Flute Solo SKU: IS.F6035EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Woodwinds - Flu...(+)
Flute Solo
SKU:
IS.F6035EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Woodwinds - Flute.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #F6035EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.F6035EM).
ISBN
9790365060351.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him.
Violin and Piano SKU: IS.VLP6539EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Strings...(+)
Violin and Piano
SKU:
IS.VLP6539EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Strings - Violin.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #VLP6539EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.VLP6539EM).
ISBN
9790365065394.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him. Just like Bach's
6 suites for cello solo,
these 6 arabesques are
composed of a number of
distinct movements which
follow the suite
principle. The melodies
in these 6 arabesques are
influenced by
Mediterranean folk
music.
Violin and Piano SKU: IS.VLP6034EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Strings...(+)
Violin and Piano
SKU:
IS.VLP6034EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Strings - Violin.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #VLP6034EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.VLP6034EM).
ISBN
9790365060344.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him. Just like Bach's
6 suites for cello solo,
these 6 arabesques are
composed of a number of
distinct movements which
follow the suite
principle. The melodies
in these 6 arabesques are
influenced by
Mediterranean folk
music.
Orchestra SKU: PO.PEP05S Works for String Orchestra. Composed by L...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PO.PEP05S
Works
for String Orchestra.
Composed by Larry Pruden.
Perfect. Collection -
Full Score. Promethean
Editions #PEP05S.
Published by Promethean
Editions (PO.PEP05S).
ISBN
9781877218057.
Pref
ace to the Collected
EditionOver the span of
his composing career,
Larry Carrol Pruden
(1925-82) completed some
60 works, including music
for piano, chamber
ensemble, orchestra,
stage and film. The scope
of the ten-volume
Collected Edition
incorporates every work
that the composer is
known to have considered
complete, and a very few
incomplete works which
the editors felt
warranted inclusion. The
works in the latter
category are either
virtually complete or
have been deemed worthy
of inclusion due to the
significance that the
composer is known to have
attached to
them.Throughout Pruden's
output, whether the music
is modest in scale and
purely functional (civic
fanfares and radio
advertising jingles, for
example) or more extended
and overtly serious in
tone (such as the larger
works for orchestra and
strings), his vivid
response to urban society
and rural life in New
Zealand is revealed. With
Douglas Lilburn, John
Ritchie and others, Larry
Pruden belongs to the
earliest generation of
New Zealand composers to
discover a genuine
vernacular, and in his
music is reflected the
trail-blazing spirit of
the pioneers, their
passion for creativity
and their rebelliousness
of spirit.The scores in
the Collected Edition are
based on Pruden's
underlying autograph or
holograph manuscripts,
which have been consulted
extensively throughout
the editorial process.
Comparison has been made
to all extant forms of
each title, published and
unpublished. In some
cases, several variants
exist, and the goal has
been to determine as far
as possible the
composer's final
intention and to convey
this comprehensively in
the published score.
Emendations have been
made to account for the
composer's revisions and
for certain errors and
inconsistencies, and each
volume includes a short
commentary and editorial
notes on the source
materials.In consultation
with the Estate of Larry
Pruden, Promethean
Editions appointed an
Editorial Panel and an
Advisory Panel to oversee
publication of the
Collected Edition. The
role of the Editorial
Panel has been to
undertake the research
into the composer's
archival and manuscript
materials and to make the
necessary editorial
decisions and ensure the
accuracy of the musical
and textual content of
the Edition. The Advisory
Panel has been
responsible for
monitoring the overall
approach to the project
and for ensuring the
maintenance of a wider
perspective.
Oboe Solo SKU: IS.O6029EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Woodwinds - Oboe...(+)
Oboe Solo
SKU:
IS.O6029EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Woodwinds - Oboe.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #O6029EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.O6029EM).
ISBN
9790365060290.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him.
Piano Solo SKU: IS.PN6133EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Keyboards - Pi...(+)
Piano Solo
SKU:
IS.PN6133EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Keyboards - Piano.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #PN6133EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.PN6133EM).
ISBN
9790365061334.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him.
Piano Solo SKU: IS.PN6534EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Keyboards - Pi...(+)
Piano Solo
SKU:
IS.PN6534EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Keyboards - Piano.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #PN6534EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.PN6534EM).
ISBN
9790365065349.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him.
