| Cliffhanger Orchestre à Cordes - Intermédiaire Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Medium Easy/Medium SKU: CF.CAS34 Full Sco...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Medium
Easy/Medium SKU:
CF.CAS34 Full
Score and Parts.
Composed by Sean
O'Loughlin. Carl Fischer
Concert String Orchestra
Series. Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
12+16+16+4+10+10+10+4
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#CAS34. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.CAS34).
ISBN 9780825861055.
UPC: 798408061050. 8.5 X
11 inches. Key: E
minor. Cliffhanger
is a programmatic work
for string orchestra that
harkens back to the days
of silent film. One of
the lasting images of
that time period is the
Saturday afternoon
matinee, where each
episode ended on a
cliffhanger until it
could be continued next
week. This piece tells
the familiar story of the
damsel in distress who is
tied up to the train
tracks as a train is
approaching. Nicely
done!. Cliffhanger is
a programmatic work for
string orchestra that
harkens back to the days
of silent film. One of
the lasting images of
that time period is the
Saturday-afternoon
matinee, where each
episode ended on a
cliffhanger until it
could be continued next
week. This piece tells
the familiar story of the
damsel in distress who is
tied up to the train
tracks as a train is
approaching.The opening
of the piece sets the
scene with danger and
desperation. By m. 6, our
hero is making his way on
horseback to rescue the
fair maiden. This main
melody is developed and
passed around the
ensemble until m. 36, at
which point despair sets
in. The music is rich
with romantic harmonies
and inner lines. Be sure
to bring out these inner
lines to add to the
passion and drama of the
moment. It continues to
build until a thunderous
arrival at m. 49. From
there we return to our
hero, who is now getting
close to the train tracks
to save the fair maiden.
The tension becomes the
highest at m. 61, when we
are still not sure if our
hero will make it in
time. But alas, at m. 68
he swoops in to save the
day and rescue the fair
maiden. Of course, they
live happily ever
after.My hope is that
your ensemble will have
some fun with this style
of music. It was adapted
from an arrangement I
wrote for the new pipe
organ at the Walk Disney
Concert Hall in Los
Angeles. They wanted some
scary train music to show
children how the organ
was used back before
movies had sound. Strings
provide a heightened
sense of drama with this
genre of music.
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
$60.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Cliffhanger Orchestre à Cordes - Intermédiaire Carl Fischer
Orchestra String Orchestra - Medium Easy/Medium SKU: CF.CAS34F Composed b...(+)
Orchestra String
Orchestra - Medium
Easy/Medium SKU:
CF.CAS34F Composed by
Sean O'Loughlin. SWS.
Carl Fischer Concert
String Orchestra Series.
Classical. Full score.
With Standard notation.
12 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #CAS34F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CAS34F). ISBN
9780825861062. UPC:
798408061067. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: E
minor. Cliffhanger
is a programmatic work
for string orchestra that
harkens back to the days
of silent film. One of
the lasting images of
that time period is the
Saturday afternoon
matinee, where each
episode ended on a
cliffhanger until it
could be continued next
week. This piece tells
the familiar story of the
damsel in distress who is
tied up to the train
tracks as a train is
approaching. Nicely
done!. Cliffhanger is
a programmatic work for
string orchestra that
harkens back to the days
of silent film. One of
the lasting images of
that time period is the
Saturday- afternoon
matinee, where each
episode ended on a
cliffhanger until it
could be continued next
week. This piece tells
the familiar story of the
damsel in distress who is
tied up to the train
tracks as a train is
approaching.The opening
of the piece sets the
scene with danger and
desperation. By m. 6, our
hero is making his way on
horseback to rescue the
fair maiden. This main
melody is developed and
passed around the
ensemble until m. 36, at
which point despair sets
in. The music is rich
with romantic harmonies
and inner lines. Be sure
to bring out these inner
lines to add to the
passion and drama of the
moment. It continues to
build until a thunderous
arrival at m. 49. From
there we return to our
hero, who is now getting
close to the train tracks
to save the fair maiden.
