Featuring: Just the Way You Are / When I Was Your Man / Uptown Funk. Full...(+)
Featuring: Just the
Way You Are / When I Was
Your Man / Uptown
Funk. Full Orchestra;
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Pop. 32 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.45853S).
Featuring: Just the Way You Are / When I Was Your Man / Uptown Funk. Arranged by...(+)
Featuring: Just the Way
You Are / When I Was Your
Man / Uptown Funk.
Arranged by Victor Lopez.
Full Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Pop. 248
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Featuring: Just the Way You Are (Amazing) / When I Was Your Man / Locked Out ...(+)
Featuring: Just the
Way You Are (Amazing) /
When I Was Your Man /
Locked Out of Heaven.
Arranged by Victor Lopez.
Full Orchestra; Score.
Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Form: Medley.
Pop. 28 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
(AP.43801S).
Bruno Mars' Greatest Hits Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
(Featuring: Just the Way You Are (Amazing) / When I Was Your Man / Locked Out of...(+)
(Featuring: Just the Way
You Are (Amazing) / When
I Was Your Man / Locked
Out of Heaven). Arranged
by Victor Lopez.
Orchestra. Full
Orchestra; Part(s);
Score. Pop Concert Full
Orchestra. Form: Medley.
Pop. Grade 3. 230 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.50600470 Study Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.50600470
Study Score.
Composed by Xiaoyong
Chen. Score. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
56 pages. Sikorski
#SIK8579. Published by
Sikorski (HL.50600470).
8.25x11.75x0.183
inches.
“In
early 2006 I was
commissioned to write a
piece to be premiered in
a church. Before
beginning work on it, I
tested the acoustics
there, according to which
the compositional concept
developed. Somewhat later
I began to compose the
piece 'with the church',
so to speak. During the
process of composition,
however, the music
gradually distanced
itself from the original
spatial conditions and
developed into a piece
whose characteristics
were transformed into a
church-acoustical
structure. 'I see your
music when I hear it', a
listener once said to me.
Does one really see the
music? Can fragrances be
heard? Or can one smell
colours? This 5-part
composition is music in
which the tones move in
space on different
levels, even when they
are sometimes very quiet
and slow; they are clear
and transparent even when
they are apparently
dense, complicated and
energetic.â€
(Xiaoyong Chen).
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3671L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Choral. Sacre...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3671L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Choral. Sacred Anthem,
Eastertide, Holy Week,
Lent. Orchestral score
and parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/3671L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3671L).
UPC:
000308152630.
Orche
stral Score and Parts for
10/5300L From The Body of
Christ (55/1197L), this
extended anthem walks
through Christ’s
progression to the cross
in a deeply moving way.
It incorporates O Sacred
Head, Now Wounded and
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross and
narration is interspersed
throughout as images are
painted of Jesus’
trial, crown of thorns,
crucifixion, and death.
Include the full
congregation for the
final soaring verse of
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross..
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3672L Composed by Pepper Choplin. Choral. Sacre...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3672L
Composed
by Pepper Choplin.
Choral. Sacred Anthem,
Eastertide, Holy Week,
Lent. Orchestral score
and CD with printable
parts. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/3672L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.30-3672L).
UPC:
000308152647.
Orche
stral Score and CD with
Printable Parts for
10/5300L From The Body of
Christ (55/1197L), this
extended anthem walks
through Christ’s
progression to the cross
in a deeply moving way.
It incorporates O Sacred
Head, Now Wounded and
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross and
narration is interspersed
throughout as images are
painted of Jesus’
trial, crown of thorns,
crucifixion, and death.
Include the full
congregation for the
final soaring verse of
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross..
Orchestra SKU: PR.416415720 For Orchestra. Composed by Narong Pran...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.416415720
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Full score. 24 pages.
Duration 5:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41572. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.416415720).
UPC:
680160636150.
Illum
inating Journey is
composed to celebrate
Maestro Carl St. Clair's
25th Anniversary season
with Pacific Symphony.
Maestro St. Clair is one
of the few conductors who
has dedicated his time to
new music and support for
living composers. I first
encountered Maestro St.
