(The Journey from Darkness to Light). By Lloyd Larson. Arranged by Mary Mcdonald...(+)
(The Journey from
Darkness to Light). By
Lloyd Larson. Arranged by
Mary Mcdonald. Orchestra.
For Flute, Clarinet, 2
Trumpet, Horn, 2
Trombone, Percussion,
Piano, Synthesized
Strings. Cantata. Choral:
Advent. Orchestral Score
and Parts. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
Orchestra SKU: PR.41641530L For Suona And Orchestra. Composed by N...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
PR.41641530L
For
Suona And Orchestra.
Composed by Narong
Prangcharoen. Large
Score. 58 pages. Duration
15 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#416-41530L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.41641530L).
UPC:
680160625925.
The
Respiration of the Earth
is inspired by the
breathing motion. The
music focuses on the
tension of the air of
breathing. There are many
different types of
breathing such as slow
breath, long breath,
short breath, holding
breath, uneven breath,
etc. The shape of the
music is created by the
inhale and exhale motion.
The piece starts with a
long holding breath,
gradually create a
tension until one can't
hold that breath and
release the air out. The
Suona is acting as the
motion of the air so the
orchestra has to follow.
This piece ends with the
chaotic motion so the
audiences can feel the
tension as if they are
running out of breath.
It's a main concern about
the environment of the
Earth so this piece is a
message to people to keep
the environment clean so
the Earth can breath for
a longer time.
Respiration of the Earth
is commissioned and
dedicated to Mr. Shi
Haibin with the gracious
support from John Simon
Guggenheim
Foundation. The
Respiration of the Earth
is inspired by the
breathing motion. The
music focuses on the
tension of the air of
breathing. There are many
different types of
breathing such as slow
breath, long breath,
short breath, holding
breath, uneven breath,
etc. The shape of the
music is created by the
inhale and exhale motion.
The piece starts with a
long holding breath,
gradually create a
tension until one
can’t hold that
breath and release the
air out. The Suona is
acting as the motion of
the air so the orchestra
has to follow. This piece
ends with the chaotic
motion so the audiences
can feel the tension as
if they are running out
of breath. It’s a
main concern about the
environment of the Earth
so this piece is a
message to people to keep
the environment clean so
the Earth can breath for
a longer time.Respiration
of the Earth is
commissioned and
dedicated to Mr. Shi
Haibin with the gracious
support from John
SimonGuggenheim
Foundation.
Orchestra SKU: SU.91580100 For Orchestra. Composed by Steven Mercu...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
SU.91580100
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Mercurio.
Vocal/Choral, Opera. CD
(Audio). Subito Music
Corporation #91580100.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.91580100).
A Grateful Tail
- Movement by Movement
Siriusly, Dog Star
Sirius, the brightest
star in the night sky,
has been used by
travelers and navigators
for thousands of years as
a guiding star and so it
is here as the opening
movement for the
symphony. Sirius, the
cornerstone to the
constellation Canis
Maggiore or Big Dog sits
at the foot of Orion, the
hunter, leading the way.
Highly cinematic, the
movement evokes both a
musical and visual sense
of the mythological and
mysterious elements of
Sirius and its Dog
Godstar secrets. From the
clarion call of the
opening, Sirius theme,
the sound is buoyant and
frisky emulating the
nature of doggy playtime.
Puppy pleasures abound as
a doggy four-step, my
turn on the traditional
American two-step dance,
is introduced. The
movement transforms into
an actual orchestrated
frolic of small, large
and medium dog barks
beginning with the winds
(smaller dogs) and
ultimately, the big dog,
brass. The movement
climaxes with the coda
or, Dog Park, where the
winds and the brass bark
and play together over
the, doggy ostinato
four-step rhythm,
culminating with the
final call of the Sirius
theme. Let Sleeping Dogs
Lie, Peacefully It's all
in a dog's day and life.
