Kenneth Hesketh

Piano - difficult

SKU: HL.49018724

Piano. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Contemporary. Softcover. Composed 2006. 42 pages. Duration 25'. Schott Music #ED13185. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018724).

ISBN 9790220131080. UPC: 841886011540. 9.0x12.0x0.155 inches.

In his programme note, Hesketh describes a conceit as an extended metaphor which can govern part of or an entire poem thereby leading to a more sophisticated understanding of the subject. Within the 20 minute six movement work, Poetic Conceits takes an assortment of thematic material and views it from different angles by continuous manipulation through statement, recall and elaboration. The effect is a continuous arc with movements merging into each other, sharing harmonic material to create focal points for pianistic technique and musicality.

Piano; Piano/Keyboard - difficult

SKU: HL.49015496

Piano Solo. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2002. 16 pages. Duration 5'. Schott Music #ED 12929. Published by Schott Music (HL.49015496).

ISBN 9781423419648. 9.0x12.0x0.069 inches.

This short piano work is one of Hesketh's most successful, taken from his opera The Overcoat - it would be an ideal opener to any recital programme.

Piano (Piano Solo) - difficult

SKU: HL.49018675

For piano solo. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano Solo. Composed 2008. 12 pages. Duration 5'. Schott Music #ED13393. Published by Schott Music (HL.49018675).

ISBN 9790220132599. 9.0x12.0x0.068 inches.

The title of this work is a reference to the poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats. Important images from the poem are freely connected to suggest musical gestures and contours. Such phrases as perilous seas and plaintive anthem placed musically alongside each other give the work a continuity not suggested by the original poem. The topography in the last verse of the poem also finds its way into the work: Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep The resulting work therefore utilises an organic and associative musical form, one that is dramatic and often capricious in nature. The work evaporates at its close - at Keats' instigation - through the words Fled is that music:- do I wake or sleep?. Through Magic Casements was written for William Cale on the occasion of his final recital at the Royal College of Music. 2009 KH.

Piano - difficult

SKU: HL.49012970

Piano. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Score. Composed 2002. 16 pages. Duration 10'. Schott Music #ED12839. Published by Schott Music (HL.49012970).

ISBN 9790220123290. UPC: 073999266061. 9.0x12.0x0.095 inches.

Each of the 'Three Japanese Miniatures' is a new challenge to the pianist: In each piece, a different playing technique is developed in a subtle and concentrated way. I Temple Music * II The cradle rocks... * III Little Bumbuku.