Piano and orchestra

SKU: FG.55011-372-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Study score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-372-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-372-5).

ISBN 9790550113725.

Imag es of the sea figure prominently throughout my life and memories: from holidays on the Atlantic coast during my Canadian childhood to my current Baltic home, and the imagined, only later experienced Mediterranean of my ancestral heritage. As an immigrant (son of an immigrant) bound to two northern countries, the sea is emblematic of my twin homelands, from the expanses of water surrounding them to those separating them. A Mari usque ad Mare. The sea is also an enduring image of the unknown, of expanses unexplored, of the raw power of nature and, for too many currently, of terror holding a hope of refuge - or the pain of loss.
Such disparate ideas were captured for me in the seascapes of the New York painter MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom I met in 2008 during a residency on the Gulf of Mexico. Her vast, abstract, nearly monochromatic depictions of imaginary seas in wildly varying moods were the catalyst for a concerto where the piano is frequently far from a hero battling a collective, but rather acts as a channel for elemental forces surging up from the orchestra, floating - sometimes barely so - on its constantly shifting surface. There are few themes to speak of, beyond a handful of iconic ideas that periodically cycle upward. Rather, the piano's material is largely an ornamentation of the more primal rhythmic and harmonic impulses from the orchestra below - a poetic interpretation, if you will, of the more immediate experience of facing the vastness of some unknown body of water.
The title Nameless Seas is borrowed from one of Thielhelm's exhibitions, as are those of the four movements, which are bridged together into two halves of roughly equal weight - one rhapsodic and free, the other more single-minded and direct, separated only by a short breath. The opening movement, Nocturne, is predominantly calm, if brooding, darkness and light alternating throughout. Lyrical arabesques sparkle over gently lapping cross-currents in the strings and mirrored timpani, the piano's full power only rarely deployed. The waves gradually build, drawing in the full orchestra for a meeting of forces in Land and Sea, a brighter, more warmly lyrical scene that unfolds in series of dreamlike, sometimes even nostalgic visions, which for me carry strong memories of sitting on rocks above surging Atlantic waves. The third movement, Wake, is a fast, perpetual-motion texture of glinting, darting rhythms and sudden shafts of light, with a prominent part for the steel drums, limning the piano's quicksilver figurations. An ecstatic climax crashes into a solo cadenza that grows progressively calmer and more introspective rather than virtuosic. Much of the tension finally releases into Unclaimed Waters, a drifting, meditative seascape in which the piano is progressively engulfed by a series of ever-taller waves, ultimately dissolving into a tolling, rippling continuum of sound.
It has been a great privilege to realize such a long-held dream as this piece, and to write it for not one, but two great pianists. Risto-Matti Marin and Angela Hewitt, both of whose friendship and support have been unfailing and humbling, share the dedication. Nameless Seas was commissioned by the PianoEspoo festival and Canada's National Arts Centre, with the premieres in Ottawa and Helsinki led by Hannu Lintu and Olari Elts. Thanks are due also to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund, whose generous grant provided me with much-needed time, and Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, the source to which I returned to do a large part of the work.

(study score). By Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Edited by Antony Beaumont. For Piano, Orchestra and Men's Choir. Breitkopf Full Scores. Study score. 336 pages

The Manchester Carols. (A Re-Telling of the Christmas Story). By Carol Ann Duffy and Sasha Johnson Manning. For Orchestra / Piano. Choral Extended Work. Faber Edition. Christmas; Sacred; Winter. Published by Faber Music

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Composed by Narong Prangcharoen. First performed by the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Dariusz Mikulksi, conductor, with Christopher Janwong McKiggan as piano soloist. Contemporary. Full score (study). With Standard notation. Composed 2016. 80 pages. Duration 24 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41609. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.416416090).

Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 3(picc).3(cor ang).2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp.perc - hp - cel - str)

SKU: BR.EB-11450

Impresiones sinfonicas - Urtext. Composed by Manuel de Falla. Edited by Ullrich Scheideler. Orchestra; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf.

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Symphonic poem; Late-romantic; Early modern. Piano reduction. 68 pages. Duration 23'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 11450. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-11450).

ISBN 9790201814506. 9.5 x 12 inches.

Composed by Manuel de Falla during his lengthy residence in Paris, these three symphonic impressions for piano and orchestra are an expressive work bringing the southern Spanish gardens, which are laid out in the European and Arabic-Moorish tradition, to life. The influence of contemporary French music is noticeable in this composition. Despite many modifications, involving among other things, the scoring, number of movements, as well as layout and content, the basic idea of a nocturnal impression is retained from the outset. The work was finished - and likewise the orchestral material - only shortly before its premiere on 9 April 1916, which was a great success. World War I prevented its publication, though further performances followed, played then from manuscript material. The Urtext edition presented by Ullrich Scheideler takes as the main source the first edition of the score. The Critical Report gives detailed information about the source situation.

Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 3(picc).3(cor ang).2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp.perc - hp - cel - str)

SKU: BR.PB-15153

Impresiones sinfonicas - Urtext. Composed by Manuel de Falla. Edited by Ullrich Scheideler. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag

Solo concerto; Symphonic poem; Late-romantic; Early modern. Full score. 92 pages. Duration 23'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 15153. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-15153).

ISBN 9790004215586. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Composed by Manuel de Falla during his lengthy residence in Paris, these three symphonic impressions for piano and orchestra are an expressive work bringing the southern Spanish gardens, which are laid out in the European and Arabic-Moorish tradition, to life. The influence of contemporary French music is noticeable in this composition. Despite many modifications, involving among other things, the scoring, number of movements, as well as layout and content, the basic idea of a nocturnal impression is retained from the outset. The work was finished - and likewise the orchestral material - only shortly before its premiere on 9 April 1916, which was a great success. World War I prevented its publication, though further performances followed, played then from manuscript material. The Urtext edition presented by Ullrich Scheideler takes as the main source the first edition of the score. The Critical Report gives detailed information about the source situation.

For Piano. Includes a complete printed music score on high-quality ivory paper; and a compact disc containing the complete version of each piece with soloist and accompaniment; then a second performance with accompaniments minus you, the soloist. Published by Music Minus One.

Piano and orchestra

SKU: FG.042-08243-0

Composed by Pekka Kostiainen. Parts. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08243-0).

ISBN 979-0-042-08243-0.

This is a fully-fledged concerto in three movements specially aimed at the young soloist and school/youth orchestra.

Full Score. Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. Classical. Score Only. Composed 2017. 80 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH32201. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.232526).

Piano, Orchestra

SKU: FG.042-08428-1

Composed by Usko Merilainen. Score. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08428-1).

ISBN 979-0-042-08428-1.

Kinetic Poem is, after two piano concertos and Dialogues for piano and orchestra, Merilainen's fourth and latest work (1981) in which the piano plays a concertante role. The piano-orchestra relationship is synergetic: small motifs, which draw their material from the spectacular solo part, are rotated by the orchestra and change their form, only to he absorbed back into the relentless solo stream.

Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.0. - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-4960

Composed by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Solo concerto; Romantic. Full score. 120 pages. Duration 32'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 4960. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-4960).

ISBN 9790004207451. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The roller coaster of opinions - worthless, absolutely unplayable (claims Nikolaj Rubinstein, basically Tchaikovsky's desired pianist for his Concerto in B flat minor); brilliant, magnificent (Hans von Bulow, then first performer and dedicatee of the work) - demonstrates the work's initially ambivalent reception. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 is one of the most powerful and popular compositions of the classical music repertoire altogether; and it is also quite unconventional and runs counter to the norms of the time. Though it may seem strange to us today, let us recall that during his lifetime, Tchaikovsky was regarded disputable abroad (and especially in Germany), was considered an ultra-modern Russian composer, and was even accused of being a musical nihilist and primitivist. But one glance at the score of the piano concerto suffices to reveal its truly amazing character ...

Piano, Orchestra

SKU: FG.042-07970-6

Composed by Usko Merilainen. Score. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-07970-6).

ISBN 979-0-042-07970-6.

(Variations for Piano and Orchestra). By George Gershwin (1898-1937). Arranged by Douglas McLain. For Piano and Concert Band. Grade 4. Score. Duration 08:30

(Variations for Piano and Orchestra). By George Gershwin (1898-1937). Arranged by Douglas McLain. For Piano and Concert Band. Grade 4. Full score and set of parts. Duration 08:30

(Poem for Piano and Orchestra - Full Score). By William Grant Still (1895-1978). Orchestra. For Flute I, Flute II, Flute III, Piccolo, Oboe I, Oboe II, English Horn, Clarinet I, Clarinet II, Clarinet III, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Horn I, Horn II, Horn III, Horn IV, Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trumpet III, Tenor I, Tenor II, Tenor III, Tuba, . Full score (large). Standard notation. 48 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

For Piano. Includes a printed music score on high-quality ivory paper; a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with orchestra and soloist, and a second performance minus you, the soloist; and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version as well as a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. Each concerto is voluminously indexed for your practice and performance convenience. Published by Music Minus One.

Composed by Nancy Galbraith (1951-). For Piano and Concert Band (solo piano; 3,1 2 3,bass clarinet 2 2 alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax; 4331, euphonium; 5 percussion, contrabass). Study Score. Duration 21'. Published by Subito Music Corporation