Piano and orchestra SKU: FG.55011-372-5 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Stu...(+)
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.
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ13550 Das klassische Trio. ...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ13550
Das
klassische Trio. By
Arpad Pejtsik.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 1994. 230
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ13550.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ13550).
At first sight,
this publication appears
to be a collection of
pieces, for the technical
studies, not too
attractive but so
characteristic of tutors,
are missing. Yet the
selection of the works,
their order according to
the development of
ensemble playing and the
advice includeed after
the foreword and
containig proposals for
the technical realization
of ensemble playing in
the case of certain
typical pieces these all
make this publication a
tutor.The works form a
cross-section of a longer
period of the history of
chamber music and offer
an insight into
thedifferent methods of
composition. Volume III
is approximately the same
grade of difficulty as
Volume II, but inViennese
Classicism a more
sophisticated handling of
the bow is required. In
addition to the works of
Haydn, Mozart and
Beethoven pieces by less
well-known masters are
also included.
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ13548 Leichte Trios aus vier Ja...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ13548
Leichte Trios aus vier
Jahrhunderten. By
Arpad Pejtsik.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 1993. 248
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ13548.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ13548).
At first sight,
this publication appears
to merely be a collection
of pieces due to the lack
of drier technical
studies that are
characteristic of tutors.
Yet the selection of the
works, their order
according to the
development of ensemble
playing, and the advice
towards technical
realization included
after the foreword -
these all make this
publication a tutor. The
works form a
cross-section of a longer
period of the history of
chamber music and offer
an insight into the
different methods of
composition.Volume I
contains easy chamber
music from the
Renaissance to Viennese
Classicism for two
violins and cello, in the
first position. (In some
works the 2nd violin part
or others thecello part,
respectively, can also be
played on the viola.) The
easier pieces can be
played after two years of
active instrumental
study.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - perc(4)...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (picc.2.2.cor
ang.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp
- perc(4) - hp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-15160
Urtext. Composed
by Sergej Rachmaninow.
Edited by Norbert
Gertsch. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Variations; Solo
concerto; Late-romantic;
Early modern. Sheet
Music. Duration 22'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
15160. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-15160).
ISBN
9790004215654. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Paganini's
Capricci served as
inspiration for many
composers. In addition to
Brahms, Schumann and
Liszt, Rachmaninoff was
also inspired by the
idea. His Rhapsody on a
Theme by Paganini has
since become one of his
best known and most
popular works and was an
immediate success. In
1934, between two intense
concert seasons,
Rachmaninoff took
advantage of the peace
and quiet at his villa on
Lake Lucerne to compose
the Variations.
Paganini's virtuosity and
joy of playing are
juxtaposed with the
Gregorian sequence Dies
irae. A symbol of the
evil spirit to which
Paganini sold his soul?
At least that is how
Rachmaninoff wrote it in
a letter to the
choreographer Fokine. For
the demanding piano part,
the composer and
celebrated pianist
himself had to start
practicing very early:
The composition is very
difficult, and I should
really start practicing
now, but I get lazier
with my finger exercises
year after year.The
editor, Norbert Gertsch,
presents with this
edition for the first
time an Urtext edition of
the work that Joachim
Kaiser described as
Rachmaninoff's most
spiritual, witty, elegant
work for piano..
(study score). By Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Edited by Antony Beaumont. For P...(+)
(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
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ13549 Die Triosonate im Barock<...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ13549
Die
Triosonate im Barock.
By Arpad Pejtsik.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 1993. 206
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ13549.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ13549).
At first sight,
this publication appears
to merely be a collection
of pieces due to the lack
of drier technical
studies that are
characteristic of tutors.
Yet the selection of the
works, their order
according to the
development of ensemble
playing, and the advice
towards technical
realization included
after the foreword -
these all make this
publication a tutor. The
works form a
cross-section of a longer
period of the history of
chamber music and offer
an insight into the
different methods of
composition.Volume II
introduces the Baroque
trio sonata through the
works of the greatest
masters (Vivaldi,
Corelli, Albinoni, F.
