Bassoon and Piano SKU: HL.14020992 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. ...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
HL.14020992
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. 20th Century.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 60 pages.
Chester Music #CH60945.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14020992).
ISBN 9780711936805.
9.0x12.0x0.185
inches.
Unusually
for him, Davies starts
his Bassoon Concerto not
with slow music but with
speed and brilliance: the
opening is a Presto,
initiated by the strings,
and only at the entry of
the soloist does the
tempo relax to that of a
real introduction. Out of
this grow a big dancing
Allegro. The slow
movement begins and ends
with a simple song,
around fantastical
ornamentation from the
soloist. The finale is
again a recitative and
dance, with a slow coda.
The whole work is an
immense show of stamina,
poetry and athleticism
for the bassoon, set
against an orchestra
coloured by low wind
(alto flute, clarinet in
A, bass clarinet,
contrabassoon, horns).
Bassoon part with piano
reduction of the
orchestral score.
Bassoon and Piano SKU: ST.C130 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass musi...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
ST.C130
Composed by
Mark Tanner. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C130. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C130).
ISBN
9790570811304.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry clarinet
players Grades
1–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
SP1219.
Violin, cello, piano SKU: BR.SON-421 Complete Works. Composed by F...(+)
Violin, cello, piano
SKU: BR.SON-421
Complete Works.
Composed by Felix
Bartholdy Mendelssohn.
Edited by Salome Reiser.
Linen. Complete Works.
Romantic period. Complete
Works. 292 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#SON 421. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.SON-421).
ISBN
9790004802663. 9 x 12
inches.
Nearly an
entire decade lies
between the first mention
(1831) and the printing
(1840) of the Trio op.
49. Mendelssohn kept
trying to set it to
paper, but he was
probably again making too
many demands on this
work, his first in the
piano trio genre. Yet his
efforts were immediately
rewarded: It is the
master trio of the
present, and Mendelssohn
the Mozart of the 19th
century, proclaimed
Robert Schumann, who was
also to compose a
landmark D minor Trio
seven years later.
Mendelssohn's second Trio
op. 66 was composed with
a relatively light hand
in 1845. Over and beyond
the familiar Trios opp.
49 and 66, the
corresponding volume of
the Leipziger
Mendelssohn-Ausgabe
contains sketches and
drafts in the same
scoring, which were not
further developed.