Violin and Piano (Violin) SKU: HL.14004213 Composed by Lennox Berkeley. M...(+)
Violin and Piano (Violin)
SKU: HL.14004213
Composed by Lennox
Berkeley. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 56 pages. Chester
Music #CH55778. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14004213).
9.0x12.0x0.175
inches.
Five Pieces
for Violin and Orchestra
was commissioned by
Frederick Grinke and
completed on 20 December
1961. The BBC Symphony
Orchestra with Frederick
Grinke (violin) and
conducted by the
composer, gave the first
performance on 31 July
1962 at the Royal Albert
Hall, London during the
BBC Proms season. This
work is so constructed
that each piece is
complete in itself and
can be played separately,
while at the same time
the whole set of five
constitutes a structural
unit. A basic motif
consisting of a rising
semitone followed by a
falling tone, and its
inversion plays an
important part in every
piece. Thus the first
piece, which is of a slow
and meditative character,
begins with this theme in
the bass. It is also
heard in the first entry
of the solo part, and
thereafter every episode
is in some way derived
from it. The next piece,
a vigorous and strongly
marked 'allegro', uses
the semitone of the
original figure as its
starting point. A second
theme appears, first on
the horns and is later
taken up by the solo
violin, while a third
section has the initial
idea as its
accompaniment. Next comes
an extended scherzo in
free form very closely
based on initial motif.
The fourth is a purely
melodic piece containing
allusions in its middle
section to the basic
figure. Here the strings
only are used for
accompaniment. In the
first section, violas and
cellos are divided in the
middle section, and all
the strings are used in
the last, which is
otherwise an almost exact
repetition of the
opening. The Finale is a
lighter movement than the
others, concerned mainly
with giving the soloist
material for display, but
not unconnected with what
has gone before.
Organ SKU: SU.80101396 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101396
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101396.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101396).
Trilogy on
B-A-C-H (2017) uses as
its musical material a
familiar four-note theme:
the letters B-A-C-H (the
last name of Johann
Sebastian Bach) treated
as a musical motive:
B-flat, A, C, B-natural
(H in German note
naming). Starting with
Bach himself, this theme
has been used by a truly
enormous number of
composers over the
centuries. Most B-A-C-H
themed works (at least
those for organ), tend to
be extremely
contrapuntal, likely
taking their cue from
much of Bach's own organ
music. This piece
explicitly goes in the
other direction and use
the theme primarily
motivically/melodically
and as a generating force
for the kind of mixed
modality that is typical
of Cooman's music. The
first movement is an
energetic march. The
second movement is a
lyric meditation
containing both an arioso
and a short
quasi-passacaglia, in
which the B-A-C-H motive
repeats slowly in the
pedals. The last movement
is a free fantasia: the
motive appears both in
chorale-like long notes
and as a fast, turning
figure. Instrumentation:
Organ Duration: 12'
Composed: 2017 Published
by: Zimbel Press.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Full score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139S).
UPC:
680160682119.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Composed
by Lowell Liebermann.
Large Score. Duration 15
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #116-41139L.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11641139L).
UPC:
680160682126.
Barca
rolles for a Sinking City
was inspired by the city
of Venice, a place that
has long held the
fascination of artists,
writers and composers,
and which I have been
lucky enough to visit on
several occasions. Sadly
it seems that future
generations may not be so
lucky: in addition to the
city's slow sinking and
recently discovered
tilting, studies predict
that if global warming
and the resultant rise of
ocean levels is unabated,
the entire city (as well
as many other coastal
cities around the globe)
will be under water by
2100. I. Funeral
Gondola The late, cryptic
piano works of Franz
Liszt made a profound
impression on me as a
young composer, among
them two works he
entitled La Lugubre
Gondola (usually
translated as The Funeral
Gondola ) which were said
to be a premonition of
Wagner's death in Venice,
his coffin transported
through the canals in a
black gondola. These late
pieces of Liszt acquired
even greater significance
to me after I spent two
summers in Bayreuth under
the patronage of
Friedelind Wagner, the
granddaughter of Wagner
and great-granddaughter
of Liszt. This movement
is a meditation on
Wagner, Liszt, Venice and
its own evanescence. II.