The tension becomes the
highest at m. 61, when we
are still not sure if our
hero will make it in
time. But alas, at m. 68
he swoops in to save the
day and rescue the fair
maiden. Of course, they
live happily ever
after.My hope is that
your ensemble will have
some fun with this style
of music. It was adapted
from an arrangement I
wrote for the new pipe
organ at the Walt Disney
Concert Hall in Los
Angeles. They wanted some
scary train music to show
children how the organ
was used back before
movies had sound. Strings
provide a heightened
sense of drama with this
genre of music.
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
$9.50 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| How to Play Diatonic Button Accordion - Volume 2 Accordéon [Partition + CD] Santorella Publications
How To Play Button Accordion * Volume Two with CD composed by Henry Doktorski. F...(+)
How To Play Button
Accordion * Volume Two
with CD composed by Henry
Doktorski. For diatonic
button accordion. This
edition: Paperback.
Instructional. Method.
Instructional book. Text
Language: English. 48
pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
$14.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Souvenirs Violoncelle, Piano - Intermédiaire Salabert
Cello and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.SLB-00595900 Extrait de la musi...(+)
Cello and Piano -
intermediate SKU:
BT.SLB-00595900
Extrait de la musique
de scène pour « Le
Voyageur sans bagages
». Composed by
Francis Poulenc.
Classical. Book and
Part(s). Composed 2016. 5
pages. Editions Salabert
#SLB 00595900. Published
by Editions Salabert
(BT.SLB-00595900).
INSSTR inches.
French. A
previously unreleased
piece by Francis Poulenc,
published with permission
from the Bibliothèque
Historique de la Ville de
Paris and Benoît
Seringe, secretary of the
Association des amis
de Francis Poulenc
[Association of the
Friends ofFrancis
Poulenc]. Le Voyageur
sans bagage [The
Traveller Without
Luggage], which had been
premiered in 1937 with
music by Darius Milhaud,
was reprised on 1 April
1944 at the Thé tre de
la Michodière; Francis
Poulenc was asked to
compose new stage music.
Theentire unpublished
score lay undiscovered
until Bérengère de
l’Épine, a
librarian at the
Bibliothèque
Historique de la Ville de
Paris, announced the
existence of a manuscript
in the Association de la
Régie Thé trale
collection.Poulenc
finalised the score
between 19 and 21 March
1944. It contains nine
songs, all written for a
small instrumental
ensemble including oboe,
clarinet, cello and
piano. However, at the
end of the manuscript,
the composer echoes the
second song Lent
[Slow] and creates
another version for cello
and piano; curiously, the
original version of the
song has not been erased
in the manuscript.
Poulenc seems to suggest
that we consider the
piece for cello and
piano, that we have
publishedhere, as a
different piece of music.
It was premiered on
Wednesday 23 January 2013
by Marc Coppey,
accompanied by
Jean-François Heisser,
in the organ auditorium
of the Conservatoire
National Supérieur de
Musique et Danse de Paris
(CNSMDP), during
thesymposium for the
fiftieth anniversary of
Poulenc’s
death.Given in a dramatic
context, some elements
allow us to get an idea
of the character of the
piece, which Benoît
Seringe, Poulenc’s
beneficiary, judiciously
chose to name
Souvenirs.The main
character of
Anouilh’s play,
Gaston, is suffering from
amnesia at the end of
World War One. Several
families try to claim
him; they want him to be
their missing relative.