Clair in 2004 when I was
one of the finalists for
the Young Composers
Competition. After I won
that competition, I had
an opportunity to work
with Maestro St. Clair on
the piece that he
commissioned for the
Pacific Symphony in 2005.
That's the beginning of
the journey of our
friendship. Illuminating
Journey is inspired by
Maestro St. Clair's
personality and the music
he loved. The piece is
mainly based on the pitch
material from Maestro St.
Clair's name CARL which
can be translated as C =
C, A = A, R = Re, and L =
La. That pitch material
already has the character
of Illuminating sound for
the open 5th and octave.
The piece also
incorporates some musical
references that have some
meaning for Maestro St.
Clair, such as the
hopefulness of the
melodic intervals from
West Side Story, There's
a Place for Us, composed
by Leonard Bernstein, who
was also Maestro St.
Clair's mentor.
Illuminating Journey
starts with the rhythmic
motion of the pitch C and
moves on to create a set
of pitches. The note C
functions as a center for
the endless energy of
this piece and creates a
triumphant ending. I
would personally like to
thank Maestro St. Clair
for his dedication on my
music and his friendship
throughout the past 10
years. The work with
Maestro St. Clair and the
Pacific Symphony was an
early step in my career
as a composer. I often
mentioned that I may not
be able to come this far
without that part of my
life. Thank you very
much, Maestro St. Clair
and the Pacific Symphony.
Let's celebrate our
Illuminating Journey
together.
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641572L For Orchestra. Composed by Narong Pran...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641572L
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Narong Prangcharoen.
Large Score. 24 pages.
Duration 5:30. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41572L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641572L).
UPC:
680160636167.
Illum
inating Journey is
composed to celebrate
Maestro Carl St. Clair's
25th Anniversary season
with Pacific Symphony.
Maestro St. Clair is one
of the few conductors who
has dedicated his time to
new music and support for
living composers. I first
encountered Maestro St.
Clair in 2004 when I was
one of the finalists for
the Young Composers
Competition. After I won
that competition, I had
an opportunity to work
with Maestro St. Clair on
the piece that he
commissioned for the
Pacific Symphony in 2005.
That's the beginning of
the journey of our
friendship. Illuminating
Journey is inspired by
Maestro St. Clair's
personality and the music
he loved. The piece is
mainly based on the pitch
material from Maestro St.
Clair's name CARL which
can be translated as C =
C, A = A, R = Re, and L =
La. That pitch material
already has the character
of Illuminating sound for
the open 5th and octave.
The piece also
incorporates some musical
references that have some
meaning for Maestro St.
Clair, such as the
hopefulness of the
melodic intervals from
West Side Story, There's
a Place for Us, composed
by Leonard Bernstein, who
was also Maestro St.
Clair's mentor.
Illuminating Journey
starts with the rhythmic
motion of the pitch C and
moves on to create a set
of pitches. The note C
functions as a center for
the endless energy of
this piece and creates a
triumphant ending. I
would personally like to
thank Maestro St. Clair
for his dedication on my
music and his friendship
throughout the past 10
years. The work with
Maestro St. Clair and the
Pacific Symphony was an
early step in my career
as a composer. I often
mentioned that I may not
be able to come this far
without that part of my
life. Thank you very
much, Maestro St. Clair
and the Pacific Symphony.
Let's celebrate our
Illuminating Journey
together.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.283507 Orchestra Score. Composed by Bent...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.283507
Orchestra Score.
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 49 pages.
Duration 780 seconds.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#KP01914. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.283507).
Exit Music for
Orchestra was composed by
Bent Sorensen in 2006-07.
Exit Music was
commissioned by the
Bergen International
Festival for the Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra,
and is dedicated to Per
Norgard on the occasion
of his 75th birthday.
Programme note It began
with a dream, as it
always does when I
compose. I dreamt that I
was standing in an open
doorway on a hill in an
otherwise open landscape.
I do not know what was
behind the door, but in
front of it - towards the
landscape - I saw my
music disappearing. I
stood looking for the
music, and started to
hear it, to remember it
in time with its
disappearance. The dream
continued to recur as
strange pictures in my
daydreams, and I
continued to try to write
down the music that had
vanished. It was also the
dream that gave the piece
its title- Exit Music.
