Composed by Alban Berg (1885-1935) and Alban Berg (1885-1935). Contemporary. Per...(+)
Composed by Alban Berg
(1885-1935) and Alban
Berg (1885-1935).
Contemporary. Performance
score. With Standard
notation. 20 pages.
Universal Edition
#UE36674. Published by
Universal Edition
(PR.UE036674).
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-710-5 Composed by Kalevi Aho. Score. Fennica Gehrman...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-710-5
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Score. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-710-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-710-5).
ISBN
9790550117105.
Kale
vi Aho's Concerto for
Guitar and Chamber
Orchestra (2018) is in
seven movements performed
without a break and each
using the guitar in a
different way. The fairly
slow introduction-like
movement is followed by a
virtuosic Allegro molto
in which the guitar is
also used like a
percussion instrument in
places as the soloist
taps out rhythms on the
soundboard. Motifs from
the Introduzione reappear
in the Interludio, and in
the lyrical, singing
Andante cantabile that
follows. In the
Misterioso movement the
guitarist plays only
flageolet notes. The
sixth movement, Presto,
is the other virtuoso one
in the concerto. The
Presto is the concerto's
dynamic climax. From then
onwards, the music
subsides to a slow
Epilogue, gradually
retreating into silence.
Duration: c. 30 minutes.
The full score is
available for sale (ISMN
9790550117099) and the
orchestral material is
available for hire from
the publisher. The
orchestration is
1111-1000-str(43321).
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-887-4 Composed by Olli Koskelin. Classical, contempo...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-887-4
Composed by Olli
Koskelin. Classical,
contemporary. Folder
(loose pages). Fennica
Gehrman #55011-887-4.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-887-4).
Olli Koskelin's
then when A-go (2022) for
guitar was premiered by
Otto Tolonen, to whom the
nine-minute work is
dedicated.
This
product is a B4 sized
folder, sheet music
(performance score)
enclosed as loose
pages.
Olli
Koskelin's (born 16 April
1955) compositional
output reflects a wide
range of interests. The
vast area covered by his
style encompasses the
neo-impressionism of the
piano work Courbures
(1989) to the
post-expressionist echoes
of his Music for String
Quartet (1981) as well as
the breakneck virtuosity
of his clarinet piece
Exalte (1985/1991) and
the rich romantic
textures of his
orchestral piece ... like
a planet silently
breathing... (1993). He
often uses the overtone
series like the French
spectral composers and
avoids dramatic
culmination. Soft
harmonics, tranquil
arching melodies, a
leisurely rhythmical
pulse and a coherence of
mood are in evidence in
his later works as in
Uurre (1997) for chamber
ensemble, Miniatures
(1997) for string quartet
and Circles within for 19
solo strings.