SKU: PR.114417610

ISBN 9781491107904. UPC: 680160636051. 9x12 inches.

SONATA CHO-CHO-SAN(Based on themes from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly)In the spirit of the great 19th-century opera fantasies for woodwinds, Michael Webster has created a concert trio on the many great arias from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. However, as its name implies, Sonata Cho-Cho-San is not the typical virtuosic operatic potpourri. Rather, it follows the plot, resembling a sonata mirroring Puccini's use of recurring and developing themes. Webster makes the most of the winds as versatile performers - equally suited to deliver Puccini's beautiful vocal writing, and to ornament and embroider the poignant themes in symphonic style. For advanced performers.______________ _________________________ Text from the scanned back cover:Born in 1944, Michael Webster made his New York recital debutat Town Hall in 1968 with his eminent father, Beveridge Webster, as pianist. In the same year, he won the Young Concert Artists International Competition and succeeded his teacher, Stanley Hasty, as Principal Clarinet in the Rochester Philharmonic, a position he held for twenty years. Webster has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, with the Tokyo, Cleveland, Muir, Ying, Enso, and Dover String Quartets, and with the festivals of Marlboro, Santa Fe, Norfolk, Chamber Music Northwest, Angel Fire, Steamboat Springs, Park City, Sitka, Kapalua, Bowdoin, Orcas Island, Skaneateles, La Musica di Asolo, Stratford, Victoria, and Domaine Forget.As soloist he has appeared with many orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Aaron Copland and the Boston Pops under John Williams. His travels have taken him as performer and teacher to most of the 50 states, as well as Canada, Mexico,Puerto Rico, Central and South America, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Webster was Acting Principal Clarinet of the San Francisco Symphony, and has served on the clarinet and/or conducting faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston University, University of Michigan, and the Eastman School, from which he earned his three degrees. Currently he is Professor of Music at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and Artistic Director of the Houston Youth Symphony, which has won multiple first prizes in national performance competitions.With his wife, flutist Leone Buyse, and pianist Robert Moeling, he plays in the Webster Trio, which has recorded his arrangements on Tour de France and World Wide Webster for Crystal Records. Otherarrangements were recorded for Nami and Camerata Tokyo in Japan with pianist Chizuko Sawa. Webster has also recorded for Albany, Arabesque, Beaumont, Bridge, Centaur, CRI, and New World. He has played at many ClarinetFests for the International Clarinet Association and written a column entitled “TeachingClarinetâ € in The Clarinet Magazine since 1998. Michael Webster is a Buffet artist-clinician, performing on Buffet clarinets exclusively.

SKU: BT.DOW-05529-400

ISBN 9789043160803. English-German-French.

This edition presents a piece that belongs in the standard repertoire of every flutist: the Sonata for Flute and Basso continuo (“Hallenser No. 1”, HWV 374) in A minor by Georg Friedrich Händel. It allows you to work through the piece systematically and at different tempi with accompaniment.
The recordings begin with the concert version of each piece, following which you will hear the piano accompaniment at slow and medium tempo to help you practise. Having mastered these slower versions, you’ll now be ready to play with piano accompaniment at the original tempo. All of the versions were recorded live.

Mit dieser Ausgabe präsentieren wir Ihnen ein Stück, das zum Standardrepertoire eines jeden Flötisten zählt: die Sonate für Flöte und Basso continuo (Hallenser Nr. 1“, HWV 374) in a-Moll von Georg Friedrich Händel. Diese Ausgabe ermöglicht es Ihnen, das Werk systematisch und in verschiedenen Tempi mit Begleitung zu erarbeiten.
Sie hören zunächst die Konzertversion eines jeden Stückes (Flöte und Klavier). Zum Üben folgt nun im langsamen und mittleren Tempo die Klavierbegleitung: anschließend können Sie sich im Originaltempo begleiten lassen. Alle eingespielten Versionen wurden live aufgenommen.

Cette édition présente un morceau qui fait partie du répertoire standard de tous les fl tistes : la sonate pour fl te et basse continue (“Hallenser n° 1”, HWV 374) en La mineur de Georg Friedrich Händel. Les playbacks vous permettent de travailler l’œuvre systématiquement trois tempos différents avec un accompagnement professionnel.
Chaque playback fait d’abord entendre la version de concert d’un morceau (fl te et piano). Mais vous y trouverez également un accompagnement de piano pour travailler un tempo lent puis un autre un tempo intermédiaire. Une fois un morceau maîtrisé, vous pourrez le jouer au tempo d’origine avec l’accompagnement de piano. Toutes les versions ont été enregistrées en live.