Piano and orchestra - difficult SKU: HL.49046544 For piano and orchest...(+)
Piano and orchestra -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49046544
For
piano and orchestra.
Composed by Gyorgy
Ligeti. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Softcover. Composed
1985-1988. Duration 24'.
Schott Music #ED23178.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49046544).
ISBN
9781705122655. UPC:
842819108726.
9.0x12.0x0.224
inches.
I composed
the Piano Concerto in two
stages: the first three
movements during the
years 1985-86, the next
two in 1987, the final
autograph of the last
movement was ready by
January, 1988. The
concerto is dedicated to
the American conductor
Mario di Bonaventura. The
markings of the movements
are the following: 1.
Vivace molto ritmico e
preciso 2. Lento e
deserto 3. Vivace
cantabile 4. Allegro
risoluto 5. Presto
luminoso.The first
performance of the
three-movement Concerto
was on October 23rd, 1986
in Graz. Mario di
Bonaventura conducted
while his brother,
Anthony di Bonaventura,
was the soloist. Two days
later the performance was
repeated in the Vienna
Konzerthaus. After
hearing the work twice, I
came to the conclusion
that the third movement
is not an adequate
finale; my feeling of
form demanded
continuation, a
supplement. That led to
the composing of the next
two movements. The
premiere of the whole
cycle took place on
February 29th, 1988, in
the Vienna Konzerthaus
with the same conductor
and the same pianist. The
orchestra consisted of
the following: flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
horn, trumpet, tenor
trombone, percussion and
strings. The flautist
also plays the piccoIo,
the clarinetist, the alto
ocarina. The percussion
is made up of diverse
instruments, which one
musician-virtuoso can
play. It is more
practical, however, if
two or three musicians
share the instruments.
Besides traditional
instruments the
percussion part calls
also for two simple wind
instruments: the swanee
whistle and the
harmonica. The string
instrument parts (two
violins, viola, cello and
doubles bass) can be
performed soloistic since
they do not contain
divisi. For balance,
however, the ensemble
playing is recommended,
for example 6-8 first
violins, 6-8 second, 4-6
violas, 4-6 cellos, 3-4
double basses. In the
Piano Concerto I realized
new concepts of harmony
and rhythm. The first
movement is entirely
written in bimetry:
simultaneously 12/8 and
4/4 (8/8). This relates
to the known triplet on a
doule relation and in
itself is nothing new.
Because, however, I
articulate 12 triola and
8 duola pulses, an
entangled, up till now
unheard kind of polymetry
is created. The rhythm is
additionally complicated
because of asymmetric
groupings inside two
speed layers, which means
accents are
asymmetrically
distributed. These
groups, as in the talea
technique, have a fixed,
continuously repeating
rhythmic structures of
varying lengths in speed
layers of 12/8 and 4/4.
This means that the
repeating pattern in the
12/8 level and the
pattern in the 4/4 level
do not coincide and
continuously give a
kaleidoscope of renewing
combinations. In our
perception we quickly
resign from following
particular rhythmical
successions and that what
is going on in time
appears for us as
something static,
resting. This music, if
it is played properly, in
the right tempo and with
the right accents inside
particular layers, after
a certain time 'rises, as
it were, as a plane after
taking off: the rhythmic
action, too complex to be
able to follow in detail,
begins flying. This
diffusion of individual
structures into a
different global
structure is one of my
basic compositional
concepts: from the end of
the fifties, from the
orchestral works
Apparitions and
Atmospheres I
continuously have been
looking for new ways of
resolving this basic
question. The harmony of
the first movement is
based on mixtures, hence
on the parallel leading
of voices. This technique
is used here in a rather
simple form; later in the
fourth movement it will
be considerably
developed. The second
movement (the only slow
one amongst five
movements) also has a
talea type of structure,
it is however much
simpler rhythmically,
because it contains only
one speed layer. The
melody is consisted in
the development of a
rigorous interval mode in
which two minor seconds
and one major second
alternate therefore nine
notes inside an octave.
