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I composed
the Piano Concerto in two
stages: the first three
movements during the
years 1985-86, the next
two in 1987, the final
autograph of the last
movement was ready by
January, 1988. The
concerto is dedicated to
the American conductor
Mario di Bonaventura. The
markings of the movements
are the following: 1.
Vivace molto ritmico e
preciso 2. Lento e
deserto 3. Vivace
cantabile 4. Allegro
risoluto 5. Presto
luminoso.The first
performance of the
three-movement Concerto
was on October 23rd, 1986
in Graz. Mario di
Bonaventura conducted
while his brother,
Anthony di Bonaventura,
was the soloist. Two days
later the performance was
repeated in the Vienna
Konzerthaus. After
hearing the work twice, I
came to the conclusion
that the third movement
is not an adequate
finale; my feeling of
form demanded
continuation, a
supplement. That led to
the composing of the next
two movements. The
premiere of the whole
cycle took place on
February 29th, 1988, in
the Vienna Konzerthaus
with the same conductor
and the same pianist. The
orchestra consisted of
the following: flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
horn, trumpet, tenor
trombone, percussion and
strings. The flautist
also plays the piccoIo,
the clarinetist, the alto
ocarina. The percussion
is made up of diverse
instruments, which one
musician-virtuoso can
play. It is more
practical, however, if
two or three musicians
share the instruments.
Besides traditional
instruments the
percussion part calls
also for two simple wind
instruments: the swanee
whistle and the
harmonica. The string
instrument parts (two
violins, viola, cello and
doubles bass) can be
performed soloistic since
they do not contain
divisi. For balance,
however, the ensemble
playing is recommended,
for example 6-8 first
violins, 6-8 second, 4-6
violas, 4-6 cellos, 3-4
double basses. In the
Piano Concerto I realized
new concepts of harmony
and rhythm. The first
movement is entirely
written in bimetry:
simultaneously 12/8 and
4/4 (8/8). This relates
to the known triplet on a
doule relation and in
itself is nothing new.
Because, however, I
articulate 12 triola and
8 duola pulses, an
entangled, up till now
unheard kind of polymetry
is created. The rhythm is
additionally complicated
because of asymmetric
groupings inside two
speed layers, which means
accents are
asymmetrically
distributed. These
groups, as in the talea
technique, have a fixed,
continuously repeating
rhythmic structures of
varying lengths in speed
layers of 12/8 and 4/4.
This means that the
repeating pattern in the
12/8 level and the
pattern in the 4/4 level
do not coincide and
continuously give a
kaleidoscope of renewing
combinations. In our
perception we quickly
resign from following
particular rhythmical
successions and that what
is going on in time
appears for us as
something static,
resting. This music, if
it is played properly, in
the right tempo and with
the right accents inside
particular layers, after
a certain time 'rises, as
it were, as a plane after
taking off: the rhythmic
action, too complex to be
able to follow in detail,
begins flying. This
diffusion of individual
structures into a
different global
structure is one of my
basic compositional
concepts: from the end of
the fifties, from the
orchestral works
Apparitions and
Atmospheres I
continuously have been
looking for new ways of
resolving this basic
question. The harmony of
the first movement is
based on mixtures, hence
on the parallel leading
of voices. This technique
is used here in a rather
simple form; later in the
fourth movement it will
be considerably
developed. The second
movement (the only slow
one amongst five
movements) also has a
talea type of structure,
it is however much
simpler rhythmically,
because it contains only
one speed layer. The
melody is consisted in
the development of a
rigorous interval mode in
which two minor seconds
and one major second
alternate therefore nine
notes inside an octave.
