String Quartet

SKU: BR.EB-9270

Composed by Christian Mason. Chamber music. Edition Breitkopf. New music (post-2000); Music post-1945. Sheet Music. Composed 2018. 28 pages. Duration 21'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9270. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9270).

ISBN 9790004185704. 9 x 12 inches.

I fell in love with the remarkable singing of the Tenores di Bitti on hearing their recordings as a student. Their uniquely intense vocal timbre, their harmony, which seemed pure and rough at once, and the sense that this music was, at root, not so much about performance as simply being together in the world, in a community of spirit. At the time, I had no intention of using this music to my own creative ends, but now, here we are: Sardinian Songbook is the second in a cycle of works for the Ligeti Quartet, all based on transcriptions of music from different throat-singing traditions. Like string quartets, the tenores usually sing in groups of four voices, but being free from instruments they stand very close together enabling the resonances of their voices to blend and interact in a special way. The quartet, of course, can only sit so close before their bows clash, so I have chosen instead to reflect this physical closeness inversely, by getting the players to stand increasingly far from one another as the piece progresses. In so doing, the initial state of sonic blend gives way to hocketing lines, opening up the sense of space.Christian Mason, 2018 The four movements may be played separately or as a collection. If played together the following order should be observed (see table of contents).

World premiere: Sheffield/UK, Firth Hall, April 14, 2018, Commissioned by Ligeti Quartet.

By Gustav Holst. Arranged by Ric Jones. For brass quintet. Level 4. Published by Imagine Music

Organ - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA11093

Composed by Martin Herchenroder. Stapled. Performance score. Composed 2008/2013. 19 pages. Duration 12 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11093_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11093).

ISBN 9790006565269. 30 x 23 cm inches. Preface: Herchenroder, Martin.

“Tocc ata and Lament” was composed on commission in 2008 to inaugurate the large new organ in the Christ Church Cathedral, Rochester, NY, USA. This instrument is a detailed reconstruction of a late Baroque organ of 1776 from Vilnius in Lithuania. The point of departure – a clash of contrasting eras and musical cultures on two continents – already bodes excitement. Martin Herchenröder, a composer and professor of music theory, has incorporated these contrasts in his roughly eight-minute composition. The result is a musical idiom of rare distinction, universal in its musical resources and alternating between tonal triads and extremely dissonant clusters. The heart of the piece is a dirge which, using the Baroque doctrine of the affections, relates to Eastern European cultural history in and around Vilnius, a history marked by the predations of 20th-Century war.

Piano

SKU: FG.042-08283-6

Composed by Erik Valdemar Bergman. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08283-6).

ISBN 979-0-042-08283-6.

An exciting two movement suite for piano which opens with a theme based on the letters of the seafarer's name. The composer remarks that the source of inspiration, especially for the second movement, was the tension and excitement as two cultures meet and clash with one another.

(No. 3 from Rilke Songs ). Composed by Julian Wachner (1969-). For SATB choir, divisi. Secular. Octavo. 20 pages. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Composed by Kevin Mixon. Score and part(s). 20 140 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 49 seconds. Carl Fischer #YPS0169. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.YPS169).

Orchestra (pic.2.afl.2.ca.2Acl.0.bc l.2.cbsn-4.3.2.btbn.1-tim p.3perc(glsp, mar, crot, tub bells, bell tree, 2sus cym, clash cym, claves, b.d, wdbl)-str)

SKU: HL.49018422

Reflections on the life and work of Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907). Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Das 30minutige Orchesterwerk in drei Satzen, das von den Bremer Philharmonikern in Auftrag gegeben und von diesen 2007 uraufgefuhrt wurde, gehort zu den Schlusselwerken von Maxwell Davies der letzten Jahre. Study score. Composed 2006. Op. 276. 8 pages. Duration 30'. Schott Music #ED13366. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018422).

ISBN 9790220132391. UPC: 884088614515. 8.25x11.75x0.232 inches.

Maxwell Davies' 'Das Rauschende der Farbe' (The Sound of Colour) is a reflection on the life and work of the German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker who died aged 31 in 1907. Maxwell Davies first got to know the artist's work whilst on a school exchange in Hamburg in 1951 and the composer has since written that Modersohn-Becker's work has influenced the way that he views the relationship between art and the landscape in which it is produced. This is a particularly significant statement for a composer whose music is often a response to the land and seascape of his adopted home in the Orkney Isles. Commissioned by the Bremer Philharmoniker and first performed by them in 2007, the 30 minute orchestral work in three movements is one of the key works by Maxwell Davies in recent years.

(New Definitive Edition) Composed by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). For piano. Format: instructional book. With standard notation, introductory text and instructional text. 20th Century, Hungarian and Instructional. Text language English, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese. 56 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

(New Definitive Edition) Composed by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). For piano. Format: instructional book. With standard notation, introductory text and instructional text. 20th Century, Hungarian and Instructional. Text language English, French, German, Hungarian. 56 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

Concert Band: 2Fl, Picc, Ob, 3Cl, EbCl, BCl, Bn, 2ASax, TSax, BarSax, 2Hn, 3Tpt, Bari, Euph, 3 Tbn, Tba, DB, G, X, ClashCym, BD, SD, Timp

SKU: UM.21057A4

Composed by Richard Lambert. Full score. United Music Publishing #21057A4. Published by United Music Publishing (UM.21057A4).

A4 inches.

Concert Band: 2Fl, Picc, Ob, 3Cl, EbCl, BCl, Bn, 2ASax, TSax, BarSax, 2Hn, 3Tpt, Bari, Euph, 3 Tbn, Tba, DB, G, X, ClashCym, BD, SD, Timp

SKU: UM.21057A3

Composed by Richard Lambert. Full score. United Music Publishing #21057A3. Published by United Music Publishing (UM.21057A3).

ISBN 9790224421057. A3 inches.

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: FJ.B1613S

Score Only. Composed by Jack Wilds. Concert Band. FJH Developing Band. Score. Duration 2:30. The FJH Music Company Inc #98-B1613S. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.B1613S).

English.

During the 15th century BC, Megiddo became the site of the first recorded battle in history. The records of this clash are scrawled in hieroglyphics in the Hall of Annals at the Temple of Amun-Rah. The music relies on the D Phrygian mode and primitive percussion sounds to capture the essence of this historic battle.

About FJH Developing Band

Sligh tly more advanced than beginning band. Clarinet 1 begins to play over the break. Rhythms and ranges are expanded to accommodate the end of first-year as well as second-year instruction. Grade 1.5

Full Performance CD. De Haske Concert Band CD. CD only. Published by De Haske Publications.

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: FJ.B1613

Composed by Jack Wilds. Concert Band; MakeMusic Cloud. FJH Developing Band. Score and Part(s). Duration 2:30. The FJH Music Company Inc #98-B1613. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.B1613).

UPC: 674398233359. English.

During the 15th century BC, Megiddo became the site of the first recorded battle in history. The records of this clash are scrawled in hieroglyphics in the Hall of Annals at the Temple of Amun-Rah. The music relies on the D Phrygian mode and primitive percussion sounds to capture the essence of this historic battle.

About FJH Developing Band

Sligh tly more advanced than beginning band. Clarinet 1 begins to play over the break. Rhythms and ranges are expanded to accommodate the end of first-year as well as second-year instruction. Grade 1.5