This mode is transposed
into different degrees
and it also determines
the harmony of the
movement; however, in
closing episode in the
piano part there is a
combination of diatonics
(white keys) and
pentatonics (black keys)
led in brilliant,
sparkling quasimixtures,
while the orchestra
continues to play in the
nine tone mode. In this
movement I used isolated
sounds and extreme
registers (piccolo in a
very low register,
bassoon in a very high
register, canons played
by the swanee whistle,
the alto ocarina and
brass with a harmon-mute'
damper, cutting sound
combinations of the
piccolo, clarinet and
oboe in an extremely high
register, also
alternating of a
whistle-siren and
xylophone). The third
movement also has one
speed layer and because
of this it appears as
simpler than the first,
but actually the rhythm
is very complicated in a
different way here. Above
the uninterrupted, fast
and regular basic pulse,
thanks to the asymmetric
distribution of accents,
different types of
hemiolas and inherent
melodical patterns appear
(the term was coined by
Gerhard Kubik in relation
to central African
music). If this movement
is played with the
adequate speed and with
very clear accentuation,
illusory
rhythmic-melodical
figures appear. These
figures are not played
directly; they do not
appear in the score, but
exist only in our
perception as a result of
co-operation of different
voices. Already earlier I
had experimented with
illusory rhythmics,
namely in Poeme
symphonique for 100
metronomes (1962), in
Continuum for harpsichord
(1968), in Monument for
two pianos (1976), and
especially in the first
and sixth piano etude
Desordre and Automne a
Varsovie (1985). The
third movement of the
Piano Concerto is up to
now the clearest example
of illusory rhythmics and
illusory melody. In
intervallic and chordal
structure this movement
is based on alternation,
and also inter-relation
of various modal and
quasi-equidistant harmony
spaces. The tempered
twelve-part division of
the octave allows for
diatonical and other
modal interval
successions, which are
not equidistant, but are
based on the alternation
of major and minor
seconds in different
groups. The tempered
system also allows for
the use of the
anhemitonic pentatonic
scale (the black keys of
the piano). From
equidistant scales,
therefore interval
formations which are
based on the division of
an octave in equal
distances, the
twelve-tone tempered
system allows only
chromatics (only minor
seconds) and the six-tone
scale (the whole-tone:
only major seconds).
Moreover, the division of
the octave into four
parts only minor thirds)
and three parts (three
major thirds) is
possible. In several
music cultures different
equidistant divisions of
an octave are accepted,
for example, in the
Javanese slendro into
five parts, in Melanesia
into seven parts, popular
also in southeastern
Asia, and apart from
this, in southern Africa.
This does not mean an
exact equidistance: there
is a certain tolerance
for the inaccurateness of
the interval tuning.
These exotic for us,
Europeans, harmony and
melody have attracted me
for several years.
However I did not want to
re-tune the piano
(microtone deviations
appear in the concerto
only in a few places in
the horn and trombone
parts led in natural
tones). After the period
of experimenting, I got
to pseudo- or
quasiequidistant
intervals, which is
neither whole-tone nor
chromatic: in the
twelve-tone system, two
whole-tone scales are
possible, shifted a minor
second apart from each
other. Therefore, I
connect these two scales
(or sound resources), and
for example, places occur
where the melodies and
figurations in the piano
part are created from
both whole tone scales;
in one band one six-tone
sound resource is
utilized, and in the
other hand, the
complementary. In this
way whole-tonality and
chromaticism mutually
reduce themselves: a type
of deformed
equidistancism is formed,
strangely brilliant and
at the same time
slanting; illusory
harmony, indeed being
created inside the
tempered twelve-tone
system, but in sound
quality not belonging to
it anymore. The
appearance of such
slantedequidistant
harmony fields
alternating with modal
fields and based on
chords built on fifths
(mainly in the piano
part), complemented with
mixtures built on fifths
in the orchestra, gives
this movement an
individual, soft-metallic
colour (a metallic sound
resulting from
harmonics). The fourth
movement was meant to be
the central movement of
the Concerto. Its
melodc-rhythmic elements
(embryos or fragments of
motives) in themselves
are simple. The movement
also begins simply, with
a succession of
overlapping of these
elements in the mixture
type structures. Also
here a kaleidoscope is
created, due to a limited
number of these elements
- of these pebbles in the
kaleidoscope - which
continuously return in
augmentations and
diminutions. Step by
step, however, so that in
the beginning we cannot
hear it, a compiled
rhythmic organization of
the talea type gradually
comes into daylight,
based on the simultaneity
of two mutually shifted
to each other speed
layers (also triplet and
duoles, however, with
different asymmetric
structures than in the
first movement). While
longer rests are
gradually filled in with
motive fragments, we
slowly come to the
conclusion that we have
found ourselves inside a
rhythmic-melodical whirl:
without change in tempo,
only through increasing
the density of the
musical events, a
rotation is created in
the stream of successive
and compiled, augmented
and diminished motive
fragments, and increasing
the density suggests
acceleration. Thanks to
the periodical structure
of the composition,
always new but however of
the same (all the motivic
cells are similar to
earlier ones but none of
them are exactly
repeated; the general
structure is therefore
self-similar), an
impression is created of
a gigantic, indissoluble
network. Also, rhythmic
structures at first
hidden gradually begin to
emerge, two independent
speed layers with their
various internal
accentuations. This
great, self-similar whirl
in a very indirect way
relates to musical
associations, which came
to my mind while watching
the graphic projection of
the mathematical sets of
Julia and of Mandelbrot
made with the help of a
computer. I saw these
wonderful pictures of
fractal creations, made
by scientists from Brema,
Peitgen and Richter, for
the first time in 1984.
