From Encanto. Composed by Lin- Manuel Miranda (1980-). Arranged by Robert Longf...(+)
From Encanto. Composed by
Lin-
Manuel Miranda (1980-).
Arranged by Robert
Longfield.
Easy Pop Specials For
Strings.
Disney, Movies.
Softcover.
Duration 180 seconds.
Published by Hal Leonard
Score and Parts Concert Band; Wind Ensemble - Grade 5 For Wind Orchestra Score ...(+)
Score and Parts Concert
Band;
Wind Ensemble - Grade 5
For Wind Orchestra Score
and
Parts. Composed by Johan
De
Meij. Amstel Music.
Concert.
Softcover. Duration 2580
seconds. Amstel Music
#AM200-
010. Published by Amstel
Music
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046988 Lyric Trilogy After Maurice M...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49046988
Lyric Trilogy After
Maurice Maeterlinck Study
Score, French.
Composed by Aribert
Reimann. Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 280
pages. Duration 5400
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23491. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046988).
ISBN
9781705174333. UPC:
842819115281.
8.25x11.75x0.695
inches.
SYNOPSIS
Aribert Reimann's
'Trilogie lyrique' is
based on three plays by
Maurice Maeterlinck: In
L'Intruse, a family is
sitting at the table with
their blind grandfather.
They are waiting for the
doctor to arrive and tend
to his daughter who is
lying ill in bed after
having given birth: her
new-born son has not yet
made a single sound. The
old man senses that
something is wrong due to
the uneasy atmosphere in
the room. Who is sitting
in our midst? he asks. He
is the only one who
cansee the presence of
death. Interieur: Once
again a family is
gathered round the table
in the evening, but this
time we observe the
action from outside,
looking through the
window with the
grandfather and a
stranger: no sound can be
heard. Outside the house,
the stranger reports that
the eldest daughter has
drowned and that he has
pulled her out of the
river. Although the
corpse is already being
carried through the
village to the family,
the grandfather cannot
bring himself to destroy
this idyll. La Mort de
Tintagiles: The young
Tintagiles is told a
story about a mysterious
castle and the aged queen
who has all potential
heirsto the throne
murdered. His siblings
sense that Tintagiles has
been summoned to the
castle to be murdered,
but nobody openly
expresses this fact. It
is the sinister
messengers of death from
the interludes, now
visible as the queens
servants, who ful?l her
demand and snatch the
sleeping boy from his
sisters'arms. Commentary
'In comparison with his
Medea for example with
its stormy outbreaks of
emotion and violence,
Reimann's score is worked
in an impressive
refinement of sound. It
begins with rumbling,
hesitating and expressive
music in the first
section, demanding highly
ingenious sound effects
from the lower strings
including tapping and
faltering glissandos in
its noisy expression of
mortal fear. Inthe second
part, the woodwind
formation plays at times
almost in chamber music
fashion and is then
suddenly painfully
shrill. The third part
luxuriates and rages in
its rich, full
orchestration. The manner
in which Reimann displays
his mastery in textural
shading, the invention of
sounds welling up and
fading away, the rhythmic
and melodic capacity of
suffering and the music's
inner violence are all
utterly
compelling.'(Wolfgang
Schreiber, Opernwelt,
November 2017).
(Chamber Orchestra) SKU: HL.14066154 Composed by Sir Arthur Drummond Blis...(+)
(Chamber Orchestra)
SKU: HL.14066154
Composed by Sir Arthur
Drummond Bliss.
Orchestra. General
Merchandise. Duration 240
seconds. Music Sales
#JC90726. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14066154).
Music from Encanto Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
Score and Parts. Composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980-). Arranged by Larry Moo...(+)
Score and Parts. Composed
by
Lin-Manuel Miranda
(1980-).
Arranged by Larry Moore.
Pop
Specials for Strings.
Disney,
Movies. Softcover.
Duration
160 seconds. Published by
Hal
Leonard
Full Score. Composed by Lin- Manuel Miranda. Arranged by Larry Moore. Pop Spe...(+)
Full Score. Composed by
Lin-
Manuel Miranda. Arranged
by
Larry Moore. Pop Specials
for
Strings. Disney, Movies.
