Bassoon and Piano SKU: ST.C130 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass musi...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
ST.C130
Composed by
Mark Tanner. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C130. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C130).
ISBN
9790570811304.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry clarinet
players Grades
1–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
SP1219.
Composed by Camille
Saint-Saens. Edited by
Michael Stegemann. This
edition: Edition of
selected works, Urtext
edition. Linen.
Saint-Saens, Camille.
Oevres instrumentales
completes I/3. Edition of
selected works, Score.
Opus 78. Duration 39
minutes. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA10303_01.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA10303-01).
ISBN 9790006559503. 33
x 26 cm inches. Key: C
minor. Preface: Michael
Stegemann.
The
third symphony by Camille
Saint-Saens, known as the
Organ Symphony, is the
first publication in a
complete
historical-critical
edition of the French
composer's instrumental
works.
I gave
everything I was able to
give in this work. [...]
What I have done here I
will never be able to do
again.Camille Saint-Saens
was rightly proud of his
third Symphony in C minor
Op.78, dedicated to the
memory of Franz Liszt.
Called theOrgan
Symphonybecause of its
novel scoring, the work
was a commission from the
Philharmonic Society in
London, as was
Beethoven's Ninth, and
was premiered there on 19
May 1886. The first
performance in Paris
followed on 9 January
1887 and confirmed the
composer's reputation
asprobably the most
significant, and
certainly the most
independent French
symphonistof his time, as
Ludwig Finscher wrote in
MGG. In fact the work
remains the only one in
the history of that genre
in France to the present
day, composed a good half
century after the
Symphonie fantastique by
Hector Berlioz and a good
half century before
Olivier Messiaen's
Turangalila
Symphonie.
You
would think that such a
famous, much-performed
and much recorded opus
could not hold any more
secrets, but far from it:
in the first
historical-critical
edition of the Symphony,
numerous inconsistencies
and mistakes in the
Durand edition in general
use until now, have been
uncovered and corrected.
An examination and
evaluation of the sources
ranged from two early
sketches, now preserved
in Paris and Washington
(in which the Symphony
was still in B minor!)
via the autograph
manuscript and a set of
proofs corrected by
Saint-Saens himself, to
the first and subsequent
editions of the full
score and parts. The
versions for piano duet
(by Leon Roques) and for
two pianos (by the
composer himself) were
also consulted. Further
crucial information was
finally found in his
extensive correspondence,
encompassing thousands of
previously unpublished
letters. The discoveries
made in producing this
edition include the fact
that at its London
premiere, the Symphony
probably looked quite
different from its
present appearance
...
No less
exciting than the work
itself is the history of
its composition and
reception, which are
described in an extensive
foreword. With his
Symphony, Saint-Saens
entered right into the
dispute which divided
French musical life into
pro and contra Wagner in
the 1880s and 1890s. At
the same time, the work
succeeded in preserving
the balance between
tradition and modernism
in masterly fashion, as a
contemporary critic
stated:The C minor
Symphony by Saint-Saens
creates a bridge from the
past into the future,
from immortal richness to
progress, from ideas to
their
implementation.
On
19 March 1886 Saint-Saens
wrote to the London
Philharmonic Society,
which commissioned the
work:
Work on the
symphony is in full
swing. But I warn you, it
will be terrible. Here is
the precise
instrumentation: 3 flutes
/ 2 oboes / 1 cor anglais
/ 2 clarinets / 1 bass
clarinet / 2 bassoons / 1
contrabassoon / 2 natural
horns / [3 trumpets /
Saint-Saens had forgotten
these in his listing.] 2
chromatic horns / 3
trombones / 1 tuba / 3
timpani / organ / 1 piano
duet and the strings, of
course. Fortunately,
there are no harps.
Unfortunately it will be
difficult. I am doing
what I can to mitigate
the
difficulties.
