| Venezuelan Treasures for the Piano, Vol. 3 Piano seul Clifton Edition
Piano - Grade 7-8 SKU: ST.C463 Composed by Federico Ruiz. Edited by Clara...(+)
Piano - Grade 7-8 SKU:
ST.C463 Composed by
Federico Ruiz. Edited by
Clara Rodriguez. Piano
and keyboard music.
Collection. Clifton
Edition #C463. Published
by Clifton Edition
(ST.C463). ISBN
9790570814633. This
volume contains
contrasting works by
Federico Ruiz spanning
quite a large and rich
period of his
compositional output that
goes from his early
Micro-Suite (1971), to
lilting, sweet and
rhythmic Venezuelan
waltzes passing by the
mysterious, intimate, and
intense Nocturno (1994)
plus pieces originally
composed for film, and
theatre. Real eclecticism
in styles, moods and
atmospheres that show
Ruizâ??s talents and
scope.
The
Nocturno is a deep,
intriguing, substantial
piece presenting a
satisfying length which
moves from different
paths of the mind and the
heart written in an
abstract, chromatic
idiom, that does not
dissociate itself from
the Venezuelan waltz and
the joropo. One could
perhaps say that there is
a deconstruction of the
latter. For the
interpretation, the
composer has suggested to
me that it is allowed to
have some flexibility in
the tempo. Ruiz kindly
dedicated it to me, and I
have had the pleasure of
performing it in many
concerts.
Although
all highly expressive,
the Three Venezuelan
Waltzes present in this
collection as well as the
piece titled Aliseo, are
works that are close to
the colourful Venezuelan
folk tradition. Federico
Ruiz had given me two of
them when we first met:
â??Tu Presenciaâ??
(1981) and
â??EloÃsaâ?? (1989)
and then I attended a
performance of the play
â??Office Number Oneâ??
by Miguel Otero Silva
with a fantastic actor,
Elba Escobar in the role
of Carmen Rosa and, I
just fell in love and was
very moved by the
incidental music that I
later discovered, by
reading the programme,
had been written by
Federico Ruiz. Later that
evening, I called him and
asked to please make a
piano score of the
composition, so I could
have the desired piece in
my hands. That is how
â??Carmen Rosaâ?
waltz (1987) came to
exist in a piano
version.
â??Elois
aâ?? is another
Venezuelan waltz with
more jazzy harmonies
where precision in the
rhythm and elegant
playing is also
essential, as it is in
most of his
pieces.
â??Tu
Presenciaâ?? was
dedicated to his mother,
Margarita. It is written
with the structure of the
Venezuelan waltz, which
consists of a nostalgic
subject that leads to a
faster, happier middle
section where the typical
graceful rhythm is given
by the left-hand
accompaniment figure of a
dotted crotchet followed
by a quaver and a
crotchet.
The
craft and magic found in
the five movements of the
Micro-Suite is based on a
dodecaphonic row by Ernst
Krenek. They remind us of
the idiom of the Second
Viennese School. These
real miniatures seem to
tell short stories. The
â??Preludioâ?? is full
of humour. I imagine
dancing figures given by
the jumps all over the
keyboard and extreme
dynamics; the phrases
give the impression of a
conversation with many
questions and answers.
The â??Invenciónâ??
is a kaleidoscopic piece
where the hands mirror
each other. The
â??Passacagliaâ?? is
the longest movement, at
just over a minute where
the prime motif is
repeated three times on
the bass line. For its
construction Federico
Ruiz uses as well the
retrograde and the
retrograde inversion of
the twelve-tone series.
It must be played
expressively with dynamic
contrasts between
pianissimo and louder
events. The
â??Scherzoâ?? has
repetitive motifs of a
minor third in both hands
and the â??Finalâ??
displays virtuosic
passages for the
pianist.
Aliseo
was originally written
for the film â??Aire
libreâ? (1995), by
Luis Armando Roche. It
contains elements of
diverse types of
Venezuelan joropo. In the
film, the character of
Aliseo Carvallo is played
by the composer himself
who performs this piece
on a harpsichord to
welcome scientists
Alexander von Humboldt
and Aimé Bonpland one
day at the turn of the
1800â??s, as a sample of
the new music from the
South American land. It
presents the refinement
of the late European
classical era in fusion
with Venezuelan folk
music. $15.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
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By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For Choral (TBB). BH Secular Choral. 22 pages. ...(+)
By Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976). For Choral
(TBB). BH Secular Choral.