Exit Music is based on
three simple songs (the
songs that vanish through
the doorway): a little
lullaby, which continues
to reappearin fragments;
a strange polyphonic pop
song that refers to a
section of my opera Under
the Sky; and a passionate
little love song, which
concludes the piece on
the strings, very quietly
and in unison. These
simple songs are then
constantly overpainted by
enervating repeated motes
in fairly simple rhythms,
which push the songs out
of the room. (Bent
Sorensen).
Orchestra (FULL SCORE) SKU: HL.263038 For Orchestra. Composed by J...(+)
Orchestra (FULL SCORE)
SKU: HL.263038
For Orchestra.
Composed by John Luther
Adams. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
162 pages. Chester Music
#CH87131. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.263038).
UPC:
888680952907.
12.0x16.5x0.565
inches.
“Over
the years my orchestral
music has become simpler
and more expansive.
Clouds of Forgetting,
Clouds of Unknowing
(1991-95) contains four
different musical
textures. In the White
Silence (1998) has three.
For Lou Harrison (2002)
reduces this to just two.
In Dark Waves (2007), I
finally got to one. When
I first heard that piece
I began to wonder if I
could sustain a similar
sound for a longer span
of time. The result is
Become Ocean, a
meditation on the vast,
deep and mysterious tides
of existence. The title
is borrowed from a
mesostic verse that John
Cage wrote in honor of
Lou Harrison's birthday.
Likening Harrison's music
to a river in delta, Cage
writes: Listening to it
we become ocean. Life on
this earth first emerged
from the sea. And as the
polar ice melts and sea
level rises, we humans
find ourselves facing the
prospect that once again
we may quite literally
become ocean.†John
Luther Adams.
String Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.244903 Full Score. Composed ...(+)
String Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.244903
Full
Score. Composed by
Bryce Dessner. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
32 pages. Duration 900
seconds. Chester Music
#CH86713. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.244903).
8.5x12.0x0.103
inches.
Bryce
Dessner's Lachrimae was
commissioned by the
Amsterdam Sinfonietta,
the Scottish Ensemble,
and the Norwegian Chamber
Orchestra. Composer's
Note: Lachrimae is a
direct reference to John
Dowland's work of the
same name. I had played
that that piece in school
on guitar and decided
that I wanted to base
something on it. Dowland
himself adapted the piece
several times into
different versions and
there's also a Benjamin
Britten composition based
on the same piece of
music, so that was part
of my inspiration. When I
wrote my work I
waslistening to string
orchestra music and I
think Bartok's
Divertimento is the
pinnacle of string
writing. So the piece is
kind of equally inspired
by Dowland's Rennaissance
Lachrimae and by Bartok's
Divertimento.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14027993 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14027993
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 2006. 164
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #WH30602.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027993).
ISBN
9788759811832.
English.
Premiered
at the festival 'Magma
Berlin 2002' by the
Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by
David Robertson, 29th
November 2002.
3
Flutes, 1st and 2nd also
Alto Flutes in G, 3rd
also Piccolo 3 Oboes,
3rd also Cor Anglais in
F 3 Clarinets in Bb,
3rd also Bass Clarinet in
Bb 3 Bassoons, 3rd
also Contra
Bassoon
4 Horn in
F 3 Trumpets in
Bb 3 Trombones 1
Tuba
Timpani 4 Percussion, four
players Player
1 - Vibraphone,
Glockenspiel, Water
Chime, Bell Tree,
Japanese Wood Blocks,
Cymbal (Suspended),
TamTam (Medium) Player
2 - Triangle, Tubular
Bells, Crotales, Marimba,
Chinese Cymbal Player
3 - TamTam (Large), Java
Gong(Large, very low),
Bell Lyra (Handheld),
Sizzle Cymbal Player 4
- Bass Drum,
Glockenspiel,
Xylophone
1
Harp
1 Piano, also
Celesta
Strings -
16/14/12/10/8
All
transposing instruments
are notated in their
relevant
transpositions. Any
accidental apply only to
the note that it
immediately precedes,
except tied
notes. Naturals appear
occasionally 'for
safety'.
