SKU: XC.DCB2202FS
12 x 9 inches.
Ever wonder what Santa does the rest of the year? Give your students something fun to play with this clever combination of popular carols with Vivaldi's famous Spring movement from his piece The Four Seasons. Of course, the piece is intended to be fun, and make the audience smile, but also a great way to introduce younger students to the famous Vivaldi work.(Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Up on the Housetop, Spring from The Four Seasons, Joy to the World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah).
SKU: XC.DCB2202
SKU: FG.55011-567-5
ISBN 9790550115675.
Alex Freeman's (b. 1972) Cathedral of Spring for chamber choir (2019) to poems of e.e. cummings and Robert Frost was commissioned and premiered by Somnium Ensemble. The composer tells: For the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Somnium Ensemble (Finland), I was commissioned to write a piece with spring as a central theme. While contemplating that and perusing appropriate poetry, I was inspired by memories of the night-time sky in early spring--the warm air, the teeming, buzzing energy of life all around, and an expansive dome of stars overhead. I then imagined that moment in time as a kind of sacred space; this is the point where the cathedral notion came to mind. The frenetic and joyous poetry of e.e. cummings, from his Epithalamion, gives an exclamatory introduction to the set, followed by his vision of spring from the point of view of giddy children in his iconic poem, [in Just-]. We then take a moment to contemplate the ephemerality of all this beauty (spring giveth and spring taketh away, i.e. an offertorium of sorts); Robert Frost's Blue-Butterfly Day places us in a moment where, by chance, we find ourselves enveloped by a delicately fluttering swarm of butterflies. Peaceful and still, yet in constant flux, we spend a some time taking that phenomenon in, while also experiencing a twinge of the realisation that this is truly fleeting. The final movement, returning to a later stanza from Epithalamion, cummings's sparkling paean to May is set as a kind of final anthem..
SKU: HL.14022240
ISBN 9780711998193.
Musgrave from Spring to Spring for solo Marimba.
SKU: XC.FCB2405
Take a fun and engaging trip with Santa as he enjoys his spring vacation! This creative piece is a treasure of musical concepts wrapped up in one accessible package! Spring from The Four Seasons is cleverly woven amongst a medley of popular holiday songs. Creative orchestration puts the music in a variety of settings from festive to march-like to Middle Eastern. Beginning players will reinforce a wide variety of musical concepts, and young trombonists will work on developing first to sixth position. A guaranteed holiday favorite!
SKU: XC.FCB2405FS
SKU: HL.4004207
UPC: 888680062651. 9x12 inches.
The premier performance of The Rite of Spring in 1913 is the stuff of legends. There are disagreements amongst the people who attended whether it was the music or the choreography that caused the near-riot in the audience. Since then The Rite has been performed regularly and is considered to be one of the most influential works of the 20th century, laying the basis for modern jazz, film music and even heavy metal. It's all here: the driving rhythms, the haunting Russian folk melodies, the brilliant scoring, the crunching harmonies and the epic drama! The intention with this arrangement for band was to stay as true as possible to the original and choose the sections that would work well in this context. Sure to become a valued and important addition to the wind band repertoire! Duration: 6:30.
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