El Cumbanchero Ensemble de cuivres De Haske Publications
Score and Parts Brass Band (Score and Parts) SKU: HL.4006000 Brass Ban...(+)
Score and Parts Brass
Band (Score and Parts)
SKU: HL.4006000
Brass Band Score and
Parts. Composed by
Rafael Hernandez.
Arranged by Naohiro Iwai.
De Haske Brass Band.
Puerto Rican. Softcover.
4 pages. Duration 230
seconds. De Haske
Publications #1104971030.
Published by De Haske
Publications
(HL.4006000).
ISBN
9781540056627. UPC:
888680948931.
Rafae
l Hernandez (1892-1965)
was probably the greatest
composer in Puerto Rico.
After serving in World
War I, he worked in the
USA, in Mexico and in
Puerto Rico as a
musician, composer,
band-leader and actor.
Masato Myokoin has
written this new,
exciting arrangement of
Rafael Hernandez biggest
international hit, El
Cumbanchero.
El Cumbanchero Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] De Haske Publications
Brass Band (Score) SKU: HL.4006001 Brass Band Score. Composed by R...(+)
Brass Band (Score)
SKU: HL.4006001
Brass Band Score.
Composed by Rafael
Hernandez. Arranged by
Naohiro Iwai. De Haske
Brass Band. Puerto Rican.
Softcover. 40 pages.
Duration 230 seconds. De
Haske Publications
#1104971130. Published by
De Haske Publications
(HL.4006001).
UPC:
888680948948.
Rafae
l Hernandez (1892-1965)
was probably the greatest
composer in Puerto Rico.
After serving in World
War I, he worked in the
USA, in Mexico and in
Puerto Rico as a
musician, composer,
band-leader and actor.
Masato Myokoin has
written this new,
exciting arrangement of
Rafael Hernandez biggest
international hit, El
Cumbanchero.
Macarena Orchestre d'harmonie - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie and Trumpet Solo - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-1063974-010 ...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie and
Trumpet Solo - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-1063974-010
For Trumpet and
Concert Band.
Composed by Bernardo
Bautista Monterde.
Arranged by Naohiro Iwai.
New Sounds for Concert
Band. Pop and Rock. Set
(Score and Parts).
Composed 2006. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1063974-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1063974-010).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Here is your
chance for some audience
participation within your
concert programme. The
big Summer â??hitâ?? of
1995 was the Bayside Boys
with their version of a
modern Spanish song. Can
you remember the moves?
If so, why not
demonstrate them and
invite your audience to
join in with this
scintillating
arrangement. Guaranteed
to bring the house down!
In Sevilla ligt
de kleine Basilica de
Macarena, oftewel de
basiliek van de heilige
maagd - de
beschermheilige van de
toreros. Stierenvechters
komen hier bidden en
brengen offergaven voor
ze de arena betreden.
La Virgen de la
Macarenavan
Bernardino Bautista
Monterde, onsterfelijk
gemaakt door de grote
trompettist Rafael
Mendez, roept de sfeer
van bewondering en
bezetenheid van de
stierengevechten
op.
La Virgen de
la Macarenaâ?? lautet
der originale Titel
dieses Stückes von
Bernardo Bautista
Monterde, das eine
Marienprozession im
spanischen Sevilla
beschreibt. Die Melodie
wurde bereits in mehreren
Soundtracks, wie zum
Beispiel zu den Filmen
FOOLSRUSH IN (Herz
über Kopf) und FORCES
OF NATURE (Auf die
stürmische Art)
verwendet. Ein
glänzender Auftritt
für Ihren
Solotrompeter und das
gesamte
Blasorchester!
Sontuosa
costruzione moderna, la
basilica della Macarena
è celebre per la
Vergine della Macarena,
venerata a Siviglia e
protettrice dei toreri.
La passione e la
venerazione
incondizionata della
popolazione per la
Vergine della Macarena si
rinnovano ogni anno in
occasione della Settimana
Santa. Immortalata dal
grande trombettista
Rafael Mendez, La
Virgen de la Macarena
di Bernardo Bautista
Monterde evoca la
frenesia delle
corride.
