Choral (Mixed Choir) SKU: HL.48025028 Mixed Choir. Composed by Ale...(+)
Choral (Mixed Choir)
SKU: HL.48025028
Mixed Choir.
Composed by Alex Freeman.
BH Large Choral.
Classical. Octavo. 26
pages. Fennica Gehrman
#M550115682. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(HL.48025028).
UPC:
196288019909.
The
texts of Alex Freeman's
Calle sin nombre for
mixed choir (2019) are
drawn from quotations of
families seeking asylum
who are victims of the
policies of family
separation aggressively
and abruptly enacted by
the administration of
President Donald John
Trump.These desperate
words tread with bare
feet across shards of
fragmented lines from
Emma Lazarus's The New
Colossus (the iconic poem
enshrined at the base of
The Statue of Liberty). A
rehearsal reduction for
piano is included in the
publication. Alex Freeman
(b. 1972) grew up in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Around the age of 13 he
became interested in
composing. In 1998 he
moved to New York to
begin his Doctoral
studies at the Juilliard
School, studying with
Christopher Rouse. The
focus of his doctoral
document led him to
Finland. The recipient of
a Fulbright Full
Fellowship, he moved to
Helsinki in 2001 to
research Sibelius's
sketches and study
composition with Eero
Hameenniemi at the
Sibelius Academy. Dr.
Freeman is currently
composing full-time and
liveswith his wife and
children in Finland.
Voice, Piano SKU: FG.042-08585-1 Composed by Armas Jarnefelt. Edited by M...(+)
Voice, Piano
SKU:
FG.042-08585-1
Composed by Armas
Jarnefelt. Edited by
Matti Tuloisela. Album.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.042-08585-1).
ISBN
979-0-042-08585-1.
The collection of the
main solo songs by Armas
Jarnefelt was accelerated
by a donation made by his
son, Arvi, in Stockholm
to the University of
Helsinki: dozens of
previously unpublished
manuscripts thus found
their way home to
Finland. Sweden was
father Jarnefelt's second
home, since he spent a
couple of decades as
conductor of the Royal
Opera in Stockholm. He
concentrated almost
exclusively on solo
songs, the reason no
doubt being that his
father-in-law was Jean
Sibelius, a master of
large-scale form.
Jarnefelt's vocal lyrics
spring from the
National-Romantic ethos
nurtured on the archaic
rune-singing of the
national epic, the
Kalevala, and the distant
lands of Karelia. The
folk-like elements of his
youthful songs were in
time joined by
Impressionistic and in
places even
Expressionistic timbres.
This collection is edited
by Matti Tuloisela.
Contents: Aallon
kehtolaulu / Vagens
vaggsang / Der Welle
Wiegenlied * Am stillen
Dorfe erhebt sich *
Berceuse / Kehtolaulu *
En spel- och dansvisa *
Hamara / Skymning /
Dammerung * I
solnedgangen / Im
Sonnenuntergang *
Isanmaan kasvot *
Kanteleelle * Kehtolaulu
/ Vaggsang (Liekku liiku)
* Kehtolaulu / Vaggsang
(Hiljaa, hiljaa) * Laula,
laula! * Leivo / Larkan *
Liina / Lina / Line *
Milloin muistelet minua?
/ Sag, nar minnes du mig?
/ Sag', gedenkst Du
meiner? * Nar alla
klockor klamtat tolf /
Wenn alle Uhren zwolf
geschlagen * Sina / Du *
Solsken / Sonnenschein *
Sunnuntaina / Sondag *
Suvirannalla / Sommarnatt
pa stranden * Titania *
Toivoni / Onskan *
Uneksijan laulu elamalle
/ En drommarens sang till
livet / Eines Traumers
Sang an das Leben *
Unelma / Drom * Viel' ois
virtta tieossani / An en
visa vill jag sjunga.
