| New Frontier Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile C.L. Barnhouse
Concert band - Grade 2 SKU: CL.011-4585-01 A Celebration for Band....(+)
Concert band - Grade 2
SKU:
CL.011-4585-01 A
Celebration for Band.
Young Concert Band.
Command Series. Audio
recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR392). Extra full
score. Composed 2017.
Duration 4 minutes, 44
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#011-4585-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.011-4585-01).
Right from the
start, the captivating
sounds of percussion and
powerful chords lay the
groundwork for an
exciting and energetic
work that is sure to
inspire one and all. Each
instrument has been
scored with special
attention, and
you’ll find the
overall musical content
to be filled with themes
that sing from the heart.
The middle section
includes an optional solo
for that gifted flutist.
You can be assured that
this piece will be very
popular with your
talented musicians. A
guaranteed winner!
About C.L.
Barnhouse Command
Series The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content. $7.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Hall of Ghosts [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piccolo SKU: PR.114422230 Composed by Amanda Harberg. Sws. ...(+)
Chamber Music Piccolo
SKU: PR.114422230
Composed by Amanda
Harberg. Sws. Score. 4
pages. Duration 4:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42223. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114422230). ISBN
9781491133910. UPC:
680160683383. 9 x 12
inches. HALL OF
GHOSTS was composed in
2020 during the Covid-19
lockdown period; it was
inspired by piccoloist
Gudrun Hinze’s
video for
Harberg’s Prayer
Project filmed in the
hauntingly empty
Gewandhaus Chamber Music
Hall. Evocative of
imagined spirits in the
empty hall, the music
pitsdramatic silences,
amid searching and
plaintive phrases of the
piccolo, against a lively
middle section – a
dialogue between the
ticking of time and an
instrument striving to
make itself
heard. HALL OF GHOSTS
was composed in April
2020 as a “thank
you†giftdedicated
to the wonderful
community of flutists who
participated inmy Prayer
Project – a
virtual flute orchestra
project that I
producedduring the
Covid-19 lockdown
period.HALL OF GHOSTS was
inspired by piccoloist
Gudrun Hinze, whorecorded
her part for the Prayer
Project in the empty
GewandhausChamber Music
Hall. This hall would
normally be full of
musiciansrehearsing and
performing, but now, due
to Covid-19, the hall
layempty and filled only
with echoes and memories.
The image of
Gudrun’ssolitary
piccolo inspired in me a
musical invocation,
imploring thespirits to
let the music return.In
the first section, the
silence of rests and
pauses creates an
expressivebackground for
the searching and
plaintive phrases of the
solo piccolo.The lively
middle section is a
contrapuntal dialogue
between theticking of
time and an instrument
striving to make itself
heard. Thesematerials
trade off throughout the
piece. You can decide
through
yourinterpretation on who
wins. The music? Or the
ghosts?— Amanda
Harberg. $9.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| Retrospektive Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Edition HH
String quartet SKU: HH.HH462-FSP Composed by Ming Wang. String Quartet. F...(+)
String quartet SKU:
HH.HH462-FSP Composed
by Ming Wang. String
Quartet. Full score and
parts. Edition HH Music
Publishers #HH462-FSP.
Published by Edition HH
Music Publishers
(HH.HH462-FSP). ISBN
9790708146711. Cica
da larvae live
underground for years,
creeping about slowly and
peacefully in the
darkness until that
sudden, beautiful brief
moment when, one warm,
damp summer’s eve,
they emerge,
metamorphosed into a
highly mobile life form.
Gaily they dance in the
sunshine, singing
ardently to the trees in
all their greenery ---
but only for a short
while, for, just as
suddenly, they are gone.
The same process repeats
year upon year. The life
cycle of this string
quartet resembles that of
the cicada. Initially,
two embryonic cells
remain hidden within
dense, gloomy
note-clusters; over time
they evolve into buds,
grow and then blossom.
