Euphonium and Piano - virtuoso SKU: CY.CC2769 Composed by Russell Scarbro...(+)
Euphonium and Piano -
virtuoso
SKU:
CY.CC2769
Composed by
Russell Scarbrough.
Comtemporary. Solo part
and Piano accompaniment.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2769).
As the title
suggests the work dying
and dancing for Euphonium
solo and Piano
accompaniment is in two
parts, which are played
without a pause between
the two.
The
first part, an adagio, is
not necessarily meant to
be evocative of the
actual act of passing
away, but more perhaps of
the contemplation and
reflection upon one's
life as that time
approaches, and
particularly of sorrow
over regret and
disappointment. The
unsettled mood of the
music reflects this
bitterness, and stands in
contrast to the expansive
peace of the grave, heard
at the beginning and end
of the
adagio.
Dance,
with ironic wit, the
second part, is the other
side of the same coin;
perhaps humor of the
gallows describes its
spirit. At once fatalist
and mocking, it brings to
mind the words of the
ancient teacher Koheleth,
The heart of the wise is
in the house of mourning;
but the heart of fools is
in the house of
mirth.
I was
pleased to compose dying
and dancing in 2013 for
Mark Kellogg, a superb
Euphonium artist and my
former trombone
iProfessor at the Eastman
School of Music.
Euphonium & Piano - advanced SKU: CY.CC2652 Composed by Frank Bridge. Arr...(+)
Euphonium & Piano -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2652
Composed by
Frank Bridge. Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. 20th Century
British. Solo and Piano.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2652).
British
composer Frank Bridge is
mainly remembered for his
beautiful chamber music.
The Four Pieces from 1912
are originally for Violin
and Piano and are
titled: 1.
Meditation 2. Spring
Song 3.
Lullaby 4. Country
Dance Mr. Sauer has
done a beautiful job
scoring these works for
Euphonium. There is a
wonderful simplicity to
Bridge's music, a
simplicity that was lost
forever just two years
later at the beginning of
the Great War, WW I.
Bridge's most famous
composition student was
Benjamin Britten, who
wrote one of his greatest
works as an homage to
Bridge.
Euphonium & Piano - moderately advanced SKU: CY.CC2477 Composed by S. Pro...(+)
Euphonium & Piano -
moderately advanced
SKU: CY.CC2477
Composed by S. Prokofiev.
Arranged by Ralph Sauer.
20th Century Russian.
Solo part &
accompaniment. Published
by Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2477).
*
Also known as Four
Grandmother Songs and Old
Granny Tales, this work
was composed in New York
in 1918 at the beginning
of the composer's
self-imposed exile from
Russia after its
Revolution. * These short
pieces were immediately
successful and were
performed worldwide. * In
the epigraph to this work
Prokofiev wrote, Some
recollections had become
half erased from her
memory; others will never
be erased. * Mr. Sauer
once again, has produced
a magnificent work for
Euphonium & Piano. * This
work with its great
character is a joy to
perform, about 8 - 9
minutes in length for
moderately advanced
performers. .
Euphonium & piano - advanced SKU: CY.CC2608 Composed by Edouard Lalo. Arr...(+)
Euphonium & piano -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2608
Composed by
Edouard Lalo. Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. French 20th
century. Solo part and
piano accompaniment.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2608).
Lalo was born
in Lille (Nord), in
northernmost France. He
attended that city's
music conservatory in his
youth. Then, beginning at
age 16, Lalo studied at
the Paris Conservatoire
under Berlioz's old enemy
François Antoine
Habeneck. For several
years, he worked as a
string player and teacher
in Paris. In 1848, he
joined with friends to
found the Armingaud
Quartet, playing viola
and second violin. Lalo's
earliest surviving
compositions are songs
and chamber works. He
dedicated most of his
career to the composition
of chamber music, which
was in vogue, and to
writing works for
orchestra. These two
works beautifully
arranged by Mr. Sauder
show the core of Lalo's
chamber music; personal,
subtle at times and
filled with a French
lyricism. For
advanced performers.