Euphonium & piano - intermediate SKU: CY.CC2602 Composed by Leos Janacek....(+)
Euphonium & piano -
intermediate
SKU:
CY.CC2602
Composed by
Leos Janacek. Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. 20th Century
Czech. Solo part and
piano accompaniment.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2602).
These are
fifteen short, but
intense works by Leos
Janacek. This music is
indeed a great gift to
the Euphonium solo
literature by Mr.
Sauer.
These
pieces can be performed
by intermediate to
advanced performers and
are about 9 minutes total
in length.
Below
are a few notes from the
arrangement by Ralph
Sauer.
Originall
y for solo piano, the
Fifteen Moravian
Folksongs are remarkable
for their musicality as
well as their brevity -
the only notated,
repeated passage in the
entire work is in Number
5. Because Janacek
included the text in his
piano score (with no
indication that it should
be sung), and the fact
that there are, in many
cases, indications that
the text is only a first
verse, I have included
some additional
repeats.
The mp3
sound sample is from a
recital at the 2012 Music
Academy of the West in
Santa Barbara.
Performance by Ralph
Sauer, trombone and
Natasha Kislenko,
piano.
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.