Machera
Impressions. Composed
by Jan Van der Roost.
Concert and Contest
Collection CBHA. Concert
Piece. Set (Score and
Parts). Composed 2010. De
Haske Publications #DHP
1104883-010. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1104883-010).
9x12 inches.
The
twofold title of this
concert work is directly
connected with the band
who commissioned it. The
â??Harmonie Municipale
Grevenmacherâ?? from the
town of the same name, by
the river Moselle in the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
was founded in the
year1834. The name
Machera is derived from
the word machara, which
in turn originated from
maceries (old wall).
Later, Machera evolved
into Machern,
Grafenmachern, and
finally Grevenmacher.In
2009, this music society
the third oldest still in
existence in the country
celebrated its 175th
anniversary. And after
all these years the
society still flourishes!
The dynamic committee,
led by Georges May, fully
supports and inspires
themusical leader of the
band, Claude Weiland, as
well as his 60-strong
ensemble. This
well-functioning team
took the initiative to
ask Jan Van der Roost to
write an anniversary
composition, inspired, on
the one hand, by the
rural character
ofGrevenmacher and its
surroundings (where the
famous Moselle wine
growing dominates the
countryside), and on the
other hand, by the
dynamics, creativity and
joie de vivre the band
exudes. All of this
resulted in a twofold
work with alternating
peaceand excitement,
virtuous and melodic
features, orchestral
splendour and soberly
orchestrated passages.
The première, on 10
January 2010, was
conducted by the composer
himself at a successful
gala concert which
brought a fine year full
of musicalfestivities to
a close. The â??Harmonie
Municipale
Grevenmacherâ?? faces
the future with
confidence, and will now
prepare for its next
milestone: the 200th
anniversary!
1834
- Machara Impressions was
a commission for the
175th anniversary of the
band Harmonie Municipale
Grevenmacher from the
town of Grevenmacher -
formerly Machara - in
Luxemburg. It is a work
of many contrasts with
alternating peace and
excitement, virtuous and
melodic features,
orchestral splendour and
soberly orchestrated
passages - reflecting the
peaceful and turbulent
history of the band.
Das zweiteilige
Auftragswerk zum
175-jährigen
Jubiläum der Harmonie
Municipale Grevenmacher
aus dem Dorf Grevenmacher
- historisch Machara - in
Luxemburg ist von
Dynamik, Kreativität
und Lebensfreude des
Blasorchesters
inspiriert. Friedliche
und aufregende Zeiten
spiegeln sich
wechselweise in virtuosen
und melodischen
Eigenschaften,
orchestraler Pracht und
nu?chtern orchestrierten
Passagen wider. Ein Thema
fu?r jedes Blasorchester
mit Tradition, umgesetzt
in ein attraktives Werk
von Jan Van der
Roost.
Questo brano
sottolinea ed elogia il
dinamismo della Banda
Municipale di
Grevenmacher, fondata nel
1834, ricordando allo
stesso tempo la storia di
questa cittadina, situata
in riva alla Mosella
lussemburghese, il cui
nome era nellâ??antichit
Machera. Passaggi calmi
si alternano
armoniosamente a passaggi
più vivaci, elementi
virtuosi si mischiano a
tratti melodici, mentre
sul tutto aleggia uno
splendore e una sobriet
orchestrale fuori dal
comune.
For
marimbaphone solo and 15
instruments. Composed
by Walter Feldmann.
Feldmann: Esquisse: << le
froid >> Full score. 44
pages. Duration 10
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
16.335/00. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.1633500).
ISBN
9790007181079. Language:
all languages.
The
texts of the French
author Anne-Marie Albiach
have long been the point
of departure for the
works by Feldmann. A
twofold perspective of
the text underlies the
composition Esquisse : <<
le froid >> : on the one
hand, there is a spoken
reading of the text, in
which time of recitation
is measured out, and on
the other hand, there is
a graphic measuring of
the text. The latter
serves as a foundation -
the genetic code - for
the temporal structures
of the solo marimba,
supported arally by the
harp and piano. The
reading appears int the
rhythmic surfaces of the
accompanying ensemble.
Each word of the spoken
text has its own
instrumentation, and thus
a compact network of
instrumental combinations
is created, in which,
word by word, the text is
made audible.
Orchestra; Violin (Study Score) SKU: HL.49045166 Study Score. Comp...(+)
Orchestra; Violin (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.49045166
Study
Score. Composed by
Ryan Wigglesworth. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2011.
72 pages. Duration 16'.
Schott Music #ED13695.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045166).
ISBN
9790220135002. UPC:
888680724214.
8.25x11.75x0.276
inches.
Violin
Concerto is scored for a
Classical-sized
orchestra, with the
addition of a harp and
celeste, and lasts around
17 minutes. Although the
work sets out to explore
the lyrical
characteristics of the
solo instrument, it is
only gradually that the
violin finds its full,
lyric voice, and thence,
as the work progresses, a
more dominant role. This,
in one sense, is the
'journey' of the piece.
The work's
straightforward formal
scheme consists of three
movements (roughly
fast-slow-fast) framed by
a reflective introduction
and epilogue. However,
these formal divisions
exist within a single,
unbroken arc. Such an
overall symmetrical shape
places the slow Arioso
(itself divided into
three subsections) at the
midpoint, sandwiched
between the two Allegro
movements. The dramaturgy
of the piece centers on a
twofold search. First
there is the ongoing
pursuit to recapture the
simple melodic material
stated by the solo violin
- accompanied by thar
harp's bass register -
during the opening bars.
Whilst aspects of this
melody are invoked
frequently throughout
(especially in the violin
cadenza which closes the
Arioso movement), it is
only with the final and
most important climax of
the work that the melody
appears again in its
complete form, now
accompanied by violent,
orchestral stabs. The
second search is for a
tonal resting place, the
arrival of which is
delayed until the close
of the epilogue. The
original version of the
Violin Concerto,
commissioned by the
Netherlands Chamber
Orchestra, was premiered
in Amsterdam in February
2012 with Gordan Nikolic
as soloist. The present,
revised version was
created for Barnabas
Kelemen and the
Halle.
Recorder SKU: HL.49002238 Ayres by the Lutenists. Edited by Edgar ...(+)
Recorder
SKU:
HL.49002238
Ayres
by the Lutenists.
Edited by Edgar Hubert
Hunt. Arranged by Edgar
Hubert Hunt. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Playing score.
12 pages. Schott Music
#ED10035. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49002238).
ISBN
9790220100475. UPC:
073999451535.
9.0x6.0x0.063 inches.
English.
The aim of
these little Consort
Books is twofold. (1) to
provide, in handy form,
music for informal groups
of recorders, strings and
piano * examples of the
best part-music of each
age; and (2) to suggest
to the producers of
period plays, pageants
and maskes, short pieces
which they could use for
incidental music and
dances. In this, the
addition of the recorder
to the more usual strings
and piano can give the
period quality which
would otherwise be
lacking.