Return To Avalon is scored for two flutes one doubling Piccolo the other doubling Alto Flute.In the mid-thirteenth century over 200 000 Cathars were murdered in the South of France 'Avalon' by forces of darkness and ignorance. The Cathars were European Buddhists who believed in loving each other that we are all equal in the eyes of God non-revenge vegetarianism and that women could be priests. They also believed in reincarnation.In answer to threats and bullying many of them chose to be burnt alive rather than be forced to follow teachings they believed to be untrue.People say that the Cathars never came back. People saythat they died in vain. But I believe that they are wrong I believe that the Cathars did come back to create a Church of light outside the constricts of religion but through the arts through music poetry and prose.'Return to Avalon' is the story of two great Cathar flute players who rise from the ashes of the Montsegur massacre to return and baptize the world into the truth of the eternal through the beauty of sound and honesty of expression. I imagined these 'Sons of the light ' playing this piece and letting its message of friendship and brotherhood echo out over the mountains.'Return to Avalon' begins with 'The Last Song' a 13th century Cathar melody echoed on alto flute then explores an idea I first used in my 1993 flute concerto the idea of orchestrated digital delay.The second movement 'Human flame' on piccolo and alto is also based on a medieval theme but takes it further and further out until finally it burns up into a huge fireball.In the third movement 'Sons of the light return to Avalon' the two flutes reappear Phoenix-like from the ashes leading and learning from each other. Eventually the flutes become inseparable as they interweave together at speed leading us to a higher truth that we are all brothers and sisters equally loved by God.Phenomenal flautist Samuel

Britten's Te Deum In C is arranged for Treble (Soprano) solo SATB choir and Organ accompaniment.In preparing for publication the 1935 orchestral version of Britten's Te Deum in C it became clearthat there were a number of discrepancies between the manuscript and the original 193 vocal score. Some of these were minor: different articulation and dynamic markings something Britten was later very fussy about but perhapsleft unchanged on proof because of his relative inexperience at this stage of his career with the processes of music publishing. Others were more important: wrong pedal notes for example which Britten failed to notice on proof and which have been perpetuated in performances and recordings for nearly seventy years. These have been corrected in the new edition of the vocal score and in the orchestral score (Britten clearly used the published vocal scoreto prepare his orchestral version).The two versions have been made consistent in other details - rehearsal cues and bar numbers for example - since Britten intended choristers to use the vocal score to perform theorchestral version. This would have been an easy task for these is little discrepancy in essential details between versions (a rare departure occurs in bars 53 to 56 where the works 'Lord God of Sabaoth' are unaccompanied in theorchestral version but doubled by Organ in the original). Sustained Organ chords are often filled out with arpeggiated string writing while the spacing of chords is frequently much wider in the string version with melodiestransposed into different octaves.Although harmony in both versions is identical voice leading is sometimes altered in the latter to make it better suited to the idioms of the instruments concerned. So although inessence the two versions are the same the soundworld explored in each is quite distinct. Britten's orchestral version should neither be viewed as an occasional piece nor considered solely a liturgical work like many of his

The Legendary Series: Clarinet is a beautifully presented, limited edition book containing 100 great pieces, specially arranged for Clarinet. Expertly bringing together Clarinet music ranging from Mozart and Berlioz through the 1940s big bands to Klezmer, traditional jazz and popular music, The Legendary Series: Clarinet is a lavish and permanent addition to the bookshelf of any clarinet lover. Alongside the luxuriously presented repertoire is a selection of illustrations and commentaries on the lives of many celebrated clarinettists and composers. It should be noted that the chord symbols above the stave are written for an accompanying concert pitch instrument, i.e. Piano or Guitar. This is to allow the accompanist to read from the same score as the soloist. / Clarinette

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list---usually 40 or more titles per book---of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. The holidays are just around the corner, and there is no better way to celebrate than with these Big Book classic Christmas tunes. Titles include All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth * Christmases with You * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen * Grown-Up Christmas List * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Joy to the World * Mary, Did You Know' * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Santa Baby * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * What Child is This * Winter Wonderland * and many more. / Miscellaneous, Scores, Songbooks / Recueil / Piano, Voix, Guitare et Clavier

