By Alan Hovhaness. Edited by Isadore Freed. Solo piano. For Piano Solo. Contempo...(+)
By Alan Hovhaness. Edited
by Isadore Freed. Solo
piano. For Piano Solo.
Contemporary Piano Music
By Distinguished
Composers. Solo part.
Opus 52a. 5 pages.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company.
Unison/2-part children's choir - Moderate SKU: LP.765762193802 A Highe...(+)
Unison/2-part children's
choir - Moderate
SKU:
LP.765762193802
A
Higher Calling to a
Higher King. Composed
by Celeste Clydesdale.
Arranged by David
Clydesdale. Children's
musical. Multicultural,
Christmas and Sacred.
Pack of 100 bulletin
blanks. Duration 37
minutes. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762193802).
UPC:
765762193802.
Actio
n-packed drama, complete
with investigations,
mystery, travel and, oh
yes - royalty; songs that
are catchy and fun with
tracks that rock, and a
spiritual concept at the
heart of it all, Celeste
Clydesdale has done it,
again! This is Celeste's
first musical for
LillenasKids and she has
brought every strength
she has to this kids'
Christmas musical that
tells the story of
Christmas in a brand new
way. When King Herod
sends Sherlock Watson to
find out why the kings
from the East did not
return to him, we
discover, along with
Sherlock, that Jesus is
the King of kings and if
we believe in Him, we
answer to a higher
calling than to any king
on earth. Professional
choreography by Judith
Burns, and a new and
improved Director's
Resource written and
designed by Sarah Harris
complete the perfect
package for A Rockin'
Royal Christmas. Your
kids will love the music
and story, you will be
thrilled to have the
teaching helps and
materials, and your
audience or congregation
will be touched and moved
by this presentation.
Don't miss this! Make
yours...A Rockin' Royal
Christmas.
Chamber Music Bass Flute, Piano SKU: PR.114418900 Composed by Daniel Dorf...(+)
Chamber Music Bass Flute,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114418900
Composed
by Daniel Dorff. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+8
pages. Duration 14
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41890.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114418900).
ISBN
9781491129517. UPC:
680160668632.
A
welcome addition to the
bass flute repertoire,
Dorff’s 14-minute
sonata is designed as two
pairs of slow-fast
movements. While composed
as a complete 4-movement
sonata, either half may
be performed alone as a
7-minute recital work.
The movement titles are:
I. Sprawling, burbling;
II. Sparkling,
glistening; III. Under
Winter; and IV. Spring
Spirits. When Peter
Sheridan commissioned me
to write a piece for bass
flute and piano, his only
requests were a
sonata-like
multi-movement work, and
some kind of reference to
New York, where we both
grew up. Just the thought
of a bass flute, with its
broad and mighty
airstream, already
reminded me of the mighty
Hudson River: from the
dense woods of upstate
New York, through the
beautiful landscapes of
New Paltz and
Poughkeepsie, down
through the celebrated
Manhattan waterway.As I
daydreamed how to build a
sonata inspired by the
Hudson, I thought of its
deep primal nature carved
by the Ice Age, and the
life within the river and
on its shores long before
humans arrived. I thought
of how the river’s
magnetism drew Native
Americans who honored and
built their lives around
it. I thought of
beautiful trees and
wildlife, the annual
cycles of ecosystems, and
the natural symbiosis
between the river itself,
the life within, and the
life on land spawned by
the river’s
resources.I wondered what
if Thoreau had sat by the
Hudson rather than by
Walden Pond; I wondered
what if Hesse had set
Siddhartha in the Hudson
Valley with this river as
his metaphor for the flow
of life and time.I
wondered whether the
sonata should flow from
north to south, or have
chronological references.
I wondered if I should
allude to the many poets
and painters who have
drawn inspiration from
the mighty Hudson. Every
thought led to the
river’s essence,
its own spirit and life
— flowing through
raw nature, from skinny
trickles to mightiness
spawning cities;
supporting subtle life,
and becoming a central
commons for human
societies.The subtitle
Spirit of the Hudson
brings it all together.*
* *The sonata is built in
4 movements, with formal
inspiration from the
Baroque: A slow Mvt. 1
“Sprawling,
burbling†leads
directly to the rapid
Mvt. 2 “Sparkling,
glistening,â€
followed by another
slow-fast pair: Mvt. 3
“Under
Winter†which leads
directly into Mvt. 4
“Spring
Spirits.†In
addition to performances
of the complete sonata,
either pair of movements
may be performed on its
own for a shorter concert
segment.SONATA (SPIRIT OF
THE HUDSON) was premiered
at the International Low
Flutes Festival in April
2018 by its commissioner,
bass flutist Peter
Sheridan, with Hyeeun
Hahm as pianist.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.465000130 For Large Wind Ensemble. Compo...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.465000130
For
Large Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Contemporary. Full
score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.465000130).