This mode is transposed
into different degrees
and it also determines
the harmony of the
movement; however, in
closing episode in the
piano part there is a
combination of diatonics
(white keys) and
pentatonics (black keys)
led in brilliant,
sparkling quasimixtures,
while the orchestra
continues to play in the
nine tone mode. In this
movement I used isolated
sounds and extreme
registers (piccolo in a
very low register,
bassoon in a very high
register, canons played
by the swanee whistle,
the alto ocarina and
brass with a harmon-mute'
damper, cutting sound
combinations of the
piccolo, clarinet and
oboe in an extremely high
register, also
alternating of a
whistle-siren and
xylophone). The third
movement also has one
speed layer and because
of this it appears as
simpler than the first,
but actually the rhythm
is very complicated in a
different way here. Above
the uninterrupted, fast
and regular basic pulse,
thanks to the asymmetric
distribution of accents,
different types of
hemiolas and inherent
melodical patterns appear
(the term was coined by
Gerhard Kubik in relation
to central African
music). If this movement
is played with the
adequate speed and with
very clear accentuation,
illusory
rhythmic-melodical
figures appear. These
figures are not played
directly; they do not
appear in the score, but
exist only in our
perception as a result of
co-operation of different
voices. Already earlier I
had experimented with
illusory rhythmics,
namely in Poeme
symphonique for 100
metronomes (1962), in
Continuum for harpsichord
(1968), in Monument for
two pianos (1976), and
especially in the first
and sixth piano etude
Desordre and Automne a
Varsovie (1985). The
third movement of the
Piano Concerto is up to
now the clearest example
of illusory rhythmics and
illusory melody. In
intervallic and chordal
structure this movement
is based on alternation,
and also inter-relation
of various modal and
quasi-equidistant harmony
spaces. The tempered
twelve-part division of
the octave allows for
diatonical and other
modal interval
successions, which are
not equidistant, but are
based on the alternation
of major and minor
seconds in different
groups. The tempered
system also allows for
the use of the
anhemitonic pentatonic
scale (the black keys of
the piano). From
equidistant scales,
therefore interval
formations which are
based on the division of
an octave in equal
distances, the
twelve-tone tempered
system allows only
chromatics (only minor
seconds) and the six-tone
scale (the whole-tone:
only major seconds).
Moreover, the division of
the octave into four
parts only minor thirds)
and three parts (three
major thirds) is
possible. In several
music cultures different
equidistant divisions of
an octave are accepted,
for example, in the
Javanese slendro into
five parts, in Melanesia
into seven parts, popular
also in southeastern
Asia, and apart from
this, in southern Africa.
This does not mean an
exact equidistance: there
is a certain tolerance
for the inaccurateness of
the interval tuning.
These exotic for us,
Europeans, harmony and
melody have attracted me
for several years.
However I did not want to
re-tune the piano
(microtone deviations
appear in the concerto
only in a few places in
the horn and trombone
parts led in natural
tones). After the period
of experimenting, I got
to pseudo- or
quasiequidistant
intervals, which is
neither whole-tone nor
chromatic: in the
twelve-tone system, two
whole-tone scales are
possible, shifted a minor
second apart from each
other. Therefore, I
connect these two scales
(or sound resources), and
for example, places occur
where the melodies and
figurations in the piano
part are created from
both whole tone scales;
in one band one six-tone
sound resource is
utilized, and in the
other hand, the
complementary. In this
way whole-tonality and
chromaticism mutually
reduce themselves: a type
of deformed
equidistancism is formed,
strangely brilliant and
at the same time
slanting; illusory
harmony, indeed being
created inside the
tempered twelve-tone
system, but in sound
quality not belonging to
it anymore. The
appearance of such
slantedequidistant
harmony fields
alternating with modal
fields and based on
chords built on fifths
(mainly in the piano
part), complemented with
mixtures built on fifths
in the orchestra, gives
this movement an
individual, soft-metallic
colour (a metallic sound
resulting from
harmonics). The fourth
movement was meant to be
the central movement of
the Concerto. Its
melodc-rhythmic elements
(embryos or fragments of
motives) in themselves
are simple. The movement
also begins simply, with
a succession of
overlapping of these
elements in the mixture
type structures. Also
here a kaleidoscope is
created, due to a limited
number of these elements
- of these pebbles in the
kaleidoscope - which
continuously return in
augmentations and
diminutions. Step by
step, however, so that in
the beginning we cannot
hear it, a compiled
rhythmic organization of
the talea type gradually
comes into daylight,
based on the simultaneity
of two mutually shifted
to each other speed
layers (also triplet and
duoles, however, with
different asymmetric
structures than in the
first movement). While
longer rests are
gradually filled in with
motive fragments, we
slowly come to the
conclusion that we have
found ourselves inside a
rhythmic-melodical whirl:
without change in tempo,
only through increasing
the density of the
musical events, a
rotation is created in
the stream of successive
and compiled, augmented
and diminished motive
fragments, and increasing
the density suggests
acceleration. Thanks to
the periodical structure
of the composition,
always new but however of
the same (all the motivic
cells are similar to
earlier ones but none of
them are exactly
repeated; the general
structure is therefore
self-similar), an
impression is created of
a gigantic, indissoluble
network. Also, rhythmic
structures at first
hidden gradually begin to
emerge, two independent
speed layers with their
various internal
accentuations. This
great, self-similar whirl
in a very indirect way
relates to musical
associations, which came
to my mind while watching
the graphic projection of
the mathematical sets of
Julia and of Mandelbrot
made with the help of a
computer. I saw these
wonderful pictures of
fractal creations, made
by scientists from Brema,
Peitgen and Richter, for
the first time in 1984.