'LIST
ENING EARTH' is a
symphonic drama, a one-
movement composition in
four parts based on the
work by two writers,
Joseph Addison
(1672-1719) and W.H.Auden
(1907-1973). Joseph
Addison is not
particularly well known;
he was English, a
classical scholar,
essayist, poet and
politician, but one of
his hymns was used by
Benjamin Britten. in his
setting of a Thomas
Tallis canon. The hymn
is singularly beautiful
and being a composer
always inspired by
extramusical stimuli such
as poems, nature,
paintings, I was
immediately convinced
when I carne across the
Addison hymn, that here
was exactly what I wanted
to use as my major source
of inspiration for this
piece, commissioned by
and written for The
Berlin Philharmonic.
I don't refer to the
hymn in its entirety, but
have chosen the following
3 excerpts, all acting as
mottos for the first
three sections of the
piece, thus turning the
piece into a
straightforward tonepoem
in the classical.
By George E. Strombeck. For Mixed Large Ensemble. Large Ensemble for Mixed Large...(+)
By George E. Strombeck.
For Mixed Large Ensemble.
Large Ensemble for Mixed
Large Ensemble. Meter:
3/4, 4/4. Traditional.
Level: 1.5-2.5. Duration
1'30". Published by David
E. Smith Publications.
(Note-for-Note Transcriptions of the Brass, Woodwind, Strings and More). By The ...(+)
(Note-for-Note
Transcriptions of the
Brass, Woodwind, Strings
and More). By The
Beatles. For Orchestra.
Transcribed. Softcover.
192 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard
Composed by Thomas Fettke. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Holy Week, Lent. Orchestral ...(+)
Composed by Thomas
Fettke. Choral. Sacred
Anthem, Holy Week,
Lent. Orchestral score
and parts. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/3208L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-3208L).
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-1493L An Easter Cantata For Choir And Worshi...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-1493L
An
Easter Cantata For Choir
And Worship Leader.
Composed by Gregg Sewell.
Choral, cantatas.
Eastertide, Sacred.
Orchestration. Lorenz
Publishing Company
#30/1493L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-1493L).
UPC:
000308074642.
John'
s Gospel is the basis for
an innovative new musical
setting of the timeless
Easter story. The
composer weaves striking
new melodies and
traditional hymn tunes
together to produce a
vibrant, energetic work
of meditation and praise.
The congregation is
called on to sing with
the choir in a sensitive
setting of When I Survey
the Wondrous Cross and a
rousing arrangement of
Crown Him With Many
Crowns. New settings of
What Wondrous Love Is
This? and O Sacred Head,
Now Wounded are
ingeniously intertwined
with new anthems. An
inspirational and deeply
moving experience for
choir and congregation
alike. Performance time:
approx. 25 minutes. Flute
1 & 2, Violin 2, Viola,
Cello, Double Bass, Oboe
1 & 2, Horn, Trumpet 1 &
2, Trombone 1 & 2, Tuba,
Percussion (Windchimes,
Suspended Cymbal)
Glockenspiel,Triangle,Chi
mes, Snare Drum,Timpani,
Harp, Violin 1.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3209L Composed by Thomas Fettke. Choral. Sacred...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3209L
Composed
by Thomas Fettke. Choral.
Sacred Anthem, Holy Week,
Lent. Orchestral score
and CD with printable
parts. Lorenz Publishing
Company #30/3209L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.30-3209L).
UPC:
000308141030.
This
stunning and tender
pairing of the beloved
folk melody with Isaac
Watts's immortal text
starts quietly and, with
transparent vocal lines,
gradually builds through
a reflective chorale-like
statement of the stanza
to a soaring finish.
(From the cantata The
Easter Story,
SATB--55/1172L) The
instrumental ensemble
includes a score and CD
with printable parts for
2 Flutes, Oboe, 2
Clarinets, Bassoon (sub
Bass Clarinet), 2 Horns
(sub 2 Alto Saxes), 3
Trumpets, 2 Trombones
(sub 2 Tenor Saxes),
Tuba, 2 Percussion,
Timpani, Harp, Piano, 2
Violins, Viola, Cello,
Bass, and Keyboard String
Reduction.
