Viola, piano

SKU: FG.55011-906-2

Composed by Harri Wessman. Classical, contemporary. Score and part. Fennica Gehrman #55011-906-2. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-906-2).

ISBN 9790550119062.

Harr i Wessman's Summer Variations for viola and piano (1998) exploites the rich and romantic sound of the viola and enjoys the many shades of summer days. It is dedicated to violist Yuri Gandelsman, who premiered the suite with Risto Lauriala 15th June 1998.

Duration: c. 11'

Movements:
1. Summer theme
2. What is this?
3. Pizzicato
4. Con sordino
5. Stile concitato ostinato
6. Tango
7. Finale

Harri Wessman (b. 1949) is interested in all aspects of music that may be expressive, without in any way ignoring the possibilities of melody. He himself describes his harmonic method as a kind of contrapuntally treated jazz harmony. Wessman is particularly preoccupied with the ability of music to express emotions, an interest which has led him to study the so-called doctrine of the affections and the musical rhetoric of the baroque era. His Eine kleine Figurenlehre for wind quartet and piano is a playful application of a set of baroque musical figures.

His output is dominated by chamber and vocal music as well as a number of concertos for various instruments such as the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and the Serenade for Piano and String Orchestra. During recent years pedagogic music has become a more and more central area in his output with an emphasis on creating repertoire for budding musicians, from beginners to young professionals. He has even tailored some solo and chamber works for young musicians that he personally knows: e.g. Five Trombone Pieces for Minna Kajander (1992), Five Horn Pieces for Jenni Kuronen (1993), Five Piano Etudes for Tiina Karakorpi, Five Trumpet Pieces for Alevtina Parland and Five Double Bass Pieces for Amanda Thieme. Other chamber and solo pieces include Pan and the Nymph Pitys (1979) for flute and guitar, Three Caprices for Konstantin Weitz (1994) for solo violin and Capriccio for wind ensemble (1989).

By Various. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Softcover. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Chamber Music for Mixed Ensemble (CHAMBER MUSI)

SKU: HL.50511776

Composed by Zsolt Serei. Contemporary Music. EMB. Contemporary Hungarian Works. Score. Composed 2007. Editio Musica Budapest #Z14485. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (HL.50511776).

ISBN 9790080144855. K/4 quer (31 x 23,5 cm) inches. Hungarian, English. Zsolt Serei.

In view of its arrangement Serenade, written for horn and chamber orchestra of fourteen instruments, may be regarded as a chamber concert. The one-movement piece written on command of horn player Laszlo Rakos is at the same time related to the notturno music of the 18th-19th centuries. It is a character piece in which a subdued, subtle irony makes itself felt alongside the characteristically night-time atmosphere. The solo role of the horn is obvious throughout, though the initial impetus is not sustained, and in the course of the movement the instrument falls silent. The instruments of the accompanying group join in with the horn in three ways: the clarinet, the English horn, the bassoon, the viola, the violoncello play the melodies of the horn, delicately repeating them, supplementing them or slowing them down, the flute, the violin, the trumpet and the double bass counterpoint the horn?s solos or hold dialogues with it, the third group ? the harp, the guitar, the vibraphone, the cimbalom and the piano ? plays soft, veiled, evenly progressing harmonies. In the last section of the piece, when the first and second group of instruments are no longer playing, these veiled sounds hold together, their rhythm gradually breaks up - the sound environment is reduced, progressively emptied. World premi?re: June 2, 1993, Budapest, Laszlo Rakos - horn, Componensemble, cond. Zsolt Serei.

Horn and Chamber Orchestra

SKU: BT.EMBZ14485

Composed by Zsolt Serei. EMB Contemporary Music. Contemporary Music. Book Only. Composed 2006. 40 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14485. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14485).

English-Hungarian.

In view of its arrangement Serenade, written for horn and chamber orchestra of fourteen instruments, may be regarded as a chamber concert. The one-movement piece written on command of horn player László Rákos is at the same time related to the notturno music of the 18th-19th centuries. It is a character piece in which a subdued, subtle irony makes itself felt alongside the characteristically night-time atmosphere. The solo role of the horn is obvious throughout, though the initial impetus is not sustained, and in the course of the movement the instrument falls silent. The instruments of the accompanying group join in with the horn in three ways: the clarinet, the English horn,the bassoon, the viola, the violoncello play the melodies of the horn, delicately repeating them, supplementing them or slowing them down, the flute, the violin, the trumpet and the double bass counterpoint the horn?s solos or hold dialogues with it, the third group ? the harp, the guitar, the vibraphone, the cimbalom and the piano ? plays soft, veiled, evenly progressing harmonies. In the last section of the piece, when the first and second group of instruments are no longer playing, these veiled sounds hold together, their rhythm gradually breaks up - the sound environment is reduced, progressively emptied. World premi?re: June 2, 1993, Budapest, László Rákos - horn, Componensemble, cond. Zsolt Serei.

(Serenata d'estate). Composed by George Rochberg. For flute, harp, guitar, violin, viola and cello. Chamber music (3-9 instruments). Score. Published by Noten Roehr

By Ludwig van Beethoven. For Violin, Viola, Guitar. Score and parts. Opus 8. Published by Editions Orphee.

By Josef Kuffner. For clarinet (violin), viola and guitar/lute. Facsimile Editions - Winds and Strings. Trios. Classical

(Serenata Seconda Op.66). Composed by Johann Nepomunk Hummel. Edited by Matanya Ophee. For piano, violin, guitar / viola, clarinet / flute, bassoon / violoncello. Full Score - Study. 32 pages. Theodore Presser Company #494-02945. Published by Theodore Presser Company

(Serenata Prima). Composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837). Edited by Matanya Ophee. For Clarinet / Flute, Guitar / Viola, Violin, Bassoon / Violoncello, Piano. Full score - study. Op.63. 28 pages. Editions Orphee #494-02942. Published by Editions Orphee

(Serenata Seconda Op.66). Composed by Johann Nepomunk Hummel. Edited by Matanya Ophee. For piano, violin, guitar / viola, clarinet / flute, bassoon / violoncello. Set of Parts. 72 pages. Theodore Presser Company #494-02946. Published by Theodore Presser Company

(Serenata Prima). Composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837). Edited by Matanya Ophee. For Flute (in place of clarinet), Clarinet In A & Bb, Guitar, Viola (in place of guitar), Violin, Bassoon / Cello, Piano. Set of parts. Op.63. 5+4+8 pages. Editions Orphee #494-02943. Published by Editions Orphee