(Creative Solos for the Church Musician). Composed by Ed Hogan. Woodwind solo. F...(+)
(Creative Solos for the
Church Musician).
Composed by Ed Hogan.
Woodwind solo. For
clarinet, piano.
Meditative Solos.
Moderate. Score, enhanced
CD. Lillenas Publishing
Company #9780834177147.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
Birkat Haderekh Clarinette, Violon, Violoncelle, Piano [Set de Parties séparées] Theodore Presser Co.
(Blessing For The Road). Composed by Shulamit Ran (1949-). For mixed quartet: cl...(+)
(Blessing For The Road).
Composed by Shulamit Ran
(1949-). For mixed
quartet: clarinet,
violin, cello, piano. Set
of parts. 28 pages.
Duration 6 minutes.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
Composed by Behzad
Ranjbaran. Spiral.
Premiered by the
Philadelphia Orchestra,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Music Director, Jeffrey
Khaner, flute; Verizon
Hall, Philadelphia.
Contemporary. Study
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2013.
126+126 pages. Duration
28 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41515. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415150).
ISBN
9781598069020. UPC:
680160621743. 9 x 12
inches.
Inspired by
the alluring, human-like
sound of the Ney (a
Persian bamboo flute),
Ranjbaran aims
not only to highlight
the modern
flutist’s ability
to play agile and
brilliant passages, but
also to emulate the
delicate sound of the
Ney, particularly in
extended solo passages.
The three-movement
27-minute concerto was
commissioned by the
Philadelphia Orchestra
for its principal flutist
Jeffrey Khaner. The
piano reduction
(published separately)
was designed by the
composer to be practical
in
recital performances.
CONCERTO for Flute and
Orchestra has been
recorded for Naxos by
Érik Gratton
with the Nashville
Symphony conducted by
Giancarlo
Guerrero. The
melancholic tone of the
Ney (the Persian bamboo
flute) is known for its
alluring sound, emulating
the human voice. Â In
Persian literature, the
Ney is considered a
mystic instrument capable
of expressing deep human
emotions.In writing my
flute concerto, I aimed
not only to highlight the
modern flautist’s
ability to play agile and
brilliant passages but
also to emulate the
delicate sound of the
Ney, particularly in
extended solo flute
passages.Two prominent
characters permeate the
first movement of my
concerto. Â They are
marked in the score as
lamentoso, and con
spirito, expressing grief
and loss, and joy of
living respectively.
 The lament is mostly
expressed in several
extended cadenzas for
solo flute while the con
spirito consists of
robust and energetic fast
sections played by all
forces of the orchestra.
 Apart from these two
characters there are
moments of mystery,
comedy and the grotesque,
among others.In the
second movement, the
lyrical and poetic
character of the flute is
prominently presented in
dream-like passages
surrounded by shimmering
and tender orchestral
colors. Â The solo
flute is left out in an
agitated middle section
that references the first
movement. Â In the
third section of the
movement the solo flute
returns in meditative
fashion culminating in a
duet with the harp.The
third movement is written
as one continuous quasi
scherzo, challenging the
limits of agility and
brilliance of the flute.
 Some of the materials
from the earlier
movements are presented
again with joyous
character. Â The coda
elevates the concerto
into its brightest and
most festive character,
driving to the end with
relentless energy.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Full score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139S).
UPC:
680160682119.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Large Score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139L).
UPC:
680160682126.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
(Instrumental and Vocal Meditations for Mezzo Soprano and Ten Players). By Steph...(+)
(Instrumental and Vocal
Meditations for Mezzo
Soprano and Ten Players).
By Stephen Jaffe (1954-).
For Solo Mezzo, Flute
(Piccolo), Oboe
(Harmonica), Clarinet (A
Clarinet), French Horn,
Percussion, Piano,
Violin, Viola, Cello,
Contrabass. First
Performance: 21st C.
Consort, Hirschorn Mus.
Washington, D.C.. Full
Score - Large. Standard
notation
Wind Quintet SKU: FG.55011-508-8 Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Score. Fennica...(+)
Wind Quintet
SKU:
FG.55011-508-8
Composed by Kimmo Hakola.
Score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-508-8. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-508-8).
ISBN
9790550115088.
Kimm
o Hakola's Wind Quintet
op. 96 (2017) was
commissioned by the
Kimito Island Music
Festival. The composer
sees that making the
ensemble ultimately
breathe and express
itself as an organic,
coherent subject should
be the aim in composing
for wind quintet. The
normal chamber-music
configuration is not a
sufficient basis for me
in composing a wind
quintet: the instruments
have to be compressed,
reduced, even crushed
together so that, in
pairs and different
combinations, they
produce new, viable audio
units. Collision often
generates something new.
Kimmo Hakola has gone
through a number of
styles and influences in
his career as a composer,
his idiom expanding at
times to embrace
Romanticism, Orientalism
and klezmer. He has
attained international
recognition with an
output that spans various
genres from intimate solo
works to full-length
operas such as La Fenice
(2011) commissioned by
the Savonlinna Opera
Festival. Many of his
works are expansive and
epic: his Piano Concerto
(1996), for instance,
clocks in at 55 minutes.
Hakola says that he sees
music as drama. His
dramas explore almost
Shakespearean extremes,
from moments of raging
sound and fury and
violent battles to quiet
moments of meditation and
heart-rending
monologues.
Wind Quintet Op. 96 Compressions Quintette à Vent: flûte, Hautbois, basson, clarinette, Cor [Set de Parties séparées] Fennica Gehrman
Wind Quintet SKU: FG.55011-509-5 Composed by Kimmo Hakola. Parts. Fennica...(+)
Wind Quintet
SKU:
FG.55011-509-5
Composed by Kimmo Hakola.
Parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-509-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-509-5).
ISBN
9790550115095.
Kimm
o Hakola's Wind Quintet
op. 96 (2017) was
commissioned by the
Kimito Island Music
Festival. The composer
sees that making the
ensemble ultimately
breathe and express
itself as an organic,
coherent subject should
be the aim in composing
for wind quintet. The
normal chamber-music
configuration is not a
sufficient basis for me
in composing a wind
quintet: the instruments
have to be compressed,
reduced, even crushed
together so that, in
pairs and different
combinations, they
produce new, viable audio
units. Collision often
generates something new.
Kimmo Hakola has gone
through a number of
styles and influences in
his career as a composer,
his idiom expanding at
times to embrace
Romanticism, Orientalism
and klezmer. He has
attained international
recognition with an
output that spans various
genres from intimate solo
works to full-length
operas such as La Fenice
(2011) commissioned by
the Savonlinna Opera
Festival. Many of his
works are expansive and
epic: his Piano Concerto
(1996), for instance,
clocks in at 55 minutes.
Hakola says that he sees
music as drama. His
dramas explore almost
Shakespearean extremes,
from moments of raging
sound and fury and
violent battles to quiet
moments of meditation and
heart-rending
monologues.
Composed by Various. World's Favorite (Ashley). Classical. Softcover. 160 pages....(+)
Composed by Various.
World's Favorite
(Ashley). Classical.
Softcover. 160 pages.
Ashley Mark Publishing
Company #AS10008.
Published by Ashley Mark
Publishing Company