ISBN
9781598064070. UPC:
680160600144. 9x12
inches.
Following a
celebrated series of wind
ensemble tone poems about
national parks in the
American West, Dan
Welcher’s Upriver
celebrates the Lewis &
Clark Expedition from the
Missouri River to
Oregon’s Columbia
Gorge, following the
Louisiana Purchase of
1803. Welcher’s
imaginative textures and
inventiveness are freshly
modern, evoking our
American heritage,
including references to
Shenandoah and other folk
songs known to have been
sung on the expedition.
For advanced players.
Duration:
14’. In 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William
Clark’s Corps of
Discovery to find a water
route to the Pacific and
explore the uncharted
West. He believed woolly
mammoths, erupting
volcanoes, and mountains
of pure salt awaited
them. What they found was
no less mind-boggling:
some 300 species unknown
to science, nearly 50
Indian tribes, and the
Rockies.Ihave been a
student of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, which
Thomas Jefferson called
the “Voyage of
Discovery,†for as
long as I can remember.
This astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri —
and took the travelers up
more than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
— hired trappers
and explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing — and
along with other
trinkets, a box of 200
jaw harps to be used in
trading with the Indians.
Their trip was long,
perilous to the point of
near catastrophe, and
arduous. The dream of a
Northwest Passage proved
ephemeral, but the
northwestern quarter of
the continent had finally
been explored, mapped,
and described to an
anxious world. When the
party returned to St.
Louis in 1806, and with
the Louisiana Purchase
now part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes.Ihave
written a sizeable number
of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks,
doesn’t try to
tell a story. Instead, it
captures the flavor of a
certain time, and of a
grand adventure. Cast in
one continuous movement
and lasting close to
fourteen minutes, the
piece falls into several
subsections, each with
its own heading: The
Dream (in which
Jefferson’s vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III .The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate “river
song,†and which
becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by
Cruzatte’s fiddle.
From various journals and
diaries, we know the men
found enjoyment and
solace in music, and
almost every night
encampment had at least a
bit of music in it. In
addition to Cruzatte,
there were two other
members of the party who
played the fiddle, and
others made do with
singing, or playing upon
sticks, bones, the
ever-present jaw harps,
and boat horns. From
Lewis’ journals, I
found all the tunes used
in Upriver: Shenandoah
(still popular after more
than 200 years),
V’la bon vent,
Soldier’s Joy,
Johnny Has Gone for a
Soldier, Come Ye Sinners
Poor and Needy (a hymn
sung to the tune
“Beech
Springâ€) and
Fisher’s Hornpipe.
The work follows an
emotional journey: not
necessarily step-by-step
with the Voyage of
Discovery heroes, but a
kind of grand arch.
Beginning in the mists of
history and myth,
traversing peaks and
valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of
Jefferson’s
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Split-channel
accompaniment CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762171923).
UPC:
765762171923.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Stereo CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762171626).
UPC:
765762171626.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Stereo
Accompaniment CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762172029).
UPC:
765762172029.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Accompaniment
DVD. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762012134).
UPC:
765762012134.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Bulk CDs (10
pack). Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762171725).
UPC:
765762171725.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Book. Published
by Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.9780834183360).
ISBN
9780834183360.
Ushe
r your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Visual media data
disc. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762012233).
UPC:
765762012233.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Orchestration on
CD-ROM. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.765762226906).
UPC:
765762226906.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Accompaniment CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762172128).
UPC:
765762172128.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promise
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Orchestration on
CD-ROM (stem file disc).
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762227002).
UPC:
765762227002.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
God's Promised
Fulfilled. Composed
by Dave Clark & Don Koch
Cliff Duren. Arranged by
Cliff Duren. Musical.
Sacred. Rehearsal CDs.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762171824).
UPC:
765762171824.
Usher
your congregation into
God s throne room of
grace with this stirring
Easter musical created by
songwriting dynamos Dave
Clark Don Koch and Cliff
Duren! The title cut
Mercy Came Running made
popular by trio Phillips
Craig and Dean in the
1990s takes on new
significance in the
context of Easter as we
visualize God running to
save us through Christ s
death and resurrection.