Barcarolle/Quodlibet The
Quodlibet (Latin for what
pleases) is a musical
form dating back to the
15th century where many
disparate melodies are
juxtaposed. Popular in
the Renaissance, sacred
and secular melodies were
combined, often to
comical effect due to the
resultant incongruity of
the words. The form was
considered the ultimate
test of a composer's
mastery of counterpoint.
The most famous Quodlibet
is without doubt the
final Variation of Bach's
Goldberg Variations. As a
form the Quodlibet is
less common in more
recent music, although
examples can be found in
the works of Kurt Weill
and David Del Tredici.
My own
Barcarolle/Quodlibet was
inspired by the (perhaps
apocryphal) story of the
funeral where musicians
were asked to play a Bach
Choral, but due to
miscommunication played
instead the Bacarolle
from The Tales of
Hoffmann. Here, the Bach
Choral Allen Menschen
mussen sterben (All Men
Must Die) is heard in the
strings pizzicato, with a
tempo indication In slow
motion. The alto line of
the Bach suggests a
phrase from Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony (Alle
Menchen werden Bruder)
heard in the muted
trombone. Before long,
the famous tune from
Offenbach's opera is
heard, followed by
quotations from iconic
Barcarolles by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Faure, as
well as two Venetian
popular songs and more
Beethoven. III.
Barcarola/Ostinato/Carill
on An ostinato is a
repeated musical figure,
and carillon is Italian
for music box. This
movement references the
obsolete genre of salon
pieces that imitated
music boxes: such works
by composers like Liadov
and Gretchaninov used to
be a mainstay of
pianists' encore
repertoire. This movement
is however much darker in
conception than those
pleasant trifles.
Utilizing the full
battery of percussion,
the carefully notated
temporal slowing of the
ostinato becomes
overwhelmed by a poignant
chorale melody before
this box is snapped shut.
IV. Barcarolle
Oubliee (Forgotten
Barcarolle) Marked
limpido (still) the final
movement begins with the
sound of rain produced by
a percussion instrument
called (appropriately) a
rain stick. Halting
phrases in the harp
coalesce into the
accompaniment for a
plangent melody heard in
the clarinet. The central
Adagio of this movement
leads to a shattering
climax, before the
opening phrases return
and dissipate into
nothingness.
Baritone and Piano. Piano; Voice SKU: HL.49016720 For Baritone and Pia...(+)
Baritone and Piano.
Piano; Voice
SKU:
HL.49016720
For
Baritone and Piano.
Composed by Benjamin
Schweitzer. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Classical.
Composed 2003. 12 pages.
Duration 11'. Schott
Music #ED9989. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49016720).
ISBN
9790001144209. UPC:
884088991258.
9.0x12.0x0.056 inches.
German.
Football
(resp. soccer) has been
fascinating for many
contemporary composers -
maybe because of the
unpredictable dramaturgy
within a match, the
complexity of different
combinations, contrasts
or complements between
different strategies, the
soloist-like position of
extraordinary players -
in short, there are
numerous connections to
musical ideas.Zeitlupen
(Slow-motion replays)
reflects football on
different layers. The
cycle consists of three
interlocking parts: four
poems from Gottfried
Blumenstein's 11 Haikus
vom Fussballfeld form the
musical core, to which
three pantomime-actions
with piano accompaniment,
showing characteristic
situations, are added.
(This idea is based on a
kind of a
slow-motion-soccer, using
a balloon instead of a
football, that I used to
play with my brother in
our room, when the
weather not allowed to go
outside for a match on
the playground nearby.
The similarity towards
far-eastern meditational
techniques of these
pantomimes also forms a
connection to the haiku
form of the poems.) The
piece is completed by two
recitations recalling
famous teams and the best
and (maybe) worst from
german football history:
the world champions from
1954 and the team of the
unbearable put-up game
against Austria during
the world championship of
1982. This part also
refers to a well-known
poem by Peter Handke, Die
Aufstellung des 1. FC
Nurnberg vom 27. 1.
