INSTRUMENTATION : ORCHESTRA VERSION : STUDY SCORE DESCRIPTION : THE PREMIÈRE OF DAUDET'S PLAY, L'ARLÉSIENNE, WITH INCIDENTAL MUSIC BY BIZET, AT THE THÉÂTRE DU VAUDEVILLE ON 3 SEPTEMBER 1872, WAS A DEVASTATING EVENT FOR BOTH PLAYWRIGHT AND COMPOSER AND THE PRODUCTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE REPERTORY AFTER 19 PERFORMANCES. THE CRITIC JOHANNÈS WEBER, HOWEVER, WAS ALERT TO THE QUALITY OF BIZET'S SCORE AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COMPOSER SHOULD EXCERPT AND RESCORE SEVERAL PIECES FOR THE CONCERTS POPULAIRES WHERE 'THE LOVELY MUSIC WOULD BE BETTER APPRECIATED THAN AT THE VAUDEVILLE'. BIZET MUST HAVE MOVED RATHER QUICKLY TO FOLLOW WEBER'S SUGGESTION, FOR THE PREMIÈRE OF THE FIRST ARLÉSIENNE SUITE TOOK PLACE ONLY SIX WEEKS LATER AT THE CONCERTS POPULAIRES ON 1 NOVEMBER 1872 AND THE WORK IN ITS NEW ABRIDGED FORM WAS SOON TAKEN UP BY MANY OTHER ORCHESTRAS. THUS, BEFORE HIS DEATH IN JUNE 1875, BIZET HAD THE SATISFACTION THAT HIS SUITE FROM L'ARLÉSIENNE WAS PLAYED BY ALL THE MAJOR CONCERT SOCIETIES IN PARIS AND IT HAS REMAINED FIRMLY IN THE CONCERT AND RECORDED REPERTOIRE EVER SINCE. CONTENU : PREFACE - EDITORIAL NOTES - VORWORT - REVISIONSBERICHT - PRÉFACE - NOTES ÉDITORIALES - TEXTUAL NOTES - ORCHESTRATION/ORCHESTERBESETZUNG/INSTRUMENTATION - I. PRÉLUDE - II. MINUETTO - III. ADAGIETTO - IV. CARILLON NOMBRE DE PAGES : 100 COLLECTION : EULENBURG MINIATURE SCORES FORMAT : ETP SMALL

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Short, sparkling, brilliant pieces for flexible ensemble of six to fourteen players. Often recorded and performed, the 17 Divertmenti are increasingly popular with music lovers and essential for Mozart lovers. Arranged here for flexible ensemble a large and diverse number of instrument. Breitkopf & Hortel edition./ Répertoire / Orchestre

The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching colleagues at the conservatorium. He sourced repertoire lists from job advertisements past and present and referred to other audition lists such as those of Baxtresser and Wye. Considerable research has gone into the differences between existing editions of the chosen pieces even, surprisingly, from twentieth century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky. 'The Flute Audition” then looks at practical matters such as page turns and metronome markings. Wiese comments, for example, that Hindemith's own recording takes a passage from 'Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score. The result of all this painstaking research is the most comprehensive collection of international audition pieces yet published in a single volume. 'This is an excellent collection of orchestral excerpts for the next generation of young musicians. You can use it to prepare for auditions anywhere in the world. Whether it's for an opera house, symphony or chamber orchestra, everything you need is here.'/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. All of Mendelssohn's chamber music Octet, two Quintets, six Quartets and four pieces for String Quartet. Breitkopf & Hortel edition./ Répertoire / Musique de Chambre

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. This fourth volume of Haydn's String Quartets contains full scores of the twelve masterful quartets from Opp. 20 and 33 (six quartets from each). Composed in 1771 and 1781 respectively, these popular quartets are among the most performed and recorded pieces in the repertoire. This inexpensive volume would be an invaluable addition for any music student or Haydn fan. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was an Austrian composer who became the figurehead of the classical movement. He formed a close and mutually respectful relationship with Mozart, and later taught Beethoven, but it was his compositions that left an indelible mark on the musical landscape ofWestern Europe./ Répertoire / Musique de Chambre

A Gaelic Blessing is a simple and catchy piece by Craig McLeish. This piece will be particularly useful for school, junior and community choirs, and a tuneful introduction to singing simple contrapuntal lines. The second soprano part repeats the tune at bar 33 and should dominate here - the first sopranos and altos should support appropriately. Ease and beauty of tone should be of paramount importance throughout. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Craig McLeish began his musical life as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral under Barry Rose. He began composing at the age of ten and his preces and responses for four trebles are still in the repertoire. After a degree at York University he returned to London to study at the Guildhall and sang again at St Paul's as a tenor. At the time he also arranged and copied music for West End shows such as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, and played bass guitar for various groups. This led to a spell in the cult pop band 'Fat and Frantic', who shaved the top 100 twice with the whimsical anthem Last night my wife hoovered my head. He also worked as musical assistant for David Heneker (Half a Sixpence) and David Fanshawe (African Sanctus). In 1992 Craig became director of the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs Orchestra and Singers, performing concerts throughout the UK and becoming involved in a number of recordings and BBC broadcasts. During this time he arranged more than 250 orchestral scores ranging from Queen to Calamity Jane, Stravinsky and Stevie Wonder. Alongside this he began arranging and writing songs for children's collections (Big Blue Planet, Love Shone Down) and producing recordings and string arrangements for various artists (Sheila Walsh, Kim Hill, Matt Redman). He is also well known as a conductor and arranger for Songs of Praise. Recently Craig has collaborated with composer Tolga Kashif writing orchestrations for the RPO's Seo Taiji Symphony, the Classic FM chart-topping CD by saxophonist Tyler Rix, and the Genesis Suite which was premiered at the Barbican. He has been musical director of Young Voices UK for 13 years, bringing large school choirs together to play with a live band and solo artists, and currently conducts the Milton Keynes Community Choir, Hart and Soul Community Choir and the Milton Keynes Youth Choir. / Choeur SSA

Par SIBELIUS JEAN. The Piano runs through Jean Sibelius's oeuvre like a red thread. After some first student pieces, he composed the Sonata op. 12 (EB 8142) in 1893, and his first cycle of Piano pieces, the Six Impromptus op. 5. Here the Finnish composer self-assuredly takes up a great romantic genre significantly shaped by Schubert and Chopin. Sibelius draws inspiration from some of his own early works in this composition, yet he also uses the last two pieces from opus 5 as the groundwork for an autonomous 'Impromptu' for string orchestra which he put together shortly after completing the Piano pieces. 'You must judge me on the basis of my orchestral works. The Piano does not interest me. Itcannot sing, ' said Sibelius. Yet how seriously can we take this famous quote when considering how masterfully he crossed the boundaries with his Impromptus' Pianists such as Ralf Gothoni, Glenn Gould and Olli Mustonen have not let themselves be deterred by the composer's harsh self-criticism, and, with their interpretations, have provided compelling proof of the opposite./ Répertoire / Piano