With performance options
for a 47-minute
full-length musical an
abbreviated 30-minute
piece and even a
20-minute option Mercy
Came Running is adaptable
for any Easter service.
And each powerful song
can also stand alone to
impact your congregation
throughout the year!
Accompaniment DVD
available.
Orchestra 1. Vibraphone,
2 Bassoons, 2 Oboes, 2.
Glockenspiel, 3 Clarinets
in Bb (3. doubles bass
clarinet), 3 Flutes (3.
doubles Piccolo), 3
Percussion, 3 Trombones
(3. = bass), 3 Trumpets
in C, 4 Horns in F,
English Horn, High Wood
Block, Marimba,
Suspended, Tuba
SKU:
PR.446412580
For
Orchestra. Composed
by Steven Stucky.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed March 11 2008.
58 pages. Duration 10
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #446-41258.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.446412580).
UPC:
680160599417. 8.5 x 11
inches.
Premiere
performances given by the
New York Philharmonic,
Lorin Maazel, Music
Director: World premiere
28 August 2008 at the BBC
Proms, Royal Albert Hall,
London. United States
premiere performances 18,
19, 20, and 23 September
2008, Avery Fisher Hall,
Ne.
Band Concert Band SKU: PR.46500013L For Wind Ensemble. Composed by...(+)
Band Concert Band
SKU:
PR.46500013L
For
Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Contemporary. Large
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed 2010.
Duration 14 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#465-00013L. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.46500013L).
UPC:
680160600151. 11 x 14
inches.
I n 1803,
President Thomas
Jefferson sent Meriwether
Lewis and William Clarks
Corps of Discovery to
find a water route to the
Pacific and explore the
uncharted West. He
believed woolly mammoths,
erupting volcanoes, and
mountains of pure salt
awaited them. What they
found was no less
mind-boggling: some 300
species unknown to
science, nearly 50 Indian
tribes, and the Rockies.
I have been a student of
the Lewis and Clark
expedition, which Thomas
Jefferson called the
Voyage of Discovery, for
as long as I can
remember. This
astonishing journey,
lasting more than
two-and-a-half years,
began and ended in St.
Louis, Missouri and took
the travelers up more
than a few rivers in
their quest to find the
Northwest Passage to the
Pacific Ocean. In an age
without speedy
communication, this was
akin to space travel out
of radio range in our own
time: no one knew if,
indeed, the party had
even survived the voyage
for more than a year.
Most of them were
soldiers. A few were
French-Canadian voyageurs
hired trappers and
explorers, who were
fluent in French (spoken
extensively in the
region, due to earlier
explorers from France)
and in some of the Indian
languages they might
encounter. One of the
voyageurs, a man named
Pierre Cruzatte, also
happened to be a
better-than-average
fiddle player. In many
respects, the travelers
were completely on their
own for supplies and
survival, yet,
incredibly, only one of
them died during the
voyage. Jefferson had
outfitted them with food,
weapons, medicine, and
clothing and along with
other trinkets, a box of
200 jaw harps to be used
in trading with the
Indians. Their trip was
long, perilous to the
point of near
catastrophe, and arduous.
The dream of a Northwest
Passage proved ephemeral,
but the northwestern
quarter of the continent
had finally been
explored, mapped, and
described to an anxious
world. When the party
returned to St. Louis in
1806, and with the
Louisiana Purchase now
part of the United
States, they were greeted
as national heroes. I
have written a sizeable
number of works for wind
ensemble that draw their
inspiration from the
monumental spaces found
in the American West.
Four of them (Arches, The
Yellowstone Fires,
Glacier, and Zion) take
their names, and in large
part their being, from
actual national parks in
Utah, Wyoming, and
Montana. But Upriver,
although it found its
voice (and its finale) in
the magnificent Columbia
Gorge in Oregon, is about
a much larger region.
This piece, like its
brother works about the
national parks, doesnt
try to tell a story.
Instead, it captures the
flavor of a certain time,
and of a grand adventure.