Piano 4 Hands SKU: IS.PN6030EM Composed by Charles Camilleri. Keyboards -...(+)
Piano 4 Hands
SKU:
IS.PN6030EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Keyboards - Piano.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #PN6030EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.PN6030EM).
ISBN
9790365060306.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he composed a number of
works based on folk music
and legends of his native
Malta. He moved from his
early influences by
Maltese folk music to a
musical form in which
nothing is fixed and his
compositions evolve from
themselves with a sense
of fluency and
inevitability. He
composed over 100 works
for orchestra, chamber
ensemble, voice and solo
instruments. Camilleri's
work has been performed
throughout the world and
his research of folk
music and improvisation,
the influences of the
sounds of Africa and
Asia, together with the
academic study of
European music, helped
him create a universal
style. Camilleri is
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him.
Air and Aulos Clarinette Basse, Piano Alea Publishing
Composed by Ivana Loudova (1941-). For bass clarinet and piano. Classical; 20th ...(+)
Composed by Ivana Loudova
(1941-). For bass
clarinet and piano.
Classical; 20th century.
Piano score and part.
Composed 1972 (Air); 1976
(Aulos). 6 pages (score);
5 pages (part). Published
by Alea Publishing
12 Recital Pieces in First Position for Cello and Piano or Two Celli. Edited b...(+)
12 Recital Pieces in
First
Position for Cello and
Piano
or Two Celli. Edited by
Christoph Sassmannshaus /
Melissa Lusk. Stapled.
Baerenreiter's
Sassmannshaus.
Performance score, parts.
16/23/21 pages pages.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
18 Recital Pieces in First Position for Cello and Piano or Two Celli. Edited b...(+)
18 Recital Pieces in
First
Position for Cello and
Piano
or Two Celli. Edited by
Christoph Sassmannshaus /
Melissa Lusk. Stapled.
Baerenreiter's
Sassmannshaus.
Performance score, parts.
22/24/17 pages pages.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
Voice 4 (Bass)in B (Notviolin)(Tsecond romb,Tthird romb,horn-Bar,Euph,B-Tuba ) (...(+)
Voice 4 (Bass)in B
(Notviolin)(Tsecond
romb,Tthird
romb,horn-Bar,Euph,B-Tuba
) (4. Voice (Bass) in B
(Treble clef) (2.
Trombone, 3. Trombone,
Baritone horn, Euphonium,
B-Tuba))
SKU:
BA.BA11242-49
Edited
by Andreas Dewey,
Bernhard Blitsch, and
Richard Mailänder.
Ring stitching. Eigenteil
des Erzbistums Köln.
Single part. 82 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA11242_49. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA11242-49).
ISBN
9790006563630. 15 x 21 cm
inches.
The
acclaimed percussionist
Christian Dierstein has
joined forces with a
research group at the
Basel Academy of Music to
examine the techniques of
percussion playing from
an innovative
perspective. The main
focus falls less on the
instruments than on their
sound producers: beaters,
mallets, sticks, bows,
specific manual
techniques up to and
including electronic
pulse generators. This
book describes all of
them in detail and
illustrates their range
of application in
carefully selected and
annotated examples from
the repertoire.
Many essays by guest
authors such as Nicolaus
A. Huber, Steven Schick,
Fritz Hauser and Bernhard
Wulff relate the
performance descriptions
to ongoing aesthetic
debates. They reveal that
sound production and
interaction with
sound-generating objects
have moved centre stage
in contemporary
composition and its
expanded concepts of
material and performance.
The result is a
comprehensive reference
book for composers and
performers that will also
serve as a source of
inspiration for future
innovative approaches in
percussion
playing.
The
authors Christian
Dierstein completed his
musical studies with
Bernhard Wulff
(Freiburg), Gaston
Sylvestre (Paris) and
Wassilios Papadopulus
(Mannheim). A multiple
prize-winner at music
competitions, he has
played percussion
withEnsemble
Recherchesince 1988
andTrio Accantosince 1994
together with Nic Hodges
and Marcus Weiss. In
addition he has been
professor of percussion
and contemporary chamber
music at the Basel
Academy of Music since
2001.
Michel Roth
is professor of
composition and music
theatre at the Basel
Academy of Music and a
member of its research
department. As a composer
he is a regular guest at
music festivals, recently
with a focus on music
theatre. In 2017
Barenreiter published
hisTechniques of Trombone
Playingco-written with
Mike Svoboda. This was
awarded theBest
Editionprize by the
German Music Publishers
Association in
2018.
