Score SKU: HL.50603544 For Baritone Voice, Piano, and String Quartet S...(+)
Score
SKU:
HL.50603544
For
Baritone Voice, Piano,
and String Quartet
Score. Composed by
Outi Tarkiainen.
Instrumental. Softcover.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH33187. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50603544).
UPC:
840126931341.
A
song cycle for baritone
voice, string quartet,
and piano. The composer
writes: Naarasaiti (The
Lustful Mother) is about
becoming a mother, an
experience in which
sexuality combines in a
natural way with the
birth of a new life. The
texts of the cycle are
from the collections of
poems Aiteja, tyttaria
(Arbeeadni, The Time of
the Lustful Mother, 2013)
and Kylma kumppani
(Galbma radna, My Cold
Companion, 1999) by two
contemporary Sami poets,
Rauni Magga Lukkari and
Rose-Marie Huuva. The
poems' primitive,
matriarchal beat is
present throughout in the
music: a dark, earthy
solo viola accompanies
the baritone while the
sizzling, sparkling
strings erupt at times in
powerful textures..
Score SKU: HL.50603542 For Baritone Voice, Piano, and String Orchestra...(+)
Score
SKU:
HL.50603542
For
Baritone Voice, Piano,
and String Orchestra
Score. Composed by
Outi Tarkiainen. Score.
Softcover. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH33158.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.50603542).
UPC:
840126931327.
A
song cycle for baritone
voice, string quartet,
and piano. The composer
writes: Naarasaiti (The
Lustful Mother) is about
becoming a mother, an
experience in which
sexuality combines in a
natural way with the
birth of a new life. The
texts of the cycle are
from the collections of
poems Aiteja, tyttaria
(Arbeeadni, The Time of
the Lustful Mother, 2013)
and Kylma kumppani
(Galbma radna, My Cold
Companion, 1999) by two
contemporary Sami poets,
Rauni Magga Lukkari and
Rose-Marie Huuva. The
poems' primitive,
matriarchal beat is
present throughout in the
music: a dark, earthy
solo viola accompanies
the baritone while the
sizzling, sparkling
strings erupt at times in
powerful textures..
Concert Band Symphonic Band - Grade 5 SKU: FJ.B1577S Score Only. C...(+)
Concert Band Symphonic
Band - Grade 5
SKU:
FJ.B1577S
Score
Only. Composed by
Brian Balmages. Concert
Band. FJH Symphonic Band.
Score. Duration 8:15. The
FJH Music Company Inc
#98-B1577S. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.B1577S).
English.
Drawing
on some of the composer's
early influences
including John Barnes
Chance and Ottorino
Respighi, this mature and
powerful work explores
the dark and mystical
while adding elements of
intensity and relentless
energy. Composed in three
sections, an underlying
sense of tension is
present throughout before
the final minutes erupt
triumphantly in a fury of
aggression and sound. Not
for the faint of
heart!
About FJH
Symphonic
Band
Appro
priate for accomplished
high school, college, and
professional groups.
Includes expanded
instrumentation and
ranges. Grades 4 - 5
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6 SKU: BT.GOB-000963-140 Voyage au Centr...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 6
SKU:
BT.GOB-000963-140
Voyage au Centre de la
Terre. Composed by
Harrie Janssen. Score
Only. 120 pages. Gobelin
Music Publications #GOB
000963-140. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000963-140).
This
composition was based on
the world-famous novel by
the French author Jules
Verne. This novel
describes the attempt to
reach the centre of the
earth. The descent of the
crater of the volcano
called Snaeffels,
situated in Iceland,
marks thebeginning of
this voyage to the
sublunary world. The
German geologist,
professor Lidenbrock, is
accompanied on this trip
by his nephew Axel and an
Icelandic guide named
Hans. The last mentioned
will be helpful in many
occasions.
Dark
colors & mist
The
composer tried in this
single work to give a
musical expression to
various significant
moments from this novel.
In the introduction he
sketches an image of the
dismal ambience on the
island by using dark
colors. Risingfragments
of mist reveal the flanks
of the monumental
mountain Scataris. The
composer tries to catch
this image in a majestic
and broad
chorale.