The Renaud family prove
to be particularly
stubborn, but Gaston
doesnot recognize himself
in the child and young
man they depict: a
ruthless and violent
person. In Act 1 Scene 3,
left alone for a moment,
overwhelmed by the story
of the “old
Gaston†that is
gradually coming to
light, and outraged by
the desire ofthose around
him to appropriate him
(to the detriment of the
person he would like to
be from now on), he
whispers these words:
“You all have
proof, photographs that
look like me, memories as
clear as day…
I’ve listened to
you all and it’s
slowlycausing a hybrid
person to rise up in me;
a person in which there
is a piece of each of
your sons and nothing of
me.†Poulenc chose
to place the second piece
from his stage music
score as these words are
spoken.He borrowed part
of the material, as he
often did, from an
earlier composition. In
this particular case, the
beginning is a recycled
version of the
“slow and
melancholicâ€
section from
L’Histoire de
Babar , composed
between 1940 and 1945,
andpremiered in 1946
(unless it is Babar
that reuses the
musical idea from
Voyageur ).The
eponymous elephant
decides to leave in
search of the great
forest. He embraces the
old lady, promises her he
will return and reassures
her that he will never
forget her. Left alone,
the old lady, feeling sad
and pensive, wonders when
she’ll seeher
friend Babar again. The
situation is similar to
that in Voyageur sans
bagage: solitude,
sadness, a distressing
and introspective time,
fear of oblivion, the
presence of
memories…
Pi
èce inédite de
Francis Poulenc,
publiée avec
l’autorisation de
la Bibliothèque
historique de la ville de
Paris et de Benoît
Seringe, secrétaire de
l’Association des
Amis de Francis
Poulenc.Le 1er avril
1944, Le Voyageur sans
bagage d’Anouilh,
qui avait été
créé en 1937 avec
de la musique de Darius
Milhaud, est repris au
Thé tre de la
Michodière. Francis
Poulenc a été
sollicité afin
d’écrire une
nouvelle musique de
scène. On ignoraittout
de cette partition
inédite,
jusqu’au jour
où Bérengère de
l’Épine,
conservateur la
Bibliothèque
historique de la ville de
Paris, nous signala
l’existence
d’un manuscrit
dans le fonds de
l’Association de
la Régie thé
trale.Poulenc mit au
point sa partition entre
le 19 et le 21 mars 1944.
Elle comprend neuf
numéros, tous
écrits pour un petit
effectif instrumental
réunissant un
hautbois, une clarinette,
un violoncelle et un
piano.Cependant, la fin
de son manuscrit, le
compositeur reprend le no
2 Lent et en donne une
seconde version, pour
violoncelle et piano.
Curieusement, la version
originale de ce numéro
n’est pas
biffée dans le
manuscrit.Poulenc semble
nous inviter
considérer comme un
morceau distinct cette
pièce pour violoncelle
et piano dont nous
proposons ici
l’édition. Elle
a été créée
par Marc Coppey,
accompagné de
Jean-François Heisser,
lors du concert donné
durant lecolloque
organisé pour le
cinquantenaire du
décès de Poulenc,
le mercredi 23 janvier
2013, salle
d’orgue du
Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique
et de Danse de Paris
(CNSMDP).Quelques
éléments sur le
contexte dramatique
permettront de se faire
une idée du
caractère du morceau,
que Benoît Seringe,
ayant droit Poulenc, a
judicieusement choisi
d’intituler
Souvenirs.Le personnage
principal de la pièce
d’Anouilh, Gaston,
a été retrouvé
amnésique la fin de la
Première Guerre
Mondiale. Plusieurs
familles le réclament.