Full orchestra SKU: LO.30-3770MD Composed by Jay Rouse. Choral collection...(+)
Full orchestra
SKU:
LO.30-3770MD
Composed
by Jay Rouse. Choral
collection. Sacred
Choral, Eastertide,
General, Lent. Orchestral
score and CD with
printable parts.
Medallion Music
#30/3770MD. Published by
Medallion Music
(LO.30-3770MD).
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: WD.080689552786 Composed by Billy Payne. Arrange...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU:
WD.080689552786
Composed by Billy Payne.
Arranged by Billy Payne.
Sunday Sounds Series.
Eastertide.
Orchestration. Word Music
#080689552786. Published
by Word Music
(WD.080689552786).
UPC:
080689552786.
About Sunday
Sounds
Series
Sun
day Sounds Series
Instrumentation: Woodwinds: 2
Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinet,
Bass Clarinet (doubles C
Bass), Alto Sax (doubles
French Horn), Tenor Sax
(doubles Trombone,) Bari
Sax (doubles C
Bass) Brass:
strong> 2 French Horn, 3
Trumpet, 2
Trombone Percu
ssion:
Percussion Str
ings: 2 Violin,
Viola Addition
al Parts: C Bass
(Bassoon, Bass Trombone,
Tuba, Cello, String
Bass), Piano/Bass/Guitar,
Drum Set, Harp, String
Reduction
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001811 Full Score. Composed by ...(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001811
Full Score.
Composed by Georg Philipp
Telemann. Edited by
Guenter Kehr. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Concertino (Chamber
Orchestra). Classical.
Score. TWV 55:C6. 46
pages. Duration 23'.
Schott Music #CON 154.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49001811).
ISBN
9790001024136. UPC:
073999276060.
9.0x12.0x0.129
inches.
Right at
the beginning of the
overture, Telemann comes
up with a surprising
idea. After the -'bare'
entry of the wind
section, the string tutti
do not join in the
playing until the third
bar. The 'harlequinade'
often appearing in
Telemann's overture
suites obtains its
attraction not least from
syncopes and from a
permanent change of tone
colour. The 'Espagniol'
whose title prom-ises a
bit of urbanity turns out
to be a saraband, the
'Bourree en Trompette'
justifies its name by the
tone repetitions typical
of trumpet music.In the
context of the whole, the
'Sommeille', a
harmonically unusual
movement in C minor, is
almost a piece across the
border. Even in this
gently rocking piece,
Telemann is not at a loss
for unobtrusive wit when
he lets the upper parts
die down shortly before
the end, only a single
bass tone represents the
last chord.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489051 (La Poule) Orchestra Study Sc...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489051
(La Poule) Orchestra
Study Score. Composed
by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Hiroshi Nakano.
Study Score. Paperbound.
Henle Study Scores.
Classical. Softcover. 50
pages. G. Henle #HN9051.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51489051).
ISBN
9790201890517. UPC:
888680950583.
6.5x9.5x0.202 inches.
Preface: Ullrich
Schneidler.
Orchestra - intermediate SKU: HL.49001813 Set of Supplementary Parts(+)
Orchestra - intermediate
SKU: HL.49001813
Set of Supplementary
Parts. Composed by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Edited by Guenter Kehr.
Sheet music. Concertino
(Chamber Orchestra).
Classical. Set of
supplemental string
parts. 78 pages. Duration
23'. Schott Music #CON
154-60. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49001813).
ISBN
9790001024150.
9.0x12.0x0.28
inches.
Right at
the beginning of the
overture, Telemann comes
up with a surprising
idea. After the -'bare'
entry of the wind
section, the string tutti
do not join in the
playing until the third
bar. The 'harlequinade'
often appearing in
Telemann's overture
suites obtains its
attraction not least from
syncopes and from a
permanent change of tone
colour. The 'Espagniol'
whose title prom-ises a
bit of urbanity turns out
to be a saraband, the
'Bourree en Trompette'
justifies its name by the
tone repetitions typical
of trumpet music.In the
context of the whole, the
'Sommeille', a
harmonically unusual
movement in C minor, is
almost a piece across the
border. Even in this
gently rocking piece,
Telemann is not at a loss
for unobtrusive wit when
he lets the upper parts
die down shortly before
the end, only a single
bass tone represents the
last chord.