1968.Behind that, playing
with numbers has been
important for the
structure. The form of
the haiku (5-7-5
syllables), a symmetric
all-interval-series and
many other elements are
taken from the number of
12 (eleven players and
their coach). Gesture and
sound-colours of the
piano part are economical
but precise; towards the
ending percussive sounds
dominate it. Directly
illustrative moments -
like the rhythm of cheers
call in Nr. IV - are
rather exceptional. The
altogether form follows
the labyrinthical
structure of Pierre
Boulez' Le marteau sans
maitre, written around
the famous year of
1954...Benjamin
Schweitzer.
Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 6 SKU: BT.AMP-028-140 Composed by Philip Sp...(+)
Concert Band/Harmonie -
Grade 6
SKU:
BT.AMP-028-140
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Elite Series.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2005. 68
pages. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 028-140. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-028-140).
English-German-French-
Dutch.
The piece
reflects the composer's
fascination with the
origins of the universe
and deep space in
general. The title comes
from a theory, formulated
by Pythagoras, that the
cosmos was ruled by the
same laws he had
discovered that govern
the ratios of note
frequencies of the
musical scale.
(‘Harmonia’
in Ancient Greek, which
means scale or tuning
rather than harmony -
Greek music was
monophonic). He also
believed that these
ratios corresponded to
the distances of the six
known planets from the
sun and that the planets
each produced a musical
note which combined to
weave a continuous
heavenly melody (which,
unfortunately, we humans
cannot hear). In this
work, these six notesform
the basis of the sections
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and
HARMONIA. The pieces
opens with a horn solo
called t = 0, a name
given by some scientists
to the moment of the Big
Bang when time and space
were created, and this is
followed by a depiction
of the BIG BANG itself,
as the entire universe
bursts out from a single
point. A slower section
follows called THE LONELY
PLANET which is a
meditation on the
incredible and unlikely
set of circumstances
which led to the creation
of the Earth as a planet
that can support life,
and the constant search
for other civilisations
elsewhere in the
universe. ASTEROIDS AND
SHOOTING STARS depicts
both the benign and
dangerous objects that
are flying through space
and which constantly
threaten our planet, and
the piece ends with THE
UNKNOWN, leaving in
question whether our
continually expanding
exploration of the
universe will eventually
lead to enlightenment or
destruction.
Dit
werk weerspiegelt de
fascinatie van de
componist voor het
heelal. Het begint met
een hoornsolo met de naam
t = 0, waarmee
sommige wetenschappers de
oerknal aanduiden. Dan
volgt een weergave van de
oerknal zelf. Het
volgendegedeelte, The
Lonely Planet, is een
meditatie over het
ongelooflijke samenspel
van omstandigheden dat
leidde tot het ontstaan
van de Aarde.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars beschrijft
objecten in de ruimte.
Het werkeindigt met
The Unknown,
waarmee we in het
ongewisse blijven over de
gevolgen van onze verdere
verkenning van het
universum. In 2005 won
Philip Sparke met
Music of the
Spheres de National
Band Association/William
D.Revelli Memorial Band
Composition
Contest.
Dieses
Werk handelt vom Weltall
und unserem Platz im
Universum, auf dem
Weltbild von Pythagoras
basierend. Am einfachsten
lässt sich diese
außergewöhnliche
Komposition wohl als
Filmmusik ähnliches
Stück beschreiben ?
Musik zu einem
Science-Fiction-Film
eines Ripley Scott oder
Steven Spielberg oder
auch Musik, wie sie ein
John Williams oder Danny
Elfman schreiben
würde: absolut
stimmungsvoll, brillant
instrumentiert mit
Klangfarben, Strukturen,
Effekten und Timbres,
gemischt mit
fließenden
musikalischen Linien, die
die Substanz des Themas
auf den Punkt treffen.
Dieses atemberaubende
neue Stück hebt Ihr
Blasorchester auf ein
höheres Niveau, sowohl
im technischen als
auchmusikalischen Sinn.
Music of the
Spheres evidenza il
fascino che le origini
dell’universo
esercitano su Philip
Sparke. Il titolo
proviene da una teoria
del matematico greco
Pitagora, secondo la
quale il cosmo è retto
dalle stesse leggi che
governano i rapporti di
frequenza tra le note
della scala musicale.