Tranquility presides over
this supremely gentle,
intermezzo-like movement.
After a day of play,
every dog needs rest. Let
Sleeping Dogs Lie, is a
lyrical andante inspired
by the profound serenity
and beauty of a dog at
rest. The Last Will and
Testament of Silverdene
Emblem O'Neill Based on a
powerful piece of prose
written by the American
playwright, Eugene
O'Neill this text was
intended as a consolation
piece for Carlotta, his
wife, who had become
grief-stricken over the
loss of their beloved
dog, the Dalmatian known
as Blemie.Written for a
singing actor who
personifies the role of
Blemie, a dog at the end
of his life, the movement
plays like a one act,
musical drama as we
follow Blemie through a
wonderfully
three-dimensional,
emotional and
psychological journey
writing his Last Will and
Testament, for those who
have loved him. Wagging
the Tail: Ossia Fido's
Lament A life-affirming
rumba/samba using
Blemie's final words from
O'Neill's text, this
final movement employs
the most unique American
musical invention, the
gospel choir. In order to
make the dances come
alive, this movement also
calls upon the colors of
a rhythm section.
Creating the spirit of an
Irish Funeral, the
movement is a joyful and
revival-like celebration
of a dog's life as its
spirit lives on forever
in the hearts and minds
of dog lovers everywhere.
Remember Me, remember me!
My spirit is wagging a
grateful tail. Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Release Date:
July 9, 2013.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14027979 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14027979
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Score. 111
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00695.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14027979).
ISBN
9788759888780.
English.
Corona -
The Solar Trilogy No. 3
for Orchestra was
composed by Poul Ruders
in 1995. Programme note:
CORONA makes the final
part of the
SOLAR-TRILOGY, a huge
symphonic triptych about
the life and behavior of
the Sun. The first'panel'
GONG depicts the birth,
life and final collapse
of our nearest star, the
second ZENITH describes
in its ultra-slow tempo
the patient rise of the
Sun toward midday
ferocity and its
subsequent setting.
CORONA, then, is a
symphonic 'portrait' of
the phenomenally hot
whispy brim encircling
and radiating from the
Sun, a sizzling halo of
electrons and photons
visible only during a
total eclipse. Formally
CORONA follows the
process of such
totalityin progress:the
gradual eclipsing by the
Moon - total darkness
with thefierce, sparkling
outer corona - the
gradual 'rebirth' of the
light toward the full
gl.ory and warmth of the
Sun.Besides the obvious
astronomical narrative of
the SOLAR-TRILOGY there's
a metaphysical angle too,
underlying each of the
three compositions: GONG,
in spite of its apparent
energy, may be the most
pessimistic of them all,
epitomizing the death and
ultimate annihilation of
the prime source of Life
itself. ZENITH is a
hommage to human
aspiration and spiritual
endurance and CORONA ends
with Hope and Glory after
a journey from depression
throughtotal despair.
Super-structurally, the
zenith of ZENITH makes
the zenith of the entire
trilogy, i.e. when the E-
flat of the unisone horns
in ZENITH is heard, we
are exactly halfway
through the collected
work. Poul Ruders.
Full
Score. Composed by
Per Norgard. Music Sales
America. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. 188
pages. Edition Wilhelm
Hansen #KP00865.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14032192).
ISBN
9788759858394.
12.0x16.5x0.78 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Symphony
No. 6 for orchestra,
1997-99. Preface /
Program Note:... with the
Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a
thousand years is like a
day(New Testament, 2
Peter 3:8)My SYMPHONY NO.
6 was commissioned by the
Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the
Gteborg Symphony
Orchestra and the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra,
to be premiered at the
millenium 2000.The
subtitle AT THE END OF
THE DAY can be understood
literally or it can mean
when all is added up.
However, in my opinion,
nothing ever quite adds
up, there is always
something missing, any
ending will be
provisional ...This
symphony appears to end
only a few minutes into
the first movement, the
first passage, as the
music fades away to
almost-silence, after a
start of flying colours.