Softcover. Duration 160
seconds. Published by Hal
Leonard
Composed by Bohuslav
Martinu. Edited by Sharon
Andrea Choa. This
edition: complete
edition, urtext edition.
Linen. The Bohuslav
Martinu Complete Edition
II/1/4. Complete edition,
Score. No. 4. Duration 31
minutes, 30 seconds.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA10572_01. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA10572-01).
ISBN
9790260107649. 33.5 x
26.5 cm inches. Text
Language: Czech/English.
Preface: Sharon Andrea
Choa.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
Passion
oratorio in nine
meditations. Composed
by Georg Philipp
Telemann. Edited by Ute
Poetzsch. This edition:
Edition of selected
works, Urtext edition.
Linen. Telemann Musical
Works. Volume 33. Edition
of selected works, Score.
TWV 5. Duration 1 hour,
39 minutes, 59 seconds.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA05856_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA05856).
ISBN
9790006497959. 32.9 x
25.8 cm inches. Text:
Georg Ph
Telemann.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
/p>
MUSICOLOGICA
LLY SOUND - A
reliable musical text
based on all available
sources - A
description of the
sources -
Information on the
genesis and history of
the work - Valuable
notes on performance
practice - Includes
an introduction with
critical commentary
explaining source
discrepancies and
editorial decisions
... AND
PRACTICAL -
Page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need them - A
well-presented layout and
a user-friendly
format - Excellent
print quality -
Superior paper and
binding
Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.244904 For Orchestra. Composed by B...(+)
Orchestra (Full Score)
SKU: HL.244904
For Orchestra.
Composed by Bryce
Dessner. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
64 pages. Duration 1020
seconds. Chester Music
#CH83985. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.244904).
8.25x12.0x0.508
inches.
Quilting,
co-commissioned by the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, is my first
stand alone work for
orchestraand is loosely
inspired by the American
tradition of quilt
making. I composed
Quilting while living
most of last year in
Paris.During my time
there, I thought a lot
about what it means to
compose symphonic music
as a young American in
the 21st century, when so
many of the many
masterworks which are
programmed year in and
out by orchestras across
the country are European.
I considered which
artistic traditions
defined the American
19th-century. I began to
think of the American
crafts-tradition of
quilting as a foilto the
high-art tradition of
European orchestral
composition. As the score
for my new work began to
take shape, I started
thinking about the
manuscript itself as an
object, its vertical and
horizontal planes create
a kind of patterned
geometry of their own.
Visually the way a
musical score is woven
together like patchwork
brought to mind quilts
and the great American
tradition of quilting. I
imagined about how
conducting an orchestra
can feellike stitching a
piece together, or sewing
together a large number
of musical ideas and
musicians into a coherent
and transcendent whole.
Quilting was an integral
part of American
vernacular in the 18th
and 19th centuries, the
African-American quilting
tradition is especially
fascinating, and the
quilts tell the stories
of the women and
communities who made
them. The names of the
quilt patterns themselves
can have their own sense
of narrative: 'jacobs
ladder', 'drunkards
path', 'solomon's
puzzle', and (my favorite
for its relevance to this
piece) 'the road to
California. - Bryce
Dessner.
(Death
& Transfiguration)
Clothbound Score,
Complete Edition in
G. Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Schott Music #RSW306.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49047172).
UPC:
196288143406.