Macarena Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie and Trumpet Solo - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-1063974-140 ...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie and
Trumpet Solo - Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-1063974-140
For Trumpet and
Concert Band.
Composed by Bernardo
Bautista Monterde.
Arranged by Naohiro Iwai.
New Sounds for Concert
Band. Pop & Rock. Score
Only. Composed 2006. 32
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1063974-140. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1063974-140).
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Here is your
chance for some audience
participation within your
concert program. The big
Summer ‘hit’
of 1995 was the Bayside
Boys with their version
of a modern Spanish song.
Can you remember the
moves? If so, why not
demonstrate them and
invite your audience to
join in with this
scintillating
arrangement. Guaranteed
to bring the house down!
In Sevilla ligt
de kleine Basilica de
Macarena, oftewel de
basiliek van de heilige
maagd - de
beschermheilige van de
toreros. Stierenvechters
komen hier bidden en
brengen offergaven voor
ze de arena betreden.
La Virgen de la
Macarenavan
Bernardino Bautista
Monterde, onsterfelijk
gemaakt door de grote
trompettist Rafael
Mendez, roept de sfeer
van bewondering en
bezetenheid van de
stierengevechten
op.
La Virgen de
la Macarena“ lautet
der originale Titel
dieses Stückes von
Bernardo Bautista
Monterde, das eine
Marienprozession im
spanischen Sevilla
beschreibt. Die Melodie
wurde bereits in mehreren
Soundtracks, wie zum
Beispiel zu den Filmen
FOOLSRUSH IN (Herz
über Kopf) und FORCES
OF NATURE (Auf die
stürmische Art)
verwendet. Ein
glänzender Auftritt
für Ihren
Solotrompeter und das
gesamte
Blasorchester!
Sontuosa
costruzione moderna, la
basilica della Macarena
è celebre per la
Vergine della Macarena,
venerata a Siviglia e
protettrice dei toreri.
La passione e la
venerazione
incondizionata della
popolazione per la
Vergine della Macarena si
rinnovano ogni anno in
occasione della Settimana
Santa. Immortalata dal
grande trombettista
Rafael Mendez, La
Virgen de la Macarena
di Bernardo Bautista
Monterde evoca la
frenesia delle
corride.
Edited by Jamey Aebersold. For any C, Eb, Bb, bass instrument or voice. Play-Alo...(+)
Edited by Jamey
Aebersold. For any C, Eb,
Bb, bass instrument or
voice. Play-Along series
with accompaniment CD.
Jazz Play-A-Long For All
Musicians. Book with CD.
Published by Jamey
Aebersold Jazz.
Oper
in 3 Akten. Composed
by Werner Egk. This
edition: ED3979. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Classical. Piano
reduction. Composed
1935/1954. 264 pages.
Duration 110'. Schott
Music #ED 3979. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49015076).
ISBN
9790001047739. UPC:
884088054519.
9.0x12.0x0.819
inches.
2 (auch 2
Picc.) * 2 (2. auch Engl.
Hr.) * 2 * 2 (2. auch
Kontrafag.) - 4 * 3 * 3 *
1 - P. S. (gr. Tr. * kl.
Tr. * Ruhrtr. * Beck. *
Tamt. * Trgl. * Glspl. *
Rohrengl. * Xyl. *
Vibr.)(2 Spieler) - Cel.
- Str.Buhnenmusik (III.
Akt, 5. Bild): 2 Klar. *
2 Hr. * 2 Fag. - 2
Soloviol. * 1
Kb.
2 (auch 2
Picc.) * 2 (2. auch Engl.
Hr.) * 2 * 2 (2. auch
Kontrafag.) - 4 * 3 * 3 *
1 - P. S. (gr. Tr. * kl.
Tr. * Ruhrtr. * Beck. *
Tamt. * Trgl. * Glspl. *
Rohrengl. * Xyl. *
Vibr.) (2 Spieler) -
Cel. -
Str. Buhnenmusik (III.
Akt, 5. Bild): 2 Klar. *
2 Hr. * 2 Fag. - 2
Soloviol. * 1 Kb.
(TB) SKU: HL.49000759 Ein deutsches Marchen. Szenische Ballade in drei...(+)
(TB)
SKU:
HL.49000759
Ein
deutsches Marchen.