Questa composizione
inizia con un assolo di
corno chiamato t = 0,
nozione che definisce il
momento del big-bang.
The Lonely Planet
(Il pianeta solitario)
è una meditazione
sulle circostanze che
hanno portato alla
creazione della terra.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars (Asteroidi e
Stelle cadenti) descrive
i molteplici oggetti che
si muovono nello spazio e
che rappresentano
unrischio per il nostro
pianeta. Le battute
finali portano verso
l’ignoto (The
Unknown) sollevando
una domanda la cui
risposta resta in
sospeso: la nostra
continua avanzata
nell’esplorazione
dell’Universo
porter un giorno alla
scoperta o alla
distruzione?
Brass Band - Grade 6 SKU: BT.AMP-028-130 Composed by Philip Sparke. Elite...(+)
Brass Band - Grade 6
SKU:
BT.AMP-028-130
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Elite Series.
Concert Piece. Score
Only. Composed 2003.
Anglo Music Press #AMP
028-130. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-028-130).
The piece
reflects the composer's
fascination with the
origins of the universe
and deep space in
general. The title comes
from a theory, formulated
by Pythagoras, that the
cosmos was ruled by the
same laws he had
discovered that govern
the ratios of note
frequencies of the
musical scale.
(‘Harmonia’
in Ancient Greek, which
means scale or tuning
rather than harmony -
Greek music was
monophonic). He also
believed that these
ratios corresponded to
the distances of the six
known planets from the
sun and that the planets
each produced a musical
note which combined to
weave a continuous
heavenly melody (which,
unfortunately, we humans
cannot hear). In this
work, these six notesform
the basis of the sections
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES and
HARMONIA. The pieces
opens with a horn solo
called t = 0, a name
given by some scientists
to the moment of the Big
Bang when time and space
were created, and this is
followed by a depiction
of the BIG BANG itself,
as the entire universe
bursts out from a single
point. A slower section
follows called THE LONELY
PLANET which is a
meditation on the
incredible and unlikely
set of circumstances
which led to the creation
of the Earth as a planet
that can support life,
and the constant search
for other civilisations
elsewhere in the
universe. ASTEROIDS AND
SHOOTING STARS depicts
both the benign and
dangerous objects that
are flying through space
and which constantly
threaten our planet, and
the piece ends with THE
UNKNOWN, leaving in
question whether our
continually expanding
exploration of the
universe will eventually
lead to enlightenment or
destruction.
Dit
werk weerspiegelt de
fascinatie van de
componist voor het
heelal. Het begint met
een hoornsolo met de naam
t = 0, waarmee
sommige wetenschappers de
oerknal aanduiden. Dan
volgt een weergave van de
oerknal zelf. Het
volgendegedeelte, The
Lonely Planet, is een
meditatie over het
ongelooflijke samenspel
van omstandigheden dat
leidde tot het ontstaan
van de Aarde.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars beschrijft
objecten in de ruimte.
Het werkeindigt met
The Unknown,
waarmee we in het
ongewisse blijven over de
gevolgen van onze verdere
verkenning van het
universum. In 2005 won
Philip Sparke met
Music of the
Spheres de National
Band Association/William
D.Revelli Memorial Band
Composition
Contest.
Mit
diesem großartigen
Werk, das dem
Auftraggeber der
Yorkshire Building
Society Band am
Europäischen Brass
Band Wettbewerb 2004 in
Glasgow als
Selbstwahlstück zu
einem weiteren Titel
verhalf, beweist Philip
Sparke einmal mehr seine
außergewöhnlichen
kompositorischen
Fähigkeiten. Dieses
Werk über die
Ursprünge des
Universums führt uns
vom Urknall, vorbei an
einsamen Planeten,
Asteroiden und
Sternschnuppen
schließlich ins
Unbekannte - die
ungewisse Zukunft. Ein
Glanzstück und eine
echte Herausforderung
für jeden
Spitzen-Brass
Band!
Music of the
Spheres evidenza il
fascino che le origini
dell’universo
esercitano su Philip
Sparke. Il titolo
proviene da una teoria
del matematico greco
Pitagora, secondo la
quale il cosmo è retto
dalle stesse leggi che
governano i rapporti di
frequenza tra le note
della scala musicale.