But then there is still
something, a small motive
(first heard in the
initial sound-waves)
which reappears,
hesitant, but persistent,
and this embryo is what
leads on the musical
progression. An agitated
section of many
instrumental voices comes
next, until all the
voices become obsessed
with the same phrase, a
see-saw motive based on
thirds. This section
evolves into almost
martial ferocity, when
broken off by a tutti
descent into an extreme
bass-world (a bass-world
which actually permeates
the whole symphony,
emplyoing instruments
that I have never used
before: double-bass tuba,
double-bass trombone,
double-bass clarinet, and
bass flute).The second
movement, the second
passage, apparently takes
off where the first
passage ended, but now
the events are more
ambiguous, and the same
music may be perceived as
fast-moving one moment
and slow-moving the next.
This section is a kind of
passacaglia, the
characteristic baroque
bass-variation.Without a
break follows the third
and last passage, in a
contrasting high
register. The music is
rhythmically knotty as
well as freely flowing.
As in the beginning of
the symphony, a
never-ending descent or
fall breaks off the
events, and at the very
end a delta of new
beginnings, of other
worlds, is revealed
....The symphony is
dedicated to Helle, my
wife. - Per Norgard.
Orchestra SKU: HL.14028038 Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. ...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14028038
Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. 95 pages. Music
Sales #KP00294. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14028038).
ISBN
9788759854730.
12.0x16.5x0.3 inches.
English.
The word
GONG is saturated with
associations: the
splendour of the Orient,
mysticism, drama, loud
metallic clangour,
violent impact, etc. The
present piece draws upon
all those connotations,
but it is primarily a
symphonic drama about the
life and behaviour of the
sun, our closest star and
prime source of life on
Earth. Describing the sun
in music is not a new
idea, of course; during a
visit to Greece, Carl
Nielsen was inspired by
the orbit of the sun and
its very un-Danish
ferocity and thus wrote
the Helios Overture. GONG
is a Helios Overture too,
of sorts, albeit more
abstract. Recent
astronomical research
shows, that the surface
of the sun reverberates
like a gong, in four
different, simultaneous
tempi (not directly
depicted in the score,
though); the sun looks
like a GONG, - the O in
the written work looks
like the sun; there is
even a solar research
group called GONG (Global
Oscillation Network
Group). Formally the
composition follows the
life and fate of the sun,
from the initial
explotional birth through
the hyper-activity as
energy source as we know
it today to the final,
predicted flaring up and
collapse into a so-called
white dwarf. But - being
a musical composition,
not an astrophysical
thesis - GONG is brought
to its compositional
conclusion by a real
concert-ending, a chord
taken from the middle of
the piece and sustained
over several bars, from
virtual nothingness to
full force.
Composed by Bedrich
Smetana. Edited by Hugh
MacDonald. This edition:
urtext edition.
Paperback. Barenreiter
Urtext. From: Má vlast
(My Country). Score.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA11534_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA11534).
ISBN
9790260108660. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Preface:
Mojzisova, Olga /
Macdonald, Hugh.
In
late September 1874,
shortly after losing his
hearing, Smetana started
work on
“VyÅ¡ehradâ€
, the first symphonic
poem in what would become
a six-part cycle with the
title “Má
vlast†(My
Country). It tells the
eventful history of this
fort in
Prague.
“Vy
¡ehrad†was
published by Urbánek
together with
“Vltava†(The
Moldau), the next part in
the cycle, in a version
for piano duet in
December 1879. The full
score and parts,
proofread by the
composer, followed in
February 1880. Hugh
Macdonald has corrected
many errors in this first
edition. He draws on the
autograph and first print
of the orchestral version
and also refers to the
autograph and printed
piano duet
version.