From that time they have
played a great role in my
musical concepts. This
does not mean, however,
that composing the fourth
movement I used
mathematical methods or
iterative calculus;
indeed, I did use
constructions which,
however, are not based on
mathematical thinking,
but are rather craftman's
constructions (in this
respect, my attitude
towards mathematics is
similar to that of the
graphic artist Maurits
Escher). I am concerned
rather with intuitional,
poetic, synesthetic
correspondence, not on
the scientific, but on
the poetic level of
thinking. The fifth, very
short Presto movement is
harmonically very simple,
but all the more
complicated in its
rhythmic structure: it is
based on the further
development of ''inherent
patterns of the third
movement. The
quasi-equidistance system
dominates harmonically
and melodically in this
movement, as in the
third, alternating with
harmonic fields, which
are based on the division
of the chromatic whole
into diatonics and
anhemitonic pentatonics.
Polyrhythms and harmonic
mixtures reach their
greatest density, and at
the same time this
movement is strikingly
light, enlightened with
very bright colours: at
first it seems chaotic,
but after listening to it
for a few times it is
easy to grasp its
content: many autonomous
but self-similar figures
which crossing
themselves. I present my
artistic credo in the
Piano Concerto: I
demonstrate my
independence from
criteria of the
traditional avantgarde,
as well as the
fashionable
postmodernism. Musical
illusions which I
consider to be also so
important are not a goal
in itself for me, but a
foundation for my
aesthetical attitude. I
prefer musical forms
which have a more
object-like than
processual character.
Music as frozen time, as
an object in imaginary
space evoked by music in
our imagination, as a
creation which really
develops in time, but in
imagination it exists
simultaneously in all its
moments. The spell of
time, the enduring its
passing by, closing it in
a moment of the present
is my main intention as a
composer. (Gyorgy
Ligeti).
Euphonium Concerto No. 3. Composed by Philip Sparke (1951-). Anglo Instrumental ...(+)
Euphonium Concerto No. 3.
Composed by Philip Sparke
(1951-). Anglo
Instrumental series. Book
Only. Composed 2012. 32
pages. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 374-401. Published
by Anglo Music Press
Score and Parts.
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Concert Band. Set (Score
& Parts). Composed 2012.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP354010. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44011228).
Diamond
Concerto was
commissioned by
Musikverein Morschied
from Germany - Dr. Eric
Grandjean, conductor -
for a special concert
featuring Steven Mead as
guest soloist. Together
they gave the world
premiere on 28th April
2012 in the town theatre
of Idar-Oberstein.The
commission is a highlight
in the 30-year friendship
between composer and
soloist, which has
included many mutual CD
projects and concerts
and, now, a concerto.
Sparke had Steven Mead's
special euphonium sound
in his head throughout
the composition process
and made free use of the
variety of styles which
the world-renowned
virtuoso has made his own
during his highly
successful solo
career.The village
ofMorschied lies to the
west of Frankfurt am Main
in the area known as the
German Road of Precious
Stones, which is famous
for its thriving gem
industry. Because of this
it was decided to give
the commission a local
connection by choosing
the title, Diamond
Concerto. Each of the
three movements is named
after a famous diamond:1
EARTH STARis rather stern
in mood, opening with a
free fantasy for the
soloist over a static
chord from the band. This
leads to an Allegro
Moderato in minor mode
where small motives are
gradually repeated and
developed by both band
and soloist.2 OCEAN
DREAMuses a varied quote
from the composer's
Music for Battle
Creek, including a
melting slow melody that
was originally written
with Steven Mead in
mind.3 BLUE HEARTwas
written, at Steven Mead's
suggestion, in bebop
style and takes the form
of a jazz waltz. The
quasi-improvisatory
central section features
a call-and-response
passage for the soloist
and upper
woodwinds.Soloist:
Difficulty 6Diamond
Concerto is available
for euphonium and piano
(AMP 374-401) as well as
for euphonium and brass
band (AMP 354-030).