Away
from Iceland
Subsequently the ostinato
rhythmicity and
virtuosity representthe
hectic descent of the
crater of the volcano.
The party descends ever
more and more and travels
south, away from Iceland.
On the way, they see all
kinds of rock formations,
fossils and minerals. At
a depth of thirty hours
walking distance, atabout
150 kilometers below the
surface, they reach a sub
terrestrial sea which is
called the Lidenbrock
sea.
Genuine
eruption of
sounds
Strange
electric manifestations
and unpredictable weather
conditions accompany
thissingular phenomenon.
An orchestral
tutti-episode expresses
this impression
musically. On a
make-shift raft, the
party continues its
voyage, heading to the
south coast of this huge
sea. Once ashore, an
enormous rock obstructs
the passage. The
blowingup of this
obstacle unleashes a
genuine eruption of
sounds in the
orchestration.
Spat out by the
volcano
But the
explosion has an
unforeseen side effect.
The sea - travelers and
raft included - is sucked
upwards into a dark
hole.Again, our heroes
are accompanied on their
involuntary voyage, while
left to fend for
themselves, by an ever
increasing ostinato
rhythmicity.
Before an irruption can
destroy the raft, the
threesome manages to
escape and climb up
through acave towards the
daylight. They seem to be
spat out by the Stromboli
volcano on the island of
Sicily, far from home.
The composition ends
with triumphant sounds
that represent the
scientific triumph of
these
adventurers.
De
compositie 'Voyage au
centre de la terre ....'
is gebaseerd op de
wereldberoemde roman van
de Franse schrijver Jules
Verne. Het boek
beschrijft de poging het
middelpunt van de aarde
te bereiken. Een afdaling
van de op
IJslandgesitueerde
vulkaankrater 'de
Sneffels', markeert het
begin van deze reis in
het ondermaanse. De
Duitse geoloog professor
Lidenbrock wordt hierbij
vergezeld door zijn
neefje Axel en een
IJslandse gids genaamd
Hans. Laatstgenoemdezal
in menig netelige
situatie nog van pas
komen.
De
componist heeft getracht
in dit eendelige werk een
aantal significante
momenten uit deze roman
te verklanken. In de
inleiding wordt door
middel van donkere
kleureneen beeld
geschetst van de desolate
sfeer op het eiland.
Optrekkende flarden nevel
onthullen de flanken van
de monumentale berg 'de
Scartaris'. De componist
tracht dit beeld te
vangen in een majestueus,
breed opgezet
koraal. Vervolgens
staan ostinate ritmiek en
virtuositeit voor de
hectische afdaling in de
vulkaankrater. De
groep daalt dieper en
dieper af, en reist
daarbij zuidwaards, weg
van IJsland. Onderweg
komen ze allerlei
rotsformaties,fossielen
en mineralen tegen. Op
een diepte van 'dertig
uur gaans', op ca. 150
km. diepte, bereikt het
gezelschap een
onderaardse zee die 'de
Lidenbrockzee' genoemd
wordt. Vreemd
aandoende electrische
verschijnselen
enonvoorspelbare
weersomstandigheden
vergezellen dit
zonderlinge fenomeen. In
een orkestrale
tutti-episode wordt deze
indruk verklankt. Op
een provisorisch gebouwd
vlot vervolgt het groepje
hun reis, daarbij
koersend naar dezuidkust
van deze enorme zee.
Eenmaal aan wal gekomen
verspert een enorm
rotsblok verdere
doorgang. Het
opblazen van dit obstakel
ontketent een ware
klankeruptie in het
orkest. Echter, de
ontploffing heeft een
onvoorzien
neveneffect.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire/avancé Gobelin Music Publications
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6 SKU: BT.GOB-000963-010 Voyage au Centr...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 6
SKU:
BT.GOB-000963-010
Voyage au Centre de la
Terre. Composed by
Harrie Janssen. Set
(Score & Parts). 372
pages. Gobelin Music
Publications #GOB
000963-010. Published by
Gobelin Music
Publications
(BT.GOB-000963-010).
