| Zephyrus Theodore Presser Co.
SKU: PR.16400212S Composed by Dan Welcher. With Standard notation. Durati...(+)
SKU: PR.16400212S
Composed by Dan Welcher.
With Standard notation.
Duration 16 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00212S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400212S). UPC:
680160037605. Works
of chamber music
including flute and
strings are not nearly as
numerous as those for
clarinet, or even the
oboe. Probably the reason
for this is the less
assertive, more pure tone
the flute possesses - it
can't compete for volume
or range with the
clarinet, except in its
top octave, and the
oboe's tone is more
penetrating and easily
discerned from within a
string texture.
Consequently, composers
who have written for
flute and strings have
done so in lightweight
divertimento works:
compare, for instance,
the delicate flute
quartets of Mozart with
his monumental quintet
for clarinet and strings.
When Karl and Joan
Karber approached me with
the ideas of writing a
work for flute and string
trio, I originally
thought it would be best
to write a humorous,
rather offhand piece -
but a look at their
repertoire (mostly
comprised of smaller
works of the Rococo
period) convinced me that
it was the last thing
they needed. In spite of
the challenge (or maybe
because of it?), I
determined to write a
large work, and a serious
work. Zephyrus (named for
the God of the West Wind,
in deference to the
flute) is a
three-movement work, with
each movement cast in a
very different form, but
all three being built of
the same twelve-note
series. There is also a
rhythmic motive and a
pair of themes that
appear in all three
movements. The
first movement plays with
the idea of contrast and
persuasion. The flute, at
the outset, is the
hell-for-leather
protagonist, charging and
swooping around the
strings - who seem oddly
unconcerned by his
passion. Indeed, they
have a more somber song
to sing - and as the
movement unfolds, the
flute becomes less and
less active, while the
strings become
increasingly enlivened.
By the midpoint, when all
four instruments are
finally in the same meter
and the same tempo, the
flute's energy has
finally infected the
other three players, and
this energy does not let
up until the movement's
abrupt final cadence.
The second
movement begins with a
tag from the first - as
if the energy left over
was too great to simply
stop. At length, though,
a very poignant flute
melody appears over an
almost bluesy harmony in
the strings. After this
has been fully exposed, a
slight increase in
motion, marked gently
rocking in triplets,
features a theme-fragment
from Leonard Bernstein's
Symphony No. 2 (Kaddish).
Bernstein died as I was
writing this work, and it
seemed quite natural to
encourage what was
already implicit in the
music, and create an
Elegy for L.B. The music
rises and peaks, then in
the recapitulation of the
opening the Kaddish theme
reappears, as the
ensemble suggests a
gentle song of sleep.
The final movement
is a Rondo-Variations
form, with the slight
alteration of adding the
main theme of the second
movement in what would be
the trio of the form. The
ritornello theme is a
kind of ethnic dance
music, almost an allusion
to the Klezmer ensembles
of Eastern Europe. The
successive episodes
between the ritornelli
are loosely organized
variations on the basic
theme, but always
beginning with a metric
modulation, a rhythmic
changing of gears. The
movement reaches and apex
of speed and furious
pulsing, then abruptly
pirouttes, and finishes.
Zephyrus was
written between April and
November of 1990 in
Austin, Aspen, and
Honolulu, and is
dedicated to Karl Kraber
and The Chamber Soloists
of Austin. --Dan
Welcher. $38.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| The Yip Harburg Songbook - 2nd Edition Piano, Voix et Guitare [Partition] Hal Leonard
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| Nicola LeFanu: String Quartet No.2 (Parts) Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14022547 Composed by Nicola LeFanu. Music Sales Am...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
HL.14022547 Composed
by Nicola LeFanu. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #NOV120815.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14022547). ISBN
9780853607595. This
quartet lasts about nine
minutes. Composed in
April 1996, it is
dedicated to the memory
of Nicola's father
William LeFanu
(1904-1995) and Elizabeth
Maconchy (1907-1994). The
quartet was commissioned
for the 1997 London
International String
Quartet Competition. $47.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| So To Speak St Rose Music Publishing
Study Score Orchestra; Score SKU: HL.14022192 For Orchestra Study Scor...(+)
Study Score Orchestra;
Score SKU:
HL.14022192 For
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Nico Muhly. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 48 pages.