Diamond
Concerto is
geschreven in opdracht
van de Duitse Musikverein
Morschied - met dirigent
Eric Grandjean - voor een
speciaal concert met
Steven Mead als
gastsolist. De
wereldpremiere vond
plaats op 28 april 2012
in het Stadttheater van
Idar-Oberstein.De
opdracht vormt een
hoogtepunt in de dertig
jaar lange vriendschap
van de componist en de
solist - waarin ze aan
vele gezamenlijke
cd-projecten en concerten
werkten. En nu is er dan
dit concert. Sparke heeft
het gecomponeerd met
Steven Meads geheel eigen
euphoniumklank in het
achterhoofd. Hij paste
daarbij de diverse
stijlen toe die de
wereldberoemde virtuoos
zich heeft eigen gemaakt
tijdens zijn
succesvollesolocarriere.H
et plaatsje Morschied
ligt ten westen van
Frankfurt am Main, in het
gebied dat bekendstaat
als de Deutsche
Edelsteinstrasse. Het is
beroemd vanwege zijn
bloeiende
edelstenenindustrie. Om
het werk een lokaal
tintje te geven is een
toepasselijke titel
gekozen: Diamond
Concerto. Elk van de
drie delen is genoemd
naar een beroemde
edelsteen:1 EARTH STARDit
deel is tamelijk sober
van sfeer. Het opent met
een vrije fantasie van de
solist over een statisch
akkoord in het orkest.
Dan volgt een allegro
moderato in mineur, met
kleine motieven die
geleidelijk worden
herhaald en uitgewerkt
door zowel het orkest als
de solist.2 OCEAN
DREAMHierin wordt een
citaat van Sparke's werk
Music for Battle
Creek naar voren
gebracht, met een
vloeiende, langzame
melodie die van oorsprong
werd geschreven met het
spel van Steven Mead in
gedachten.3 BLUE
HEARTNaar een suggestie
van Steven Mead zelf is
dit deel geschreven in
bebopstijl. Het neemt de
vorm aan van een
jazzwals. De
quasi-improvisatorische
centrale passage omvat
een vraag-en-antwoordspel
voor de solist en het
hoge hout.Solo:
moeilijkheidsgraad
6Diamond
Concertois eveneens
verkrijgbaar voor
euphonium en piano (AMP
374-401) en voor
euphonium en brass band
(AMP 354-030).
Geschrieben fur
den Musikverein
Morschied, westlich von
Frankfurt am Main an der
Deutschen
Edelsteinstrasse gelegen,
wurde jeder der drei
Satze von Diamond
Concerto nach einem
beruhmten Diamanten
benannt: 1 EARTH STAR ist
eher stimmungstechnisch
ein Stern. Der Satz
beginnt mit einer freien
Fantasie des Solisten
uber einem statischen
Akkord des Orchesters.
Dieses fuhrt zu einem
Allegro Moderato in Moll,
in welchem kurze Motive
von sowohl Orchester als
auch Solist nach und nach
wiederholt und entwickelt
werden.2 OCEAN DREAM
verwendet ein variiertes
Zitat aus Music for
Battle Creek von
Philip Sparke, das ein
schmelzende Melodie
enthalt, die schon im
Gedanken an
Stevengeschrieben worden
war.3 BLUE HEART wurde
auf Steven Meads Anregung
hin im Bebop-Stil
komponiert und weist die
Form eines Jazz Waltz
auf. Der
quasi-improvisatorische
Mittelteil enthalt eine
Passage im
Call-and-Response-Muster,
die sich zwischen Solist
und den hohen Holzblasern
abspielt.Solist:
Schwierigkeitsgrad
6Diamond Concerto
ist fur Euphonium und
Klavier erhaltlich (AMP
374-401) sowie fur
Euphonium und Brass Band
(AMP 354-030).