This
composition was based on
the world-famous novel by
the French author Jules
Verne. This novel
describes the attempt to
reach the centre of the
earth. The descent of the
crater of the volcano
called Snaeffels,
situated in Iceland,
marks thebeginning of
this voyage to the
sublunary world. The
German geologist,
professor Lidenbrock, is
accompanied on this trip
by his nephew Axel and an
Icelandic guide named
Hans. The last mentioned
will be helpful in many
occasions.
Dark
colors & mist
The
composer tried in this
single work to give a
musical expression to
various significant
moments from this novel.
In the introduction he
sketches an image of the
dismal ambience on the
island by using dark
colors. Risingfragments
of mist reveal the flanks
of the monumental
mountain Scataris. The
composer tries to catch
this image in a majestic
and broad
chorale.
Away
from Iceland
Subsequently the ostinato
rhythmicity and
virtuosity representthe
hectic descent of the
crater of the volcano.
The party descends ever
more and more and travels
south, away from Iceland.
On the way, they see all
kinds of rock formations,
fossils and minerals. At
a depth of thirty hours
walking distance, atabout
150 kilometers below the
surface, they reach a sub
terrestrial sea which is
called the Lidenbrock
sea.
Genuine
eruption of
sounds
Strange
electric manifestations
and unpredictable weather
conditions accompany
thissingular phenomenon.
An orchestral
tutti-episode expresses
this impression
musically. On a
make-shift raft, the
party continues its
voyage, heading to the
south coast of this huge
sea. Once ashore, an
enormous rock obstructs
the passage. The
blowingup of this
obstacle unleashes a
genuine eruption of
sounds in the
orchestration.
Spat out by the
volcano
But the
explosion has an
unforeseen side effect.
The sea - travelers and
raft included - is sucked
upwards into a dark
hole.Again, our heroes
are accompanied on their
involuntary voyage, while
left to fend for
themselves, by an ever
increasing ostinato
rhythmicity.
Before an irruption can
destroy the raft, the
threesome manages to
escape and climb up
through acave towards the
daylight. They seem to be
spat out by the Stromboli
volcano on the island of
Sicily, far from home.
The composition ends
with triumphant sounds
that represent the
scientific triumph of
these
adventurers.
De
compositie 'Voyage au
centre de la terre ....'
is gebaseerd op de
wereldberoemde roman van
de Franse schrijver Jules
Verne. Het boek
beschrijft de poging het
middelpunt van de aarde
te bereiken. Een afdaling
van de op
IJslandgesitueerde
vulkaankrater 'de
Sneffels', markeert het
begin van deze reis in
het ondermaanse. De
Duitse geoloog professor
Lidenbrock wordt hierbij
vergezeld door zijn
neefje Axel en een
IJslandse gids genaamd
Hans. Laatstgenoemdezal
in menig netelige
situatie nog van pas
komen.
De
componist heeft getracht
in dit eendelige werk een
aantal significante
momenten uit deze roman
te verklanken. In de
inleiding wordt door
middel van donkere
kleureneen beeld
geschetst van de desolate
sfeer op het eiland.
Optrekkende flarden nevel
onthullen de flanken van
de monumentale berg 'de
Scartaris'. De componist
tracht dit beeld te
vangen in een majestueus,
breed opgezet
koraal. Vervolgens
staan ostinate ritmiek en
virtuositeit voor de
hectische afdaling in de
vulkaankrater. De
groep daalt dieper en
dieper af, en reist
daarbij zuidwaards, weg
van IJsland. Onderweg
komen ze allerlei
rotsformaties,fossielen
en mineralen tegen. Op
een diepte van 'dertig
uur gaans', op ca. 150
km. diepte, bereikt het
gezelschap een
onderaardse zee die 'de
Lidenbrockzee' genoemd
wordt. Vreemd
aandoende electrische
verschijnselen
enonvoorspelbare
weersomstandigheden
vergezellen dit
zonderlinge fenomeen. In
een orkestrale
tutti-episode wordt deze
indruk verklankt. Op
een provisorisch gebouwd
vlot vervolgt het groepje
hun reis, daarbij
koersend naar dezuidkust
van deze enorme zee.