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-522-4 Composed by Harri Vuori. Fennica Gehrman #5501...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-522-4
Composed by Harri Vuori.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-522-4. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-522-4).
ISBN
9790550115224.
Harr
i Vuori's Chiroptera
(2017) for guitar
embraces the instrument
with several
compositional solutions
born from the attributes
of the guitar. Dedicated
to Patrik Kleemola this
12 minutes work is
devided in three
movements. The textures
of Chiroptera are complex
but their build-up,
fade-out, measuring and
timing of these changes
is clearly defined and
understandable. According
to the composer the name
Chiroptera has the same
beautiful sound as the
composition in whole. In
addition he currently
lives in an area
populated with lots of
bats both in the woods
and in the atticks. Harri
Vuori (b. 1957) studied
composition with Paavo
Heininen, Eero
Hameenniemi and
Einojuhani Rautavaara at
the Sibelius Academy. He
has been composer in
residence of the Hyvinkaa
Orchestra since 1997 and
has taught in the
Department of Musicology
at the University of
Helsinki since 1993. HIs
guitar concerto Ctulhu's
Dreams (2016) based on
the Ctulhu mythology by
H.P. Lovecraft was
commissioned by the
Lappeenranta City
Orchestra and premiered
in 2016.
Mixed choir SKU: FG.55011-568-2 Composed by Alex Freeman. Fennica Gehrman...(+)
Mixed choir
SKU:
FG.55011-568-2
Composed by Alex Freeman.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-568-2. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-568-2).
ISBN
9790550115682.
The
texts of Alex Freeman's
Calle sin nombre for
mixed choir (2019) are
drawn from quotations of
families seeking asylum
who are victims of the
policies of family
separation aggressively
and abruptly enacted by
the administration of
President Donald John
Trump. These desperate
words tread with bare
feet across shards of
fragmented lines from
Emma Lazarus's The New
Colossus (the iconic poem
enshrined at the base of
The Statue of Liberty). A
rehearsal reduction for
piano is included in the
publication. Alex Freeman
(b. 1972) grew up in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Around the age of 13 he
became interested in
composing. In 1998 he
moved to New York to
begin his Doctoral
studies at the Juilliard
School, studying with
Christopher Rouse. The
focus of his doctoral
document led him to
Finland. The recipient of
a Fulbright Full
Fellowship, he moved to
Helsinki in 2001 to
research Sibelius's
sketches and study
composition with Eero
Hameenniemi at the
Sibelius Academy. Dr.
Freeman is currently
composing full-time and
lives with his wife and
children in Finland.
SSA Chorus SKU: FG.55011-569-9 Composed by Alex Freeman. Fennica Gehrman ...(+)
SSA Chorus
SKU:
FG.55011-569-9
Composed by Alex Freeman.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-569-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-569-9).
ISBN
9790550115699.
Alex
Freeman's I Feel the Same
Way, Three songs of
Lilian Moore (2015) for
children's chorus (SSA)
captures little moments
of childhood wonder.
Lilian Moore (1909-2004)
was a poet and editor,
who helped make
children's books more
affordable and worked to
combat racial stereotypes
in children's literature.
In the printed
collection, the ambiance
of each poem is enhanced
by the artwork of Robert
Quackenbush. His
illustrations for each of
the poems that Freeman
has set to music here are
reproduced within this
score with the aim of
transporting young
singers into the micro
universes of Moore's
poems. Alex Freeman (b.
1972) grew up in Raleigh,
North Carolina. Around
the age of 13 he became
interested in composing.
In 1998 he moved to New
York to begin his
Doctoral studies at the
Juilliard School,
studying with Christopher
Rouse. The focus of his
doctoral document led him
to Finland. The recipient
of a Fulbright Full
Fellowship, he moved to
Helsinki in 2001 to
research Sibelius's
sketches and study
composition with Eero
Hameenniemi at the
Sibelius Academy. Dr.
Freeman is currently
composing full-time and
lives with his wife and
children in Finland.