From that time they have
played a great role in my
musical concepts. This
does not mean, however,
that composing the fourth
movement I used
mathematical methods or
iterative calculus;
indeed, I did use
constructions which,
however, are not based on
mathematical thinking,
but are rather craftman's
constructions (in this
respect, my attitude
towards mathematics is
similar to that of the
graphic artist Maurits
Escher). I am concerned
rather with intuitional,
poetic, synesthetic
correspondence, not on
the scientific, but on
the poetic level of
thinking. The fifth, very
short Presto movement is
harmonically very simple,
but all the more
complicated in its
rhythmic structure: it is
based on the further
development of ''inherent
patterns of the third
movement. The
quasi-equidistance system
dominates harmonically
and melodically in this
movement, as in the
third, alternating with
harmonic fields, which
are based on the division
of the chromatic whole
into diatonics and
anhemitonic pentatonics.
Polyrhythms and harmonic
mixtures reach their
greatest density, and at
the same time this
movement is strikingly
light, enlightened with
very bright colours: at
first it seems chaotic,
but after listening to it
for a few times it is
easy to grasp its
content: many autonomous
but self-similar figures
which crossing
themselves. I present my
artistic credo in the
Piano Concerto: I
demonstrate my
independence from
criteria of the
traditional avantgarde,
as well as the
fashionable
postmodernism. Musical
illusions which I
consider to be also so
important are not a goal
in itself for me, but a
foundation for my
aesthetical attitude. I
prefer musical forms
which have a more
object-like than
processual character.
Music as frozen time, as
an object in imaginary
space evoked by music in
our imagination, as a
creation which really
develops in time, but in
imagination it exists
simultaneously in all its
moments. The spell of
time, the enduring its
passing by, closing it in
a moment of the present
is my main intention as a
composer. (Gyorgy
Ligeti).
Piano - Grade 7-8 SKU: ST.C463 Composed by Federico Ruiz. Edited by Clara...(+)
Piano - Grade 7-8
SKU:
ST.C463
Composed by
Federico Ruiz. Edited by
Clara Rodriguez. Piano
and keyboard music.
Collection. Clifton
Edition #C463. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C463).
ISBN
9790570814633.
This
volume contains
contrasting works by
Federico Ruiz spanning
quite a large and rich
period of his
compositional output that
goes from his early
Micro-Suite (1971), to
lilting, sweet and
rhythmic Venezuelan
waltzes passing by the
mysterious, intimate, and
intense Nocturno (1994)
plus pieces originally
composed for film, and
theatre. Real eclecticism
in styles, moods and
atmospheres that show
Ruizâ??s talents and
scope.
The
Nocturno is a deep,
intriguing, substantial
piece presenting a
satisfying length which
moves from different
paths of the mind and the
heart written in an
abstract, chromatic
idiom, that does not
dissociate itself from
the Venezuelan waltz and
the joropo. One could
perhaps say that there is
a deconstruction of the
latter. For the
interpretation, the
composer has suggested to
me that it is allowed to
have some flexibility in
the tempo. Ruiz kindly
dedicated it to me, and I
have had the pleasure of
performing it in many
concerts.
Although
all highly expressive,
the Three Venezuelan
Waltzes present in this
collection as well as the
piece titled Aliseo, are
works that are close to
the colourful Venezuelan
folk tradition. Federico
Ruiz had given me two of
them when we first met:
â??Tu Presenciaâ??