Eenmaal aan wal gekomen
verspert een enorm
rotsblok verdere
doorgang. Het
opblazen van dit obstakel
ontketent een ware
klankeruptie in het
orkest. Echter, de
ontploffing heeft een
onvoorzien
neveneffect.
Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 2.5 SKU: FJ.B1769 Composed by Brian Bal...(+)
Concert Band Concert Band
- Grade 2.5
SKU:
FJ.B1769
Composed by
Brian Balmages. Concert
Band. FJH Young Band.
Score and Part(s).
Duration 3:15. The FJH
Music Company Inc
#98-B1769. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.B1769).
UPC:
241444399392.
English.
Everyone
is still. The countdown
begins. And in a single
moment, adrenaline surges
in an eruption of energy
and power. This intense
closer does not let go,
keeping the audience and
performer on the edge of
their seats throughout.
Very playable - just make
sure you find time to
catch your breath (or
does that refer to the
audience?. . .). Ready,
set. . .
About FJH
Young
Band
Appro
priate for middle school
and smaller high school
groups. Second clarinets
usually stay below the
break. Parts are written
with more independence,
and instrumentation
increases slightly. There
is still adequate
doubling in the lower
voices. Grades 2 -
2.5
36 voices (12S12Mez12A/12T12Bar12B) SKU: BR.PB-5411-07 Study score...(+)
36 voices
(12S12Mez12A/12T12Bar12B)
SKU: BR.PB-5411-07
Study score.
Composed by Adriana
Holszky. Stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
World
premiere: Graz
(Steirischer Herbst),
October 10, 1991
Music post-1945; New
music (post-2000). Study
Score. Composed 1989/90.
48 pages. Duration 14'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5411-07. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5411-07).
ISBN
9790004209837. 8.5 x 21.5
inches.
Getraumt
wurde 1989/90 im Auftrag
des Deutschen Musikrates
komponiert und kann
entweder von 36
Frauenstimmen oder 36
Mannerstimmen aufgefuhrt
werden. Die Komposition
verwendet isolierte
Fragmente, die dem
Gedicht ,,Nachtflug von
Ingeborg Bachmann
entnommen sind.Der
Gedanke der
kompositorischen
Verwendung eines
homogenen vokalen
Klangapparats von vielen
solistischen Stimmen, der
ahnlich einem
,,Tausendfussler
funktionieren sollte,
d.h. trotz maximaler
Individualisierung der
einzelnen Glieder die
Scharfe der zentralen
Integration nicht
verliert, war grundlegend
fur dieses Werk. Nicht
die Semantik, sondern die
Klanglichkeit der Worter,
deren Atomisierung, die
assoziativen Verbindungen
unterschiedlicher
Partikel die Isolation
und Hervorhebung
einzelner Phoneme,
standen bei der
Komposition im
Vordergrund. Die
,,ecriture der im Kreis
um den Horer platzierten
36 Stimmen (in der
Partitur auf 9 Gruppen zu
je 4 Stimmen verteilt)
versucht die
auskomponierten Raume und
die entsprechenden
Klangwanderungen wie in
einem ,,pulsierenden
Ozean schwebender Klange
maximal zu
differenzieren. So gibt
es z. B. in den Takten
50-53 der Partitur elf
verschiedene
Farbflachenarten, die
sich verzahnen: 1)
Farbmischung von:
gesungen und geflustert
auf ,,R 2) knarrende
Stimme 3)
Sprechgesang-Impulse in
den extremen Lagen, so
schnell wie moglich 4)
Mischung von: a)
Schnalzen in Richtung
Gaumen, Mundstellung
offen/zu, b)
Lippengerausch ahnlich
dem Gerausch eines
Korkenziehers, c)
Schnalzen in Richtung
vordere Zahne,
Mundstellung offen/zu,
und d) knarrende Stimme
5) Pfeifimpulse 6)
Pfeifen mit
gleichzeitigem
Sprechgesang, glissando
7) Pfeifen mit
gleichzeitiger
Singstimme, glissando 8)
rhythmisiertes
