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.
Euphonium & Piano SKU: ST.H474 Composed by James Flight. Wind & brass mus...(+)
Euphonium & Piano
SKU:
ST.H474
Composed by
James Flight. Wind &
brass music. For
Euphonium (Treble and
Bass Clef parts provided)
and Piano. Score and
part. Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#H474. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.H474).
ISBN
9790220222900.
A Short Sonata is a
work written at around
Grade 8 standard for
euphonium and piano. In
each of the work's three
movements, different
qualities of the
instrument are utilised
and explored. In the
first movement, an
Allegro in 6/8 time,
these qualities are the
instrument's general
agility, and its ability
to play fast-moving
melodies in a way that
drives the music forward.
Throughout, different
ways of phrasing similar
material are used to
create interest and a
varied sound. In the
second, slow movement,
the resonant and majestic
way in which the
euphonium can deliver
lyrical melodic lines is
explored. The movement is
made up of four long
phrases which peak
dynamically at the third,
giving room for
interpretation and
feeling. The third
movement exploits the
instrument's ability to
play loudly and
aggressively, using lots
of accented notes,
hairpin crescendos and
quick
double-tonguing.
A Short Sonata
was the winner of the
first Stainer &
Bell Award for Brass
Composition, held at
the Royal Welsh College
of Music & Drama in
Cardiff in May 2010.