Chamber orchestra SKU: FG.55011-554-5 Composed by Harri Wessman. Score, s...(+)
Chamber orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-554-5
Composed by Harri
Wessman. Score, set of
parts, piano reduction.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-554-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-554-5).
ISBN
9790550115545.
Harr
i Wessman (b. 1949) is
interested in all aspects
of music that may be
expressive, without in
any way ignoring the
possibilities of melody.
He himself describes his
harmonic method as a kind
of contrapuntally treated
jazz harmony. During
recent years pedagogic
music has become a more
and more central area in
his output with an
emphasis on creating
repertoire for budding
musicians, from beginners
to young professionals. I
don't write children's
music. Stylistically I
write in the same way as
for professionals;
technically, the pieces
just have to be easier to
play. Concertino No. 2
for piano and chamber
orchestra was
commissioned by a Finnish
press house Yhtyneet
Kuvalehdet Oy for the
inauguration of their new
office building in 1987.
According to the original
plan the concertino was
to be used in an
advertising film of the
company. A melody with
wide arch which can be
heard in the midpoint of
the piece, first played
by the orchestra and then
repeated with the piano,
was intended to be the
theme song of the film.
The 10 minutes duration
and small orchestra
(flute, oboe, clarinet
and strings) makes this
one movement piece
suitable also for young
orchestra players.
The FJH Adult Piano Curriculum. By Various. Edited by Helen Marlais. For Piano. ...(+)
The FJH Adult Piano
Curriculum. By Various.
Edited by Helen Marlais.
For Piano. The Treasures
Series. Level:
Intermediate. Collection.
48 pages. Published by
The FJH Music Company
Inc.
42 best-loved classical pieces for solo piano. Composed by Various. Edited by He...(+)
42 best-loved classical
pieces for solo piano.
Composed by Various.
Edited by Heather Ramage.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover with
CD. 136 pages. Music
Sales #AM990847.
Published by Music Sales
Composed
by Nancy Galbraith. Study
Score. Composed 1993.
Duration 33'. Subito
Music Corporation
#90810080. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.90810080).
Instrumentation
: piano; 2fl(picc), 2ob,
2cl, 2bn; 2tpt, 2tbn,
2hn, tba; perc; strings
Duration: 33' Full Score
& Parts: available on
rental Composed: 1993
Published by: Subito
Music Publishing A
formidable work for piano
in three movements, this
is an equally virtuoso
piece for orchestra, and
a welcome addition to the
concerto literature of
this century.
--Cincinnati Inquirer A
wonderful work --American
Record Guide.
Piano - Grade 3 SKU: BT.MUSTH978431 Composed by George Butterworth. Folk ...(+)
Piano - Grade 3
SKU:
BT.MUSTH978431
Composed by George
Butterworth. Folk Music.
Book Only. 16 pages.
Thames Publishing
#MUSTH978431. Published
by Thames Publishing
(BT.MUSTH978431).
English.
The
Banks of Green Willow
begins in pastorale mode
with the title tune
established in the
Strings with solo
clarinet. The work builds
to quite a passionate
climax before
re-establishing the
pastorale mood of the
opening. Thesong on which
the story is based has a
tragic death at its
centre, which is
reflected in the
score.English composer
and folksong collector
George Butterworth, who
lived at the turn of the
last century and lost his
life in theFirst World
War, is known for his
settings of selections of
A E Housman’s A
Shropshire Lad and for an
Orchestral rhapsody he
composed on the same
theme. As a Recorder of
folksongs, he was
successful in noting more
thanthreehundred, mainly
from Sussex. One of them,
The Banks of Green
Willow, is the basis for
the idyll for Orchestra
that has been adapted
here for Piano.