On veut voir en lui un
parent disparu. Les
Renaud se montrent
particulièrement
tenaces ; maisGaston ne
parvient se
reconnaître dans
l’enfant et le
jeune homme dont on lui
trace le portrait : un
être violent et sans
scrupule. Au tableau 3 de
l’acte I, resté
seul un moment,
écrasé par
l’histoire de cet
autre lui-même
qu’il découvre
peu peu, indigné par
le désir des personnes
qui l’entourent de
le ramener elles au
détriment de celui
qu’il voudrait
être désormais, il
se murmure ces paroles :
« Vous avez tous des
preuves, des
photographies
ressemblantes, des
souvenirs précis
commedes crimes… je
vous écoute tous et je
sens surgir peu peu
derrière moi un
être hybride où il
y a un peu de chacun de
vos fils et rien de moi
»…C’est
sur ces mots que Poulenc
a choisi de placer le no
2 de sa partition de
musique de scène.Comme
il le fait souvent, il
emprunte une composition
antérieure une part de
son matériau. Dans ce
cas précis, il
réutilise pour le
début du morceau la
section « Lent et
mélancolique » de
l’Histoire de
Babar, composée entre
1940 et 1945, créée
en1946 ( moins que ce ne
soit Babar qui
réutilise
l’idée musicale
du Voyageur). Le
héros-éléphant
s’est décidé
partir pour retrouver la
grande forêt. Il a
embrassé la vieille
dame, lui a promis de
revenir, l’a
rassurée : jamais il
ne
l’oubliera.RestÃ
e seule, la vieille
dame, triste et pensive,
se demande quand elle
reverra son ami Babar. La
situation est similaire
celle du Voyageur sans
bagage : solitude,
tristesse, instantde
trouble et de retour sur
soi, crainte de
l’oubli,
présence des
souvenirs…. $11.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| The Bones of Mr. Fortune Flûte traversière et Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music flute, piano SKU: PR.114424240 Free at Last!. Compos...(+)
Chamber Music flute,
piano SKU:
PR.114424240 Free
at Last!. Composed by
Adolphus Hailstork. Set
of Score and Parts.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42424. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114424240). ISBN
9781491137581. UPC:
680160691036. THE
BONES OF MR. FORTUNE
(FREE AT LAST!) is an
11-minute concerto-like
work for solo flute
accompanied by symphonic
winds and percussion
– perfect to play
with band or with
orchestra, as well as
with the
composer’s own
piano reduction. The work
features lengthy
cadenzas, and
exhilarating dance-like
sections with the
ensemble. Hailstork
describes the historical
inspiration: Abused in
life and death, an
enslaved man (Mr.
Fortune) was owned by a
surgeon who preserved his
skeleton to study
anatomy. The bones
remained with the
doctor’s family
for generations, and were
given a proper burial
making national news in
2013, 215 years after Mr.
Fortune’s
death. Abused in life
and death, an enslaved
man known as Mr. Fortune
was honored with an
elaborate funeral more
than 200 years after he
died in Connecticut.Mr.
Fortune was owned by Dr.
Preserved Porter on a
farm in Waterbury,
Connecticut. When Fortune
died in 1798, Porter, a
bone surgeon, preserved
his skeleton by having
the bones boiled to study
anatomy at a time when
cadavers for medical
study were
disproportionately taken
from slaves, servants and
prisoners.One of
Porter’s
descendants gave the
skeleton in 1933 to
Mattatuck Museum in
Waterbury, where it was
displayed from the 1940s
until 1970. The
descendant referred to
the slave as
“Larry†and
his name was forgotten at
the time.A study by
forensic anthropologists
at the Quinnipiac
University School of
Medicine concluded that
Fortune was about 5 feet
5 inches tall and died at
around 55 years old. He
suffered a number of
painful ailments,
including a fracture in
his left hand, a severe
ankle sprain and lower
back pain. “He was
an individual who was in
considerable
distress,†a
forensic professor,
Richard Gonzalez said.I
was taken by the bizarre
story of Mr. Fortune and
decided to use it as the
stimulus for this
work. $24.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| She's Always A Woman Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire De Haske Publications
String Quartet - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1115206-070 Composed by Billy J...(+)
String Quartet -
intermediate SKU:
BT.DHP-1115206-070
Composed by Billy Joel.
Arranged by Anthony
Gröger. De Haske Pops
for String Quartet. Pop &
Rock. Set (Score &
Parts). Composed 2011. 12
pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1115206-070. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1115206-070).