Diamond
Concerto est une
œuvre de commande de
la formation allemande
Musikverein Morschied,
dirigee par le Dr Eric
Grandjean, pour un
concert avec un invite
special, le soliste
Steven Mead. Ensemble,
ils ont cree cette
œuvre le 28 avril
2012 au theatre de la
ville
d'Idar-Oberstein.Cette
commande represente l'un
des points culminants
d'une amitie de trente
annees entre le
compositeur et le
soliste, leur relation
ayant donne naissance a
de nombreux
enregistrements et
concerts et, maintenant,
a un concerto. Pendant la
composition de cette
œuvre, Sparke avait
sans cesse a l'esprit le
son bien particulier de
l'euphonium de Steven
Mead, et il a employe
librement lavariete de
styles que ce virtuose
mondialement connu a
adoptes au cours de sa
brillante carriere de
soliste.Le village de
Morschied se trouve a
l'ouest de
Francfort-sur-le-Main,
dans la region surnommee
Route allemande des
pierres precieuses,
celebre pour son
industrie de la
joaillerie. C'est
pourquoi le compositeur a
decide de saluer cette
province en intitulant
son œuvre Diamond
Concerto. Les trois
mouvements sont chacun
nommes d'apres un diamant
celebre :1 EARTH STARDe
caractere plutot serieux,
ce mouvement debute avec
une fantaisie libre pour
le soliste sur un accord
statique de l'orchestre.
Vient ensuite un Allegro
Moderato en mode mineur
ou de courts motifs sont
progressivement repetes
et developpes par
l'orchestre et le
soliste.2 OCEAN DREAML'on
pourra entendre ici une
variante d'un extrait de
Music for Battle
Creek, incluant une
melodie lente et
emouvante, que le
compositeur ecrivit alors
dans l'optique d'une
future interpretation
realisee par Steven
Mead.3 BLUE HEARTSuivant
l'idee de Steven Mead, ce
mouvement est ecrit dans
un style de be-bop et
prend la forme d'une
valse jazzy. La partie
centrale,
quasi-improvisee,
comprend un passage
d'appel et reponse entre
le soliste et les
bois.Soliste: Difficulte
6Diamond Concerto
est aussi disponible pour
euphonium et piano (AMP
374-401) et euphonium et
brass.
Score Only.
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Concert Band. Score Only.
Composed 2012. 64 pages.
Anglo Music Press
#AMP354140. Published by
Anglo Music Press
(HL.44011229).
Diamond
Concerto was
commissioned by
Musikverein Morschied
from Germany - Dr. Eric
Grandjean, conductor -
for a special concert
featuring Steven Mead as
guest soloist. Together
they gave the world
premiere on 28th April
2012 in the town theatre
of Idar-Oberstein.The
commission is a highlight
in the 30-year friendship
between composer and
soloist, which has
included many mutual CD
projects and concerts
and, now, a concerto.
Sparke had Steven Mead's
special euphonium sound
in his head throughout
the composition process
and made free use of the
variety of styles which
the world-renowned
virtuoso has made his own
during his highly
successful solo
career.The village
ofMorschied lies to the
west of Frankfurt am Main
in the area known as the
German Road of Precious
Stones, which is famous
for its thriving gem
industry. Because of this
it was decided to give
the commission a local
connection by choosing
the title, Diamond
Concerto. Each of the
three movements is named
after a famous diamond:1
EARTH STARis rather stern
in mood, opening with a
free fantasy for the
soloist over a static
chord from the band. This
leads to an Allegro
Moderato in minor mode
where small motives are
gradually repeated and
developed by both band
and soloist.2 OCEAN
DREAMuses a varied quote
from the composer's
Music for Battle
Creek, including a
melting slow melody that
was originally written
with Steven Mead in
mind.3 BLUE HEARTwas
written, at Steven Mead's
suggestion, in bebop
style and takes the form
of a jazz waltz. The
quasi-improvisatory
central section features
a call-and-response
passage for the soloist
and upper
woodwinds.Soloist:
Difficulty 6Diamond
Concerto is available
for euphonium and piano
(AMP 374-401) as well as
for euphonium and brass
band (AMP 354-030).
