Piano Seascapes Piano seul - Intermédiaire Faber Music Limited
12 Original Piano Pieces Inspired by the Sea. Composed by Pam Wedgwood. Piano...(+)
12 Original Piano Pieces
Inspired by the Sea.
Composed by Pam Wedgwood.
Piano Collection. Faber
Edition. Book. Faber
Music
#12-0571541062. Published
by
Faber Music
By John Fullam, clarinet; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; The Amberg Chamber Ens...(+)
By John Fullam, clarinet;
Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra; The Amberg
Chamber Ensemble. By
Persis Parshall Vehar
(1937-). For clarinet &
ensemble. Mark Masters.
Audio CD. Duration 73:26.
Published by Mark Custom
Music
Composed by Elizabeth Alexander. Collegiate Repertoire, Community Chorus, Concer...(+)
Composed by Elizabeth
Alexander. Collegiate
Repertoire, Community
Chorus, Concert Music,
Church Choir-Anthem.
Seasonal-Spring,
Sacred-Seasonal-Thanksgiv
ing, Choral, Worship
and Praise. Octavo. With
Text language: English.
Duration 5 minutes.
Published by Seafarer
Press (SF.SEA-078-00).
Piano and orchestra SKU: FG.55011-372-5 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Stu...(+)
Piano and orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-372-5
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Study score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-372-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-372-5).
ISBN
9790550113725.
Imag
es of the sea figure
prominently throughout my
life and memories: from
holidays on the Atlantic
coast during my Canadian
childhood to my current
Baltic home, and the
imagined, only later
experienced Mediterranean
of my ancestral heritage.
As an immigrant (son of
an immigrant) bound to
two northern countries,
the sea is emblematic of
my twin homelands, from
the expanses of water
surrounding them to those
separating them. A Mari
usque ad Mare. The sea is
also an enduring image of
the unknown, of expanses
unexplored, of the raw
power of nature and, for
too many currently, of
terror holding a hope of
refuge - or the pain of
loss. Such disparate
ideas were captured for
me in the seascapes of
the New York painter
MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom
I met in 2008 during a
residency on the Gulf of
Mexico. Her vast,
abstract, nearly
monochromatic depictions
of imaginary seas in
wildly varying moods were
the catalyst for a
concerto where the piano
is frequently far from a
hero battling a
collective, but rather
acts as a channel for
elemental forces surging
up from the orchestra,
floating - sometimes
barely so - on its
constantly shifting
surface. There are few
themes to speak of,
beyond a handful of
iconic ideas that
periodically cycle
upward. Rather, the
piano's material is
largely an ornamentation
of the more primal
rhythmic and harmonic
impulses from the
orchestra below - a
poetic interpretation, if
you will, of the more
immediate experience of
facing the vastness of
some unknown body of
water. The title
Nameless Seas is borrowed
from one of Thielhelm's
exhibitions, as are those
of the four movements,
which are bridged
together into two halves
of roughly equal weight -
one rhapsodic and free,
the other more
single-minded and direct,
separated only by a short
breath. The opening
movement, Nocturne, is
predominantly calm, if
brooding, darkness and
light alternating
throughout. Lyrical
arabesques sparkle over
gently lapping
cross-currents in the
strings and mirrored
timpani, the piano's full
power only rarely
deployed. The waves
gradually build, drawing
in the full orchestra for
a meeting of forces in
Land and Sea, a brighter,
more warmly lyrical scene
that unfolds in series of
dreamlike, sometimes even
nostalgic visions, which
for me carry strong
memories of sitting on
rocks above surging
Atlantic waves. The third
movement, Wake, is a
fast, perpetual-motion
texture of glinting,
darting rhythms and
sudden shafts of light,
with a prominent part for
the steel drums, limning
the piano's quicksilver
figurations. An ecstatic
climax crashes into a
solo cadenza that grows
progressively calmer and
more introspective rather
than virtuosic. Much of
the tension finally
releases into Unclaimed
Waters, a drifting,
meditative seascape in
which the piano is
progressively engulfed by
a series of ever-taller
waves, ultimately
dissolving into a
tolling, rippling
continuum of sound.
It has been a great
privilege to realize such
a long-held dream as this
piece, and to write it
for not one, but two
great pianists.
Risto-Matti Marin and
Angela Hewitt, both of
whose friendship and
support have been
unfailing and humbling,
share the dedication.
Nameless Seas was
commissioned by the
PianoEspoo festival and
Canada's National Arts
Centre, with the
premieres in Ottawa and
Helsinki led by Hannu
Lintu and Olari Elts.
Thanks are due also to
the Jenny and Antti
Wihuri fund, whose
generous grant provided
me with much-needed time,
and Escape to Create in
Seaside, Florida, the
source to which I
returned to do a large
part of the work.
Sea Nocturne Piano seul - Intermédiaire/avancé Willis Music
Sea Nocturne. (Mid-Intermediate Level). By Glenda Austin. Willis. Difficult Clas...(+)
Sea Nocturne.
(Mid-Intermediate Level).
By Glenda Austin. Willis.
Difficult Class 2 piece
for the Piano Solo event
with the National
Federation of Music Clubs
(NFMC) Festivals Bulletin
2008-2009-2010. SMP Level
8 (Early Advanced); NFMC
Level: Difficult Class 2.
8 pages. Willis Music
#11065. Published by
Willis Music
By Melody Bober. For Piano. Written for You. Sea Winds is a dynamic late interme...(+)
By Melody Bober. For
Piano. Written for You.
Sea Winds is a dynamic
late intermediate piece
in D minor. Animals and
Nature. Level: Late
Intermediate. Solo Sheet.