They appear for the first
time in their adult form
in the fast middle
section, where they
assume the shape of two
very popular Chinese folk
melodies, Jasmine and Old
Six Blows, albeit in
wholly chromaticized and
defamiliarized variants.
After their grand
efflorescence, these
forms gradually dissolve
into transparent wisps of
sound. $31.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| My Song in the Night (Choral Score) Chorale SATB - Facile MorningStar Music Publishers
SATB choir, cello, and piano - Early Intermediate SKU: MN.50-3104 Compose...(+)
SATB choir, cello, and
piano - Early
Intermediate SKU:
MN.50-3104 Composed
by Terre Johnson. Lent,
21st Century, Folk Song,
Hope/Assurance,
Lament/Grief/Sorrow.
Instrument parts.
MorningStar Music
Publishers #50-3104.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
(MN.50-3104). UPC:
688670531040.
English. This text
from an old Southern folk
hymn is given new
original music in this
anthem setting for SATB,
cello, and piano. The
piano part can easily be
adapted to organ. The
voice parts are
accessible. The tenors
and basses do sing a
verse alone, but in
unison to two parts. The
sum total makes a sort of
contemplative tapestry in
which the cello moves in
and out of the foreground
and so do the voices. Set
mostly in C minor, there
is a middle section where
the chorus sings
wordlessly against the
cello line and the
emphasis shifts to E-flat
major. Despite the
despair in the text,
there is also comfort and
reassurance here. $2.85 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
String quartet String Quartet SKU: PR.16400272S Cassatt. Composed ...(+)
String quartet String
Quartet SKU:
PR.16400272S
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52 pages. Duration 24
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #164-00272S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.16400272S). UPC:
680160588442. 8.5 x 11
inches. My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet. $38.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| They Shall Run and Be Free Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
By Brant Karrick. Concert Band. Concert Band. Alfred Concert Band. Grade 4. Cond...(+)
By Brant Karrick. Concert
Band. Concert Band.
Alfred Concert Band.
Grade 4. Conductor Score
and Parts. 292 pages
$90.00 $85.5 (- 5%) Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| A Festive Violet Pulse Orchestre Subito Music
Orchestra (3 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4horn, 3 trumpe...(+)
Orchestra (3 flutes
(piccolo), 2 oboes, 2
clarinets, 2 bassoons;
4horn, 3 trumpets, 2
trombones (bass), tuba;
timpani, 4 percussion,
harp, piano; strings)
SKU: SU.90810040
For Orchestra.
Composed by Nancy
Galbraith. Orchestra.
Study Score. Composed
1997. Duration 3'. Subito
Music Corporation
#90810040. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.90810040).
Instrumentation
: 3fl(picc), 2ob, 2cl,
2bn; 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn(bs),
tba; timp, 4 perc, hrp,
pno; strings Duratiion:
3' Full Score & Parts:
available on rental
Composed: 1997 Published
by: Subito Music
Publishing Composer's
Note: A Festive Violet
Pulse opens with lively
textures in the woodwinds
which are used as
accompaniment for a
melodic statement in the
violins. This melody is
answered contrapuntally
by the celli, and
develops into a web of
repeated melodic phrases.
The middle section is
very rhythmic,
highlighting the
percussion section and
making use of many
polyrhtyhms. A soft
tremolo begins to emerge
in the strings and
gradually evolves into
the foreground material.
A repeated note theme
enters in the celli and
is answered sequentially
by each string section. A
strong statement of the
original theme in the
trumpets and violins
climaxes the movement.
--N.G. $20.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Confitemini Domino Chorale 3 parties SAB Alfred Publishing
Choir Sacred (SAB choir/3-Part choir Mixed) SKU: AP.50266 Composed by Vic...(+)
Choir Sacred (SAB
choir/3-Part choir Mixed)
SKU: AP.50266
Composed by Victor C
Johnson. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Choral
Designs. Sacred;
Traditional. Choral
Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred
Music #00-50266.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.50266). UPC:
038081574363.
Lat. Victor C.