Questa composizione
inizia con un assolo di
corno chiamato t = 0,
nozione che definisce il
momento del big-bang.
The Lonely Planet
(Il pianeta solitario)
è una meditazione
sulle circostanze che
hanno portato alla
creazione della terra.
Asteroids and Shooting
Stars (Asteroidi e
Stelle cadenti) descrive
i molteplici oggetti che
si muovono nello spazio e
che rappresentano
unrischio per il nostro
pianeta. Le battute
finali portano verso
l’ignoto (The
Unknown) sollevando
una domanda la cui
risposta resta in
sospeso: la nostra
continua avanzata
nell’esplorazione
dell’Universo
porter un giorno alla
scoperta o alla
distruzione?
Organ SKU: SU.80101413 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101413
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101413.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101413).
Two Mantras
(2017) are dedicated to
Felix Brauer. A mantra is
a repeated word or
phrase, often chanted or
sung in the manner of a
prayer. These two organ
pieces explore the
concept musically, each
extensively employing
repeated patterns: both
direct repetition and
repetition with small
variation. Meditation (In
paradisum) is very quiet
and extremely serene.
Floating harmonies in the
hands gradually shift
while a slow line in the
pedal slowly descends.
Postludium (Deo gratias)
sets up a perpetual
motion toccata through
which the harmonies
change and are repeated.
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 10' Composed:
2017 Published by: Zimbel
Press.
Choir Secular Double Choir and Violoncello SKU: PE.EP73479 Composed by Fr...(+)
Choir Secular Double
Choir and Violoncello
SKU: PE.EP73479
Composed by Francis Pott.
Choral Works (inc.
Oratorios). Edition
Peters. Living Composer.
Vocal Score. 164 pages.
Edition Peters
#98-EP73479. Published by
Edition Peters
(PE.EP73479).
ISBN
9790577019888. 297 x
210mm inches.
English.
At
First Light was
commissioned by Eric
Bruskin, a resident of
Philadelphia, USA, in
memory of his mother.
Eric had a longstanding
enthusiasm for my work,
and I was touched to be
the person he approached
for a task which is both
a privilege and a
daunting responsibility.
In a sense, no music can
ever measure up to the
weight of love or the
hope of consolation
vested in it under such
circumstances - but in
memory I carry the deaths
of both my own parents,
and I was able to draw
upon that. Eric's
fondness for my Cello
Sonata (itself written in
memoriam) led him to ask
that I include a solo
'cello part in the new
work - but his attachment
also to my polyphonic
sacred choral writing
meant that he wanted a
centrepiece which would
be both a showcase of
that approach and the
celebration of a life
well lived. Therefore,
the seven movements of At
First Light arrange
themselves as a series of
slow meditations
surrounding an exuberant
9-minute motet in which
the lamenting cello falls
temporarily
silent.
Eric's
Jewish faith meant that
approaching an agnostic
humanist brought up
within the Anglican
tradition was hardly free
of problems! Gradually,
though, I was able to win
his approval for a
collated mosaic of texts.
This embraces some
liturgical Latin
(necessary for the motet)
as the shared preserve of
broad western culture in
general, but balances it
with a secular approach
to loss, celebration,
remembrance and the many
shades of our mourning
those whom we see no
longer. Eric was adamant
that he did not want the
title Requiem; but what
has emerged is still a
form of semi-secular
Requiem in all but name,
taking its title instead
from a phrase in the poem
by Thomas Blackburn set
as the third movement.
This seemed to suggest
succinctly how the loss
of one very close to us
is an awakening into an
unfamiliar world where
everything is changed.
Following the exuberant
central movement, the
texts by the
Lebanese-born Kahlil
Gibran and the US,
Kentuckian poet Wendell
Berry first address the
departed loved one
directly, then place us
within an imaginary
funeral cortege, where
the perennial and
universal in human
experience become
personal without
subscribing explicitly to
any particular faith (or
lack of it). The final
text of all is a
translation of a Hebraic
prayer, requested and
provided by Eric Bruskin,
which serves to mirror
its Latin counterpart
heard at the
outset.
Throughout
, the lamenting cello
represents a commentary
on the experience
articulated in the text.