Published by The FJH
Music Company Inc.
No Time to Diet Chorale 3 parties SSA, Piano [Octavo] Crystal Sea Music Publishing
By David Huntsinger. Arranged by Bonnie Huntsinger. For SSA choir, piano (with o...(+)
By David Huntsinger.
Arranged by Bonnie
Huntsinger. For SSA
choir, piano (with
optional orchestration).
Christmas. Octavo.
Published by Crystal Sea
Music Publishing
Book C. 11 Late Elementary Color Pieces for Solo Piano. Composed by Tom Gerou....(+)
Book C. 11 Late
Elementary
Color Pieces for Solo
Piano.
Composed by Tom Gerou.
Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Piece by
Piece. Book. 24 pages.
Alfred Music #00-37731.
Published by Alfred Music
(8 contemporary pieces for mixed voices). By Bob Chilcott; Jussi Chydenius. For ...(+)
(8 contemporary pieces
for mixed voices). By Bob
Chilcott; Jussi
Chydenius. For SATB choir
accompanied and a
cappella. Mixed Voices.
Secular, Choral
Collection. Vocal score.
80 pages. Published by
Oxford University Press
Composed by Eric B.
Davis. Carl Fischer
Concert String Orchestra
Series. Full score. 16
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#CAS144F. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CAS144F).
ISBN
9781491160787. UPC:
680160919383.
Sea
Squall is about the
journey of a ship
traveling across
turbulent seas. It starts
with the primary melody
that comes back
frequently, with every
section having a turn
playing it. The context
of this theme changes as
the piece progresses.
Sometimes it is calm and
safe, and sometimes more
powerful, like a storm
with that lingering
feeling of
unpredictability. The
bowings and dynamics, as
well as what each section
is playing, changes the
mood and feeling of the
music, from calm, to
animated, even heroic in
the louder areas. There
is a new theme introduced
later in the cellos with
the upper parts following
soon after. The focus of
the player should be to
bring out these contrasts
in the parts, by
observing the dynamics
and articulations. Sea
Squall is about the
journey of a ship
traveling across
turbulent seas. It starts
with the primary melody
that comes back
frequently, with every
section having a turn
playing it. The context
of this theme changes as
the piece progresses.
Sometimes it is calm and
safe, and sometimes more
powerful, like a storm
with that lingering
feeling of
unpredictability.
Thebowings and dynamics,
as well as what each
section is playing,
changes the mood and
feeling of the music,
from calm, to animated,
even heroic in the louder
areas. There is a new
theme introduced later in
the cellos with the upper
parts following soon
after. The focus of the
player should be to bring
out these contrasts in
the parts, by observing
the dynamics and
articulations.
About Carl
Fischer Concert String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of pieces (Grade
3 and higher) is designed
for advancing ensembles.
The pieces in this series
are characterized
by:
Expanded use
of rhythms, ranges and
keys but technical
demands are still
carefully
considered
More
comprehensive bowing
techniques
Viola
T.C.
included
Careful
selection of keys and
degree of difficulty for
advancing
musicians
Piano SKU: HU.HN616 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Edited by Polina Vajd...(+)
Piano
SKU: HU.HN616
Composed by Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Edited by
Polina Vajdman. Piano
Solo, Piano and Keyboard,
Repertoire, Solos. The
Seasons Op. 37bis.
Classical, Romantic.
Softcover Book. 72 pages.
G. Henle #HN616.
Published by G. Henle (
Piano Solo Piano SKU: HL.50399750 Easy Piano Solo. Composed by Var...(+)
Piano Solo Piano
SKU:
HL.50399750
Easy
Piano Solo. Composed
by Various. Edited by
Marthe Morhange-Motchane.
Piano Collection.
Classical. 32 pages.
Editions Salabert
#SEAS15643. Published by
Editions Salabert
(HL.50399750).
UPC:
073999319644.
10.75x7.25x0.095
inches.
Very young
pianists are within easy
reach of the little
treasures in this volume
by beloved classic
composers. Each piece is
on a small scale, and the
author has added
descriptive titles to
stimulate the young
imagination. Contents:
Air on G-A-B (Rousseau) *
Chorale * Country Dance
(Beethoven) * Ecossaise
No. 1 * Festival (Haydn)
* First Steps (Mozart) *
In Merry Mood (Haydn) *
Landler (Haydn) * Le
Carillon (Haydn) * Little
Russian Dance (Beethoven)
* Menuetto (Mozart) *
Peasant Dance (Beethoven)
* Promenade (Beethoven) *
Rigaudon (Daquin) *
Rigaudon (Rameau) *
Rustic Dance (Haydn) *
Theme (Mozart) * Theme
(Haydn) * Theme by
Purcell.
By Edward MacDowell. Edited by Lynn Freeman Olson. For Piano. Piano Collection. ...(+)
By Edward MacDowell.
Edited by Lynn Freeman
Olson. For Piano. Piano
Collection. Masterwork.
Level: Late Intermediate
/ Early Advanced (grade
6/6+). Book. 24 pages.
Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-156 Composed by Giorgio Signorile. Saddle stitching. Cl...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-156
Composed by
Giorgio Signorile. Saddle
stitching. Classical. 24
pages. Ut Orpheus #CH
156. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.CH-156).
ISBN 9790215320352. 9
x 12 inches.
Le
colline di Karen (Karen's
Hills)/ Quel mare che non
c'era (That Sea that
wasn't there)/ La mia
piccola gioia (My little
Joy)/ Variazioni su un
respiro (Variations on a
Breath)