Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.114423360 Composed by Stacy Ga...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.114423360
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+12+12
pages. Duration 8:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42336. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114423360).
UPC:
680160686285.
When
the Newport Music
Festival commissioned me
for a piano trio in honor
of their 2021 season, I
looked for a topic that
would celebrate an aspect
of the Newport community.
While researching the
area, I was struck by the
nine lighthouses situated
around the island. The
dual nature of
lighthouses was
particularly appealing to
me: not only do they
serve a vital role in the
navigation of ships
around rocks and land,
but they are also a
beautiful sight,
particularly at night
when their blinking
beacons are clearly
visible to the eye. It
occurred to me that
lighthouses link the past
with the present, and
will endure long into the
future, with their
beacons serving the same
purpose for every
generation.I became
fascinated with the
lighthouse on the
property of Castle Hill
Inn, located at the
opening of the East
Passage of the
Narragansett Bay. This
squat thirty-four foot
granite structure was
erected in 1890 on a very
picturesque spot, right
at the water’s
edge. Its
“characteristic,â
the nautical term
for each
lighthouse’s
unique light sequence
that allows ships to
identify the lighthouse,
is to alternate on for
three seconds, then off
for three seconds. The
lighthouse has also
served as the starting
and finish line for
numerous high profile
yacht races, as well as
survived a massive
hurricane in 1938, though
the lighthouse
keeper’s nearby
residence wasn’t
so lucky. American
novelist Thornton Wilder
wrote much of his 1973
novel Theophilus North
while staying at the
Castle Hill Inn; a
passage from the book
perfectly captures the
dual nature of
lighthouses:“At a
later visit I was able to
engage the pentagonal
room in a turret above
the house; from that
magical room I could see
at night the beacons of
six lighthouses and hear
the booming and chiming
of as many sea
buoys.â€In Beacon of
the Bay, we first hear
the lighthouse’s
characteristic as its
ruby light blinks on and
off. This is followed by
a simple theme that
represents the lighthouse
performing its solitary
duty. As the piece
progresses, we hear waves
playfully lapping around
its base, then yachts
gracefully floating by;
this is followed by a
violent storm that churns
the waves with so much
force that they crash
against the
lighthouse’s
granite body. But the
steadfast lighthouse
holds firm to the rocks,
grandly blinking its ruby
light. The music quiets
back down to its simple
theme, with yachts
sailing by once more as
the piece concludes.
Cello and Orchestra SKU: HL.14028003 Cello Concerto No. 1. Compose...(+)
Cello and Orchestra
SKU: HL.14028003
Cello Concerto No.
1. Composed by Poul
Ruders. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2002.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH30292. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14028003).
ISBN
9788759862896.
Poul
Ruders Polydrama
(Manyfold Event) for
cello and orchestra, is
the last part of a drama
trilogy otherwise
consisting of Dramaphonia
for piano and 11
instruments and Monodrama
for percussion and 32
instruments. In this
abstract drama, the
individual listener is
left entirely to his own
associations. The
composer has compared
polydrama with the
gradual defoliation of a
big tree: the vigorously
growing organism is
attacked by a swarm of
locusts until, finally,
nothing remains but bare
branches in a landscape
of long shadows; a
solitary, singing bird
remains, however, like a
streak of hope in an
increasingly dark and
pessimistic universe.
Voix basse, Piano [Partition + Accès audio] Boosey and Hawkes
The New Imperial Edition. By Various. Arranged by Sydney Northcote. (Bass). Boo...(+)
The New Imperial Edition.
By Various. Arranged by
Sydney Northcote.
(Bass). Boosey and Hawkes
Voice. Book only. Size
9x12 inches. 100 pages.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes.
Colorado Springs Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Anglo Music
Concert Band - Grade 5 SKU: HL.44007324 Grade 5 - Score and Parts....(+)
Concert Band - Grade 5
SKU: HL.44007324
Grade 5 - Score and
Parts. Composed by
Philip Sparke. Anglo
Music Concert Band.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2007.
Duration 720 seconds.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP214. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44007324).