Jens Ruland
studied percussion with
Carlos Tarcha at the
Cologne University of
Music (2007-12) where he
completed his performance
and teaching degree with
distinction. Since 2012
he has consolidated his
studies with Christian
Dierstein in Basel. He is
a founding member ofhand
werk(Cologne),232
percussion(Cologne),Ensem
ble New4Art(Switzerland)
and the music theatre
duoAkt-tkA(Spain and
Switzerland).
(13 Recital Pieces in First Position for Violin and Piano or Two Violins). Edite...(+)
(13 Recital Pieces in
First Position for Violin
and Piano or Two
Violins). Edited by Kurt
Sassmannshaus / Christoph
Sassmannshaus / Melissa
Lusk. For violin, piano.
Stapled. Barenreiter's
Sassmannshaus. Level 2.
Solo part and performance
score. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
7 Recital Pieces in First Position for Viola and Piano or Two Violas. Edited b...(+)
7 Recital Pieces in First
Position for Viola and
Piano
or Two Violas. Edited by
Lusk, Melissa /
Sassmannshaus, Christoph
/
Sassmannshaus, Kurt.
Stapled.
Barenreiter's
Sassmannshaus.
Performance Score(s),
Part(s). 11/11/11 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08992.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag
(20 Recital Pieces in First Position for Violin and Piano or Two Violins). Edite...(+)
(20 Recital Pieces in
First Position for Violin
and Piano or Two
Violins). Edited by Kurt
Sassmannshaus / Christoph
Sassmannshaus / Melissa
Lusk. For violin, piano.
Stapled. Barenreiter's
Sassmannshaus. Level 2.
Solo part and performance
score. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
Composed by J. Peter Close; Holger Sassmannshaus. Stapled. Barenreiter's Sassman...(+)
Composed by J. Peter
Close; Holger
Sassmannshaus. Stapled.
Barenreiter's
Sassmannshaus.
Instructional.
Performance score. 72
pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA9660).
Chamber Music flute, piano SKU: PR.114424240 Free at Last!. Compos...(+)
Chamber Music flute,
piano
SKU:
PR.114424240
Free
at Last!. Composed by
Adolphus Hailstork. Set
of Score and Parts.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42424. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114424240).
ISBN
9781491137581. UPC:
680160691036.
THE
BONES OF MR. FORTUNE
(FREE AT LAST!) is an
11-minute concerto-like
work for solo flute
accompanied by symphonic
winds and percussion
– perfect to play
with band or with
orchestra, as well as
with the
composer’s own
piano reduction. The work
features lengthy
cadenzas, and
exhilarating dance-like
sections with the
ensemble. Hailstork
describes the historical
inspiration: Abused in
life and death, an
enslaved man (Mr.
Fortune) was owned by a
surgeon who preserved his
skeleton to study
anatomy. The bones
remained with the
doctor’s family
for generations, and were
given a proper burial
making national news in
2013, 215 years after Mr.
Fortune’s
death. Abused in life
and death, an enslaved
man known as Mr. Fortune
was honored with an
elaborate funeral more
than 200 years after he
died in Connecticut.Mr.
Fortune was owned by Dr.
Preserved Porter on a
farm in Waterbury,
Connecticut. When Fortune
died in 1798, Porter, a
bone surgeon, preserved
his skeleton by having
the bones boiled to study
anatomy at a time when
cadavers for medical
study were
disproportionately taken
from slaves, servants and
prisoners.One of
Porter’s
descendants gave the
skeleton in 1933 to
Mattatuck Museum in
Waterbury, where it was
displayed from the 1940s
until 1970. The
descendant referred to
the slave as
“Larry†and
his name was forgotten at
the time.A study by
forensic anthropologists
at the Quinnipiac
University School of
Medicine concluded that
Fortune was about 5 feet
5 inches tall and died at
around 55 years old. He
suffered a number of
painful ailments,
including a fracture in
his left hand, a severe
ankle sprain and lower
back pain. “He was
an individual who was in
considerable
distress,†a
forensic professor,
Richard Gonzalez said.I
was taken by the bizarre
story of Mr. Fortune and
decided to use it as the
stimulus for this
work.
SKU: CA.402500 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Jan Schumacher...(+)
SKU: CA.402500
Composed by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Edited by Jan
Schumacher. Choral
collections. Conductor's
score, with CD. Sacred
vocal music, Mass
sections, Psalms, German,
Secular choral music.