When
the 24-year-old Richard
Strauss, assistant
conductor in Munich,
began the composition of
his third tone poem in
the summer of 1888, he
saw himself close to the
aspiration prescribed by
his mentor Alexander
Ritter: to become the
successor of Richard
Wagner as a musical
dramatist. Strauss had
already been working on
the text of his first
opera Guntram for a year
and additionally devoted
himself to programmatic
orchestral works oriented
to the musical language
of Liszt and Wagner in
order to prepare himself
compositionally for his
new task. With the aid of
Strauss and other
musicians including
Ludwig Thuille and
Friedrich Rösch who
had been gathering for
“Ritter's round
table†in Munich
between 1886 and 1889,
RitterÂ’s intention
was to achieve success on
a broad front with the
New German School
following the death of
its two protagonists
Wagner and Liszt. We do
not know whether Ritter
and his supporters
jointly planned Strauss's
compositional path
towards opera, determined
the subjectsof his
prospective tone poems
and considered various
strategies of their
musical realization, but
the influence of this
group shouldnot be
underestimated. It cannot
be ruled out that the
number of three tone
poems was fixed, as was
their sequence of
composition, which would
progressively achieve its
zenith in an increasing
orientation to Liszt and
Wagner. The circle could
possibly have also
discussed initial links
to literary subjects
(Macbeth and Don Juan)
and ultimately the
abstention from this
practice in the third and
final tone poem. The
subject of the work, or
rather in StraussÂ’s
formulation its
“poetic
modelâ€, has
occasionally been
interpreted from an
autobiographical aspect.
Strauss however did not
experience serious
illness until May 1891
and once more in June
1892, long after Tod und
Verklärung had been
composed. Even without an
external reason, the
material would have been
only too attractive for
an admirer of Wagner and
Liszt like Strauss, not
to mention for his mentor
Alexander Ritter. The
concept of 'death and
transfiguration' had
already played a central
role in LisztÂ’s
symphonic poems Tasso and
Prometheus.
Cape Horn Orchestre [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
F Horn; Orchestra (Score) - Grade 4-5 SKU: HL.4008328 For Solo Horn an...(+)
F Horn; Orchestra (Score)
- Grade 4-5
SKU:
HL.4008328
For
Solo Horn and Orchestra,
Grade 4 / Solo 5
Score. Composed by
Otto M. Schwarz.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Concert. Softcover. 40
pages. Duration 500
seconds. Hal Leonard
#SDP156-22-401. Published
by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008328).
ISBN
9781705198056. UPC:
196288148401.
Cape
Horn is situated at the
southern point of South
America, on the Chilean
island “Isla
Hornosâ€. For
centuries, sailing around
thehorn was said to be
one of he most dangerous
passages for ships that
wanted to sail from the
Atlantic Ocean westwards
to the PacificOcean.
Tradition has it that Sir
Francis Drake discovered
Cape Horn in 1578 and the
Dutch voyager Willem
Cornelisz Schouten was
the first to round it in
1616. It was the latter
who named the promontory
after his Dutch hometown
Hoorn. It is estimated
that over 800 ships and
10,000 men in total sank
into the icy waters
during attempts to
circumnavigate the cape.
The work Cape Horn
– a solo for Horn
and concert band –
attempts to reflect the
beauty, but also the
peril of this region. It
is a matter of great
importance to thecomposer
Otto M. Schwarz to write
new repertoire in the
wind band solo works
genre. The tonal language
of his main genre
– film music
– is as
unmistakable as the
experimental parts and
catchy tunes.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046001 Large Orchestra Study Score(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49046001
Large Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Thierry Pé and cou.
Study Score. Classical.
Softcover. 88 pages.
Duration 1200 seconds.
Schott Music #ED22708.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49046001).
0.262
inches.
Orquoy is
inspired by the music of
ancient Andean
civilisations. The work
evokes the atmosphere of
fiestas and collective
rites: bright colours,
the movements of bodies,
the ritual consumption of
alcohol, a sense of
vertigo, the shrill
flutes and the power of
percussion instruments -
this all contributes to a
permanent saturation of
the senses. For the
Quechuas, whose music is
characterised by
pre-Hispanic elements,
the composer is a shaman,
wandering between the
sphere of the
supernatural and the
human world. He coaxes
melodies out of the Gods
- this is the meaning of
the word 'orquoy'.
Thierry Pecou.
Parada Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Boosey and Hawkes
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.48024654 Orchestra Study Score. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.48024654
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Magnus Lindberg. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical, Orchestra,
Spanish. Softcover. 84
pages. Duration 780
seconds. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135835. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024654).
ISBN
9781784545017. UPC:
888680949181.
8.25x11.75x0.288
inches.