As
in my 4th Concerto [for
piano] and my [1st]
Violin Sonata [in D minor
Op.75] at first glance
there appear to be just
two parts: the first
Allegro and the Adagio,
the Scherzo and the
Finale, each attacca.
This fiendish symphony
has crept up by a
semitone; it did not want
to stay in B minor, and
is now in C
minor.
It would be
a pleasure for me to
conduct this symphony.
Whether it would be a
pleasure for others to
hear it? That is the
question. It is you who
wanted it, I wash my
hands of it. I will bring
the orchestral parts
carefully corrected with
me, and if anyone wants
to give me a nice
rehearsal for the
symphony after the full
rehearsal, everything
will be fine.
When
Saint-Saens hit upon the
idea of adding an organ
and a piano to the usual
orchestral scoring is not
known. The idea of adding
an organ part to a
secular orchestral work
intended for the concert
hall was thoroughly novel
- and not without
controversy. On the other
hand, Franz Liszt, whose
music Saint-Saens'
Symphony is so close to,
had already demonstrated
that the organ could
easily be an orchestral
instrument in his
symphonic poem
Hunnenschlacht (1856/57).
There was also a model
for the piano duet part
which Saint-Saens knew
and may possibly have
used quite consciously as
an exemplar: theFantaisie
sur la Tempetefrom the
lyrical monodrama Lelio,
ou le retour a la Vie op.
14bis (1831) by Berlioz.
The name of the organist
at the premiere ist
unknown, as,
incidentally, was also
the case with many of the
later performances; the
organ part is indeed not
soloistic, but should be
understood as part of the
orchestral
texture.
In fact
the subsequent success of
the symphony seems to
have represented a kind
of breakthrough for the
composer, who was then
over 50 years of age.My
dear composer of a famous
symphony, wrote
Saint-Saens' friend and
pupil Gabriel Faure:You
will never be able to
imagine what a pleasure I
had last Sunday [at the
second performance on 16
January 1887]! And I had
the score and did not
miss a single note of
this Symphony, which will
endure much longer than
we two, even if we were
to join together our two
lifespans!
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Oboe, bassoon and piano - difficult SKU: HL.49016219 Composed by Benjamin...(+)
Oboe, bassoon and piano -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49016219
Composed
by Benjamin Schweitzer.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Misc. Score (also
performance score).
Composed 2006. 73 pages.
Duration 10'. Schott
Music #ED 20121.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49016219).
ISBN
9790001146449. UPC:
884088202538.
9.0x12.0x0.195
inches.
The
chiaroscuro-technique
developed by painters of
the Italian renaissance
served to intensify
contrasts and effects of
optical depth. In
Klar/Obskur, I tried to
transfer the general idea
of this technique on the
rather unusual
instrumentation of two
double-reed woodwinds and
piano. On the one hand, a
clear, well articulated
playing is characteristic
for these instruments, on
the other hand, they have
an often underestimated
potential of 'twilight':
air-sounds and fragile,
shady colours have a
especially attractive
when being produced by
double-reed instruments
(which are often, and
superficially regarded as
being less capable of
differentiated sounds
than flute or clarinet).
The piano, too, has a
broad bandwidth of
possibilities between
percussive and delicate
playing to complement the
woodwinds which, in
return, can absorb and
continue the fading piano
sounds.The beginning
introduces the two
contrasting elements that
form the basic material
for the piece: a clear,
sharp chord, followed by
fragile, dim sounds. The
changes between these
elements as well as their
combination and
amalgamation produce an
enormous spectrum of
colours and gesture.
After this 'motto-like'
opening follow four quite
clearly separated short
sections, each of them
being characterised by a
well-defined texture: a
partly almost
imperceptible air-sound
passage, a short sequence
of microintervallic
notes, a burst of
virtuosity and a recourse
to the fragile sounds of
the beginning.The second,
longer main part consists
of three sections merging
subtly into each other: a
short unisono-passage,
marked elastic [federnd],
is being dissolved into
its basic elements; from
these remainders, a
confrontation of low,
'arcane' bassoon and
piano sounds and a
strongly ornamented
melodic line of the oboe
emerges, leading to a
short but powerful
climax. The piece is
concluded by an extended,
relaxed epilogue,
containing a short piano
solo and a duet of oboe
and bassoon and, finally,
a quotation of the
'elastic' character of
the middle
section.Benjamin
Schweitzer.