Diamond
Concerto is
geschreven in opdracht
van de Duitse Musikverein
Morschied - met dirigent
Eric Grandjean - voor een
speciaal concert met
Steven Mead als
gastsolist. De
wereldpremiere vond
plaats op 28 april 2012
in het Stadttheater van
Idar-Oberstein.De
opdracht vormt een
hoogtepunt in de dertig
jaar lange vriendschap
van de componist en de
solist - waarin ze aan
vele gezamenlijke
cd-projecten en concerten
werkten. En nu is er dan
dit concert. Sparke heeft
het gecomponeerd met
Steven Meads geheel eigen
euphoniumklank in het
achterhoofd. Hij paste
daarbij de diverse
stijlen toe die de
wereldberoemde virtuoos
zich heeft eigen gemaakt
tijdens zijn
succesvollesolocarriere.H
et plaatsje Morschied
ligt ten westen van
Frankfurt am Main, in het
gebied dat bekendstaat
als de Deutsche
Edelsteinstrasse. Het is
beroemd vanwege zijn
bloeiende
edelstenenindustrie. Om
het werk een lokaal
tintje te geven is een
toepasselijke titel
gekozen: Diamond
Concerto. Elk van de
drie delen is genoemd
naar een beroemde
edelsteen:1 EARTH STARDit
deel is tamelijk sober
van sfeer. Het opent met
een vrije fantasie van de
solist over een statisch
akkoord in het orkest.
Dan volgt een allegro
moderato in mineur, met
kleine motieven die
geleidelijk worden
herhaald en uitgewerkt
door zowel het orkest als
de solist.2 OCEAN
DREAMHierin wordt een
citaat van Sparke's werk
Music for Battle
Creek naar voren
gebracht, met een
vloeiende, langzame
melodie die van oorsprong
werd geschreven met het
spel van Steven Mead in
gedachten.3 BLUE
HEARTNaar een suggestie
van Steven Mead zelf is
dit deel geschreven in
bebopstijl. Het neemt de
vorm aan van een
jazzwals. De
quasi-improvisatorische
centrale passage omvat
een vraag-en-antwoordspel
voor de solist en het
hoge hout.Solo:
moeilijkheidsgraad
6Diamond
Concertois eveneens
verkrijgbaar voor
euphonium en piano (AMP
374-401) en voor
euphonium en brass band
(AMP 354-030).
Geschrieben fur
den Musikverein
Morschied, westlich von
Frankfurt am Main an der
Deutschen
Edelsteinstrasse gelegen,
wurde jeder der drei
Satze von Diamond
Concerto nach einem
beruhmten Diamanten
benannt: 1 EARTH STAR ist
eher stimmungstechnisch
ein Stern. Der Satz
beginnt mit einer freien
Fantasie des Solisten
uber einem statischen
Akkord des Orchesters.
Dieses fuhrt zu einem
Allegro Moderato in Moll,
in welchem kurze Motive
von sowohl Orchester als
auch Solist nach und nach
wiederholt und entwickelt
werden.2 OCEAN DREAM
verwendet ein variiertes
Zitat aus Music for
Battle Creek von
Philip Sparke, das ein
schmelzende Melodie
enthalt, die schon im
Gedanken an
Stevengeschrieben worden
war.3 BLUE HEART wurde
auf Steven Meads Anregung
hin im Bebop-Stil
komponiert und weist die
Form eines Jazz Waltz
auf. Der
quasi-improvisatorische
Mittelteil enthalt eine
Passage im
Call-and-Response-Muster,
die sich zwischen Solist
und den hohen Holzblasern
abspielt.Solist:
Schwierigkeitsgrad
6Diamond Concerto
ist fur Euphonium und
Klavier erhaltlich (AMP
374-401) sowie fur
Euphonium und Brass Band
(AMP 354-030).