(1981) and
â??EloÃsaâ?? (1989)
and then I attended a
performance of the play
â??Office Number Oneâ??
by Miguel Otero Silva
with a fantastic actor,
Elba Escobar in the role
of Carmen Rosa and, I
just fell in love and was
very moved by the
incidental music that I
later discovered, by
reading the programme,
had been written by
Federico Ruiz. Later that
evening, I called him and
asked to please make a
piano score of the
composition, so I could
have the desired piece in
my hands. That is how
â??Carmen Rosaâ?
waltz (1987) came to
exist in a piano
version.
â??Elois
aâ?? is another
Venezuelan waltz with
more jazzy harmonies
where precision in the
rhythm and elegant
playing is also
essential, as it is in
most of his
pieces.
â??Tu
Presenciaâ?? was
dedicated to his mother,
Margarita. It is written
with the structure of the
Venezuelan waltz, which
consists of a nostalgic
subject that leads to a
faster, happier middle
section where the typical
graceful rhythm is given
by the left-hand
accompaniment figure of a
dotted crotchet followed
by a quaver and a
crotchet.
The
craft and magic found in
the five movements of the
Micro-Suite is based on a
dodecaphonic row by Ernst
Krenek. They remind us of
the idiom of the Second
Viennese School. These
real miniatures seem to
tell short stories. The
â??Preludioâ?? is full
of humour. I imagine
dancing figures given by
the jumps all over the
keyboard and extreme
dynamics; the phrases
give the impression of a
conversation with many
questions and answers.
The â??Invenciónâ??
is a kaleidoscopic piece
where the hands mirror
each other. The
â??Passacagliaâ?? is
the longest movement, at
just over a minute where
the prime motif is
repeated three times on
the bass line. For its
construction Federico
Ruiz uses as well the
retrograde and the
retrograde inversion of
the twelve-tone series.
It must be played
expressively with dynamic
contrasts between
pianissimo and louder
events. The
â??Scherzoâ?? has
repetitive motifs of a
minor third in both hands
and the â??Finalâ??
displays virtuosic
passages for the
pianist.
Piano; Piano/Keyboard SKU: HL.329906 By Various. Super Easy Songbook. Pop...(+)
Piano; Piano/Keyboard
SKU: HL.329906
By
Various. Super Easy
Songbook. Pop, Standards.
Softcover. 112 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.329906).
ISBN
9781540084224. UPC:
840126907490.
9.0x12.0x0.372
inches.
It's super
easy! This series
features accessible
arrangements for piano,
with simple right-hand
melody, letter names
inside each note, basic
left-hand chord diagrams,
and no page turns. This
edition includes 60
simple songs ideal for
beginners: All My Loving
• Beauty and the
Beast • Do-Re-Mi
• Fields of Gold
• Happy Birthday to
You • I'm Yours
• Love Me Tender
• Morning Has
Broken • People Get
Ready • The Rainbow
Connection • The
Sound of Silence •
A Thousand Years •
Wonderful Tonight •
You Are My Sunshine
• and more.
By Various.
Ukulele. Pop, Rock.
Softcover. 176 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.142050).
ISBN
9781495011252. UPC:
888680047191.
9.0x12.0x0.4
inches.
With just 4
chords, you can play 50
hot songs on your
ukulele! Songs include:
Brown Eyed Girl •
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
• Forever &
Always • Hey Ya!
• Ho Hey • I
Love a Rainy Night
• If I Had
$1,000,000 •
Jessie's Girl • Let
It Be • One Love
• Please Mr.
Postman • Stand by
Me • Toes •
With or Without You
• and many
more.
(The Fun and Easy Way® to Start Playing Your Favorite Songs Today!). ...(+)
(The Fun and Easy
Way® to Start
Playing Your Favorite
Songs Today!). By
Various. For
Piano/Vocal/Guitar.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Songbook. Softcover. 250
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Piano, Voix et Guitare [Partition] - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
Performed by Coldplay. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and v...(+)
Performed by Coldplay.
Piano/Vocal/Chords
Songbook (Arrangements
for piano and voice with
guitar chords). Size 9x12
inches. 72 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Performed by Coldplay. For guitar and voice. Format: guitar tablature songbook. ...(+)
Performed by Coldplay.
For guitar and voice.