ISBN 9789043149297.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. De Haske's
best-selling Pops for
String Quartet series
offers excellent
arrangements for
intermediate string
quartets who want to
bring some classic pop to
their performances.This
lyrical ballad was
released by Billy Joel in
1977 and has gained
popularity recently when
it was used for a John
Lewis television advert.
Onder de naam
Pops for String
Quartet heeft de
Haske een nieuwe serie
ontwikkeld voor
strijkkwartetten die zich
eens buiten het klassieke
pad willen begeven. Een
collectie van uitstekende
arrangementen in
gemiddelde
moeilijkheidsgraad!Deze
prachtige ballad uit de
jaren zeventig van Billy
Joel leent zich
uitstekend voor een
gevoelige interpretatie
door
strijkkwartet.
Unt
er dem Titel Pops for
String Quartet hat De
Haske eine Notenreihe ins
Leben gerufen, die
Streichquartette, die
sich einmal abseits der
ausgetretenen klassischen
Pfade bewegen wollen, mit
ausgezeichneten
Arrangements im leichten
bis mittleren
Schwierigkeitsgrad
versorgt.Die lyrische
Ballade von Billy Joel
aus dem Jahre 1977 eignet
sich vorzüglich
für eine
gefühlvolle
Interpretation im
Streichquartett!
La collection
Pops for String
Quartet des
Éditions De
Haske présente des
arrangements originaux de
pièces
stupéfiantes, sans
jamais dépasser un
degré de difficulté
élémentaire.
Laissez-vous surprendre
par ces quatuors d'un
genre nouveau !Cette
merveilleuse ballade,
écrite par Billy Joel
en 1977, a été
magnifiquement
arrangée pour Quatuor
Cordes.
Pops
for String Quartet:
una collana per tutti i
violinisti desiderosi di
suonare qualcosa di
diverso dal repertorio
classico.La splendida
ballata lirica di Bill
Joel del 1977 si presta
alla perfezione per
essere interpretata da un
quartetto di archi. $26.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Mythology Suite Theodore Presser Co.
Band Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3, Cl...(+)
Band Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Clarinet 4,
Clarinet 5, Clarinet 6,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Euphonium, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute
4, Flute 5, Harp, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4,
Oboe 1 and more. SKU:
PR.415411560 Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Study
Score. With Standard
notation. 66 pages.
Duration 19 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#415-41156. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.415411560). UPC:
680160642946. 9 x 12
inches. The
Mythology Suite consists
of three movements of my
Mythology Symphony, which
I arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely Sirens and
Penelope Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra's 2017
Japan tour. I added
Pandora Undone to
complete the set; Stephen
Squires and the Chicago
College of Performing
Arts gave the premiere of
the entire Suite in
February 2017. Movement
1: The Lovely Sirens The
Sirens were sea nymphs,
usually pictured as part
woman and part bird, who
lived on a secluded
island surrounded by
rocks. Their enchanting
song was irresistible to
passing sailors, who were
lured to their deaths as
their ships were
destroyed upon the rocks.
The Lovely Sirens
presents three ideas: the
Sirens' beautiful song,
an unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors' peril is
represented by the Morse
code S.O.S. signal (three
dots, three dashes, and
three dots--represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.
Movement 2: Penelope
Waits This quiet movement
represents Queen
Penelope, the faithful
wife of Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches. Movement 3:
Pandora Undone This
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naive
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new
burden. The Mytholo
gy Suite consists of
three movements of
my Mythology
Symphony, which I
arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely
Sirens and Penelope
Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra’s
2017 Japan tour. I
added Pandora
Undone to complete the
set; Stephen Squires and
the Chicago College of
Performing Arts gave the
premiere of the entire
Suite in February
2017.Movement 1:Â The
Lovely
SirensThe Sirens were
sea nymphs, usually
pictured as part woman
and part bird, who lived
on a secluded island
surrounded by rocks.
