Brass Ensemble SKU: PE.EP68778 Arranged for Brass Band by Phillip Litt...(+)
Brass Ensemble
SKU:
PE.EP68778
Arranged for Brass
Band by Phillip
Littlemore (Score).
Composed by Eriks
Esenvalds. Arranged by
Phillip Littlemore.
Edition Peters.
Contemporary. Score. 12
pages. Edition Peters
#98-EP68778. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP68778).
ISBN
9790300762432.
S
tars is one of the most
popular of all
contemporary choral works
by Latvian composer Eriks
Ešenvalds. The music
begins with water-tuned
glasses playing a
sequence of chord
clusters, which are heard
throughout the whole
piece. It creates an
evocative effect, which
is both imaginative and
inventive prodcing an
ethereal shimmering
beauty. Phillip
Littlemore's expert
arrangement for brass
band will bring a moment
of enthralling stillness
to any concert
programme.
Brings contemporary
choral repertoire by a
leading international
composer to the band
world
Arrangement
of Eriks Ešenvalds'
highly successful choral
piece
'Stars'
Arranged
by brass and brass band
specialist Phillip
Littlemore
Part
of EP Brass Band
Series
Meditative
, beautiful piece, highly
attractive for audiences,
and proven success as a
choral
work
(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
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.
Composed by Pepper
Choplin.
Choral, cantatas.
Eastertide, Holy Week.
Choral score. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#55/1197L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
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.
Brass Ensemble SKU: PE.EP68778A Arranged for Brass Band by Phillip Lit...(+)
Brass Ensemble
SKU:
PE.EP68778A
Arranged for Brass
Band by Phillip
Littlemore (Score and
Parts). Composed by
Eriks Esenvalds. Arranged
by Phillip Littlemore.
Brass Ensemble. Edition
Peters. Contemporary.
Score and Part(s). 66
pages. Edition Peters
#98-EP68778A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP68778A).
ISBN
9790300762470.
S
tars is one of the most
popular of all
contemporary choral works
by Latvian composer Eriks
EÂenvalds. The music
begins with water-tuned
glasses playing a
sequence of chord
clusters, which are heard
throughout the whole
piece. It creates an
evocative effect, which
is both imaginative and
inventive prodcing an
ethereal shimmering
beauty. Phillip
Littlemore's expert
arrangement for brass
band will bring a moment
of enthralling stillness
to any concert
programme.
Brings contemporary
choral repertoire by a
leading international
composer to the band
world
Arrangement
of Eriks EÂenvalds'
highly successful choral
piece
'Stars'
Arranged
by brass and brass band
specialist Phillip
Littlemore
Part
of EP Brass Band
Series
Meditative
, beautiful piece, highly
attractive for audiences,
and proven success as a
choral
work
Brass Ensemble SKU: PE.EP68777A Arranged for Brass Band by Phillip Lit...(+)
Brass Ensemble
SKU:
PE.EP68777A
Arranged for Brass
Band by Phillip
Littlemore (Score and
Parts). Composed by
Eriks Esenvalds. Arranged
by Phillip Littlemore.
Brass Band. Edition
Peters. Contemporary.
Score and Part(s). 88
pages. Edition Peters
#98-EP68777A. Published
by Edition Peters
(PE.EP68777A).
ISBN
9790300762456.
O
nly in Sleep is a
nostalgic vision of
childhood re-experienced
through dreams. Eriks
Ešenvalds has created
a work of subtlety, yet
powerful and expressive.
The music has an
incandescent freshness
and the Flugel Horn
soloist heard at the
opening returns at the
close, lost in reverie,
whilst florid arabesques
float over one last pair
of chordal oscillations,
winding down to nothing.
This brilliant
arrangement for brass
band has become every bit
as popular as the
original choral
setting.
Br
ings contemporary choral
repertoire by a leading
international composer to
the band
world
Arrangement
of Eriks Ešenvalds'
highly successful choral
piece 'Only in
Sleep'
Arranged
by brass and brass band
specialist Phillip
Littlemore
Part
of EP Brass Band
Series
Meditative
, beautiful piece, highly
attractive for audiences,
and proven success as a
choral
work
Suitable for
intermediate band at 2nd
Section and
above
Composed by Tony Alonso
S.J. Arranged by Chris De
Silva. Celebration
Series. Sacred. Octavo.
With guitar chord names.
16 pages. GIA
Publications #8206.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8206).
UPC: 785147820604.
English. Text Source:
Based on
Confessions of St.
Augustine. Text by Tony
Alonso.
With a text
based on Confessions of
St. Augustine, this song
of comfort extols the
surety of God’s
love for us. Appropriate
for times of reflection
or meditation, this
moving work sings of the
peace found when we allow
our restless hearts to
find a home in God. While
effective with piano and
choir alone, the addition
of string quartet, flute,
and horn in F adds depth
and enhances the legato
line of the melody. For
cantor or soloist.
Instrument parts are
optional.