Diamond
Concerto est une
œuvre de commande de
la formation allemande
Musikverein Morschied,
dirigee par le Dr Eric
Grandjean, pour un
concert avec un invite
special, le soliste
Steven Mead. Ensemble,
ils ont cree cette
œuvre le 28 avril
2012 au theatre de la
ville
d'Idar-Oberstein.Cette
commande represente l'un
des points culminants
d'une amitie de trente
annees entre le
compositeur et le
soliste, leur relation
ayant donne naissance a
de nombreux
enregistrements et
concerts et, maintenant,
a un concerto. Pendant la
composition de cette
œuvre, Sparke avait
sans cesse a l'esprit le
son bien particulier de
l'euphonium de Steven
Mead, et il a employe
librement lavariete de
styles que ce virtuose
mondialement connu a
adoptes au cours de sa
brillante carriere de
soliste.Le village de
Morschied se trouve a
l'ouest de
Francfort-sur-le-Main,
dans la region surnommee
Route allemande des
pierres precieuses,
celebre pour son
industrie de la
joaillerie. C'est
pourquoi le compositeur a
decide de saluer cette
province en intitulant
son œuvre Diamond
Concerto. Les trois
mouvements sont chacun
nommes d'apres un diamant
celebre :1 EARTH STARDe
caractere plutot serieux,
ce mouvement debute avec
une fantaisie libre pour
le soliste sur un accord
statique de l'orchestre.
Vient ensuite un Allegro
Moderato en mode mineur
ou de courts motifs sont
progressivement repetes
et developpes par
l'orchestre et le
soliste.2 OCEAN DREAML'on
pourra entendre ici une
variante d'un extrait de
Music for Battle
Creek, incluant une
melodie lente et
emouvante, que le
compositeur ecrivit alors
dans l'optique d'une
future interpretation
realisee par Steven
Mead.3 BLUE HEARTSuivant
l'idee de Steven Mead, ce
mouvement est ecrit dans
un style de be-bop et
prend la forme d'une
valse jazzy. La partie
centrale,
quasi-improvisee,
comprend un passage
d'appel et reponse entre
le soliste et les
bois.Soliste: Difficulte
6Diamond Concerto
est aussi disponible pour
euphonium et piano (AMP
374-401) et euphonium et
brass.
Diamond Concerto Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Anglo Music
Concert Band/Harmonie and Euphonium Solo - Grade 5 SKU: BT.AMP-354-010 (+)
Concert Band/Harmonie and
Euphonium Solo - Grade 5
SKU:
BT.AMP-354-010
Euphonium Concerto No.
3. Composed by Philip
Sparke. Elite Series. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
2012. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 354-010. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-354-010).
9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Diamond
Concerto was
commissioned by
Musikverein Mörschied
from Germany - Dr. Eric
Grandjean, conductor -
for a special concert
featuring Steven Mead as
guest soloist. Together
they gave the world
premiere on 28th April
2012 in the town theatre
of Idar-Oberstein.The
commission is a highlight
in the 30-year friendship
between composer and
soloist, which has
included many mutual CD
projects and concerts
and, now, a concerto.
Sparke had Steven
Mead’s special
euphonium sound in his
head throughout the
composition process and
made free use of the
variety of styles which
the world-renowned
virtuoso has made his own
during his highly
successful solo
career.The village
ofMörschied lies to
the west of Frankfurt am
Main in the area known as
the German Road of
Precious Stones, which is
famous for its thriving
gem industry. Because of
this it was decided to
give the commission a
local connection by
choosing the title,
Diamond Concerto.
Each of the three
movements is named after
a famous diamond:1 EARTH
STARis rather stern in
mood, opening with a free
fantasy for the soloist
over a static chord from
the band. This leads to
an Allegro Moderato in
minor mode where small
motives are gradually
repeated and developed by
both band and soloist.2
OCEAN DREAMuses a varied
quote from the
composer’s
Music for Battle
Creek, including a
melting slow melody that
was originally written
with Steven Mead in
mind.3 BLUE HEARTwas
written, at Steven
Mead’s suggestion,
in bebop style and takes
the form of a jazz waltz.
The quasi-improvisatory
central section features
a call-and-response
passage for the soloist
and upper
woodwinds.Soloist:
Difficulty 6Diamond
Concerto is available
for euphonium and piano
(AMP 374-401) as well as
for euphonium and brass
band (AMP 354-030).
