Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking 'Wave Music' (2007-08) by Per Nørgård. Scored for Clarinet Violin Cello and Piano. Parts available: WH30883A Programme note The work was commissioned by the Ebb and Flow Ensemble for premiere at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center Kahului Hawaii 23 November 2008. The premiere performers will be (as of 241108: were) Scott Anderson clarinet Ignace Jang violin Mark Votapek cello and Robert Pollock piano.The title is borrowed from the first line of American poet Walt Whitman’s magnificent poem SEADRIFT a tribute to the sea. The poem forms part of Whitman’s magnum opus LEAVES OF GRASS which he revised extended and worked on practically all his writing life.I had previously drawn some lines from the poem SEADRIFT for another work of mine a work likewise entitled SEADRIFT (1978) for soprano and ensemble.In this present new piece I did not set out to depict in music ‘the soul of the sea’ or anything like that. I did however have an intention of making the piece a sort of outstretched hand from one small country with a multitude of islands and – necessarily – a lot of water around it (I am referring of course to my native Denmark) to another country with many islands: Hawaii with its far-away exotic appeal (at least for a Scandinavian) and its remoteness thousands and thousands of nautical miles away. Folkloristic Hawaiian chant (alluring samples of which were kindly forwarded to me from the commissioner of the work) fascinated and impressed me so much that my melodic repertoire in the new piece sometimes echo a Hawaiian Melodybrother.A latent wave-character is characteristic of the piece. You will hear a simultaneity of different ‘wavelengths’ and often a dense and complex melodic and rhythmic

This is a wonderful collection of spirited and lively sonatas by Baroque-composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764). The contrasting textures including canonic polyphonic and imitative - together with the meticulous editorial realsiation of dynamics and articulation are guaranteed to provide an enjoyable challenge to both advancing and accomplished violinists alike. This edition has been edited by Carl Herrmann and both the Violin I and Violin II parts are included on separate inserts.

Instrumental Accompaniment Set-Musicological Journey Through The 12 Days Of Xmas. Set of instrumental accompaniment parts. Includes: Violin I and II Viola Cello Bass Harp Piccolo Flute I and II Oboe I II and III Bass Clarinet Bassoon I and II French Horn 1-4 Trumpet 1-3 Trombone 1-3 Tuba Timpani Percussion and Full Score.

String Quartet No.4 was written for the Camilli Quartet who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London April 1995. It is dedicated to the memory of Nyman's composition teacher Alan Bush.This quartet is anarrative made up of a chain of twelve complete but often cross-related movements each quite simple in design. For instance the Scottish melody first heard in the second half of I is hinted at in the 2nd violin/viola in thesecond fast section of II and is directly quoted again during III and XII. The theme of the fast section of IV is taken up again in VIII; IX reverts to the mood of the opening of I while the rising scale/syncopated themes of II IX and the bass of X and XII are related. X also reintroduces the slow harmonics theme from VII. XII is (apparently) cast in the form of a baroque French rondeau. The main theme of VI was plucked out of the Quartet and used inmy score for Christopher Hampton’s film Carrington. Duration 40 minutes. A set of parts is available for sale.

The virtuosic double concerto Concerto for Violin Horn and Orchestra follows the traditional concerto three-movement form I Allegro moderato II Elegy (In Memoriam) and III Presto. The sheet music includes alternate parts forViola or Cello with Piano accompaniment.Composer Ethel Smyth was a prolific composer of serious music for several decades at the turn of the last century whose works commanded great critical acclaim and earned her the honour ofDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. A fiery powerful personality Smyth pursued her musical studies and career against her family’s wishes travelling to Leipzig to study there. Her style is late Romantic withrich Orchestration which fell out of favour in the 20th century. Sir Thomas Beecham was a champion of her work as was Henry Wood to whom this work is dedicated.