New edition
of this hitherto
unpublished 13-minute
work, which was first
performed in 2002 by the
Philharmonia Orchestra,
conducted by Jukka-Pekka
Saraste. The title
clearly suggests a
parade; but, as Lindberg
points out, in Spanish,
'parada' also denotes a
bus-stop or taxi-rank: a
wry acknowledgement,
perhaps, of the long wait
for a slow movement from
this composer at that
time. For him, Parada is
the middle panel of a
loosely conceived
triptych, the flanking
sections of which are
Feria (1997) and Cantigas
(1999). Lindberg draws a
parallel with Debussys
Images, in which each of
the three parts was
conceived and premiered
separately, and retains
its own identity.
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).
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BOUT02285-BA Composed by Roger Bout...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BOUT02285-BA
Composed by Roger Boutry.
Prestige avec soliste.
Prestige collection.
Orchestra. Full set.
Duration 15 minutes, 50
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #BOUT02285-BA.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.BOUT02285-BA).
Evocations Orchestre - Intermédiaire Martin, Robert
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BOUT04428-CO Composed by Roger Bout...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BOUT04428-CO
Composed by Roger Boutry.
Original music. Prestige
collection. Orchestra.
Conductor's score.
Duration 11 minutes, 30
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #BOUT04428-CO.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.BOUT04428-CO).
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BOUT04360-BA Composed by Roger Bout...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BOUT04360-BA
Composed by Roger Boutry.
Prestige avec soliste.
Prestige collection.
Orchestra. Full set.
Duration 18 minutes, 16
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #BOUT04360-BA.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.BOUT04360-BA).
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BOUT04360-CO Composed by Roger Bout...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BOUT04360-CO
Composed by Roger Boutry.
Prestige avec soliste.
Prestige collection.
Orchestra. Conductor's
score. Duration 18
minutes, 16 seconds.
Editions Robert Martin
#BOUT04360-CO. Published
by Editions Robert Martin
(RM.BOUT04360-CO).
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BOUT02350-CO Composed by Roger Bout...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BOUT02350-CO
Composed by Roger Boutry.
Original music. Prestige
collection. Orchestra.
Conductor's score.
Duration 8 minutes, 50
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #BOUT02350-CO.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.BOUT02350-CO).
A Journey with the
Shepherd. Composed by
Pepper Choplin.
Brookfield Choral Series.
Cantata, Christ The Good
Shepherd, General
Worship, Psalm, Sacred.
Softcover. Duration 2280
seconds. Published by
Brookfield Press
(HL.195818).
UPC:
888680642617.
8.5x14.0x3.0
inches.
This major
work is an affirmation of
assurance that takes us
on a musical and
spiritual pilgrimage
through the beloved 23rd
Psalm. Singers and
listeners will be carried
from peaceful meadows to
the shadowed valleys, and
from the fragile hope of
faith, to life
everlasting. A work of
scope and substance,
Psalm 23 - A Journey with
the Shepherd gives
directors a wonderful
opportunity to program
outside the seasonal box.
A glorious orchestration
by Michael Lawrence
decorates the expressive
choral writing with color
and a theatrical sweep.
Songs include: We Are Not
Alone; The Lord Is My
Shepherd; Restore My
Soul; Lead Me on the
Paths of Righteousness;
Though I Walk through the
Valley; You Comfort Me;
My Cup Overflows; We Are
Not Alone (reprise);
Surely Goodness and
Mercy. Score and Parts
(fl 1-2, ob, cl 1-2, bn,
tpt 1-3, hn 1-2, tbn 1-2,
tbn 3/tba, perc 1-2,
timp, hp, pno, vn 1-2,
va, vc, db) available as
a Printed Edition and as
a digital download.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867L Composed by William Kraft. Spiral. Large Scor...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867L
Composed
by William Kraft. Spiral.
Large Score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867L).
UPC:
680160683215.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Orchestra SKU: PR.11641867S Composed by William Kraft. Full score. Durati...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.11641867S
Composed
by William Kraft. Full
score. Duration 16
minutes, 25 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#116-41867S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11641867S).
UPC:
680160683208.
Conte
xtures: Riots -Decade '60
was commissioned by Zubin
Mehta and the Southern
California Symphony
Association after the
successful premiere of
the Concerto for Four
Percussion Soloists and
Orchestra. It was written
during the spring and
summer months of 1967.