(Christ's Passion, Our Redemption). By Mark Hayes. For orchestra. Cantatas. Holy...(+)
(Christ's Passion, Our
Redemption). By Mark
Hayes. For orchestra.
Cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Sacred. CD
with Printable Parts.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
Christ's Passion, Our Redemption. Composed by Mark Hayes. Choral, cantata...(+)
Christ's Passion, Our
Redemption. Composed
by Mark Hayes. Choral,
cantatas. Holy Week,
Eastertide, Sacred. Full
score and parts, plus CD
with printable parts.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#30/2902L. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.30-2902L).
New music
(post-2000). Full score.
Composed 2016/17/20. 48
pages. Duration 8'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5432. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5432).
ISBN
9790004212790. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Marche
fatale is an incautiously
daring escapade that may
annoy the fans of my
compositions more than my
earlier works, many of
which have prevailed only
after scandals at their
world premieres. My
Marche fatale has,
though, little
stylistically to do with
my previous compositional
path; it presents itself
without restraint, if not
as a regression, then
still as a recourse to
those empty phrases to
which modern civilization
still clings in its daily
utility music, whereas
music in the 20th and
21st centuries has long
since advanced to new,
unfamiliar soundscapes
and expressive
possibilities. The key
term is banality. As
creators we despise it,
we try to avoid it -
though we are not safe
from the cheap banal even
within new aesthetic
achievements.Many
composers have
incidentally accepted the
banal. Mozart wrote Ein
musikalischer Spass [A
Musical Jape], a
deliberately amateurishly
miscarried sextet.
Beethoven's Bagatellen
op. 119 were rejected by
the publisher on the
grounds that few will
believe that this minor
work is by the famous
Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel
wrote, tongue in cheek,
so to speak, Marsche, um
den Sieg zu verfehlen
[Marches for being
Unvictorious], Ligeti
wrote Hungarian Rock; in
his Circus Polka
Stravinsky quoted and
distorted the famous, all
too popular Schubert
military march, composed
at the time for piano
duet. I myself do not
know, though, whether I
ought to rank my Marche
fatale alongside these
examples: I accept the
humor in daily life, the
more so as this daily
life for some of us is
not otherwise to be
borne. In music, I
mistrust it, considering
myself all the closer to
the profounder idea of
cheerfulness having
little to do with humor.
However: Isn't a march
with its compelling claim
to a collectively martial
or festive mood absurd, a
priori? Is it even music
at all? Can one march and
at the same time listen?
Eventually, I resolved to
take the absurd seriously
- perhaps bitterly
seriously - as a
debunking emblem of our
civilization that is
standing on the brink.
The way - seemingly
unstoppable - into the
black hole of all
debilitating demons: that
can become serene. My old
request of myself and my
music-creating
surroundings is to write
a non-music, whence the
familiar concept of music
is repeatedly re-defined
anew and differently, so
that derailed here -
perhaps? - in a
treacherous way, the
concert hall becomes the
place of mind-opening
adventures instead of a
refuge in illusory
security. How could that
happen? The rest is -
thinking.(Helmut
Lachenmann, 2017)CD
(Version for
Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD
Wergo WER 7393 2
Bibliography:Ich bin
nicht ,,pietistisch
verformt. Ein Gesprach
[von Jan Brachmann] mit
dem Komponisten Helmut
Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom
7. Juni 2018, p.
15.
World premiere
of the piano version:
Mito/Japan, June 17,
2017, World premiere of
the orchestral version:
Stuttgart, January 1,
2018, World premiere of
the ensemble version:
Frankfurt, December 9,
2020.
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Really Big Orchestra.
Composed by PDQ Bach.
Edited by Prof. Peter
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With Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
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inches.
The 1712
Overture stands out in
P.D.Q. Bach's oeuvre for
two reasons, among
others: it is by far the
most programmatic
instrumental piece among
those by the minimeister
of Wein-am-Rhein so far
unearthed, and 2) its
discovery has led to a
revelation about the
composer's father, Johann
Sebastian Bach, that has
exploded like a bombshell
on the usually serene
musicological landscape.
The overture is based on
an anecdote told to
P.D.Q. Bach by a cousin,
Peter Ulrich. Since P.U.