22 pages. Boosey and
Hawkes #M051481705.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes
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| 3 Dances - Intermédiaire Editions BIM
2 solo tubas and big band (4 trumpets, horn, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone, 2...(+)
2 solo tubas and big band
(4 trumpets, horn, 3
tenor trombones, bass
trombone, 2 alto
saxophones, tenor
saxophone, baritone
saxophone, piano,
marimba, vibraphone
(xylophone), bass guitar
and drum set) - Grade 5-6
SKU: ET.TU132D
Composed by Roland
Szentpali. Jazz. Study
score and solo part(s).
Editions BIM #TU132D.
Published by Editions BIM
(ET.TU132D). ISBN
9790207020833. 3
Dances is a Suite in
three movements for 2
solo tubas and big band
(2 alto saxophones, tenor
saxophone, bariton
saxophone, 4 trumpets,
horn in F, 3 trombones,
bass trombone, xylophone,
vibraphone, marimba,
piano, bass guitar, drum
set) written in 3
movements. It is a
typical example of the
versatile composing
talent of Roland
Szentpali. His approach
to jazz is well
structured, with subtle
fast or slow groovy
sequences of the
different instrumental
and rhythm sections,
stimulating (and how !)
the two solo tubas
interacting with each
other. I. Blow On
Fire starts with a free
cadenza that is an
introduction merging into
fast elements which
appear all along this
movement. The two tubas
start to play once the
melodic elements burn,
and from then develop
their own dynamic
shifts. II. Oriental
Flavors is another kind
of groove (as the
movement title suggests),
beginning with a short
opening of the trombone
section falling into
secco rhythm that beats
in contrasts with the
stimulating lyrical
intervention by the two
tubists. III. Cinder
Dance has a specific
introduction that leads
the musicians and the
audience on the path of
various trances over
several uneven time
signatures. At a certain
point, the 2 tubas fly
through cadencial
sequences just over the
rhythm section, before
ending on a long
collective and steamy
final progression.
World premiere and
recording premiere: May
13-14, 2017 in the L.
Austin Weeks Center for
Recording and Performance
at the Frost School of
Music, University of
Miami - Coral Gables,
Florida, USA with the
award winning Frost
Concert Jazz Band
conducted by John
Daversa, and soloists
Aaron Tindall and Roland
Szentpali on tuba. $38.69 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
| 3 Dances [Set de Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Editions BIM
2 solo tubas and big band (2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophon...(+)
2 solo tubas and big band
(2 alto saxophones, tenor
saxophone, baritone
saxophone, 4 trumpets,
horn, 3 tenor trombones,
bass trombone, xylophone,
vibraphone, marimba,
piano, bass guitar, drum
set) - Grade 5-6 SKU:
ET.TU132C Composed by
Roland Szentpali. Jazz.
Parts. Editions BIM
#TU132C. Published by
Editions BIM (ET.TU132C).
ISBN
9790207020826. 3
Dances is a Suite in
three movements for 2
solo tubas and big band
(2 alto saxophones, tenor
saxophone, bariton
saxophone, 4 trumpets,
horn in F, 3 trombones,
bass trombone, xylophone,
vibraphone, marimba,
piano, bass guitar, drum
set) written in 3
movements. It is a
typical example of the
versatile composing
talent of Roland
Szentpali. His approach
to jazz is well
structured, with subtle
fast or slow groovy
sequences of the
different instrumental
and rhythm sections,
stimulating (and how !)
the two solo tubas
interacting with each
other. I. Blow On
Fire starts with a free
cadenza that is an
introduction merging into
fast elements which
appear all along this
movement. The two tubas
start to play once the
melodic elements burn,
and from then develop
their own dynamic
shifts. II. Oriental
Flavors is another kind
of groove (as the
movement title suggests),
beginning with a short
opening of the trombone
section falling into
secco rhythm that beats
in contrasts with the
stimulating lyrical
intervention by the two
tubists. III. Cinder
Dance has a specific
introduction that leads
the musicians and the
audience on the path of
various trances over
several uneven time
signatures. At a certain
point, the 2 tubas fly
through cadencial
sequences just over the
rhythm section, before
ending on a long
collective and steamy
final progression.
World premiere and
recording premiere: May
13-14, 2017 in the L.
Austin Weeks Center for
Recording and Performance
at the Frost School of
Music, University of
Miami - Coral Gables,
Florida, USA with the
award winning Frost
Concert Jazz Band
conducted by John
Daversa, and soloists
Aaron Tindall and Roland
Szentpali on tuba. $156.19 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
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