Format: guitar tablature
songbook. With guitar
tablature, standard
notation, vocal melody,
lyrics, chord names,
guitar chord diagrams and
guitar notation legend.
Britpop and alternative
rock. Series: Hal Leonard
Guitar Recorded Versions.
80 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
By Coldplay. Hal Leonard Easy Adult Piano. Britpop and Alternative Rock. Songboo...(+)
By Coldplay. Hal Leonard
Easy Adult Piano. Britpop
and Alternative Rock.
Songbook. With easy piano
notation, lyrics and
chord names. 56 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(The Best of Glee, Season 4). By Glee Cast. Edited by Mac Huff. Arranged by Ad...(+)
(The Best of Glee, Season
4).
By Glee Cast. Edited by
Mac
Huff. Arranged by Adam
Anders
and Peer Astrom. Pop
Choral
Series. Medley, Pop,
Pop/Rock, Show Choir, TV.
Octavo. 32 pages.
Published
by Hal Leonard
((The Best of Glee, Season 4)). By Glee Cast. Edited by Mac Huff. Arranged by Ad...(+)
((The Best of Glee,
Season 4)). By Glee Cast.
Edited by Mac Huff.
Arranged by Adam Anders
and Peer Astrom. For
Choral (SATB). Pop Choral
Series. 36 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
((The Best of Glee, Season 4)). By Glee Cast. Edited by Mac Huff. Arranged by Ad...(+)
((The Best of Glee,
Season 4)). By Glee Cast.
Edited by Mac Huff.
Arranged by Adam Anders
and Peer Astrom. For
Choral (ShowTrax CD). Pop
Choral Series. CD only.
Published by Hal Leonard
By Edwin Mclean. For Piano. Composers In Focus. These contemporary compositions ...(+)
By Edwin Mclean. For
Piano. Composers In
Focus. These contemporary
compositions are highly
appealing and feature a
wide variety of
delightful images and
moods. As attractive as
they are accessible,
these pieces will
complement lessons as
well as they highlight
recitals. For students of
all ages. Contents
include: Speak Up,
Please!; Island Breeze;
Hurry!; Rain, Rain&;
Medieval Dance; Early
Morning Sky; The Mad
Scientist; Waltz in Blue;
The Barbarian; Listening
and Waiting. Level:
Elementary. Book.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc.
Voice(s) solo SKU: BR.EB-8948 Voice Exercises of Franziska Martienssen...(+)
Voice(s) solo
SKU:
BR.EB-8948
Voice
Exercises of Franziska
Martienssen-Lohmann,
handed down by Reinhard
Becker. Composed by
Barbara Hoos de Jokisch.
Voice; Softbound. Edition
Breitkopf. How Do I
Actually Teach?- Video
lecture by Barbara Hoos
de Jokisch on the
occasion of the EUROVOX
Congress 2020. Music
pedagogy. Score. 152
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8948.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8948).
ISBN 9790004186176. 9
x 12 inches.
German.
Conscious
Singing and Teaching This
compact workbook for
singing teachers,
students of singing, and
singers offers a
comprehensive summary of
classical voice training,
based on the
voice-training qualities
of German speech sounds
(with IPA symbols). The
rich store of vocal
exercises from the
teachings of the renowned
German pedagogue
Franziska
Martienssen-Lohmann
(1887-1971) is
systematically organized
according to the three
functional areas of the
voice - stimulation of
phonation, voice
production, shaping of
sound. The clear layout
also makes it possible to
find exercises for
specific tasks. The book
will help students of
singing find ways to
practice on their own.
Experienced singers and
teachers of singing will
find here ideas for
structuring and expanding
their own repertoire of
vocal exercises. This is
the book I've been hoping
for for many years! I
studied for a while with
Elisabeth Grummer, who
studied with Franziska
Martienssen-Lohmann, the
great German singing
teacher of the 20th
century. Her teaching was
rooted in bel canto and
the then new knowledge of
vocal physiology, but
also infused with her
love of language and use
of the imagination.
Imagining the sound you
want to make before the
voice is heard was one of
her main concepts, before
the scientists ever
discovered prephonatory
tuning. The book is only
available in German at
the moment, but feelers
have been put out to an
English publisher. I
recognize many exercises
in this book that I
learnt from Grummer and
still use today in my own
teaching. The
descriptions are clear,
with step by step tips
for their execution. This
is a book that many will
want to possess! Prof.