Johnson's jubilant
setting of the
traditional Latin text is
ideal for developing
choirs. The rousing
mixed-meter introduction
lays the groundwork for a
syncopated presentation
of the main theme that
melts into a reverent
middle section. A gradual
crescendo and accelerando
lead us back to the
driving A section.
Thrilling! $2.05 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| String Quartet No. 3 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.164002720 Cassatt. Composed b...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet SKU:
PR.164002720
Cassatt. Composed
by Dan Welcher. Spiral
and Saddle. Premiere:
Cassatt Quartet,
Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
Composed 2007. WRT11142.
52+16+16+16+16 pages.
Duration 24 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00272. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.164002720). UPC:
680160573042. 8.5 x 11
inches. My third
quartet is laid out in a
three-movement structure,
with each movement based
on an early, middle, and
late work of the great
American impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt.
Although the movements
are separate, with
full-stop endings, the
music is connected by a
common scale-form,
derived from the name
MARY CASSATT, and by a
recurring theme that
introduces all three
movements. I see this
theme as Mary's Theme, a
personality that stays
intact while undergoing
gradual change. I
The Bacchante (1876)
[Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania] The
painting shows a young
girl of Italian or
Spanish origin, playing a
small pair of cymbals.
Since Cassatt was trying
very hard to fit in at
the French Academy at the
time, she painted a lot
of these subjects, which
were considered typical
and universal. The style
of the painting doesn't
yet show Cassatt's
originality, except
perhaps for certain
details in the face.
Accordingly the music for
this movement is
Spanish/Italian, in a
similar period-style but
using the musical
signature described
above. The music begins
with Mary's Theme,
ruminative and slow, then
abruptly changes to an
alla Spagnola-type fast
3/4 - 6/8 meter. It
evokes the
Spanish-influenced music
of Ravel and Falla.
Midway through,
there's an accompanied
recitative for the viola,
which figures large in
this particular movement,
then back to a truncated
recapitulation of the
fast music. The overall
feeling is of a
well-made, rather
conventional movement in
a contemporary
Spanish/Italian style.
Cassatt's painting, too,
is rather conventional.
II At the Opera
(1880) [Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts]
This painting is one of
Cassatt's most well known
works, and it hangs in
the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston. The painting
shows a woman alone in a
box at the opera house,
completely dressed
(including gloves) and
looking through opera
glasses at someone or
something that is NOT on
the stage. Across the
auditorium from her, but
exactly at eye level, is
a gentleman with opera
glasses intently watching
her - though it is not
him that she's looking
at. It's an intriguing
picture. This
movement is far less
conventional than the
first movement, as the
painting is far less
conventional. The music
begins with a rapid,
Shostakovich-type
mini-overture lasting
less than a minute, based
on Mary's Theme. My
conjecture is that the
woman in the painting has
arrived late to the
opera, busily stumbling
into her box. What
happens next is a kind of
collage, a kind of
surrealistic overlaying
of two different
elements: the foreground
music, at first is a
direct quotation of
Soldier's Chorus from
Gounod's FAUST (an opera
Cassatt would certainly
have heard in the
brand-new Paris Opera
House at that time),
played by Violin II,
Viola, and Cello. This
music is played sul
ponticello in the melody
and col legno in the
marching accompaniment.
On top of this, the first
violin hovers at first on
a high harmonic, then
descends into a slow
melody, completely
separate from the Gounod.
It's as if the woman in
the painting is hearing
the opera onstage but is
not really interested in
it. Then the cello joins
the first violin in a
kind of love-duet (just
the two of them, at
first). This music isn't
at all Gounod-derived;
it's entirely from the
same scale patterns as
the first movement and
derives from Mary's Theme
and its scale. The music
stays in a kind of
dichotomy feeling,
usually
three-against-one, until
the end of the movement,
when another Gounod
melody, Valentin's aria
Avant de quitter ce lieux
reappears in a kind of
coda for all four
players. It ends
atmospherically and
emotionally disconnected,
however. The overall
feeling is a kind of
schizophrenic,
opera-inspired dream.