Alternieren von Schnalzen
in Richtung vordere
Zahne, Mundstellung
offen/zu 9) Flustern mit
Handvibrato 10)
Singstimme auf ,,a 11)
,,Einatmen-Ausatmen-Impul
se Das Schleudern der
Gerauschpartikel durch
den 36kopfigen
Klangapparat beruht auch
auf Kategorien visueller
Dimension: dem
Einbeziehen von Nahe und
Weite, Linie und Flache,
Oszillation und
Stillstand,
Richtungsanderung oder
Pendeln der Klange. In
letzter Konsequenz will
die Komposition die
Illusion eines
expandierenden
Klangraumes mit
migrierenden Punkten und
Figuren schaffen. So wird
die Partitur zu einer
,,Landkarte der in Raum
beweglichen
,,Klanglandschaft, die
aus dem Zusammen- und
Wechselspiel vieler
filigranartiger, in sich
geschlossener Klangfelder
entstanden ist. Auch wenn
grossere Blocke oder
Flachen im Werk sich
entfalten, deuten sie
immer auf die
Fluchtigkeit, die
Instabilitat und
Zerbrechlichkeit des
Moments.CDs:ORF-Chor,
cond. Erwin OrtnerCD cpo
999 290-2ORF-Chor, cond.
Erwin OrtnerCD ORF MP
30/4 (30 Jahre
Musikprotokoll Moderne in
Osterreich
1968-1997)Bibliography:Hi
nterberger, Julia:
Zwischen
Sprachzertrummerung und
Textkonservierung.
Schlaglichter auf Adriana
Holszkys Umgang mit
literarischen Texten, in:
Adriana Holszky, hrsg.
von Ulrich Tadday
(Musik-Konzepte, Neue
Folge Heft 160/161),
Munchen: edition
text+kritik 2013, pp.
25-42.Kostakeva, Maria:
Metamorphose und
Eruption. Annaherung an
die Klangwelten Adriana
Holszkys, Hofheim: wolke
2013 (pp. 101f,
141-143).Petersen, Peter:
... getraumt von Adriana
Holszky. Versuch uber ein
Vokalstuck nach Ingeborg
Bachmann, in: Adriana
Holszky, hrsg. von
Eva-Maria Houben,
Saarbrucken 2000, pp.
44-54.
World
premiere: Graz
(Steirischer Herbst),
October 10, 1991.
Orchestra SKU: FG.042-08465-6 Composed by Erik Valdemar Bergman. Score. P...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.042-08465-6
Composed by Erik Valdemar
Bergman. Score. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-08465-6).
ISBN
979-0-042-08465-6.
In Poseidon, commissioned
by the National Symphony
Orchestra of Washington
and Mstislav
Rostropovich, Bergman
turns to the Greek god of
the sea and lord of the
earthquake as a symbol
for primaeval power and
the wellspring of
creativity. In the ocean
depths - the subconscious
- power stirs and rises
to the threshold of
consciousness. It
projects itself into the
second movement's
eruption of energy, after
which follows recovery
and calm. Composed in
1992.
Chorus SATB chorus a cappella SKU: XC.DJS2408 Arranged by Derric Johnson....(+)
Chorus SATB chorus a
cappella
SKU:
XC.DJS2408
Arranged
by Derric Johnson.
Rhapsody Grade 3.0-3.5.
Octavo. Excelcia Music
Publishing #DJS2408.
Published by Excelcia
Music Publishing
(XC.DJS2408).
10.5 x
6.75 inches.
Derric
Johnson's ingenious
medley of Carol of the
Russian Children and The
Sleigh unfolds as a
musical journey,
beginning with a
delicate, prayerful solo
before erupting into one
of the most exhilarating
segments of your holiday
concert. The arrangement
skillfully weaves
excitement into the
musical fabric, creating
a festive crescendo that
captures the joy and
exuberance of the season,
making it a highlight
that resonates with both
performers and audiences
alike.
2 pianos (4 hands) - difficult SKU: HL.49019723 For two pianos. Co...(+)
2 pianos (4 hands) -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49019723
For
two pianos. Composed
by Peteris Vasks. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Piano. Softcover.
