Chamber Music harp

SKU: PO.PE017

Composed by Gareth Farr. Sws. Performance Score. Promethean Editions #PE017. Published by Promethean Editions (PO.PE017).

ISBN 9781877218170.

Comm issioned by Carolyn Mills, principal harpist of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, this mysterious solo work dwells somewhere between consonance and dissonance, evoking the otherworldly quality of the ancient. The work's spacious, senza misura opening gradually reveals its scalar material, coloured with harmonics, before eventually settling into an undulating odd-metered pattern. Musical elements never remain static, with incremental harmonic changes taking place alongside gentle tempo fluctuations.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Violoncello

SKU: PR.114409830

Composed by William Kraft. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 20+8+8+8 pages. Duration 10 minutes, 20 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #114-40983. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114409830).

UPC: 680160014613.

The first movement has two basic tempos with various fluctuations. The second movement begins with a violin solo, joined by the cello to form a double cadenza. The clarinet and piano gradually make their presence known: the clarinet taking the soloistic role of the violin and cello as they recede into the background, and the piano playing slow music, but eventually becoming quite an active participant. All instruments take the active music of the piano and throw it around in hocket fashion. The violin introduces material rhythmically reminiscent of the second movement's opening material and has a playful duet with the cello, while the clarinet and piano have slow music, all of which leads to the final brief section which offers fragments from the various parts of the movements.

Woodwind quartet - Grade 3

SKU: CL.111-0075-00

Composed by F. McKay. Ensemble. Composed 1952. Duration 3 minutes, 30 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #111-0075-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.111-0075-00).

This quartet begins briskly before heading into the Moderato section. Plenty of opportunities to work on tempo fluctuations. 4 Bb Clarinets or 3 Bb Clarinets, Bb Bass Clarinet or 2 Bb Clarinets, Eb Alto Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet.

Trombone

SKU: RM.SL10087

Composed by Jean Michel Defaye. Ensemble de trombones. Instrumental music. Duration 12 minutes. Editions Robert Martin #SL10087. Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.SL10087).

ISBN 9790231090871.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.11440558S

Composed by Shulamit Ran. Score. With Standard notation. 45 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40558S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11440558S).

UPC: 680160008971.

Conce rto da Camera II is a work for six instruments which may be further grouped into three separate entities - clarinet, string quartet, piano. In this combination, chosen by the work's commissioning organizations (the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in conjunction with Mount Holyoke College), lies the work's first challenge. While pairings of any two of these three sound types abound in the concert literature, the three together form a far less common soundscape. The main difficulty appears in the necessity to reconcile the potential of both the clarinet and the piano of acting in a soloistic capacity when pitted against the string quartet. Indeed, the three movements of the Concerto deal with this problem in various ways, with the balance of power between the six instruments' potential for unity and contrast, solo and ensemble playing, continually shifting and changing.   Yet another, more delicate, balance of power is at play here, namely, the relationship between the external, foreground level of the piece and a subtler background level. What, at first, appear like small, gentle melodic strands, mere echoes or residues of the main events, gradually assume an inner life of their own. Never actually taking over yet always there, a salient, if quiet, factor within the work's compositional fabric and evolving organism.   Though each movement includes numerous tempo fluctuations, the overall thrust of the work clearly suggests a fast-slow-fast framework, with the last movement being a loosely structured, occasionally tempestuous Rondo.

Composed by Bruce R. Smith. Band Performance Series. Score and parts. Duration 4'00. BRS Music #CB-306. Published by BRS Music (BY.CB-306). Prelude to an Allegro is a two movement work. The Prelude features tempo fluctuations between a quarter note equals 60 to 120. This pattern of tempo changes continues throughout the movement. The Allegro has a straight ahead tempo of a quarter equals 120. Various scale patterns are contrasted with large leaps. Staccato is featured throughout and contrasts with the legato scale runs. These runs consist of various scale patterns with many utilizing the augmented 2nd interval. The full range of the clarinet is utilized. This is an exciting and energetic movement. This selection is also available for Clarinet and Piano.

Organ

SKU: FG.55011-768-6

Composed by Antti Auvinen. Classical, contemporary. Book. Fennica Gehrman #55011-768-6. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-768-6).

ISBN 9790550117686.

Antt i Auvinen (b. 1974) composed Singel Excelsis in 2012 using material from an earlier work for three organs. He finds fascinating the rhythmic characteristics of the organ: Many of the vibrations and rhythmic fluctuations derived from the overtone series are extremely interesting. Also the natural virtuosity of the instrument is utterly fascinating. In fast passages the rhythmic accuracy needs very quick attack. A slower attack on the other hand makes it possible to turn the attention to gestures and figures, while details get more blurred. Different “attack features of the organ stops allow shaping of very diverse rhythmic figures in time and space.