Szenische Ballade in drei
Teilen. Composed by
Volker David Kirchner.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Book. Edition
Schott. Classical. Text
book/libretto. Composed
1980/1987. 18 pages.
Duration 70'. Schott
Music #BN 3445-20.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49000759).
ISBN
9783795734459.
German.
Wortlich
ubersetzt ist das
Libretto ein 'kleines
Buch', ein 'Buchlein'.
Doch nicht irgendein
Buchlein. Seit es Opern
gibt, gibt es die
Textbucher dazu. Oft
erzahlen die
Universalsprache Musik
und der Ausdruck der
Darsteller die
Geschichte, auch wenn man
die Worte nicht versteht.
Trotzdem ist ein Libretto
sehr hilfreich fur das
Verstandnis der Details.
Gerade dann, und das fast
immer, wenn die Oper in
der Originalsprache
aufgefuhrt wird. In den
Libretti ist in der Regel
das Original der
Ubersetzung
gegenubergestellt. Sie
konnen so problemlos
parallel Handlung und
Inhalt folgen. In den
meisten Fallen existiert
das Textbuch Oper bevor
die Musik dazu komponiert
wird. Spannende und
dramatische Geschichten
bilden die Grundlage fur
faszinierende
Opernkompositionen. 3 (2. und 3. auch
Picc.)* 3 (3. auch Engl.
Hr.) * 3 (2. auch in Es,
3. auch Bassklar. in B) *
2 * Kontrafag. - 4 * 3 *
3 * 1 - P.S. ( Trgl. * 2
hg. Beck. * Beckenpaar *
gr. Tamt. * Schellen *
Glocken * Schellentr. * 3
Tomt. * 3 Ruhrtr. * kl.
Tr. * gr. Tr. * Kast. *
Holzbl. * 3 Tempelbl. *
Rute * Steinsp. * Glspl.
* Xyl. * Marimba) (3-5
Spieler) - Hfe. * Klav.
(auch Cel.) * Mand. -
Str. (12 * 10 * 8 * 6 *
5
3 (2. und 3.
auch Picc.)* 3 (3. auch
Engl. Hr.) * 3 (2. auch
in Es, 3. auch Bassklar.
in B) * 2 * Kontrafag. -
4 * 3 * 3 * 1 - P.S.
( Trgl. * 2 hg. Beck.
* Beckenpaar * gr. Tamt.
* Schellen * Glocken *
Schellentr. * 3 Tomt. * 3
Ruhrtr. * kl. Tr. * gr.
Tr. * Kast. * Holzbl. * 3
Tempelbl. * Rute *
Steinsp. * Glspl. * Xyl.
* Marimba) (3-5 Spieler)
- Hfe. * Klav. (auch
Cel.) * Mand. - Str. (12
* 10 * 8 * 6 * 5.
Orchestra SKU: HL.49006940 Essay symphonique. Composed by Wilhelm ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.49006940
Essay
symphonique. Composed
by Wilhelm Killmayer.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical.
Conductor's/study score.
Composed 1978. 36 pages.
Duration 12'. Schott
Music #ED 7066. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49006940).
ISBN
9790001074308.
4
(auch 4 Picc.; 1. auch
Sopr.-Blfl.) * 3 * 3 (in
B, C und A; 2. auch Klar.
in Es; 3. auch Bassklar.
in B) * 3 (3. auch
Kontrafag.) - 4 * 4 (1.
auch Kornett in B) * 3 *
1 (auch Kb.tb.) - 4 P. S.
(kl. Tr. * 2 Ruhrtr. *
gr. Tr. mit Beck. * gr.
Holzschlitztr. * 2 Beck.
* Beckenmaschine * Tamb.
* Kast. * 2 Glspl. *
Steinspiel * Schellen *
Crotales * Zimb. * Trgl.
* Lotosfl. * Flexaton *
Metallpl. in f und g *
Rohrengl. in fis * Mar. *
2 Woodbl. * 2 Congas * 2
Timbales * Rute * Hammer
* Klappholz * Ratsche *
Peitsche * Sandblock *
Glockchen in h' * Xyl.)