Composed 1977. 32 pages.
Duration 10'. Schott
Music #ED21404. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019723).
ISBN
9790001188074. UPC:
888680039219.
9.25x12.0x0.107
inches.
This piece
dates back to Vasks'
Sturm and Stress period
and was premiered in
1977. Freely notated over
long passages, it uses
both commonly notated
passages and symbols as
well as clusters. Vasks
uses this wide range of
modern piano technique
for an expressive
performance of both
pianists. The performers
have to cope with
eruptions of powerful
sounds and passages of
great softness, while
excitement alternates
with contemplation.
Composed by Cole Porter.
Arranged by Jay Althouse.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Pop Choral Series.
Broadway; Secular. Choral
Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred
Music #00-46559.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.46559).
UPC:
038081531342.
English.
There's
nothing quite like the
excitement of opening
night, captured
brilliantly here in the
showstopper from Cole
Porter's Kiss Me, Kate.
Anticipation gradually
builds as the bubbly tune
passes from voice to
voice in a crescendo,
eventually erupting into
the title line of the
song. A terrific
selection for staging or
choreography, smartly
arranged for developing
choirs!
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
For Piano. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827). Edited by Joanna Co...(+)
For Piano. Composed by
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-
1827). Edited by Joanna
Cobb
Biermann. Henle Music
Folios. Softcover. G.
Henle
#HN1456. Published by G.
Henle
Composed by
Cole Porter. Arranged by
Jay Althouse. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Pop Choral
Series. Broadway;
Secular. Choral Octavo.
12 pages. Alfred Music
#00-46560. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.46560).
UPC: 038081531359.
English.
There's
nothing quite like the
excitement of opening
night, captured
brilliantly here in the
showstopper from Cole
Porter's Kiss Me, Kate.
Anticipation gradually
builds as the bubbly tune
passes from voice to
voice in a crescendo,
eventually erupting into
the title line of the
song. A terrific
selection for staging or
choreography, smartly
arranged for developing
choirs!
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
Voice and piano (Soli: SBar(T) - 1(picc.A-fl).1(cor ang).1(Ebclar.Bclar).0. - 1....(+)
Voice and piano (Soli:
SBar(T) -
1(picc.A-fl).1(cor
ang).1(Ebclar.Bclar).0. -
1.1.2.0. - perc - hp -
pno - str: 1.1.1.1.1.)
SKU: BR.DV-6140
Scenes for 2 Singers
and 15
Instrumentalists.
Composed by Udo
Zimmermann. Voice;
Softbound. Deutscher
Verlag. World premiere:
Hamburg, February 27,
1986DV 1140 awarded the
German Music Edition
Prize. Opera; Music
theatre; Music post-1945;
New music (post-2000).
Piano/Vocal Score.
Composed 1984/85. 140
pages. Duration 75'.
Deutscher Verlag fur
Musik #DV 6140. Published
by Deutscher Verlag fur
Musik (BR.DV-6140).
ISBN 9790200460230.
13.5 x 10.5
inches.
Translation
: Engl. (S. Wadsworth)
(1988) / (Norbert
Rubesaat) (1993); French
(Jean-Pierre Wurtz)
(1997) Place and time:
Jail Munchen-Stadelheim,
in the hour before the
execution on 22nd
February 1943 Characters:
Sophie Scholl (soprano) /
Hans Scholl (baritone or
tenor) >>Weisse Rose<<
(White Rose) was the name
of the resistance group
to which Hans and Sophie
Scholl belonged. Udo
Zimmermann's composition
is characterized by the
varying structure of its
scenes: dramatic,
visionary scenes, e.g.
the remembered wartime
experiences on the front,
Sophie's anxiety about
the removal of the
children and the wish to
see her parents one last
time, contrast with
contemplative monologues
that are intended to
provide insights into the
individual's particular
situation. The composer
interweaves into the
structure of the piece
dream sequences with
sudden bursts of anxiety
that are not triggered by
the execution that is
about to take place but
by the consequences of
one's own actions. The
result is a deliberate
fusion of the various
parts into one another.