Col
orado Springs was
commissioned by the
United States Air Force
Academy Band, Lieutenant
Steve Grimo,
Commmander/Conductor.
Colorado Springs, home of
the USAF Academy, is set
in spectacular landscape
towards the southern end
of the Rocky Mountains
and is a popular tourist
resort for skiing and
hiking. The Academy plays
an important part in the
life of the area and
serves as a base for the
USAFA Band, one of the
professional bands
forming part of the
musical life of the U.S.
Air Force. The suite is
in three movements: 1.
The Springs (fanfare) -
“The Springsâ€
is the local residents'
name for the town, and
this first movement
starts with a stirring
fanfare for brass and
percussion, opening with
bold unison horns. The
rest of the brass join in
and woodwind add
decorative figures. After
a short change of style,
the opening material
reappears to close the
movement. 2. Seven Falls
- Seven Falls is a
spectacular waterfall
near to the town which
cascades 181 feet in
seven distinct steps down
a solid cliff of pikes
peak granite. In this
movement, high woodwinds
describe the sparkling
water as it descends to a
popular lookout post near
the bottom of the falls.
3. Pikes Peak - To the
north-west of the town
and reaching an altitude
14,110 feet, Pikes Peak
is the farthest east of
the big peaks in the
Rocky Mountain chain,
which contributed to its
early fame among
explorers and pioneers,
and made it the symbol of
the 1859 Gold Rush to
Colorado with the slogan,
“Pikes Peak or
Bust.†It is the
second-most visited
mountain in the world
behind Japan's Mount
Fuji. This atmospheric
movement describes the
majesty of the mountain
and is based around the
fanfare from the first
movement. Opening on a
solitary bassoon, it is
not long before the main
theme appears under
bubbling woodwinds. The
music reaches a
passionate climax at
which point the opening
fanfare reappears to
bring the whole work to a
close.
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
By Edvard Grieg. Edited by Ruth Levine. For Piano. Piano Collection. Masterwork....(+)
By Edvard Grieg. Edited
by Ruth Levine. For
Piano. Piano Collection.
Masterwork. Level:
Intermediate / Early
Advanced (grade 4/5/6/6
). Book. 144 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Chamber Music Piccolo SKU: PR.114422230 Composed by Amanda Harberg. Sws. ...(+)
Chamber Music Piccolo
SKU: PR.114422230
Composed by Amanda
Harberg. Sws. Score. 4
pages. Duration 4:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42223. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114422230).
ISBN
9781491133910. UPC:
680160683383. 9 x 12
inches.
HALL OF
GHOSTS was composed in
2020 during the Covid-19
lockdown period; it was
inspired by piccoloist
Gudrun Hinze’s
video for
Harberg’s Prayer
Project filmed in the
hauntingly empty
Gewandhaus Chamber Music
Hall. Evocative of
imagined spirits in the
empty hall, the music
pitsdramatic silences,
amid searching and
plaintive phrases of the
piccolo, against a lively
middle section – a
dialogue between the
ticking of time and an
instrument striving to
make itself
heard. HALL OF GHOSTS
was composed in April
2020 as a “thank
you†giftdedicated
to the wonderful
community of flutists who
participated inmy Prayer
Project – a
virtual flute orchestra
project that I
producedduring the
Covid-19 lockdown
period.HALL OF GHOSTS was
inspired by piccoloist
Gudrun Hinze, whorecorded
her part for the Prayer
Project in the empty
GewandhausChamber Music
Hall. This hall would
normally be full of
musiciansrehearsing and
performing, but now, due
to Covid-19, the hall
layempty and filled only
with echoes and memories.
The image of
Gudrun’ssolitary
piccolo inspired in me a
musical invocation,
imploring thespirits to
let the music return.In
the first section, the
silence of rests and
pauses creates an
expressivebackground for
the searching and
plaintive phrases of the
solo piccolo.The lively
middle section is a
contrapuntal dialogue
between theticking of
time and an instrument
striving to make itself
heard. Thesematerials
trade off throughout the
piece. You can decide
through
yourinterpretation on who
wins. The music? Or the
ghosts?— Amanda
Harberg.