III Young Woman in
Green, Outdoors in the
Sun (1909) [Worcester Art
Museum, Massachusetts]
The painting, one
of Cassatt's last, is
very simple: just a
figure, looking sideways
out of the picture. The
colors are pastel and yet
bold - and the woman is
likewise very
self-assured and not in
the least demure. It is
eight minutes long, and
is all about melody -
three melodies, to be
exact (Young Woman,
Green, and Sunlight). No
angst, no choppy rhythms,
just ever-unfolding
melody and lush
harmonies. I quote one
other French composer
here, too: Debussy's song
Green, from Ariettes
Oubliees. 1909 would have
been Debussy's heyday in
Paris, and it makes
perfect sense musically
as well as visually to do
this. Mary Cassatt
lived her last several
years in near-total
blindness, and as she
lost visual acuity, her
work became less sharply
defined - something akin
to late water lilies of
Monet, who suffered
similar vision loss. My
idea of making this
movement entirely melodic
was compounded by having
each of the three
melodies appear twice,
once in a pure form, and
the second time in a more
diffuse setting. This
makes an interesting two
ways form:
A-B-C-A1-B1-C1.
String Quartet No.3
(Cassatt) is dedicated,
with great affection and
respect, to the Cassatt
String Quartet, whose
members have dedicated
themselves in large
measure to the furthering
of the contemporary
repertoire for
quartet. $53.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Confitemini Domino Chorale 2 parties Alfred Publishing
Choir Sacred (2-Part choir) SKU: AP.50267 Composed by Victor C Johnson. P...(+)
Choir Sacred (2-Part
choir) SKU:
AP.50267 Composed by
Victor C Johnson.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
Sacred; Traditional.
Choral Octavo. 12 pages.
Alfred Music #00-50267.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.50267). UPC:
038081574370.
Lat. Victor C.
Johnson's jubilant
setting of the
traditional Latin text is
ideal for developing
choirs. The rousing
mixed-meter introduction
lays the groundwork for a
syncopated presentation
of the main theme that
melts into a reverent
middle section. A gradual
crescendo and accelerando
lead us back to the
driving A section.
Thrilling! $2.05 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Spirit of the Winds Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile C.L. Barnhouse
Grade 2 SKU: CL.011-3637-01 Composed by Robert W. Smith. Young Concert Ba...(+)
Grade 2 SKU:
CL.011-3637-01
Composed by Robert W.
Smith. Young Concert
Band. Command Series.
Audio recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR351). Extra full
score. Composed 2007.
Duration 5 minutes, 15
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#011-3637-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.011-3637-01).
Spirit of the
Winds, a concert/festival
work for the developing
band, was inspired by the
beautiful Temecula Valley
of California. Each year,
the sky over the valley
is filled with hot air
balloons creating a
visual sight that is not
soon forgotten. Of
course, balloons are
unable to steer and must
fly with the gentle
breezes of the air
current. As a result,
those subject to the
spirit of the winds can
find themselves over
festival grounds or
floating above the
beautiful Temecula Valley
vineyards. Beginning with
a bold, yet mysterious
statement, the
introduction gives way to
a soaring melody as our
flight begins. Cascading
figures in the woodwinds
create the effect of wind
currents followed by a
beautiful secondary
melodic statement. The
original theme returns
leading to a very
energetic conclusion.
Accessible to a wide
range of concert bands,
Spirit of the Winds
provides multiple
teaching opportunities
and will be enjoyed by
both performer and
audience.
About C.L.
Barnhouse Command
Series The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content. $9.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| A Lantern in the Window Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile C.L. Barnhouse
Grade 2 SKU: CL.011-2924-01 Composed by Sheldon. Young Concert Band. Comm...(+)
Grade 2 SKU:
CL.011-2924-01
Composed by Sheldon.
Young Concert Band.
Command Series. Audio
recording available
separately (item
CL.WFR187). Extra full
score. Composed 1998.
Duration 3 minutes, 54
seconds. C.L. Barnhouse
#011-2924-01. Published
by C.L. Barnhouse
(CL.011-2924-01).
