Concert Band - Grade 2
SKU:
BT.EMBZ12368SET
Composed by Ãrpád
Balázs. EMB Concert
Band Series. Concert
Piece. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2011.
210 pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ12368SET.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ12368SET).
9x12 inches.
The
teachers under whom
Ãrpád Balázs
(b.1937) studied
composition - Ferenc
Farkas, Aram Khachaturian
and Goffredo Petrassi -
each independently formed
the opinion that with his
lyrical gift Ãrpád
Balázs's true creative
field would be that of
choral music and wind
ensembles. Their early
predictions are borne out
by the roughly two
hundred and fifty works
for choir and almost
twenty for wind orchestra
that the composer has
since produced. It is
interesting that in the
suite entitled Négy
kép (Four pictures)
the stylistic features of
these two related musical
fields are united. In it
the wind instruments
sing! It was not by
chance that the expansive
second movement was given
thetitle Cantilena, while
the slightly livelier but
just as lyrical third
movement was entitled
Arietta. The opening
movement of the work is a
stridently jolly,
energetic Induló
(March), but not one of
the rigidly military
kind: the 6/8 rhythm
contributes to its
light-hearted character.
This music is avowedly
akin to the ballet music
of Prokofiev. This choice
series of four character
pieces is crowned by
Játék (Play) in
which conveying the
effect of the mixture of
lines moving in parallel
and then colliding with
each other may be more
technically demanding,
but is well worth the
effort! (Hungaroton HCD
31353).