For
String Sextet.
Composed by Shulamit Ran.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed December 16
2008. 22+8+8+7+8+8+8
pages. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41429.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114414290).
UPC:
680160594030.
Writt
en for Concertante, a
string sextet which has
commissioned six
different works, each
highlighting one of its
players. In Ran's new
work, the second cellist,
Zvi Plesser, was
spotlighted with an
outgoing, intensely
lyrical opening theme,
according to a New York
Times review. Yet, Lyre
of Orpheus never
overlooks the
collaborative,
conversational essence of
the ensemble. Read the
full review here:
http://www.nytimes.com/20
09/03/18/arts/music/18con
c.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&part
ner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnl
x=1286200920-wRrt7MJ416+F
pOYAUe/IOQ For advanced
performers. Lyre of
Orpheus was composed for
Concertante, the New
York-based string sextet,
for its One Plus Five
Project, a three-year,
six-composer
commissioning project
designed to create six
string sextets, each
featuring one of
Concertante’s core
players.This particular
commission was made with
the goal of giving
center-stage to the
ensemble’s first
cello, a choice I was
especially grateful for,
not only because it
features Zvi Plesser, the
outstanding Israeli
cellist, but also because
it gave ma an opportunity
to highlight an
instrument for which,
from a very early stage
in my life, I have felt a
special affinity. The
cell’s
“soulâ€, so
naturally combining
passion and lyricism, has
always touched me in a
special way.As sometimes
happens, naming the piece
was the final act in the
process of creation.Â
Once titled, though, I
found myself looking
through the piece with a
mixture of delight and
astonishment – the
narrative of the almost
iconic mythological story
of love and loss seems as
one entirely plausible,
and to my mind
convincing, way to tract
the unfolding of the
musical events. Of
course, the music was
written with no such tale
(or any tale, for that
matter) in mind. But
perhaps some stories are
emblematic of so much
that is part of our lives
and psyches, of our
desires, fears and
wishes. Orpheus,
whose longing for
Eurydice recognizes no
boundaries of heaven and
hell… Love
regained, then forever
lost…Â
Orpheus’ lyre
intoning his sorrowful
yearning…Lyre of
Orpheus, approximately
fifteen minutes in
length, composed in late
2008, is intermittently
songful, caressing,
passionate, pained,
ferocious, longing.Â
The instrumentation
consists of 2 violins, 2
violas, 2 cellos, the
first of which is the
soloist/protagonist, the
second notable for having
its lowest string tuned
down a third to achieve
extra lower notes.This
commission has been made
possible by the Chamber
Music America
Commissioning Program,
with funding generously
provided by the Aaron
Copland Fund for Music,
and the Chamber Music
America Endowment
Fund.
Orchestra SKU: SU.97022030 For Orchestra. Composed by William Thom...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.97022030
For
Orchestra. Composed
by William Thomas
McKinley. Orchestra.
Study Score. Notevole
Music Publishing
#97022030. Published by
Notevole Music Publishing
(SU.97022030).
Scott Joplin Reconsidered. Composed by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Edited by L...(+)
Scott Joplin
Reconsidered.
Composed by Scott Joplin
(1868-1917). Edited by
Lara
Downes. Collection.
Theodore
Presser Company
#440-40028.
Published by Theodore
Presser
Company
Lyrics by Jack Feldman, music by Alan Menken. For voice, piano and guitar chords...(+)
Lyrics by Jack Feldman,
music by Alan Menken. For
voice, piano and guitar
chords. Format:
piano/vocal/chords
songbook. With vocal
melody, piano
accompaniment, lyrics,
chord names, guitar chord
diagrams and color
photos. Disney and
broadway. 80 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Complete Lyrics for Over 1000 Songs from Broadway to Rock. By Various. Lyric Lib...(+)
Complete Lyrics for Over
1000 Songs from Broadway
to Rock. By Various.
Lyric Library. Softcover.
Size 8.5x11 inches. 373
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Violin SKU: CF.MXE71 Composed by Martin Br...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
CF.MXE71
Composed by
Martin Bresnick. SWS.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 23+6+5
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#MXE71. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.MXE71).
ISBN 9781491144749.
UPC: 680160902248. 9 x 12
inches.
The day
that Australian and New
Zealand forces joined the
Allies for an invasion of
the Gallipoli Peninsula
of Turkey in World War I,
with disastrous
consequences, is
celebrated in Australia
as Anzac Day (Australian
and New Zealand Army
Corps). To honor this
special day, Bresnick
takes inspiration from
two selected poems by
Bertolt Brecht (And I
Always Thought and Legend
of the Unknown Soldier
Beneath the Triumphal
Arch). Commissioned to
commemorate
Australia’s Anzac
Day, similar to Memorial
Day, and inspired by two
Brecht poems…The
somber opening violin and
clarinet lines unfolded
to haunting effect before
eventually reaching a
fervent climax. --Vivien
Schweitzer, The New York
Times.