Couperin, Purcell and
Bach). The two violin
parts do not gobeyond the
3rd position nor the
cello parts beyond the
4th position.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2.2.2.2. - 2.2.1.0. - timp - str) <...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
2.2.2.2. - 2.2.1.0. -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-4485
Composed
by Frederic Chopin.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Frederic Chopin's
Piano Concertos in e
minor op. 11 and
f minor op. 21
were written when the
composer had just barely
entered his
twenties.
EB 3942
is printed in score form;
two copies are needed for
performance.Have a look.
Solo concerto; Romantic.
Full score. 68 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4485.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-4485).
ISBN 9790004203910. 9
x 12
inches.
Frederic
Chopin's Piano Concertos
in e minor op. 11 and f
minor op. 21 were written
when the composer had
just barely entered his
twenties. Since he needed
effective, virtuoso works
for his major concert
appearances with
orchestral accompaniment,
he decided to simply
write them himself.
Although it is clear that
the piano part always
holds center stage in
these pieces, Chopin
never degrades the
orchestra by turning it
into a stereotypical
cue-giver. This is
confirmed by the
imaginatively
orchestrated tutti
transition in the first
movement, the lengthy
string tremolo in the
middle movement and the
col legno passage in the
finale.The first
performance of the
f-minor concerto took
place in Warsaw on 17
March 1830. The first
edition of the score was
published in 1879 by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig. The present
edition for two pianos by
Ignaz Friedmann was first
issued in 1913 in the
framework of the
12-volume Chopin edition
for which the Polish
pianist undertook a
careful evaluation of the
sources.
Frederic
Chopin's Piano Concertos
in e minor op. 11 and f
minor op. 21 were written
when the composer had
just barely entered his
twenties.
Chopin National Edition 18A, Vol. XVb. Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-...(+)
Chopin National
Edition 18A, Vol.
XVb. Composed by
Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849). Edited by
Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski. PWM. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600010. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132234).
(Chopin National Edition). Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Edited by Ja...(+)
(Chopin National
Edition). Composed by
Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849). Edited by
Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski. For Orchestra,
Piano (Full Score). PWM.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #51600026.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(Chopin National Edition Series A Vol. XVf). Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1...(+)
(Chopin National Edition
Series A Vol. XVf).
Composed by Frederic
Chopin (1810-1849).
Edited by Jan Ekier. For
Orchestra, Piano (Score).
PWM. Softcover. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600005. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ14253 By Lajos Vigh. By Arpad Pejt...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ14253
By Lajos
Vigh. By Arpad Pejtsik.
EMB Music for Beginners.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 2000. 92
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ14253.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14253).
Hungarian-English-Germ
an-French.
The
volume comprises works by
classical and romantic
masters for beginners.
The chamber ensemble
includes violin, viola,
violoncello and piano,
but if the viola is
missing, its part can be
played by a second violin
from the version enclosed
in the appendix. The
string parts do not go
beyond the first
position. As opposed to
the basso continuo part
that children are less
fond of, the piano
assumes a soloistic role
alternating with the
strings. A certain part
of the pieces can already
be played after two years
of serious studies. The
colourful music
containing dance
movements and larger
forms alike offers
possibilities of common
music making for string
players andpianists.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 1.2.2.2. - 2.2.0.0. - timp - str) <...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
1.2.2.2. - 2.2.0.0. -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-14620
Urtext
based on the new Complete
Edition (G. Henle
Verlag). Composed by
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Edited by Hans-werner
Kuthen. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Solo
concerto; Classical. Full
score. 96 pages. Duration
34'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 14620.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-14620).
ISBN
9790004211038. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Ludwig van
Beethoven wrote his Piano
Concerto no. 4 in 1805,
thus contemporaneously
with the opera Fidelio
and the Symphonies nos. 5
and 6. The first
performance took place on
22 December 1808 at the
now legendary academy
(subscription concert) in
which Beethoven presented
the two new symphonies
and the Choral Fantasy
op. 80 to the Viennese
public for the first
time. The work was first
published that year by
Breitkopf & Hartel. The
autograph of the score is
no longer extant. The
principal source of the
musical text on which the
present edition is based
is a scribal copy
examined and corrected by
Beethoven.