It evokes and, in a
sense, tries to embrace
and sanctify the
individual existential
journeys of the bereft,
as they in turn seek to
make their own sense of
what the short-lived
Second World War poet
Alun Lewis called 'the
unbearable beauty of the
dead' (movement
5).
In a modern
world hostage to ever
greater menace,
displacement, bloodshed
and anguish, I hope
fervently that this music
not only brings a measure
of solace to the person
who commissioned it, but
also makes its own small
contribution to bailing
out the sinking ship of
humanity.
Organ SKU: SU.80101222 For Organ. Composed by Mark Siebert. Keyboa...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101222
For
Organ. Composed by
Mark Siebert. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101222.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101222).
A short
meditation. An opening
section featuring a
descending melody gives
way to a hushed, very
slow, chorale section.
Hints of the melody
return in a brief coda.
The open harmonies of
4ths and 5ths are the key
musical building blocks
of the piece. 8 pages
Published by: Zimbel
Press.
Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ20083 Urtext (1932-1939). Composed by Bela Barto...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ20083
Urtext
(1932-1939). Composed
by Bela Bartok. Arranged
by Yusuke Nakahara. EMB
Music of Bela Bartok.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 2021. 72
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ20083.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ20083).
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's
Mikrokosmos has been one
of the milestones in
pedagogical piano
repertoire for 80 years -
and yet it is also far
more than a classical
piano primer. These 153
piano pieces, organized
in ascending order of
difficulty, engage not
only with technical
aspects of piano playing
but also with the
fundamentals of
composition - from
Imitation and Inversion,
Ostinato, and Free
Variations, concerning
compositional technique,
to mood pieces and pieces
with programmatic ideas
such as Notturno,
Boating, From the Diary
of a Fly, or the famous
Six Dances in Bulgarian
Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first
appeared in 1940 in six
volumes. Based on volume
40 of the Bartók
CompleteEdition published
in 2020(Z. 15040), the
present Urtext edition
offers the series
gathered in three
volumes. This edition
includes Bartók's
preface, exercises, and
notes written for the
first edition.
Furthermore, it also
features a preface and
comments by the editor,
which not only discuss
the genesis and the
compositional sources but
also provide performers,
teachers and pupils
alike, with authentic and
detailed information
about Bartók's
notation and the specific
performing problems of
Mikrokosmos.
20 Beautiful Piano Pieces to Help You Relax and Unwind. Composed by various comp...(+)
20 Beautiful Piano Pieces
to Help You Relax and
Unwind. Composed by
various composers and
arrangers. Book; Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental; Solo. Faber
Edition. Masterwork
Arrangement. Published by
Faber Music
Expressive Piano Pieces in a Variety of Styles. Composed by Mike Springer...(+)
Expressive Piano
Pieces in a Variety of
Styles. Composed by
Mike Springer. Piano
Supplemental; Promotional
Packet. Lyrical
Landscapes. Recital.
Book. Alfred Music
#00-106942. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.106942).
11 Expressive Piano Pieces in a Variety of Styles. Composed by Mike Springer. ...(+)
11 Expressive Piano
Pieces in
a Variety of Styles.
Composed
by Mike Springer. Book;
Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Lyrical
Landscapes. Recital. 24
pages. Published by
Alfred
Music
Looking Up Chorale SATB SATB, Piano St Rose Music Publishing
Choir, Piano Accompaniment (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.277282 SATB and Piano ...(+)
Choir, Piano
Accompaniment (SATB
Choir)
SKU:
HL.277282
SATB and
Piano Vocal Score.
Composed by Nico Muhly.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover. 60
pages. St. Rose Music
#SRO10015201. Published
by St. Rose Music
(HL.277282).
UPC:
840126915006. 6.75x10.5
inches.