More than 100 different
productions prove that
the topic is as important
as ever and that the work
is both artistically
rewarding and
practicable. Udo
Zimmermann About the
piece Two young people,
the siblings Sophie and
Hans Scholl, are in a
prison cell, one hour
before they are to be put
to death by their fascist
executioners. Their
christian convictions and
sense of responsibility
gave them the courage to
put up resistance,
resistance against the
lies, the contempt for
humanity and all human
values. Sophie and Hans
Scholl took their stand
in the full knowledge
that they were taking a
deadly risk. They would
simply not have been able
to live with their
feelings of shame had
they not grasped the
chance of fighting for
what they believed in,
even though it was a
dangerous thing to do.
Memories of past events,
doubts, hopes and fears,
justification of deeds
and an acceptance of
death, all these things
happen and move in, and
between, these two people
during this
representation of the
hour before death. The
orchestra provides a
psycho-physical shorthand
of their inner mental
state. Musical effects
and gestures search for
their identity in human
behaviour. The moments of
stillness and silence
provide moments of
musical tension, which
are just as powerful as
the eruptions of fear and
desperation. CDs:
Gabriele Fontana
(soprano), Lutz-Michael
Harder (tenor),
Instrumentalensemble,
cond. Udo Zimmermann CD
Orfeo C 162 871 Grazyna
Szklarecka (soprano),
Frank Schiller (tenor),
musica viva-ensemble
dresden, cond. Udo
Zimmermann CD Berlin
Classics Eterna BC 0120
060-2 CD (excerpts):
Gabriele Fontana
(soprano), Lutz-Michael
Harder (tenor), Ein
Instrumentalensemble,
cond. Udo Zimmermann CD
BMG 74321 73628 2
Bibliography : Kornel ,
Attila: ,,Tief unter uns
nur Schweigen - Die
Asthetik der Stille in
Udo Zimmermanns
Kammeroper ,,Weisse Rose,
in: Die Tonkunst 11
(2017), pp. 368-377.
Rheinlander , Matthias:
Im Osten nichts Neues?
Ostalgie ohne Kitsch am
Beispiel von Udo
Zimmermanns Oper Die
weisse Rose, in: Musik
und Unterricht, Heft 73
(2003), pp.
34-40.
World
premiere: Hamburg,
February 27, 1986DV 1140
Awarded the German Music
Edition Prize.
Choir Secular (SATB choir) SKU: AP.48462 Composed by Andy Beck. Performan...(+)
Choir Secular (SATB
choir)
SKU:
AP.48462
Composed by
Andy Beck. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Choral
Designs. Secular. Choral
Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred
Music #00-48462.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.48462).
UPC:
038081552859.
English.
A jubilant
antiphonal exposition
extends an invitation to
music-making, before
erupting into a truly
fresh concert and contest
opener! Exploring a wide
variety of choral sounds
and textures including
unison,
call-and-response, and
buoyant counterpoint,
this piece invites
artistry and engagement
in every phrase. Add the
optional timpani and
snare drum parts to
heighten the
experience.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs
Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
works, folk song
settings, spiritual
arrangements, choral
masterworks, and holiday
selections suitable for
use in concerts,
festivals, and
contests.
Band Concert Band - Grade 3.5 SKU: CF.CPS122 Composed by Alan Lee Silva. ...(+)
Band Concert Band - Grade
3.5
SKU: CF.CPS122
Composed by Alan Lee
Silva. Collate - FS SWS -
spine: 1/2 or .5. Carl
Fischer Concert
Performance Series. Set
of Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
8+8+4+8+8+8+4+4+4+4+4+4+8
+8+8+4+4+6+6+4+6+8+4+2+4+
10+24 pages. Duration
3:30. Carl Fischer Music
#CPS122. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CPS122).
ISBN
9780825885075. UPC:
798408085070. 9 x 12
inches. Key: C
minor.
It’s
time to run! Erupting
from the outset, Escape
the Lost City drives
forward with wild
intensity. With all the
thrilling qualities of an
action movie score, this
work’s quick
ensemble figures, played
with precision and
passion, conclude this
whirlwind journey. Hang
on tight and wow the
judges with this one!