Riots stemming from
resentment against the
racial situation in the
United States and the war
in Vietnam were occurring
throughout the country
and inevitably invaded
the composer's creative
subconscious.
Contextures, as the title
implies, was intended to
exploit various and
varying textures. As the
work progressed the
correspondence between
the fabric of music and
the fabric of society
became apparent and the
allegory grew in
significance. So I found
myself translating social
aspects into musical
techniques. Social
stratification became a
polymetric situation
where disparate groups
function together. The
conflict between the
forces of expansion and
the forces of containment
is expressed through and
opposition of tonal
fluidity vs. rigidity.
This is epitomized in the
fourth movement, where
the brass is divided into
two groups - a muted
group, encircled by the
unmuted one, which does
its utmost to keep the
first group within a
restricted pitch area.
The playful jazzy bits
(one between the first
and second movements and
one at the end of the
piece) are simply saying
that somehow in this age
of turmoil and anxiety
ways of having fun are
found even though that
fun may seem
inappropriate. The piece
is in five movements,
with an interlude between
the first and second
movements. It is scored
for a large orchestra,
supplemented by six
groups of percussion,
including newly created
roto-toms (small tunable
drums) and some original
devices, such as muted
gongs and muted
vibraphone. There is also
an offstage jazz quartet:
bass, drums, soprano
saxophone and trumpet.
The first movement begins
with a solo by the first
clarinetist which is
interrupted by
intermittent heckling
from his colleagues
leading to a
configuration of large
disparate elements. The
interlude of solo violin
and snare-drum follows
without pause. The second
movement, Prestissimo, is
a display piece of
virtuosity for the entire
orchestra. The third
movement marks a period
of repose and reflection
and calls for some
expressive solos,
particularly by the horn
and alto saxophone. The
fourth movement opens
with a rather lengthy
oboe solo, which is
threatened by large
blocks of sound from the
orchestra, against an
underlying current of
agitated energy in the
piano and percussion.
This leads to a section
in which large orchestral
forces oppose one
another, ultimately
bringing the work to a
climax, if not to a
denouement. Various
thematic elements are
strewn all over the
orchestra, resulting in
the formation of a
general haze of sound. A
transition leads to the
fifth movement without
pause. The musical haze
is pierced gently by the
offstage jazz group as if
they were attempting to
ignore and even dispel
the gloom, but a legato
bell sound enters and
hovers over both the jazz
group and the orchestra,
the latter making
statements of disquieting
finality. Two films were
conceived to accompany
portions of Contextures.
The first done by Herbert
Kosowar, was a
chemography film
(painting directly into
the film using dyes and
various implements) with
fast clips of riot
photographs. The second
was a film collage made
by photographically
abstracting details from
paintings of Reginald
Pollack. The purpose was
to invoke a non-specific
response - as in music -
but at the same time to
define the subject matter
of the piece. The films
were constructed to
correspond with certain
developments in the piece
and in no way affect the
independence and musical
flow of the piece, having
been made after the piece
was completed.
Contextures: Riots -
Decade '60 is dedicated
to Mehta, the Southern
California Symphony
Association and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra. The news of
the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King came
the afternoon of the
premiere, April 4, 1968.
That evening's
performances, and also
the succeeding ones, were
dedicated to him and a
special dedication to Dr.
King has been inserted
into he score. All the
music that follows the
jazz group - beginning
with the legato bell
sound playing the first 2
notes to We shall
overcome constitutes a
new ending to commemorate
Dr. King's death.
Composed by Charles E.
Peery. Orchestra: Pops,
Orchestra: Youth
Orchestra. Christmas,
Sacred, Hanging of the
Green, Lessons and
Carols, 21st Century.
Duration 2 minutes, 50
seconds. MorningStar
Music Publishers #25-175.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.25-175).
UPC:
688670251757.
Calle
d a toccata because it
demonstrates the touch
and technique of the
orchestra sections, this
piece states the melody
in different ways,
sometimes briskly and
sometimes in augmentation
against moving
accompanimental figures.