Eleanor Forbes |
Berlin.
Music of the Spheres Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire/avancé Anglo Music
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6 SKU: BT.AMP-028-140 Composed by Philip Sp...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 6
SKU:
BT.AMP-028-140
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Elite Series.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2005. 68
pages. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 028-140. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-028-140).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The piece
reflects the composer's
fascination with the
origins of the universe
and deep space in
general. The title comes
from a theory, formulated
by Pythagoras, that the
cosmos was ruled by the
same laws he had
discovered that govern
the ratios of note
frequencies of the
musical scale.
(‘Harmonia’
in Ancient Greek, which
means scale or tuning
rather than harmony -
Greek music was
monophonic). He also
believed that these
ratios corresponded to
the distances of the six
known planets from the
sun and that the planets
each produced a musical
note which combined to
weave a continuous
heavenly melody (which,
unfortunately, we humans
cannot hear). In this
work, these six notesform
the basis of the sections
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and
HARMONIA. The pieces
opens with a horn solo
called t = 0, a name
given by some scientists
to the moment of the Big
Bang when time and space
were created, and this is
followed by a depiction
of the BIG BANG itself,
as the entire universe
bursts out from a single
point. A slower section
follows called THE LONELY
PLANET which is a
meditation on the
incredible and unlikely
set of circumstances
which led to the creation
of the Earth as a planet
that can support life,
and the constant search
for other civilisations
elsewhere in the
universe. ASTEROIDS AND
SHOOTING STARS depicts
both the benign and
dangerous objects that
are flying through space
and which constantly
threaten our planet, and
the piece ends with THE
UNKNOWN, leaving in
question whether our
continually expanding
exploration of the
universe will eventually
lead to enlightenment or
destruction.
Dit
werk weerspiegelt de
fascinatie van de
componist voor het
heelal. Het begint met
een hoornsolo met de naam
t = 0, waarmee
sommige wetenschappers de
oerknal aanduiden. Dan
volgt een weergave van de
oerknal zelf. Het
volgendegedeelte, The
Lonely Planet, is een
meditatie over het
ongelooflijke samenspel
van omstandigheden dat
leidde tot het ontstaan
van de Aarde.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars beschrijft
objecten in de ruimte.
Het werkeindigt met
The Unknown,
waarmee we in het
ongewisse blijven over de
gevolgen van onze verdere
verkenning van het
universum. In 2005 won
Philip Sparke met
Music of the
Spheres de National
Band Association/William
D.Revelli Memorial Band
Composition
Contest.
Dieses
Werk handelt vom Weltall
und unserem Platz im
Universum, auf dem
Weltbild von Pythagoras
basierend. Am einfachsten
lässt sich diese
außergewöhnliche
Komposition wohl als
Filmmusik ähnliches
Stück beschreiben ?
Musik zu einem
Science-Fiction-Film
eines Ripley Scott oder
Steven Spielberg oder
auch Musik, wie sie ein
John Williams oder Danny
Elfman schreiben
würde: absolut
stimmungsvoll, brillant
instrumentiert mit
Klangfarben, Strukturen,
Effekten und Timbres,
gemischt mit
fließenden
musikalischen Linien, die
die Substanz des Themas
auf den Punkt treffen.
Dieses atemberaubende
neue Stück hebt Ihr
Blasorchester auf ein
höheres Niveau, sowohl
im technischen als
auchmusikalischen Sinn.
Music of the
Spheres evidenza il
fascino che le origini
dell’universo
esercitano su Philip
Sparke. Il titolo
proviene da una teoria
del matematico greco
Pitagora, secondo la
quale il cosmo è retto
dalle stesse leggi che
governano i rapporti di
frequenza tra le note
della scala musicale.
Questa composizione
inizia con un assolo di
corno chiamato t = 0,
nozione che definisce il
momento del big-bang.
The Lonely Planet
(Il pianeta solitario)
è una meditazione
sulle circostanze che
hanno portato alla
creazione della terra.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars (Asteroidi e
Stelle cadenti) descrive
i molteplici oggetti che
si muovono nello spazio e
che rappresentano
unrischio per il nostro
pianeta. Le battute
finali portano verso
l’ignoto (The
Unknown) sollevando
una domanda la cui
risposta resta in
sospeso: la nostra
continua avanzata
nell’esplorazione
dell’Universo
porter un giorno alla
scoperta o alla
distruzione?