Duration: c. 12'

Spiral bound, size B4.

Clarinet and Piano

SKU: HL.14018819

Composed by Nicola LeFanu. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV361053. Published by Music Sales (HL.14018819).

ISBN 9780853609827.

Comm issioned by The Muhlfeld Trio in 1988, Lullaby is one of a pair of pieces by Lefanu based around twilight and night. The piece features six miniatures, illustrating a mother's experiences watching her child drifting into slumber. The miniatures are performed without breaks, as one continuous piece, with fluctuations, surprises and long stretches of blissful chords and undulating textures. The clarinet part is also included on a separate insert. The second piece of the pair, Nocturne for Cello and Piano, is available: item code NOV361054.

By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Arranged by Frank Halferty. For 2 Baritone Horns And 2 Tubas. Baritone-Tuba Quartet. Grade 4

By Tammy Waldrop. For handbells (3-5 octaves) (with optional 3-5 octave handchimes). Advent, Sacred. Level 2 . Handbell score. Published by Chorister's Guild . handbell score. Advent, Sacred.

Violin - Level 4

SKU: FH.VLR04

Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Repertoire. Violin Series. Book and online audio. The Frederick Harris Music Company #VLR04. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company (FH.VLR04).

ISBN 9781554409051.

C arefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violi n Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire. Each level is constructed to connect repertoire selections to necessary techniques and corresponding etudes, while illustrating step-by-step connections for developing core skills. Each Reper toire book includes access to quality video and audio recordings by some of North America's finest violinists and accompanists; both performance and accompaniment-only tracks for each Reper toire selection offer students a model for performance practice and the convenience of accompanied rehearsal at home.

Violi n Repertoire 4 includes Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th- and 21st-century selections of Johann Sebastian Bach, Natalya Backlanova, Ethel Barns, Harold Birston, Arcangelo Corelli, Franz Joseph Haydn, Ferdinand Kuchler, Jacques Fereol Mazas, Eduard Mollenhauer, Yoshinao Nakada, Charlotte Ruegger, Arnaldo Sartorio, and Gerry Thornton. Level 4 introduces new aural challenges with tempo fluctuations and harmonic modulations, while exploring compound meters, syncopation, and hemiola. This book encourages performers to be flexible, as it expands upon hand-frames with extensions, fourth-position fluency, and fingered double stops, while the bow develops stylistic applications of articulations, including off-string strokes.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello

SKU: PR.114405580

Composed by Shulamit Ran. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 45+12+10+11+10+10 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40558. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114405580).

UPC: 680160008964.

Conce rto da Camera II is a work for six instruments which may be further grouped into three separate entities - clarinet, string quartet, piano. In this combination, chosen by the work's commissioning organizations (the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in conjunction with Mount Holyoke College), lies the work's first challenge. While pairings of any two of these three sound types abound in the concert literature, the three together form a far less common soundscape. The main difficulty appears in the necessity to reconcile the potential of both the clarinet and the piano of acting in a soloistic capacity when pitted against the string quartet. Indeed, the three movements of the Concerto deal with this problem in various ways, with the balance of power between the six instruments' potential for unity and contrast, solo and ensemble playing, continually shifting and changing.   Yet another, more delicate, balance of power is at play here, namely, the relationship between the external, foreground level of the piece and a subtler background level. What, at first, appear like small, gentle melodic strands, mere echoes or residues of the main events, gradually assume an inner life of their own. Never actually taking over yet always there, a salient, if quiet, factor within the work's compositional fabric and evolving organism.   Though each movement includes numerous tempo fluctuations, the overall thrust of the work clearly suggests a fast-slow-fast framework, with the last movement being a loosely structured, occasionally tempestuous Rondo.

Orchestra Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola T.C.), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano - Grade 3

SKU: CF.CAS142

Composed by Liam Ramsey-White. Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series. Set of Score and Parts. 8+8+5+5+5+2+12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CAS142. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS142).

ISBN 9781491160596. UPC: 680160919185.

This fiery piece for String Orchestra depicts the ferocity of an out-of-control blaze. Constantly alternating between 4/4 and 3/4, the melody is passed throughout the orchestra like a fire jumping across an asphalt road. An unrestrained staccato ostinato continues relentlessly under the wildly fluctuating melody, building intensity with crescendos and accented rhythms. Students and audiences alike will be left breathless in the wake of this explosive tour de force.
This fiery piece for string orchestra depicts the ferocity of an out-of-control blaze. Constantly alternating between 4/4 and 3/4, the melody is passed throughout the orchestra like a fire jumping across an asphalt road. An unrestrained staccato ostinato continues relentlessly under the wildly fluctuating melody, building intensity with crescendos and accented rhythms. Students and audiences alike will be left breathless in the wake of this explosive tour de force.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

Piano

SKU: HL.268918

Piano. Composed by Frederick Viner. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Duration 240 seconds. University of York Music Press #M570368020. Published by University of York Music Press (HL.268918).