A showy and exciting
arrangement, perfect for
a postlude or finale.
Marching band - Grade 2 SKU: RM.SEBA03536-BA Composed by Patrick Boutot. ...(+)
Marching band - Grade 2
SKU:
RM.SEBA03536-BA
Composed by Patrick
Boutot. Arranged by
Solemar. Marching band.
Orchestra. Full set.
Duration 2 minutes, 20
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #SEBA03536-BA.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.SEBA03536-BA).
Feria Orchestre [Conducteur d'étude / Miniature] Boosey and Hawkes
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.48024527 Orchestra HPS 1330 Study Scor...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.48024527
Orchestra HPS 1330
Study Score. Composed
by Magnus Lindberg.
Boosey & Hawkes
Scores/Books. Classical.
Softcover. 80 pages.
Duration 1020 seconds.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135293. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024527).
ISBN
9781784544591. 8.0x11.75
inches.
17-minute
work for full orchestra
commissioned by the
Finnish Broadcasting
Company. First performed
by the Finnish Radio
Symphony Orchestra at the
BBC Proms in August 1997.
The composer comments:
The word Feria is Spanish
for an outdoor festival
or fair, the exuberance
of which is alluded to in
this work. In the fast
opening section the
explosive, rhythmic
ideas, especially the
trumpet fanfares which
are a recurring motif in
the piece, herald a
lively public spectacle.
The mainly slower-paced
central section reaches a
focal point which may
well be recognised as a
chord progression from
Monteverdi's
“Lasciatemi
morire†(Lament of
Arianna).
Composed by Carl Maria
von Weber. Arranged by
Roger Boutry.
Transcription avec
soliste. Prestige
collection. Orchestra.
Duration 22 minutes, 20
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #WEBE02631-PK.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.WEBE02631-PK).
Prestige collection - Grade 5 SKU: RM.BACH02262-CO Composed by Johann Seb...(+)
Prestige collection -
Grade 5
SKU:
RM.BACH02262-CO
Composed by Johann
Sebastien Bach. Arranged
by Roger Boutry.
Transcription. Prestige
collection. Orchestra.
Conductor's score.
Duration 7 minutes, 18
seconds. Editions Robert
Martin #BACH02262-CO.
Published by Editions
Robert Martin
(RM.BACH02262-CO).
Chamber Orchestra (Full Score) SKU: HL.238501 For Soprano Saxophone an...(+)
Chamber Orchestra (Full
Score)
SKU:
HL.238501
For
Soprano Saxophone and
Chamber Orchestra.
Composed by Michael
Nyman. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2017. 116 pages.
Duration 1440 seconds.
Chester Music #CH76296.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.238501).
UPC: 888680797225.
12.0x16.5
inches.
This
saxophone concerto,
written in one continuous
movement with a wide
variety of tempi,
celebrates the talents of
John Harle, who has been
a central player in the
Michael Nyman Band for
over ten years. Composed
in 1991, The title is in
refence to the spiraling
dance of a scout bee who
has discovered a food
source and intends to
communicate this back to
the members of the hive.
These circluar motions
are reflected in
figurations of the work.
It was first performed in
2002 by the Central
England Ensemble with
Sarah James as the
soloist.
Arranged by
Albert Wang. Solo or
Ensemble. Voyager String
Orchestra. Score and set
of parts. Duration 3
minutes, 15 seconds.
Kendor Music Inc #9121.
Published by Kendor Music
Inc (KN.9121).
UPC:
822795091212.
Origi
nating as a peasant dance
in the Dauphine region of
southeastern France and
requiring dancers to
raise rather than slide
their feet, the gavotte
became popular in
European courts during
the Baroque era. In this
setting of Gossec's
famous Gavotte In D,
simple rhythms and
interesting ornaments
make it perfect for any
concert program. Duration
3:15. Available in
SmartMusic.
Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Arranged by Roger Boutry. Transcriptions...(+)
Composed by Claude
Debussy (1862-1918).
Arranged by Roger Boutry.
Transcriptions. Prestige
collection. Grade 5.
Conductor's score.
Duration 8 minutes, 36
seconds. Published by
Editions Robert Martin