Music of the Spheres Ensemble de cuivres [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire/avancé Anglo Music
Brass Band - Grade 6 SKU: BT.AMP-028-130 Composed by Philip Sparke. Elite...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 6
SKU:
BT.AMP-028-130
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Elite Series.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2003.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
028-130. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-028-130).
The piece
reflects the composer's
fascination with the
origins of the universe
and deep space in
general. The title comes
from a theory, formulated
by Pythagoras, that the
cosmos was ruled by the
same laws he had
discovered that govern
the ratios of note
frequencies of the
musical scale.
(‘Harmonia’
in Ancient Greek, which
means scale or tuning
rather than harmony -
Greek music was
monophonic). He also
believed that these
ratios corresponded to
the distances of the six
known planets from the
sun and that the planets
each produced a musical
note which combined to
weave a continuous
heavenly melody (which,
unfortunately, we humans
cannot hear). In this
work, these six notesform
the basis of the sections
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and
HARMONIA. The pieces
opens with a horn solo
called t = 0, a name
given by some scientists
to the moment of the Big
Bang when time and space
were created, and this is
followed by a depiction
of the BIG BANG itself,
as the entire universe
bursts out from a single
point. A slower section
follows called THE LONELY
PLANET which is a
meditation on the
incredible and unlikely
set of circumstances
which led to the creation
of the Earth as a planet
that can support life,
and the constant search
for other civilisations
elsewhere in the
universe. ASTEROIDS AND
SHOOTING STARS depicts
both the benign and
dangerous objects that
are flying through space
and which constantly
threaten our planet, and
the piece ends with THE
UNKNOWN, leaving in
question whether our
continually expanding
exploration of the
universe will eventually
lead to enlightenment or
destruction.
Dit
werk weerspiegelt de
fascinatie van de
componist voor het
heelal. Het begint met
een hoornsolo met de naam
t = 0, waarmee
sommige wetenschappers de
oerknal aanduiden. Dan
volgt een weergave van de
oerknal zelf. Het
volgendegedeelte, The
Lonely Planet, is een
meditatie over het
ongelooflijke samenspel
van omstandigheden dat
leidde tot het ontstaan
van de Aarde.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars beschrijft
objecten in de ruimte.
Het werkeindigt met
The Unknown,
waarmee we in het
ongewisse blijven over de
gevolgen van onze verdere
verkenning van het
universum. In 2005 won
Philip Sparke met
Music of the
Spheres de National
Band Association/William
D.Revelli Memorial Band
Composition
Contest.
Mit
diesem großartigen
Werk, das dem
Auftraggeber der
Yorkshire Building
Society Band am
Europäischen Brass
Band Wettbewerb 2004 in
Glasgow als
Selbstwahlstück zu
einem weiteren Titel
verhalf, beweist Philip
Sparke einmal mehr seine
außergewöhnlichen
kompositorischen
Fähigkeiten. Dieses
Werk über die
Ursprünge des
Universums führt uns
vom Urknall, vorbei an
einsamen Planeten,
Asteroiden und
Sternschnuppen
schließlich ins
Unbekannte - die
ungewisse Zukunft. Ein
Glanzstück und eine
echte Herausforderung
für jeden
Spitzen-Brass
Band!
Music of the
Spheres evidenza il
fascino che le origini
dell’universo
esercitano su Philip
Sparke. Il titolo
proviene da una teoria
del matematico greco
Pitagora, secondo la
quale il cosmo è retto
dalle stesse leggi che
governano i rapporti di
frequenza tra le note
della scala musicale.
Questa composizione
inizia con un assolo di
corno chiamato t = 0,
nozione che definisce il
momento del big-bang.
The Lonely Planet
(Il pianeta solitario)
è una meditazione
sulle circostanze che
hanno portato alla
creazione della terra.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars (Asteroidi e
Stelle cadenti) descrive
i molteplici oggetti che
si muovono nello spazio e
che rappresentano
unrischio per il nostro
pianeta. Le battute
finali portano verso
l’ignoto (The
Unknown) sollevando
una domanda la cui
risposta resta in
sospeso: la nostra
continua avanzata
nell’esplorazione
dell’Universo
porter un giorno alla
scoperta o alla
distruzione?