Duration 420 seconds. St.
Rose Music #SRO100009.
Published by St. Rose
Music (HL.14022192).
UPC: 884088840877.
8.5x11.0x0.123 inches.
English. “So
To Speak is an extended
meditation on an anthem
for Pentecost by Thomas
Tallis entitled
Loquebantur Variis
Linguis (they spoke in
many tongues). After
organizing the material
for the piece, I wrote a
melody that works
against, underneath, and
above Tallis's lines to
create counterpoint made
of old and new elements.
Patterns of aggressive
woodwind scales and
ornaments evoke some of
the hysteria inherent in
glossolalia (ecstatic
speaking in tongues). The
central section of the
piece gestures towards an
insect-like musical and
religious fervor.â€
–Nico Muhly So To
Speak is scored for
orchestra and lasts seven
minutes. It is dedicated
to Amiel Melnick. This
piece was first performed
by the Juilliard
Orchestra in April 2004,
conducted by Jeffrey
Milarsky. $23.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Nicola LeFanu String Quartet No.2 Sc Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Music Sales
String Quartet SKU: HL.14022544 Composed by Nicola LeFanu. Music Sales Am...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
HL.14022544 Composed
by Nicola LeFanu. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 32
pages. Music Sales
#NOV120814. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14022544). ISBN
9780853607588.
8.25x11.75x0.162
inches. This
quartet lasts about nine
minutes. Composed in
April 1996, it is
dedicated to the memory
of Nicola's father
William LeFanu
(1904-1995) and Elizabeth
Maconchy (1907-1994). The
quartet was commissioned
for the 1997 London
International String
Quartet Competition. $19.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Head Talk Ensemble de Percussions [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Innovative Percussion
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| 5 Settings of E.D. Chester
Countertenor; Oboe SKU: HL.14048011 For Oboe and Countertenor (or Mezz...(+)
Countertenor; Oboe
SKU: HL.14048011
For Oboe and
Countertenor (or
Mezzo-Soprano).
Composed by Simon Holt.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2016. 12 pages.
Chester Music #CH71676.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14048011).
8.25x11.0 inches.
English. 5 Settings
Of E.D. is a work by
Simon Holt for Oboe and
Countertenor (or
Mezzo-Soprano).
Commissioned by Bill and
Elizabeth Colleran, the
piece was first performed
on 22nd April 2006. The
piece is comprised of
settings of poetry by
Emily Dickinson, and
lasts around 10
minutes. $12.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Anthony Payne: Adlestrop (A3 Size Score) Chester
Soprano and Piano Accompaniment SKU: HL.14025245 A3 Size Score. Co...(+)
Soprano and Piano
Accompaniment SKU:
HL.14025245 A3
Size Score. Composed
by Anthony Payne. Music
Sales America. Post-1900.
Vocal Score. Chester
Music #SOS03574.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14025245).
Edward Thomas
was born in Lambeth on
3rd March, 1878, and
spent most of his
childhood in London. His
holidays, however, were
spent with relatives in
Swindon, and it was there
that he developed his
abiding love of all
things rural. He was
educated at St Paul's
Hammersmith, and was
encouraged in his
creative writing by James
Ashcroft Noble, whose
daughter he secretly
married, after her
father's death, and to
the great disapproval of
her family. Despite
growing anxiety over
poverty, ill health and
literary discouragement,
which exacerbated a
natural tendency to
depression, Thomas worked
unstintingly as a
reviewer, and wrote and
published over 30 books
between 1897 and 1917.