Diamond
Concerto is
geschreven in opdracht
van de Duitse Musikverein
Mörschied - met
dirigent Eric Grandjean -
voor een speciaal concert
met Steven Mead als
gastsolist. De
wereldpremière vond
plaats op 28 april 2012
in het Stadttheater van
Idar-Oberstein.De
opdracht vormt een
hoogtepunt in de dertig
jaar lange vriendschap
van de componist en de
solist - waarin ze aan
vele gezamenlijke
cd-projecten en concerten
werkten. En nu is er dan
dit concert. Sparke heeft
het gecomponeerd met
Steven Meads geheel eigen
euphoniumklank in het
achterhoofd. Hij paste
daarbij de diverse
stijlen toe die de
wereldberoemde virtuoos
zich heeft eigen gemaakt
tijdens zijn
succesvollesolocarrièr
e.Het plaatsje
Mörschied ligt ten
westen van Frankfurt am
Main, in het gebied dat
bekendstaat als de
Deutsche
Edelsteinstrasse. Het is
beroemd vanwege zijn
bloeiende
edelstenenindustrie. Om
het werk een lokaal
tintje te geven is een
toepasselijke titel
gekozen: Diamond
Concerto. Elk van de
drie delen is genoemd
naar een beroemde
edelsteen:1 EARTH STARDit
deel is tamelijk sober
van sfeer. Het opent met
een vrije fantasie van de
solist over een statisch
akkoord in het orkest.
Dan volgt een allegro
moderato in mineur, met
kleine motieven die
geleidelijk worden
herhaald en uitgewerkt
door zowel het orkest als
de solist.2 OCEAN
DREAMHierin wordt een
citaat van
Sparke’s werk
Music for Battle
Creek naar voren
gebracht, met een
vloeiende, langzame
melodie die van oorsprong
werd geschreven met het
spel van Steven Mead in
gedachten.3 BLUE
HEARTNaar een suggestie
van Steven Mead zelf is
dit deel geschreven in
bebopstijl. Het neemt de
vorm aan van een
jazzwals. De
quasi-improvisatorische
centrale passage omvat
een vraag-en-antwoordspel
voor de solist en het
hoge hout.Solo:
moeilijkheidsgraad
6Diamond
Concertois eveneens
verkrijgbaar voor
euphonium en piano (AMP
374-401) en voor
euphonium en brass band
(AMP 354-030).
Geschrieben
für den Musikverein
Mörschied, westlich
von Frankfurt am Main an
der Deutschen
Edelsteinstraße
gelegen, wurde jeder der
drei Sätze von
Diamond Concerto
nach einem berühmten
Diamanten benannt: 1
EARTH STAR ist eher
stimmungstechnisch ein
Stern. Der Satz beginnt
mit einer freien Fantasie
des Solisten über
einem statischen Akkord
des Orchesters. Dieses
führt zu einem Allegro
Moderato in Moll, in
welchem kurze Motive von
sowohl Orchester als auch
Solist nach und nach
wiederholt und entwickelt
werden.2 OCEAN DREAM
verwendet ein variiertes
Zitat aus Music for
Battle Creek von
Philip Sparke, das ein
schmelzende Melodie
enthält, die schon im
Gedanken an
Stevengeschrieben worden
war.3 BLUE HEART wurde
auf Steven Meads Anregung
hin im Bebop-Stil
komponiert und weist die
Form eines Jazz Waltz
auf. Der
quasi-improvisatorische
Mittelteil enthält
eine Passage im
Call-and-Response-Muster,
die sich zwischen Solist
und den hohen
Holzbläsern
abspielt.Solist:
Schwierigkeitsgrad
6Diamond Concerto
ist für Euphonium und
Klavier erhältlich
(AMP 374-401) sowie
für Euphonium und
Brass Band (AMP 354-030).
Fiddle, Violin - Difficulty: medium SKU: HL.235 By Various. Fiddle. Folk....(+)
Fiddle, Violin -
Difficulty: medium
SKU: HL.235
By
Various. Fiddle. Folk.
Solo fiddle songbook.
With performance notes,
introductory text and
standard notation. 96
pages. Published by
Centerstream Publications
(HL.235).
ISBN
9781574240566. UPC:
073999567786. 9x12
inches.
This
comprehensive collection
of fabulous fiddle tunes
includes reels,
hornpipes, strathspeys,
jigs, waltzes and slow
airs.