Piano and orchestra

SKU: FG.55011-372-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Study score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-372-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-372-5).

ISBN 9790550113725.

Imag es of the sea figure prominently throughout my life and memories: from holidays on the Atlantic coast during my Canadian childhood to my current Baltic home, and the imagined, only later experienced Mediterranean of my ancestral heritage. As an immigrant (son of an immigrant) bound to two northern countries, the sea is emblematic of my twin homelands, from the expanses of water surrounding them to those separating them. A Mari usque ad Mare. The sea is also an enduring image of the unknown, of expanses unexplored, of the raw power of nature and, for too many currently, of terror holding a hope of refuge - or the pain of loss.
Such disparate ideas were captured for me in the seascapes of the New York painter MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom I met in 2008 during a residency on the Gulf of Mexico. Her vast, abstract, nearly monochromatic depictions of imaginary seas in wildly varying moods were the catalyst for a concerto where the piano is frequently far from a hero battling a collective, but rather acts as a channel for elemental forces surging up from the orchestra, floating - sometimes barely so - on its constantly shifting surface. There are few themes to speak of, beyond a handful of iconic ideas that periodically cycle upward. Rather, the piano's material is largely an ornamentation of the more primal rhythmic and harmonic impulses from the orchestra below - a poetic interpretation, if you will, of the more immediate experience of facing the vastness of some unknown body of water.
The title Nameless Seas is borrowed from one of Thielhelm's exhibitions, as are those of the four movements, which are bridged together into two halves of roughly equal weight - one rhapsodic and free, the other more single-minded and direct, separated only by a short breath. The opening movement, Nocturne, is predominantly calm, if brooding, darkness and light alternating throughout. Lyrical arabesques sparkle over gently lapping cross-currents in the strings and mirrored timpani, the piano's full power only rarely deployed. The waves gradually build, drawing in the full orchestra for a meeting of forces in Land and Sea, a brighter, more warmly lyrical scene that unfolds in series of dreamlike, sometimes even nostalgic visions, which for me carry strong memories of sitting on rocks above surging Atlantic waves. The third movement, Wake, is a fast, perpetual-motion texture of glinting, darting rhythms and sudden shafts of light, with a prominent part for the steel drums, limning the piano's quicksilver figurations. An ecstatic climax crashes into a solo cadenza that grows progressively calmer and more introspective rather than virtuosic. Much of the tension finally releases into Unclaimed Waters, a drifting, meditative seascape in which the piano is progressively engulfed by a series of ever-taller waves, ultimately dissolving into a tolling, rippling continuum of sound.
It has been a great privilege to realize such a long-held dream as this piece, and to write it for not one, but two great pianists. Risto-Matti Marin and Angela Hewitt, both of whose friendship and support have been unfailing and humbling, share the dedication. Nameless Seas was commissioned by the PianoEspoo festival and Canada's National Arts Centre, with the premieres in Ottawa and Helsinki led by Hannu Lintu and Olari Elts. Thanks are due also to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund, whose generous grant provided me with much-needed time, and Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, the source to which I returned to do a large part of the work.

By Samuel Applebaum. For Piano Acc. String Orchestra Method/Supplement. Book. 68 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Full Score. Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. Classical. Score Only. Composed 2017. 80 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32201. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.232526).

For Easy Piano. By The Beatles. Easy Piano Personality. Softcover. 384 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By George Gershwin (1898-1937). Arranged by Marco Tamanini. For piano and concert band. Baton Music Instrumental Series. For Piano and Orchestra. Grade 5. Score. Duration 16:00. Published by Baton Music

Composed by Arvo Part (1935-). With Standard notation. Universal Edition #UE032667. Published by Universal Edition

By Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). Arranged by Douglas McLain. For piano and concert band. Baton Music Instrumental Series. Opus 10. Grade 5. Full score and parts. Duration 16:00. Published by Baton Music

String Orchestra and Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ13550

Das klassische Trio. By Arpad Pejtsik. Educational Tool. Book Only. Composed 1994. 230 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ13550. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ13550).

At first sight, this publication appears to be a collection of pieces, for the technical studies, not too attractive but so characteristic of tutors, are missing. Yet the selection of the works, their order according to the development of ensemble playing and the advice includeed after the foreword and containig proposals for the technical realization of ensemble playing in the case of certain typical pieces these all make this publication a tutor.The works form a cross-section of a longer period of the history of chamber music and offer an insight into thedifferent methods of composition. Volume III is approximately the same grade of difficulty as Volume II, but inViennese Classicism a more sophisticated handling of the bow is required. In addition to the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven pieces by less well-known masters are also included.

Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - perc(4) - hp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-15160

Urtext. Composed by Sergej Rachmaninow. Edited by Norbert Gertsch. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Variations; Solo concerto; Late-romantic; Early modern. Sheet Music. Duration 22'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 15160. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-15160).

ISBN 9790004215654. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Paganini's Capricci served as inspiration for many composers. In addition to Brahms, Schumann and Liszt, Rachmaninoff was also inspired by the idea. His Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini has since become one of his best known and most popular works and was an immediate success. In 1934, between two intense concert seasons, Rachmaninoff took advantage of the peace and quiet at his villa on Lake Lucerne to compose the Variations. Paganini's virtuosity and joy of playing are juxtaposed with the Gregorian sequence Dies irae. A symbol of the evil spirit to which Paganini sold his soul? At least that is how Rachmaninoff wrote it in a letter to the choreographer Fokine. For the demanding piano part, the composer and celebrated pianist himself had to start practicing very early: The composition is very difficult, and I should really start practicing now, but I get lazier with my finger exercises year after year.The editor, Norbert Gertsch, presents with this edition for the first time an Urtext edition of the work that Joachim Kaiser described as Rachmaninoff's most spiritual, witty, elegant work for piano..

(study score). By Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Edited by Antony Beaumont. For Piano, Orchestra and Men's Choir. Breitkopf Full Scores. Study score. 336 pages

By Lubos Fiser (1935-1999). For piano, orchestra (piano solo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, strings). Czech title: Concerto da camera per piano ed orchestra. Classical. Score. Publication language: Czech/German. Publishe. Score. Classical.

(Opus 102). By Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Arranged by Marco Pontini. For piano and concert band. Baton Music Instrumental Series. Grade 4. Full score and parts. Duration 19:00. Published by Baton Music

Arranged by James Curnow. (Score). Curnow Concert Band Full Set. 44 pages. Published by Curnow Music Publications.

(New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich - Volume 57). Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). For Orchestra, Piano (Score). DSCH. Hardcover. 545 pages. Published by DSCH