Cast in one continuous
movement and lasting
close to fourteen
minutes, the piece falls
into several subsections,
each with its own
heading: The Dream (in
which Jeffersons vision
of a vast expanse of
western land is opened);
The Promise, a chorale
that re-appears several
times in the course of
the piece and represents
the seriousness of the
presidential mission; The
River; The Voyageurs; The
River II ; Death and
Disappointment; Return to
the Voyage; and The River
III . The music includes
several quoted melodies,
one of which is familiar
to everyone as the
ultimate river song, and
which becomes the
through-stream of the
work. All of the quoted
tunes were either sung by
the men on the voyage, or
played by Cruzattes
fiddle. From various
journals and diaries, we
know the men found
enjoyment and solace in
music, and almost every
night encampment had at
least a bit of music in
it. In addition to
Cruzatte, there were two
other members of the
party who played the
fiddle, and others made
do with singing, or
playing upon sticks,
bones, the ever-present
jaw harps, and boat
horns. From Lewis
journals, I found all the
tunes used in Upriver:
Shenandoah (still popular
after more than 200
years), Vla bon vent,
Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has
Gone for a Soldier, Come
Ye Sinners Poor and Needy
(a hymn sung to the tune
Beech Spring) and Fishers
Hornpipe. The work
follows an emotional
journey: not necessarily
step-by-step with the
Voyage of Discovery
heroes, but a kind of
grand arch. Beginning in
the mists of history and
myth, traversing peaks
and valleys both real and
emotional (and a solemn
funeral scene), finding
help from native people,
and recalling their zeal
upon finding the one
great river that will, in
fact, take them to the
Pacific. When the men
finally roar through the
Columbia Gorge in their
boats (a feat that even
the Indians had not
attempted), the
magnificent river
combines its theme with
the chorale of Jeffersons
Promise. The Dream is
fulfilled: not quite the
one Jefferson had
imagined (there is no
navigable water passage
from the Missouri to the
Pacific), but the dream
of a continental
destiny.
Chamber Music Clarinet, Horn, Piano, Viola, Violin, Violoncello SKU: PR.11441...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Horn, Piano, Viola,
Violin, Violoncello
SKU: PR.114416010
For Clarinet, Horn,
Violin, Viola, Cello, and
Piano. Composed by
Joseph Turrin. Premiered
by David Shifrin
(Clarinet), Robert Routch
(horn), Ida Kavafian
(Violin), Paul Neubauer
(viola), Fred Sherry
(cello), Lee Luvisi
(piano); Alice Tully
Hall, NY. Contemporary.
Set of Score and Parts.
With Standard notation.
Composed Apr-90.
27+6+5+6+6+6 pages.
Duration 5 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41601. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114416010).
Sleepy Hollow Flûte traversière et Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Bass Flute, Piano SKU: PR.114419620 Composed by Daniel Dorf...(+)
Chamber Music Bass Flute,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114419620
Composed
by Daniel Dorff. Sws. Set
of Score and Parts.
12+16+16 pages. Duration
8 minutes. Theodore
Presser Company
#114-41962. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419620).
ISBN
9781491131381. UPC:
680160677269. 9 x 12
inches.
Inspired by
a visit to upstate New
York’s beautiful
and notoriously haunted
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,
Dorff has created an
atmospheric yet spooky
work for the
perfectly-suited scoring
of Two Bass Flutes and
Piano. SLEEPY HOLLOW was
commissioned by Wendy
Stern and Peter Sheridan
as a postscript to the
composer’s Sonata
(Spirit of the
Hudson).
Quicksilver Saxophone Alto et Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano, alto Saxophone SKU: PR.114419850 Composed by Stacy G...(+)
Chamber Music Piano, alto
Saxophone
SKU:
PR.114419850
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Sws. See
lengthy program note on
prefatory page. Set of
Score and Parts. 44+24
pages. Duration 23
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41985.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114419850).
ISBN
9781491135808. UPC:
680160681044. 9 x 12
inches.
Both a
spectacular concerto for
saxophone, and a dramatic
tone poem on Roman
mythology, QUICKSILVER is
a 23-minute concerto for
Alto Saxophone and Wind
Ensemble by one of the
sax literature’s
most commissioned and
admired composers.Through
worded captions as well
as gorgeously expressive
tone painting, Movement 1
depicts the birth and
childhood pranks of
Mercury, Movement 2 shows
him escorting souls to
the gates of the
Underworld, and Movement
3 is a phantasmagoric
finale portraying Mercury
as messenger amid the
conflicts of other
mythological figures.