Choir Book. 136 pages.
Carus Verlag #CV
04.025/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.402500).
ISBN
9790007187941.
The
anniversary edition for
all choirs! With their
extensive forces and
complex parts, the
performance of
Beethoven's
choral-symphonic works is
hugely demanding for many
choirs. For the major
Beethoven anniversary in
2020 Carus is therefore
expanding the repertoire
of works available for
mixed choirs. The Choral
Collection Beethoven (ed.
Jan Schumacher) contains
especially attractive
arrangements of
Beethoven's music from
three centuries. Contents
include the
choral-symphonic
repertoire in versions
with piano accompaniment,
some lesser-known
unaccompanied works, and
some seldom-performed
works, such as pieces
from his incidental
music. During his
lifetime Beethoven was so
admired that
contemporaries arranged
his music - mainly the
well-known instrumental
works - for chorus. Some
of these choral works
were even performed at
Beethoven's own funeral.
Subsequent generations of
composers have also
immersed themselves in
Beethoven's output. In
addition, for the
anniversary Carus has
commissioned choral
arrangements of
Beethoven's works from
several contemporary
composers. The Choral
Collection Beethoven
contains around 40
secular and sacred choral
movements in a wide range
of styles. Editor Jan
Schumacher has created an
indispensable resource
with the Beethoven Choral
Collection, particularly
for amateur choirs, but
the edition is also
suitable for vocal
ensembles and chamber
choirs. Guaranteed
enjoyment of Beethoven's
music well beyond the
anniversary year. * 41
choral settings for SATB,
some with piano
accompaniment * well
within the capabilities
of amateur choirs *
suitable for concerts,
church services, and many
social occasions * also
contains arrangements of
Beethoven's vocal and
instrumental works from
three centuries, by
composers including
Gottlieb Benedict Bierey,
Heribert Breuer, Peter
Cornelius, Gunnar
Eriksson, Gunther Martin
Gottsche, Clytus
Gottwald, John Hoybye,
Hans Georg Nageli, Peter
Schindler, Ignaz Ritter
von Seyfried, Friedrich
Silcher, and many others
* CD with selected works
included with the
conductor's score
(Deutscher
Jugendkammerchor,
conducted by Florian
Benfer) * economical
choral edition
(editionchor) available
Contents (selection) *
Choruses and canons: Auld
Lang Syne, Gluck zum
neuen Jahr, and Das Reden
/ Schweigen and many
more. * Historic
arrangements for chorus,
including from the
Moonlight Sonata, the
Appassionata, the 7th
Symphony, and many other
works. * New arrangements
for chorus, including the
songs Bitten, Ich liebe
dich, Marmotte, and many
others. * Arrangements
for chorus and piano,
including the choral
movements from the Choral
Fantasia, the oratorio
Christus am Olberge and
the incidental music Die
Ruinen von Athen, and the
finale of the 9th
Symphony.
Viola and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ627 Composed by Gyula David. Book Only. Compo...(+)
Viola and Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ627
Composed
by Gyula David. Book
Only. Composed 1952. 52
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ627.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ627).
Gyula Dávid
(1913-1977) was one of
the most important
members of the generation
of Hungarian composers
who followed Bartók
and Kodály. His ?uvre
includes stage,
orchestral, oratorial,
chamber, and solo
instrumental works.
Although he rarely quoted
folk material directly in
his music, folksong,
popular music and the
spirit of the Hungarian
musical tradition
permeates his works. In
the last two decades of
his life he wrote atonal
and twelve-tone
compositions. With his
Wind Quintet (composed
1949) he created a genre
which plays an important
role in the new Hungarian
music. Gyula Dávid
studied composition with
Albert Siklós and
Zoltán Kodály at
the Academy of Music in
Budapest,graduating in
1938. Between 1938 and
1945 he worked in several
orchestras as viola
player. From 1945 to 1949
he was conductor at
Hungarian National
Theatre, than he became
leader of the Ensemble of
the Hungarian Army. From
1961 to his retirement he
was professor at the
Teacher Training Faculty
of the Academy of Music
in Budapest. Between 1951
and 1960 he taught wind
chamber music, music
theory and wind
orchestration at the
Academy of Music. He was
one of the founders of
the Hungarian Artists'
Union. He was awarded the
Erkel Prize (1952, 1955)
and the Kossuth Prize
(1957).
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.