Program
note:
Looking Up
is a piece for large
chorus and orchestra, and
is in three sections,
played without pause. In
the 16th century, a
variety of psalters in
meter were printed in
England, with the idea of
making psalm-singing
something that could
happen easily at home,
with the rhyming meter
being an aid to
memorization. These
translations are
wonderful exercises in
brevity and sometimes
clumsy rhymemaking, and
were usually prefaced by
a lengthy explanation as
to their merits; the
title of one of the first
such volumes in English
is: The Psalter of Dauid
newely translated into
Englysh metre in such
sort that it maye the
more decently, and wyth
more delyte of the mynde,
be reade and songe of al
men. I thought it would
be appropriate to set one
of these introductions,
and the first section of
Looking Up sets the
preface to Thomas
Ravenscroft's psalter
(1621), in which he
writes: “The
singing of Psalmes (assay
the Doctors) comforteth
the sorrowfull, pacifieth
the angry, strengtheneth
the weake, humbleth the
proud, gladdeth the
humble, stirres up the
slow, reconcileth
enemies, lifteth up the
heart to heavenly things,
and uniteth the Creature
to his
Creator.”
It
begins meditatively, but
eventually grows agitated
and fervent, with a
vision of the
“quire of Angels
and Saints”
“redoubling
anddescanting” - an
ecstatic and terrifying
vision of the skies
opening up. Ravenscroft
then encourages the use
of instrumental musicfor
worship, at which point,
a long, acrobatic
orchestral interlude with
jagged edges antagonizes
the choir, who sing a
kind of private, anxious
meditation on two
pitches.
One of
the most delicious
biblical texts is an
Apocryphal prayer known
as the Benedicite or the
Prayer of the Three
Children (the same who
were rescued by an angel
after King Nebuchadnezzar
tried to have them burnt
in an oven for not bowing
to his image). The text
is repetitive, obsessive,
and a gift to composers -
each line is an
invocation of an element
of the natural world,
followed by the phrase,
“blesse ye the
Lord, praise him &
magnify him for
ever.” In Looking
Up, the setting begins
with three solo voices,
and then grows to include
the whole choir,
itemizing the whole of
creation. The idea that
these boys are spared
from the furnace and then
five minutes later are
saying, “O ye the
fire and warming heate,
blesse ye the
Lord...” has always
felt very loaded to me,
and the orchestra plays
with this conflict
between joyful praise and
a more terrible (in the
16th-century sense)
awefor the
divine.
The text
for the third, and
shortest, section is
taken from Christopher
Smart's (1722-1771) A
Song to David,
purportedly written
during his confinement in
a mental asylum. This ode
to King David points out
how David, as the author
of some of the Psalms,
observes the whole world
from the
“clustering
spheres” to the
“nosegay in the
vale.&rdquo.
Organ SKU: SU.80101417 For Organ. Composed by Carson Cooman. Keybo...(+)
Organ
SKU:
SU.80101417
For
Organ. Composed by
Carson Cooman. Keyboard,
Organ. Score. Zimbel
Press #80101417.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101417).
Four Legends
are organ works of
atmospheric, meditative,
and slightly enigmatic
character. (They were
composed as separate
pieces and are not
intended to be performed
as a suite, because they
are all relatively slow
and quiet.)
Instrumentation: Organ
Duration: 20' Composed:
2018 Published by: Zimbel
Press.
Organ SKU: BA.BA09352 Composed by Thomas Daniel Schlee. Stapled. Performa...(+)
Organ
SKU:
BA.BA09352
Composed
by Thomas Daniel Schlee.
Stapled. Performance
score. Composed
2004/2010. Opus 74. 22
pages. Duration 7
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA09352_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA09352).
ISBN 9790006499830. 21
x 29.5 cm inches.
Language: German.
Preface: Thomas Daniel
Schlee.
The first
piece “Sicut ros
Hermon†(Psalm 133)
meditates on the path
God’s mercy takes,
whereby the initial slow
descending harmonic
sequences develop into an
emphatic song followed by
a tender chorale-like
coda.
“Si
sumpsero pennas
aurorae†(Psalm
139) relates to a highly
poetic, consolatory but
also admonishing image of
the psalm: As far as our
wings may carry us,
God’s hand will
take hold of us. We
cannot escape his mercy
or his judgement. At the
end of this striking
movement the music
conveys almost haptic
moments; one can sense
the mighty
‘hand’ by
means of the tutti sound.
Finally the music becomes
as calm as at the start
of this piece, though
dialogue-like figurations
convey repercussions of
what was experienced and
acknowledged.