Euphonium and Piano - advanced SKU: CY.CC2516 Composed by Camille Saint-S...(+)
Euphonium and Piano -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2516
Composed by
Camille Saint-Saens.
Arranged by Ralph Sauer.
French 20th Century. Solo
part and piano score.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2516).
Le Rossignol or
the Nightingale is
originally a vocalise for
Soprano solo from
Saint-Saen's incidental
orchestral music for the
play, Parysatis written
in 1902. This 4 minute
work is all about mood.
For this arrangement, Mr.
Sauer transposes into the
key of C, which lays
perfectly for all of the
bird-like calls that are
in phrases which are
slurred. The music has a
lot of ad lib. tempo
sections which gives the
performer plenty of time
to create that magic call
of the Nightingale. Early
writers thought it was
the female that sang, but
in fact it is the male.
The Nightingale usually
sings at night or just
before dawn when other
birds are silent and has
a strong spontaneous song
with an impressive range
of trills and
whistles.
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic. Solo p...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. Romantic.
Solo part with piano
accompaniment. Published
by Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2873).
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.
By Erik Satie (1866-1925). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For euphonium and piano. Fre...(+)
By Erik Satie
(1866-1925). Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. For
euphonium and piano.
French Impressionist.
Advanced. Solo part and
piano accompaniment.
Published by Cherry
Classics