Bells Wrung is characterised primarily through its recurring 'A' pedal, imitative of a tolling belling. Similar to other pedal-orientated pieces in the Piano repetoire - Ravel's Le Gibet, or Chopin's Raindrop Prelude for example - this pervasive tone serves to mediate and unify the often dense, chromatic harmonic language, all the while providing an obvious audible continuity. The pun in the title refers to how the constantly fluctuating rhythms and metre seem to compress, stretch, or wring the musical material. Bells Wrung was awarded the Henfrey Prize for Composition and was workshopped and performed on the 19th June 2017 at St Catherine's College, Oxford, by Dominic Saunders. Duration: c. 4.

Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. Orchestra. For String Orchestra. String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. African-American; Folk Song; Spiritual. 2.5 (grade 2.5). Score. 12 pages

Warm-up Partner Songs for Choirs With or Without Changing Voices. Arranged by Lon Beery. Octavo. With Standard notation. 72 pages. BriLee Music #BLB012. Published by BriLee Music (CF.BLB012). 0.53

Solo guitar - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193554917

Composed by Michael Berkeley. Guitar/Plucked Instruments (Solo). 8 pages. Oxford University Press #9780193554917. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193554917).

ISBN 9780193554917. 12 x 8 inches.

Worry Beads is an atmospheric and flowing piece for solo guitar. After a slow introductory passage it launches into virtuosic semiquavers which continue throughout much of the piece, with fluctuating time signatures bringing rhythmic flavour.

Orchestra Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola T.C.), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano - Grade 3

SKU: CF.CAS142F

Composed by Liam Ramsey-White. Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series. Full score. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CAS142F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS142F).

ISBN 9781491160909. UPC: 680160919505.

This fiery piece for string orchestra depicts the ferocity of an out of control blaze. Constantly alternating between 4/4 and 3/4 each bar, the melody is passed throughout the orchestra like a fire jumping across an asphalt road. Unrestrained staccato ostinato continues relentlessly under the wildly fluctuating melody, building intensity with crescendos and accented rhythms. Students and audiences alike will be left breathless in the wake of this explosive tour de force.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. Orchestra. String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. Folk; Multicultural; Spiritual. Grade 2.5. Conductor Score and Parts. 124 pages

Fanfare Band - Grade 2

SKU: BT.DHP-0970796-020

Auld Lang Syne. Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Jan Van der Roost. Performance Series. Festive and Solemn Music. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 1997. De Haske Publications #DHP 0970796-020. Published by De Haske Publications (BT.DHP-0970796-020).

This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various instruments and is surrounded by logical yet original - sometimes surprising - chords that dare to fluctuate. After a broad tutti, the ensemble begins to die out. The piece ends with an impressive diminuendo of the final chord, almost as if the orchestra itself were saying goodbye.

(Concerto No. 1 for Marimba, Strings and Percussion). Composed by Gillingham. Arranged by Nathan Daughtrey. For Soloist(s) with String Orchestra (Solo Marimba Percussion 1 (xylophone, bells, chimes) Percussion 2 (brake drum, cowbell, shaker, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, temple blocks, triangle) Percussion 3 (4 toms, crash cymbals, bass drum, suspended cymbal, tam tam, hi hat) Violin I Violin II). Medium difficult. Orchestra score only. Duration 16:30. Published by C. Alan Publications

SATB choir, a cappella (SATB) - Easy to Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193514270

Composed by David Bednall. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 8 pages. Duration 2.5'. Oxford University Press #9780193514270. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193514270).

ISBN 9780193514270. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATB unaccompanied Like as the Hart sets reflective yet fervent words from Psalm 42. The vocal writing is emotive and expressive, and the fluctuating metres perfectly complement the rhythm adopted by the psalmist when penning this devotion.

About Oxford New Horizons

N ew Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs. New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music.

Solo Voice with optional Duet Piano Accompaniment; Vocal Duet; Vocal Solo (Music For Voice)

SKU: HL.364389

Composed by Richard A. Nichols. Fred Bock Publications. Communion, Easter, General Worship, Lent, Sacred. Softcover. 6 pages. Fred Bock Music Company #BGV1012. Published by Fred Bock Music Company (HL.364389).

UPC: 840126958829. 9.0x12.0x0.072 inches.

Chris Anderson crafts a powerful lyric, full of thought-provoking imagery on the humanity of Christ's earthly life. His prose is matched with Richard Nichols' original tune which fluctuates between minor and major tonalities to reflect the mixed emotion of the text.

For trio on one marimba. Composed by Brian Slawson. Score and parts on CD-ROM. 4 pages. Duration 2 minutes. Published by Tapspace Publications (TA.TSPCE15-017).