Adlestrop was written
with four other poems
between 7th and 9th June
1915. He enlisted in 1915
at the age of 37, and was
called to the Front in
1917. He arrived at Arras
on 9th February 1917, and
was killed on the 9th
April, Easter Monday, by
a shell blast in the
opening minutes of the
offensive. This work for
Soprano and Piano is set
to the text of Edward
Thomas. $15.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Lucky's Dream. Solo Violin Violon SATB, Orchestre Stainer and Bell
Violin SKU: ST.Y274 Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 3 minutes. Sc...(+)
Violin SKU:
ST.Y274 Composed by
Morgan Hayes. String
music. 3 minutes. Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y274. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y274). ISBN
9790220223358. 1st
perf: Keisuke Okazaki,
Tokyo Opera City Recital
Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 22
April 2008 1st UK
perf: Darragh Morgan,
Schott Recital Room,
Bauer & Hieber,
London, 5 February
2009 Though the
jagged figures and
phrases of Lucky's
Dream by Morgan
Hayes are unmistakably
those of a contemporary
musical expressionist,
the shadow of Bach also
falls on this work,
inspired by the
virtuosity of the young
Japanese soloist Keisuke
Okazaki and his playing
of the E major
Partita. In
fact, though 'standard'
contemporary techniques
are widely used in the
piece - left-hand
pizzicato, harmonics and
microtones, all deployed
in edgy, unpredictable
rhythms - there is also a
classical shape to the
structure. In this
two-part form, lasting
around four minutes, the
first section is
reflective, dwelling on
single notes, phantoms as
it were of pitches that
are subtly deflected
through slow glissandi.
Then a spectral dance
ensues, delivered largely
on plucked strings,
ethereal, disembodied,
strange. The
'Lucky' in question is a
character from Samuel
Beckett's play
Waiting for
Godot, and
Lucky's Dream is
a complementary work to
the earlier, impassioned
Lucky's Speech
(2006). The two
items can stand alone or
may be performed
consecutively. Both are
to be found on the recent
all-Hayes CD released on
the NMC label (NMC D163),
which also features the
composer's 17-minute
Violin Concerto as
further evidence for his
original approach to
writing for the
instrument. $5.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| Fabulas Carl Fischer
Orchestra Bass Clarinet, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Bassoon III, Clarinet I, Clarine...(+)
Orchestra Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon I, Bassoon II,
Bassoon III, Clarinet I,
Clarinet II, Clarinet
III, Contra Bassoon,
English Horn, Flute I,
Flute II, Flute III, Hor,
Horn I, Horn II, Horn
III, Oboe I, Oboe II,
Oboe III, Piccolo I,
Piccolo II, Piccolo III,
Piccolo IV SKU:
CF.O5368 Composed by
Carlos Rodriguez. SWS.
Large Score. With
Standard notation. Carl
Fischer Music #O5368.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.O5368). ISBN
9780825836190. UPC:
798408036195. 9 X 14
inches. Fábulas
(Fables), the first work
of Carlos Rodriguez to be
published by Pembroke
Music (a division of Carl
Fischer), was
commissioned by the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
Association. It was
premiered by the Los
Angeles Philharmonic
under the direction of
Esa-Pekka Salonen on
April 10, 1996. The
piece, an extended
one-movement structure
involving a large
orchestra with a very
full percussion section,
is concerned with
narrative forms in purely
symphonic terms, ie. -
without an actual
program. The musical
sequence of the piece, in
three continuously
evolving sections lasting
about 15 minutes overall,
is derived from the very
opening 12-note string
chord arrayed in a
pattern of perfect 5ths
and minor seconds
extending over four
octaves. The central core
of the piece, subtitled
Six Anagrams, involves a
highly unusual and
original application of
the 12-note concept. Each
pitch in the row is
assigned a letter so that
the row spells out the
phrase voice leading. The
six anagrams are
re-orderings of this
sequence into six new
rows, which are then
subjected to canonic
development. The
resulting sophisticated
game provides Fábulas,
with a rare degree of
musical coherence. A
fascinating work that
rewards detailed
analysis, Fábulas, is
so brilliantly scored
that it dazzles on its
own terms, as sound, even
without detailed
examination of its
elaborate
underpinnings. $42.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
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