About
Barenreiter
Urtext
What can I
expect from a Barenreiter
Urtext
edition?<
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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
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Page-turns, fold-out
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binding
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.44830S Three Appalachian Carols. Arran...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.44830S
Three Appalachian
Carols. Arranged by
Andrew H. Dabczynski.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Explorer. Christmas;
Folk; Sacred;
Traditional; Winter.
Score. 12 pages. Duration
3:30. Highland/Etling
#00-44830S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.44830S).
UPC:
038081518213. English.
Traditional
American.
Snowy
hilltops, timeless family
traditions, and the
warmth of a hearth---the
atmosphere of a Smoky
Mountain Christmas is
captured in this
arrangement of three
traditional Appalachian
carols arranged by Andrew
Dabcyznski. The simple
modal melodies of Star of
the East and Babe of
Bethlehem are passed
throughout the orchestra,
before concluding with
the stirring spiritual
Rise Up Shepherd and
Follow. The keys, meters,
and bowings are all
playable by second-year
string students, but
intermediate and advanced
students also will find
this to be a satisfying
holiday concert piece.
(3:30).
Orchestra - Grade 2 SKU: AP.44830 Three Appalachian Carols. Arrang...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2
SKU: AP.44830
Three Appalachian
Carols. Arranged by
Andrew H. Dabczynski.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Explorer. Christmas;
Folk; Sacred;
Traditional; Winter.
Score and Part(s). 140
pages. Duration 3:30.
Highland/Etling
#00-44830. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.44830).
UPC:
038081518206. English.
Traditional
American.
Snowy
hilltops, timeless family
traditions, and the
warmth of a hearth---the
atmosphere of a Smoky
Mountain Christmas is
captured in this
arrangement of three
traditional Appalachian
carols arranged by Andrew
Dabcyznski. The simple
modal melodies of Star of
the East and Babe of
Bethlehem are passed
throughout the orchestra,
before concluding with
the stirring spiritual
Rise Up Shepherd and
Follow. The keys, meters,
and bowings are all
playable by second-year
string students, but
intermediate and advanced
students also will find
this to be a satisfying
holiday concert piece.
(3:30).
Orchestra - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.44799S Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arra...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 2.5
SKU: AP.44799S
Composed by Franz Xaver
Gruber. Arranged by
Jeffrey E. Turner.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Sacred; Winter. Score. 8
pages. Duration 3:20.
Belwin Music #00-44799S.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.44799S).
UPC:
038081517322.
English.
A joyful
departure from tradition,
now set in 4/4 time by
Jeffrey Turner, this
fresh setting of the
beloved carol is sure to
add sparkle to any
holiday celebration.
Across the silent night,
the blazing star of a
solo cello beacons. A
violinist follows, and
the glory of a string
orchestra suddenly bursts
across the heavens. A
twinkling piano announces
that a child has been
born unto the world;
then, the high strings
enter like angels singing
from above. With its
ending in 3/4, sure to
put a smile on everyone's
face, there's never been
a happier birthday.
(3:20) This title is
available in MakeMusic
Cloud.
Orchestra - Grade 4 SKU: AP.46714S Composed by Richard Meyer. Performance...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 4
SKU: AP.46714S
Composed by Richard
Meyer. Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra.
Highland/Etling String
Orchestra. Score. 28
pages. Highland/Etling
#00-46714S. Published by
Highland/Etling
(AP.46714S).
UPC:
038081537047.
English.
This
joyful and jubilant piece
by Richard Meyer has the
sound of a celebration
and a title that
describes how music
unites us all: Yumiweeus.
Hand drumming and a
simple chant-like melody
start the festivities,
followed by an original
theme and a set of six
variations. Duets
featuring the first stand
players of every section
introduce the first five
variations, and a
virtuosic final variation
closes the piece. The
changing meters and
variety of key signatures
and modes included here
are sure to challenge all
of your more advanced
players. The measure of
contrary motion that
starts the piece is heard
again between each
variation and is meant to
represent a coming
together to common
ground.