(Two Cellos Performance Score). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged b...(+)
(Two Cellos Performance
Score). By Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
Fred Sherry. Boosey and
Hawkes Chamber Music. 64
pages. Boosey and Hawkes
#M051106516. Published by
Boosey and Hawkes
Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For Clarinet and Cello (or Bassoon). Duets. Music for...(+)
Arranged by Daniel
Kelley. For Clarinet and
Cello (or Bassoon).
Duets. Music for Two.
Wedding, Classical.
Level:
Intermediate/Advanced.
Score with 2 parts.
Published by Last Resort
Music Publishing.
Memories Basson, Piano (duo) Music Distribution Services
Bassoon and piano SKU: M7.DOHR-88837 Concertino. Composed by Adria...(+)
Bassoon and piano
SKU:
M7.DOHR-88837
Concertino.
Composed by Adrian
Connell. Sheet music.
Score and part. Duration
10'. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#DOHR 88837. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services)
(M7.DOHR-88837).
ISBN
9790202098370.
Ther
e comes a time in life
when your parents have
passed on. What we are
left with is the memories
of their love, guidance,
support, and the happy
times together. Last
August when my mum sadly
passed away, I wrote an
Elegy as part of my
grieving. However, as a
family we had happy times
together and it seemed
only right to compose a
work which would
celebrate this. So, I
added a first and last
movement to create a
short concertino. The
movements are: Prelude:
Peter John Connell: The
Cheeky Chap Elegy: Mavis
June Connell (Time To
Remember) Rondo: Family
Fun (Adrian Connell)
Performance note The work
can also be performed
with accompaniment of
string orchestra and harp
using the set of parts
for the version for
clarinet and orchestra
(E.D. 88833).
Composed by Ray Jones
Andrea Jones. Arranged by
Brian Duncan. Anthems.
Inspirational, Christmas
and Sacred. Orchestration
on CD-ROM. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762204300).
UPC:
765762204300.
Soul-
stirring and evocative,
this new ballad from the
worship ministry of
Community Bible Church in
San Antonio, TX is a
tender reflection on the
birth of Christ and what
it means to us, the
miracle that He Came.
This soprano and tenor
duet with choir and
accompanying video will
make for a poignant
moment in any Christmas
celebration.
Arrangement for
chamber orchestra.
Composed by Gioachino
Rossini. Arranged by
Joachim Linckelmann.
Carus sheet music series:
Great choral works in
small scorings. Stabat
Mater, Arr. Fur
Kammerensemble. Sacred
vocal music. Full score.
200 pages. Duration 66
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
70.089/50. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.7008950).
ISBN
9790007167646. Text
language:
Latin.
Following
his early departure from
the opera stage in 1829,
besides chamber music
Gioachino Rossini
composed only larger
scored works of church
music. The Stabat Mater
is among these. It was
composed in two different
phases between 1831 and
1841 and received its
premiere in Paris in
1842. The text is
fashioned as a prayer
describing Mary's pain in
the face of the crucified
Christ. Time and again
the vivid language of
this text, a Latin poem
probably from the 13th
century, has inspired
settings by composers
including illustrious
names such as Pergolesi,
Joseph Haydn and Verdi.
In 10 movements Rossini
unites different forms
such as aria, duet,
quartet and chorus, an
operatic aria-like style
of writing as well as a
strict a cappella style
resulting in one of the
highpoints of this genre.
For this arrangement, the
vocal score (CV
70.089/03), choral score
(CV 70.089/05) and parts
for strings and timpani
from the original
orchestral version can
also be used. Score
available separately -
see item CA.7008900.