Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.114422260 For solo violin. Composed b...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: PR.114422260
For solo violin.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Sws. Performance Score.
12 pages. Duration
0:09:00. Theodore Presser
Company #114-42226.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114422260).
ISBN
9781491133866. UPC:
680160683352. 9 x 12
inches.
Legends of
the phoenix are found in
stories from ancient
Egypt and Greece. While
each culture possesses a
range of stories
encompassing the myth,
these tales tend toward
similar traits: a sacred
bird with brilliantly
colored plumage and
melodious call lives for
typically 500 years, then
dies in a nest of embers,
only to be reborn among
the flames. Phoenix
Rising consists of two
movements: I. Dying in
Embers represents an old
phoenix settling on top
of a pile of embers and
breathing its last
breath; II. Reborn in
Flames depicts the
newly-born phoenix
getting its first taste
of flight. Legends of
the phoenix are found in
stories from ancient
Egypt and Greece. While
each culture possesses a
range of stories
encompassing the phoenix
myth, these tales tend to
share similar traits: a
sacred bird with
brilliantly colored
plumage and melodious
call lives for typically
five hundred years; then
the bird dies in a nest
of embers, only to be
reborn among the
flames.In Egyptian
stories, the phoenix
gathers scented wood and
spices for its
funeral/rebirth pyre,
then collects the ashes
from its earlier
incarnation and flies
them to the temple of the
sun in Heliopolis to
offer as a tribute to the
sun god.In Greek myths,
the phoenix was
approximately the size of
an eagle and was adorned
with red and gold
feathers; it would fly
from either India or
Arabia to Heliopolis to
give its offering. The
bird’s association
with immortality and
resurrection are
particularly intriguing
aspects of these tales,
giving numerous writers
(including William
Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis,
and J.K. Rowling) a rich
resource for their own
stories.Phoenix Rising
consists of two
movements. I. Dying in
embers represents an old
phoenixwho is settling on
top of a pile of embers
and breathing its last
breath. II. Reborn in
flames depicts the
newly-born phoenix
getting its first taste
of flight.Phoenix Rising
was commissioned by
saxophonist Christopher
Creviston, who has
recorded the work on the
Blue Griffin label. The
composer has also made
editions of the work for
flute and for clarinet
(also available from
Theodore Presser
Company).
Violin SKU: ST.Y237 Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 3 minutes. Pa...(+)
Violin
SKU:
ST.Y237
Composed by
Morgan Hayes. String
music. 3 minutes. Part.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y237. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y237).
ISBN
9790220221835.
1st
perf: Darragh Morgan, The
Picture Gallery, Royal
Holloway College,
University of London, 15
November 2006
Programme
Note Lucky's
Speech was composed at
the request of the
violinist Darragh Morgan,
for the launch of his
recital CD Opera on the
NMC label in June 2006.
The title refers to a
pivotal moment in Samuel
Beckett's play Waiting
for Godot, when the
hitherto silent character
Lucky suddenly pours
forth a torrential stream
of gibberish.
This idea also suggested
the cadenza of my Violin
Concerto, composed in the
same year, and it is
reflected in both cases
by an almost breathless
musical activity
punctuated by pizzicato
commentaries. I should
like to thank Darragh
Morgan for his invaluable
advice in the preparation
of the score.
Violin SKU: ST.Y274 Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 3 minutes. Sc...(+)
Violin
SKU:
ST.Y274
Composed by
Morgan Hayes. String
music. 3 minutes. Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y274. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y274).
ISBN
9790220223358.
1st
perf: Keisuke Okazaki,
Tokyo Opera City Recital
Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 22
April 2008 1st UK
perf: Darragh Morgan,
Schott Recital Room,
Bauer & Hieber,
London, 5 February
2009
Though the
jagged figures and
phrases of Lucky's
Dream by Morgan
Hayes are unmistakably
those of a contemporary
musical expressionist,
the shadow of Bach also
falls on this work,
inspired by the
virtuosity of the young
Japanese soloist Keisuke
Okazaki and his playing
of the E major
Partita.
In
fact, though 'standard'
contemporary techniques
are widely used in the
piece - left-hand
pizzicato, harmonics and
microtones, all deployed
in edgy, unpredictable
rhythms - there is also a
classical shape to the
structure. In this
two-part form, lasting
around four minutes, the
first section is
reflective, dwelling on
single notes, phantoms as
it were of pitches that
are subtly deflected
through slow glissandi.
Then a spectral dance
ensues, delivered largely
on plucked strings,
ethereal, disembodied,
strange.
The
'Lucky' in question is a
character from Samuel
Beckett's play
Waiting for
Godot, and
Lucky's Dream is
a complementary work to
the earlier, impassioned
Lucky's Speech
(2006). The two
items can stand alone or
may be performed
consecutively. Both are
to be found on the recent
all-Hayes CD released on
the NMC label (NMC D163),
which also features the
composer's 17-minute
Violin Concerto as
further evidence for his
original approach to
writing for the
instrument.
Classic Rock for the String Orchestra (Violin). Arranged by Bob Phillips ...(+)
Classic Rock for the
String Orchestra
(Violin). Arranged by
Bob Phillips and Daryl
Silberman. Book; CD;
Play-Along; String
Orchestra Collection.
Rock. 40 pages. Published
by Alfred Music
(AP.40736).