There are many YouTube
performances available,
both in the original
version with Wind
Ensemble, and with
Piano. In addition to
being another name for
the element mercury,
“quicksilverâ€
is used to describe
something that changes
quickly or is difficult
to contain. My concerto
of the same name was
inspired by the Roman god
Mercury, as well as the
mercurial nature of the
saxophone: unpredictable,
very lively, and
volatile. Mercury (known
as Hermes in Greek
mythology) is best known
for his winged shoes,
which allowed him to fly
swiftly as the messenger
of his fellow Olympians.
Mercury had other duties
too, including serving as
the god of merchants,
travelers, and
tricksters; he also
ushered souls of the
departed to the
Underworld.Quicksilver
tells three tales of the
Roman god. The first
movement (Antics of a
Newborn God) opens with
the birth of Mercury;
after he takes his first
steps, he toddles around,
gleefully looking for
mischief. He stumbles
across a herd of cows
that belong to his
brother Apollo; Mercury
slyly lets the cows out
of their pen before
toddling onward with his
mischief-making.In the
second movement (Guiding
Souls to the Underworld),
Pluto, god of the
Underworld, bids Mercury
to bring him fresh souls.
The movement begins with
death-knells tolling for
humans who are about to
die; Mercury picks up
these souls and leads
them down to the gates of
the Underworld.The third
and final movement
(Messenger of Olympus)
depicts Mercury as he is
busily running errands
for various gods and
goddesses. We first
encounter him mid-flight
as he dashes to earth to
find Aeneas, a Trojan
lieutenant who had been
run out of Troy by the
invading Greeks. Aeneas
is on a quest to find
land on which to
establish a new city that
would eventually become
Rome. While traveling, he
is distracted from his
quest when he meets the
beautiful queen Dido.
They live together for
many years before Mercury
intervenes; he chastises
Aeneas for giving up on
his quest and persuades
him to pick it up again.
As Aeneas mournfully
resumes his journey, we
hear Dido perish of a
broken heart. Mercury
then takes to the skies
to seek out Perseus, who
is preparing to kill
Medusa, the hideous
gorgon who has snakes for
hair and a gaze that
turns those who catch her
glance into stone.
Mercury advises Perseus
on how to slay Medusa and
lends Perseus his sword
to do the deed. We hear
Perseus victorious in the
beheading of Medusa,
after which Mercury takes
to the skies once more to
fly home to Olympus.
SKU: LP.765762087927 60 Scripture Songs for Kids. Composed by Ken ...(+)
SKU:
LP.765762087927
60
Scripture Songs for
Kids. Composed by Ken
Bible. Songbook,
children's music. Sacred.
Split-Channel CD.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.765762087927).
UPC:
765762087927.
Kids
will enjoy these 60
Scripture songs featuring
contemporary and
traditional children's
favorites. Compiler Ken
Bible and a committee of
experienced children's
workers selected songs
that are both meaningful
and fun to sing. General
and seasonal selections
included Covers a variety
of topics Especially
designed for children
ages 6-8 although many
songs are also suitable
for older and younger
kids. Book contains
melody line with easy
piano accompaniment and
chord symbols. Scripture
references provided with
alphabethical and topical
indexes Sample song
titles: I Will Enter His
Gates; Arky Arky; Love
the Lord; I'm Something
Special; We Were Made to
Love the Lord; Adam Adam;
Give Me Joy in My Heart;
Say to the Lord I Love
You; Faith; Sandy Land;
Fishers of Men; If You
Can Sing a Song; Actions
Speak Louder than
Words.
The Vocal Library High Voice. Composed by Various. Arranged by Richard Walters, ...(+)
The Vocal Library High
Voice. Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Richard Walters, Steven
Stolen. Vocal Collection.
Play Along. Softcover
Audio Online. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(
The Vocal Library. By Various. Arranged by Steven Stolen and Richard Walters. (H...(+)
The Vocal Library. By
Various. Arranged by
Steven Stolen and Richard
Walters. (High Voice).
Vocal Collection. Size
9x12 inches. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
Corporation.
The Vocal Library Low Voice. Composed by Various. Arranged by Richard Walters, S...(+)
The Vocal Library Low
Voice. Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Richard Walters, Steven
Stolen. Vocal Collection.
Play Along. Softcover
Audio Online. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
The Vocal Library. By Various. Arranged by Steven Stolen, Richard Walters. (Low...(+)
The Vocal Library. By
Various. Arranged by
Steven Stolen, Richard
Walters. (Low Voice).
Vocal Collection. Size
9x12 inches. 80 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
Corporation.