(5-6 Spieler) - 2 Hfn. *
Cel. - Str.Hinter der
Buhne: 2 Tromp. in B (aus
dem Orchester) - gr.
Klappholz
4 (auch
4 Picc.; 1. auch
Sopr.-Blfl.) * 3 * 3 (in
B, C und A; 2. auch Klar.
in Es; 3. auch Bassklar.
in B) * 3 (3. auch
Kontrafag.) - 4 * 4 (1.
auch Kornett in B) * 3 *
1 (auch Kb.tb.) - 4 P. S.
(kl. Tr. * 2 Ruhrtr. *
gr. Tr. mit Beck. * gr.
Holzschlitztr. * 2 Beck.
* Beckenmaschine * Tamb.
* Kast. * 2 Glspl. *
Steinspiel * Schellen *
Crotales * Zimb. * Trgl.
* Lotosfl. * Flexaton *
Metallpl. in f und g *
Rohrengl. in fis * Mar. *
2 Woodbl. * 2 Congas * 2
Timbales * Rute * Hammer
* Klappholz * Ratsche *
Peitsche * Sandblock *
Glockchen in h' * Xyl.)
(5-6 Spieler) - 2 Hfn. *
Cel. - Str.
Hinter
der Buhne: 2 Tromp. in B
(aus dem Orchester) - gr.
Klappholz.
Vocal soloists, choir and orchestra SKU: HL.49013479 Libretto (German)...(+)
Vocal soloists, choir and
orchestra
SKU:
HL.49013479
Libretto (German).
Composed by Gyorgy
Ligeti. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Book.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Text
book/libretto. Composed
1974-1977/1996. 61 pages.
Duration 120'. Schott
Music #BN 3501-70.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49013479).
ISBN
9783795735012. UPC:
884088060664.
5.75x8.25x0.235 inches.
German.
Wortlich
ubersetzt ist das
Libretto ein 'kleines
Buch', ein 'Buchlein'.
Doch nicht irgendein
Buchlein. Seit es Opern
gibt, gibt es die
Textbucher dazu. Oft
erzahlen die
Universalsprache Musik
und der Ausdruck der
Darsteller die
Geschichte, auch wenn man
die Worte nicht versteht.
Trotzdem ist ein Libretto
sehr hilfreich fur das
Verstandnis der Details.
Gerade dann, und das fast
immer, wenn die Oper in
der Originalsprache
aufgefuhrt wird. In den
Libretti ist in der Regel
das Original der
Ubersetzung
gegenubergestellt. Sie
konnen so problemlos
parallel Handlung und
Inhalt folgen. In den
meisten Fallen existiert
das Textbuch Oper bevor
die Musik dazu komponiert
wird. Spannende und
dramatische Geschichten
bilden die Grundlage fur
faszinierende
Opernkompositionen. 3 (2. u. 3. auch Picc.)
* 3 (2. auch Ob. d'am.,
3. auch Engl. Hr.) * 3
(2. auch Klar. in Es und
Altsax. in Es, 3. auch
Bassklar. in B) * 3 (3.
auch Kontrafag.) - 4 * 4
Tromp. in C (1. u. 2. ad
lib. auch kl. Tromp. in
D) * 1 Basstromp. in C *
3 Pos. (Tenor,
Tenor-Bass, Kontrabass) *
Kb.-Tb. - P.S. (Xyl. *
Vibr. * Glspl. * Marimb.
* 12 mechan. Autohupen *
4 Spieluhren * 6 elektr.
Turklingeln * 2
Schellentr. * Militartr.
* 2 kl. Tr. * 3 Bong. *
Conga * Ruhrtr. *
Paradetr. * 4 Tomt. * 2
gr. Tr. * 2 Trgl. * 3
Paar Crot. * 3 hg. Beck.
* 1 Paar kl. Beck. * 2
Paar norm. Beck. * Gong *
2 Tamt. * Rohrengl. * 2
jap. Tempelgl. [Rin] *
Mar. * 2 Gueros * 2
Peitschen * 1 Paar Claves
* 1 Paar Kast. * Ratsche
* 3 Woodbl. * Holztr. * 5
Tempelbl. * gr.
