Born in South Africa, but now an Irish citizen, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of experiences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to South Africa to study traditional music, his own involvement with the New Simplicity movement, his collection of contemporary art and African textiles, friendships with composers like Morton Feldman and Gerald Barry, as well as a love of virtuoso piano music which he performs, broadcasts and records. While having an easily recognised, unique voice, Volans' music resists compartmentalisation. He is as comfortable working in conventional genres as embarking on innovative collaborations with artists of other disciplines.String Quartet #1 (White Man Sleeps) was written for the Kronos Quartet and was first performed by them in July 1986, London.The title 'White Man Sleeps' comes from a moment in nyanga Panpipe music where the performers leave off playing their loud pipes for a few cycles and dance only to the sound of their ankle rattles, to let the white landowner sleep - for a minute or two.'In composing this piece I drew from the following sources: the first movement owes something to the style of Basotho concertina music - the second and fourth movements are drawn from traditional Nyungwe music played by Makina Chirenje and his Nyanga panpipe group at Nsava, Tete, Mozambique, recorded and transcribed by Andrew Tracey (to be found in an article entitled 'The nyanga Panpipe dance' in African Music, Vol.5, #1 (1971) - the third movement derives from the San bow music (recorded by Tony Traill of the University of Witwatersrand) and from Basotho lesiba music, transcribed by myself - in the fifth movement I added my own invented folklore. My approach to the original music was anything but purist - it is played in Western tuning, filtered, slowed down by a few 'time-octaves?, cast into non-African metres (like the 13-beat pattern of the first dance) and redistributed between the players in several ways. I also used interlocking techniques where they were absent in the original models and vice versa' - Kevin VolansDuration 24 minutes. Parts available: CH61205. / Quatuor A Cordes (Conducteur)

Commissioned by South West German Radio for the Donaueschinger Musiktage / Quatuor A Cordes

Par HARVEY JONATHAN. Jonathan Harvey's The Riot was written for HET TRIO and commissioned by Bristol University Music Department, with funds provided in part by South West Arts, especially for the Colston Symposium 1994./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière Clarinette Basse, Piccolo et Pia

With online audio of piano accompaniments. Intermediate level arrangements for solo instruments and piano accompaniment, in a range flattering to each instrument. The music has been edited with added dynamics, articulations, and phrasing, making it appropriate for lessons or performances. The accompaniments have been recorded on an acoustic grand piano and are available online for download or streaming. Includes: All I Ask of You (from The Phantom of the Opera) · Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) · Memory (from Cats) · Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific) · The Sound of Music · Till There Was You (from The Music Man) · Tonight (from West Side Story) · and more. Audio is accessed online using the uniquecode inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ Recueil / Violoncelle et Piano

Easy Instrumental Duets. 23 chansons de Disney arrangées pour deux instruments dans une version facile. Sommaire : Beauty and the Beast - Circle of Life - Evermore - Friend like Me - How Far I'll Go - Let It Go - Mickey Mouse March - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - When You Wish upon a Star - A Whole New World - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - et bien d'autres. Les recueils pour instruments à vent peuvent être combinés entre eux./ Recueil / 2 Violoncelles

14 of Astor Piazzolla's most famous tangos are now playable for budding instrumentalists in this collection featuring solo arrangements and great-sounding demonstration and backing tracks available online for download or streaming. / Violoncelle

Par NELSON SHEILA MARY. Format: DIN A4/ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto ou Violon et Violoncelle