Their enchanting song was
irresistible to passing
sailors, who were lured
to their deaths as their
ships were destroyed upon
the rocks. The Lovely
Sirens presents three
ideas: the Sirens’
beautiful song, an
unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors’ peril
is represented by the
Morse code S.O.S. signal
(three dots, three
dashes, and three
dots—represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.Movement
2:Â Penelope WaitsThis
quiet movement represents
Queen Penelope, the
faithful wife of
Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches.Movement
3:Â Pandora UndoneThis
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naïve
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new burden. $47.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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Band Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Clarinet 4,
Clarinet 5, Clarinet 6,
Contrabassoon, English
Horn, Euphonium, Flute 1,
Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute
4, Flute 5, Harp, Horn 1,
Horn 2, Horn 3, Horn 4,
Oboe 1 and more. SKU:
PR.41541156L Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. 66 pages.
Duration 19 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#415-41156L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
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680160642953. 11 x 17
inches. The
Mythology Suite consists
of three movements of my
Mythology Symphony, which
I arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely Sirens and
Penelope Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra's 2017
Japan tour. I added
Pandora Undone to
complete the set; Stephen
Squires and the Chicago
College of Performing
Arts gave the premiere of
the entire Suite in
February 2017. Movement
1: The Lovely Sirens The
Sirens were sea nymphs,
usually pictured as part
woman and part bird, who
lived on a secluded
island surrounded by
rocks. Their enchanting
song was irresistible to
passing sailors, who were
lured to their deaths as
their ships were
destroyed upon the rocks.
The Lovely Sirens
presents three ideas: the
Sirens' beautiful song,
an unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors' peril is
represented by the Morse
code S.O.S. signal (three
dots, three dashes, and
three dots--represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.
Movement 2: Penelope
Waits This quiet movement
represents Queen
Penelope, the faithful
wife of Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches. Movement 3:
Pandora Undone This
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naive
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new
burden. The Mytholo
gy Suite consists of
three movements of
my Mythology
Symphony, which I
arranged for large wind
ensemble. The
arrangements of The
Lovely
Sirens and Penelope
Waits were
commissioned by James
Ripley and Carthage
College for the Carthage
Wind Orchestra’s
2017 Japan tour. I
added Pandora
Undone to complete the
set; Stephen Squires and
the Chicago College of
Performing Arts gave the
premiere of the entire
Suite in February
2017.Movement 1:Â The
Lovely
SirensThe Sirens were
sea nymphs, usually
pictured as part woman
and part bird, who lived
on a secluded island
surrounded by rocks.
Their enchanting song was
irresistible to passing
sailors, who were lured
to their deaths as their
ships were destroyed upon
the rocks. The Lovely
Sirens presents three
ideas: the Sirens’
beautiful song, an
unfortunate group of
sailors whose course
takes them near the
island, and the disaster
that befalls the sailors.
The sailors’ peril
is represented by the
Morse code S.O.S. signal
(three dots, three
dashes, and three
dots—represented
musically by short and
long rhythms). The S.O.S.
signal grows increasingly
more insistent and
distressed as it becomes
obvious that the sailors,
smitten with the voices
of the Sirens, are headed
for their demise.Movement
2:Â Penelope WaitsThis
quiet movement represents
Queen Penelope, the
faithful wife of
Odysseus, as she
patiently waits twenty
years for her husband's
return from fighting the
Trojan Wars. Penelope
herself is represented as
an oboe. She is
accompanied by the
ensemble as she keeps at
bay the suitors who wish
to marry her and inherit
her riches.Movement
3:Â Pandora UndoneThis
movement is, in turns,
both lighthearted and
serious. The music
depicts a young, naïve
Pandora who, while
dancing around her house,
spies a mysterious box.
She tries to resist
opening it, but her
curiosity ultimately gets
the best of her. When she
cracks the lid open and
looks inside, all evils
escape into the world.
Dismayed by what she has
done, she looks inside
the box once more. She
discovers hope still in
the box and releases it
to temper the escaped
evils and assuage
mankind's new burden. $95.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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