Bach lived in Dudeldorf,
only a few miles down the
road from Wein-am-Rhein,
he was P.D.Q.'s closest
relative, and he was, in
fact, one of the few
members of the family who
was on speaking terms
with P.D.Q. The story,
related to P.D.Q.
(fortunately for us
posterity types) in a
letter, may be summarized
thus: The town of
Dudeldorf was founded by
two brothers, Rudi and
Dieter Dudel, early in
the 18th century. Rudi
remained mayor of the
newborn burg for the rest
of his long life, but
Dieter had a dream of
starting a musicians'
colony, an entire city
devoted to music, which
dream, he finally
decided, could be
realized only in the New
World. In 1712, he and
several other bagpipers
sailed to Boston, never
to return to Germany.
(Henceforth, Rudi became
known as der deutscher
Dudel and Dieter as the
Yankee Dudel).
Unfortunately, the head
of the Boston Musicians'
Guild had gotten wind of
Dudel's plans, and
Wilhelm Wiesel (pron.
VEE-zle), known none too
affectionately around
town as Wiesel the
Weasel, was not about to
share what few gigs there
were in colonial America
with more foreigners and
outside agitators. He and
his cronies were on hand
to meet Dudel's boat when
it pulled into Boston
Harbor; they intended to
prevent the newcomers'
disembarkation, but Dudel
and his companions
managed to escape to the
other side of the bay in
a dinghy, landing with
just enough time to rent
a carriage and horses
before hearing the sound
of The Weasel and his
men, who had had to come
around the long way. The
Germans headed West, with
the Bostonians in furious
pursuit. soon the city
had been left far behind,
and by midnight so had
the pursuers; Dieter
Dudel decided that it was
safe for him and his men
to stop and sleep until
daybreak. When they
awoke, they found that
they were in a beautiful
landscape of low,
forested mountains and
pleasant fields, warmed
by the brilliant morning
sun and serenaded by an
entrancing variety of
birds. Here, Dudel
thought, her is where I
will build my colony. The
immigrants continued down
the road at a leisurely
pace until they came upon
a little church, all by
itself in the
countryside, from which
there suddenly emanated
the sounds of a pipe
organ. At this point, the
temptation to quote from
P.U. Bach's letter to
P.D.Q. cannot be
resisted: They went
inside and, after
listening to the glorious
music for a while,
introduced themselves to
the organist. And who do
you think it was? Are you
ready for this -- it was
your old man! Hey, no
kidding -- you know, I'm
sure, that your father
was the guy to get when
it came to testing new
organs, and whoever had
that one in Massachusetts
built offered old
Sebastian a tidy sum to
go over there and check
it out. The unexpected
meeting with J.S. Bach
and his sponsors was
interrupted by the sound
of horse hooves, as the
dreaded Wiesel and his
men thundered on to the
scene. They had been
riding all night,
however, and they were no
spring chickens to start
with, and as soon as they
reached the church they
all dropped, exhausted,
to the ground. The elated
Germans rang the church
bells and offered to buy
everyone a beer at the
nearest tavern. There
they were taught, and
joined in singing, what
might be called the
national anthem of the
New World. The melody of
this pre-revolutionary
patriotic song is still
remembered (P.D.Q. Bach
quotes it, in the bass
instruments, near the end
of the overture), but is
words are now all but
forgotten: Freedom, of
thee we sing, Freedom
e'er is our goal; Death
to the English King, Long
live Rock and Ross. The
striking paucity of
biographical references
to Johann Sebastian Bah
during the year 1712 can
now be explained: he was
abroad for a significant
part of that year,
testing organs in the
British Colonies. That
this revelation has not
been accepted as fact by
the musicological
establishment is no
surprise, since it means
that a lot of books would
have to be rewritten. The
members of that
establishment haven't
even accepted the
existence of P.D.Q. Bach,
one of whose major works
the 1712 Overture
certainly is. It is also
a work that shows
Tchaikowsky up as the
shameless plagiarizer
that some of us have
always known he was. The
discovery of this awesome
opus was made possible by
a Boston Pops Centennial
Research Commission; the
first modern performance
took place at the opening
concert of the 100th
anniversary season of
that orchestra, under the
exciting but authentic
direction of John
Williams.