Holzhammer * Holzlatten *
Lotosfl. * Trillerpfeife
* Kuckuckspfeife *
Signalpfeife *
Sirenenpfeife *
Dampfschiffpfeife * 2
Sirenen * 2 Flex. *
Entengequake * 2
Brummtopfe * gr.
Weckeruhr * gr.
pyramidenform. Metronom *
Papierbogen, Seiden- oder
Zeitungspapier * 1 Paar
Sandpapierblocke *
Windmaschine * Papiertute
* Tablett voll Geschirr *
Kochtopf * Pistole) (4
Spieler) - 3 chrom.
Mundharmonikas (werden
von den Blasern oder
Schlagzeugern gespielt) *
Cel. (auch Cemb.) *
Konzertflugel (auch
elektr. Klav.) * elektr.
Org. (nur Manual) (auch
Regal) * Mand. * Hfe. -
Str. (3 * 0 * 2 * 6 * 4)
Buhnenmusik:
Instrumentalisten aus dem
Orchestergraben
3
(2. u. 3. auch Picc.) * 3
(2. auch Ob. d'am., 3.
auch Engl. Hr.) * 3 (2.
auch Klar. in Es und
Altsax. in Es, 3. auch
Bassklar. in B) * 3 (3.
auch Kontrafag.) - 4 * 4
Tromp. in C (1. u. 2. ad
lib. auch kl. Tromp. in
D) * 1 Basstromp. in C *
3 Pos. (Tenor,
Tenor-Bass, Kontrabass) *
Kb.-Tb. - P.S. (Xyl. *
Vibr. * Glspl. * Marimb.
* 12 mechan. Autohupen *
4 Spieluhren * 6 elektr.
Turklingeln * 2
Schellentr. * Militartr.
* 2 kl. Tr. * 3 Bong. *
Conga * Ruhrtr. *
Paradetr. * 4 Tomt. * 2
gr. Tr. * 2 Trgl. * 3
Paar Crot. * 3 hg. Beck.
* 1 Paar kl. Beck. * 2
Paar norm. Beck. * Gong *
2 Tamt. * Rohrengl. * 2
jap. Tempelgl. [Rin] *
Mar. * 2 Gueros * 2
Peitschen * 1 Paar Claves
* 1 Paar Kast. * Ratsche
* 3 Woodbl. * Holztr. * 5
Tempelbl. * gr.
Holzhammer * Holzlatten *
Lotosfl. * Trillerpfeife
* Kuckuckspfeife *
Signalpfeife *
Sirenenpfeife *
Dampfschiffpfeife * 2
Sirenen * 2 Flex. *
Entengequake * 2
Brummtopfe * gr.
Weckeruhr * gr.
pyramidenform. Metronom *
Papierbogen, Seiden- oder
Zeitungspapier * 1 Paar
Sandpapierblocke *
Windmaschine * Papiertute
* Tablett voll Geschirr *
Kochtopf * Pistole) (4
Spieler) - 3 chrom.
Mundharmonikas (werden
von den Blasern oder
Schlagzeugern gespielt) *
Cel. (auch Cemb.) *
Konzertflugel (auch
elektr. Klav.) * elektr.
Org. (nur Manual) (auch
Regal) * Mand. * Hfe. -
Str. (3 * 0 * 2 * 6 * 4)
Buhnenmusik:
Instrumentalisten aus dem
Orchestergraben.
Viola - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14048276 Solo Viola Part. Composed by S&os...(+)
Viola - Grade 4
SKU:
HL.14048276
Solo
Viola Part. Composed
by Sø and ren Nils
Eichberg. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2016.
15 pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH32897C.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14048276).
ISBN
9788759891865.
English.
This is
the solo part for
Charybdis - 'Wirbelrausch
fur Bratsche und
Orchester' by Soren Nils
Eichberg (2016). Concerto
for Viola and Orchestra,
dedicated to Rafael
Altino. Premiere by
Rafael Altino and Odense
Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Michael
Schonwandt on October 27,
2016.