Outstanding
concert or contest piece
for mid-level bands
depicting the story of
runaway slaves making
their way north via the
Underground Railroad
using a lantern in the
window as their guide to
safe houses along the
way. Very dramatic and
provides many
opportunities for
independent and
expressive playing by
your mid-level students.
Much more sophisticated
that is usual at this
grade level.
About C.L.
Barnhouse Command
Series The
Barnhouse Command Series
includes works at grade
levels 2, 2.5, and 3.
This series is designed
for middle school and
junior high school bands,
as well as high school
bands of smaller
instrumentation or
limited experience.
Command Series
publications have a
slightly larger
instrumentation than the
Rising Band Series, and
are typically of larger
scope, duration, and
musical content. $11.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Chamber Symphony [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Orchestra Orchestra SKU: PR.416413710 For Chamber Orchestra. Compo...(+)
Orchestra Orchestra
SKU: PR.416413710
For Chamber
Orchestra. Composed
by Clint Needham.
Watkiss. Contemporary.
Full score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2008.
92 pages. Duration 21
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #416-41371.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.416413710). ISBN
9781598068214. UPC:
680160587162. 9x12
inches. Needham's
original intent with
Chamber Symphony was to
encapsulate the 2008
presidential election,
from the Democratic
primaries to the historic
general election campaign
and win of Barack Obama.
But, says Needham, In the
midst of the general
election circus, I
decided to broaden my
inspiration and have the
work's overall goal focus
on the larger ideas of
hope and transformation.
Chamber Symphony was
commissioned by the
American Composers
Orchestra with generous
support of Paul
Underwood. Additional
support was from the
National Endowment for
the Arts. I originally
envisioned a work
inspired by the political
landscape of the 2008
presidential election,
focusing primarily on the
hard-fought Democratic
Primary race. I was
fascinated by the
historic and hopeful
spirit that both the
Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton campaigns
embodied. Sometime later,
in the midst of the
general election circus,
I decided to broaden my
inspiration and have the
work’s overall
goal focus on the larger
ideas of hope and
transformation. Chamber
Symphony is constructed
in three movements
(played without pause):
I. Hammering Out, II.
Open-ended Echoes, and
III. Radiant Nation. The
titles suggest a general
atmosphere that each
movement attempts to
express. The outer
movements, both quick in
tempo, act as the
antithesis of each other
in terms of mood.
“Hammering
Out†employs an
aggressive, relentless,
pounding beat that
frequently shifts, often
emphasized with metallic
sounds. “Radiant
Nation†is much
lighter and more
optimistic in tone, and
uses an up-beat groove
throughout the movement.
The middle movement,
“Open-ended
Echoes,†is the
proverbial calm after the
storm. Unlike the outer
movements,
“Open-ended
Echoes†is almost
void of any strong sense
of pulse. The movement
attempts to create a
peaceful, contemplative
mood that transforms the
volatile nature of the
first movement tothe
radiant spirit of the
last. Chamber Symphony
was commissioned by the
American Composers
Orchestra for its
Orchestra Underground
Series with the generous
support of Paul
Underwood. Additional
support for the
ACO’s Emerging
Composers Program comes
from the National
Endowment for the
Arts.— November 5,
2008. $55.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| The Bucket Book Eveil Musical [Partition + CD] Alfred Publishing
(A Junkyard Percussion Manual). Composed by David Birrow. Book; CD; Classroom/Pr...(+)
(A Junkyard Percussion
Manual). Composed by
David Birrow. Book; CD;
Classroom/Pre-School;
General Music and
Classroom Publications;
Reproducible. 92 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
$29.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Variations for Piano Piano seul G. Henle
Volume 2. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Edited by Felix Loy. A...(+)
Volume 2. Composed by
Ludwig
van Beethoven
(1770-1827).
Edited by Felix Loy.
Arranged
by Ian Fountain. Sheet
music.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. G.
Henle #HN1269. Published
by
G. Henle
$35.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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