the earlier ‘fifth’ figures. A bridge passage leads to a short chorale figure and a rhythmic climax which dissolves into a plaintive cornet solo over staccato chords. This theme is taken up by the whole band and leads back to a recapitulation of the main theme and earlier material. The cornet tune returns triumphantly in the major key before the opening unison passage reappears to provide a stirring coda. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Brass Band

Par KERNEN ROLAND. Pastoral Pictures paints three contrasting ‘sound pictures’. The first movement is solemn and majestic, the second dreamy and serene and he final movement joyous and cheerful. A fantastic concert work for all Grade 2-3 bands. / Niveau : 2.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Fanfare

Par KERNEN ROLAND. Pastoral Pictures paints three contrasting ‘sound pictures’. The first movement is solemn and majestic, the second dreamy and serene and he final movement joyous and cheerful. A fantastic concert work for all Grade 2-3 bands. / Niveau : 2.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

The latest book in this popular series features the music of Sir Edward Elgar, in honour of his 150th birthday in 2007.<br>Includes solo-piano arrangements of Elgar's best-loved works, including selections from Sea Pictures, the Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, and much more.<br>Arranged for intermediate solo piano. An essential addition to your piano library. / Classique / Partition /

Par SZATHMARY ZSIGMOND. The powerful intensity of colour and expressiveness of the mosaic images in the apse and altar area of the late antique church of San Vitale (from the 6th century) in Ravenna made a lasting impression on Zsigmond Szathmáry. The fascination of how imposing images emerge from tiny, luminous mosaic cubes and vividly tell the biblical stories inspired the composer to write his piano piece: 'In my composition, I tried to follow this path: to organise the smallest coloured and angular glass cubes ? that is, the smallest coloured and angular musical miniature events ? in such a way that they constantly grow and finally culminate in a tangible musical statement.' Despite this seemingly archaic procedure, the composer wants his piece to be understood as a continuation of the virtuoso piano music tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. The 'Mosaikbilder ? (Mosaic Pictures) are dedicated to the great Hungarian pianist Zsoltán Kocsis, for whom they were written in 2012 / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Recueil / Piano

for Alto Saxophone and Piano. Par PUTZ MARCO. Two Pictures offre un généreux contraste pour tout hautboïste ou saxophoniste alto qui souhaite se distinguer avec cette composition originale en deux mouvements : The Dreamer (Le rêveur) et The Little Rascal (Le petit polisson)… / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Easy Instrumental Duets. 24 favorite melodies from top classical composers in easy duet arrangements for two instrumentalists are featured in this collection, including: Air on the G String - Blue Danube Waltz - Canon in D - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Hallelujah Chorus - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Minuet in G Major - Ode to Joy - Pictures at an Exhibition - Sheep May Safely Graze - Trumpet Voluntary - William Tell Overture - and more. Arrangements work for two clarinets or can be used with the other woodwind titles from this series./ Recueil / 2 Saxophones Alto

Par MUSSORGSKY MODEST. The Russian composer Mussorgsky was for the most part self-taught. His contemporaries were not always enthusiastic about the innovations in his music and accused him of lacking technique. Today, however, Mussorgsky is considered the innovator of Russian music par excellence. Although he gained fame primarily as a composer of operas and songs, Mussorgsky also wrote a number of piano works; for example the suite Pictures at an Exhibition, from 1874. / Niveau : 6 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Easy Instrumental Duets. 24 favorite melodies from top classical composers in easy duet arrangements for two instrumentalists are featured in this collection, including: Air on the G String - Blue Danube Waltz - Canon in D - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Hallelujah Chorus - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Minuet in G Major - Ode to Joy - Pictures at an Exhibition - Sheep May Safely Graze - Trumpet Voluntary - William Tell Overture - and more. Arrangements work for two clarinets or can be used with the other woodwind titles from this series./ Recueil / 2 Violons

Par MUSSORGSKY MODEST. The death in 1873 of Mussorgsky's friend Victor Hartmann was the stimulus for the initial creation of what was to become one of the most vividly colourful works in the orchestral repertoire. However, Mussorgsky's original piano version of Pictures At An Exhibition was not even published until 5 years after his death, and remained almost unknown until Ravel's masterful orchestration of it in 1922. From then on it has become favourite in the orchestral repertoire. This is the piano version of Mussorgsky’s famous work./ Répertoire / Piano

Easy Instrumental Duets. 24 favorite melodies from top classical composers in easy duet arrangements for two instrumentalists are featured in this collection, including: Air on the G String - Blue Danube Waltz - Canon in D - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Hallelujah Chorus - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Minuet in G Major - Ode to Joy - Pictures at an Exhibition - Sheep May Safely Graze - Trumpet Voluntary - William Tell Overture - and more. Arrangements work for two clarinets or can be used with the other woodwind titles from this series./ Recueil / 2 Clarinettes

Based on the autograph manuscript and earliest editions, editor Nancy Bricard addresses the sources and discrepancies between the various publications of Moussorgsky's most important contribution to piano literature - Pictures at an Exhibition. This well-researched edition describes the close relationship between the composer and Russian artist Victor Hartmann, whose paintings and sketches inspired the creation of this collection of musical works. Bricard offers fascinating insight into the composer's compositional process by including music passages in her footnotes that Moussorgsky had discarded from the autograph. Also discussed are matters of tempo, fingering, pedaling and interpretation, as well as background on the historical, cultural and social environment that influenced the composer's music.