El Cumbanchero Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4 SKU: BT.DHP-0960680-010 Composed by Rafae...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 4
SKU:
BT.DHP-0960680-010
Composed by Rafael
Hernandez. Arranged by
Naohiro Iwai. New Sounds
for Concert Band. Concert
Piece. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 1996. De
Haske Publications #DHP
0960680-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-0960680-010).
As with many
publications from the DE
HASKE 'New Sounds for
Concert Band' series this
work will be a challenge
for many concert bands.
Extensive percussion,
virtuoso passages for
woodwinds and special
effects from the brass
guarantee excitement for
every musician in your
band.
For
Chamber Orchestra.
Composed by James
Matheson. This edition:
Version 6/10/10. Sws.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed February 13
2003. 84 pages. Duration
18 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41423. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416414230).
ISBN
9781598066630. UPC:
680160602087. 9x12
inches.
Colonnade
is James
Matheson’s
intriguing response to
the Albany
Symphony’s
commission to create a
work inspired by the NY
State Board of Education
Building, designed by the
renowned architect Rafael
Guastavino. Matheson
explains that “A
colonnade acts as a
metaphor for the tension
between knowledge and
perception. The columns
are the same height and
equidistant from each
other; while the mind
understands this fully,
there exists no place
from which one can
perceive this –
the columns always appear
to be of uneven height
and spacing. If one then
adds motion to
perspective, identical
columns acquire
elasticity, and begin to
change kaleidoscopically
– they shrink,
grow, become closer, and
then further
apart.†This
structural paradox is
given musical life in the
outer sections of
Colonnade, while the
long, arching middle
section is inspired by
the vaulted ceiling of
one of the
building’s largest
rooms, enhancing the
structure’s
spacious openness and
lightness. Colonnade
is inspired by
Albany’s majestic
New York State Board of
Education Building, and
written on a commission
from the Albany Symphony
Orchestra. It was an
intriguing task, in part
because in order to
accept the commission I
had to agree to write a
work “inspired
by†a building I
had not yet seen.
Thisproblem was
compounded by the fact
that, for me, the very
notion of extra-musical
inspiration is a complex
one, particularly with
respect to literary or
visual sources. I
generally find ideas and
abstracted notions more
generative of musical
ideas than specific ones
(a poem, an experience, a
painting). So when I went
to seeand tour the
building, I sought to
identify fundamental
formal aspects of the
building which I could
process into musical
ideas, and would then be
linked to the building
through a sense of formal
relationship. In theend,
two characteristics of
the building stood out as
noteworthy and
undiminished by time
(compared with, for
instance, the
building’s
rotunda, which contains a
series of quaintly
outdated allegorical
paintings): theexterior
colonnade and a beautiful
interior vaulted ceiling,
designed by Rafael
Guastavino.For me, a
colonnade acts as a
metaphor for the tension
between knowledge and
perception. We all know,
for instance, that the
columns are of the same
height and are
equidistant from each
other. Nevertheless,
while the mind
understands this fully,
it is also the case that
there exists no place
– no standpoint or
viewpoint –
anywhere in the universe
– from which one
can perceive this; the
columns always appear to
be of uneven height and
spacing. If one then adds
motion to perspective
– a walk along the
colonnade, for instance
– the fixed, even,
rigidly identical columns
acquire elasticity, and
begin to change
kaleidoscopically
– they shrink,
grow, become closer, and
then further apart.
Further, the detail of
the building’s
façade behind the
colonnadeshifts into and
out of visibility, with
different portions
obscured by the columns
from each vantage point.
These considerations
underlie the outer
sections of Colonnade, in
which a continuously
repeated, continuously
varied rising figure
– suggestive of a
column –
dominates. The iterations
of this elastic,
evolvingfigure are
interspersed with other
music – suggestive
of the building’s
façade. The second
feature of the building
that caught my attention
was the vaulted ceiling,
designed by Guastavino,of
one of the
building’s largest
rooms. The ceiling
enhances the spaciousness
of the room, giving it an
openness and lightness
that is quite
captivating. The middle
section of Colonnade has
this openness at its
core, and is dominated by
long, arching lines that,
to me, suggest the
refined beauty of this
ceiling.World premiere
March 8, 2003; Albany
Symphony Orchestra
conducted by David Alan
Miller.