In ‘Land of Legends’ German composer Andreas Ludwig (what’s in a name) Schulte takes you along to the fictional world of legends myths and fairy tales. The introduction to the first part (The Castle) describes the majestic contours of the sceneof action. Its instrumentation (horns) immediately makes you imagine being in Medieval spheres. The addition of trenchant copper instruments even gives the part a heroic tinge. After entering through the gate a lot of hustle and bustle appearsto be going on in the courtyard. Pages squires and soldiers are busy attending to their arms. Beer is being brewed flax is being spun cattle are being tended and some craftsmen from neighbouring villages are busily at work. In the upperchamber of the round tower lives an old man (The Old Wizard). He hardly ever comes out and nobody knows exactly what he is doing. It is said that he is engaged in wizardry and magic. It is all very mysterious. There are also festivities some ofthem sober others exuberant. The wedding in the third part is celebrated in a grand manner. With a flourish of trumpets the bride makes her entrance at the hand of her father. Afterwards at the party there is dancing to the music played byminstrels and of course a plentiful banquet follows.

Jóhann Jóhannsson was an award-winning Icelandic composer, renowned for his compositions across film, television, theatre and dance, including his stunning score to James Marsh?s Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything (2014), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works brings together for the first time transcriptions of his best-loved works in a special limited-edition collection for solo piano, which celebrates music from his solo albums alongside his highly acclaimed and powerfully moving film scores. Featuring 30 pieces accurately transcribed for solo piano, this collection will allow fans of Jóhannsson to immerse in his unique sound-world with music from across his career including The Theory of Everything, Odi et Amo and Flight From the City. Suitable for intermediate piano.With only a thousand copies available, Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works is presented as a stunning high-end cloth-bound hardback limited-edition book. Alongside the scores, it includes a wealth of striking photographs and a specially written introduction from American composer Dustin O?Halloran, a longtime friend of Jóhannsson.?I believe that music acts as a time capsule, preserving the very essence of an individuals heart. When we play music from the past, we possess the ability to summon their spirit and bring them back to life. Jóhann?s music, in its timelessness, will forever remain vibrant and alive. By playing these pieces, you will find yourself drawing closer to his musical world, ensuring its eternal resonance?. Dustin O?Halloran, composer.?Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works offers a superb tribute and testament to the musical achievement of this much-missed composer.? Andrew Eales, pianodao.com A Game of Croquet (from The Theory of Everything) A Model of the Universe (from The Theory of Everything) Bað A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder Be Over (from The Shadow Play soundtrack) Beauty (from Blind Massage) By the Roes, and by The Hinds of the Field Dressing Up (from Personal Effects) The Drowned World Eleven Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Nine Died of Natural Causes Englabörn (piano version) Flight From the City Flugeldar II Good Morning, Midnight He Says It?s the Future Indian Wedding (from Personal Effects) Innocence (from Free the Mind) Já, Hemmi Minn Jói and Karen Linda and Walter (from Personal Effects) Melodia (III) Odi et Amo / Krókódíll Payphone (from McCanick) The Radiant City Ruslpóstur The Sun?s Gone Dim and the Sky?s Turned Black Theme from ?Varmints? soundtrack The Theory of Everything (soundtrack) Time to Say Goodbye (from White Black Boy) Will?s Story (from Free the Mind) / Piano / Faber Music

A work for orchestra commissioned by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. The composer writes 'I have borrowed the title 'Voyages extraordinaires' from the writer Jules Verne and his famous novel series depicting fantastic or in reality impossible journeys. The title seemed fitting as my work is intended as fantastical musical voyages on which the listener encounters new worlds of sound through recurring orchestral transformations. I see the work somewhat as a tribute to how art has the abilities to transcend the limits of life. Some years ago I composed a horn trio 'Diagonal Musik' (2017) inspired by the Swedish artist Olle Baertling. Baertling’s paintings consist of large brighttriangular shapes and although the lines gradually approach one another the intersecting point is often placed outside the frame. Consequently the spectator will try to complete the angle in their own head. In my horn trio I wanted to transfer this to music: the lines that gradually approach each other but rarely meet except perhaps in the listener’s head. In 'Voyage Extraordinaires' I have tried to develop these techniques even further this time for orchestral forces and combine them with the magical transformations an important structural element of the piece. The fantastic journeys also refer to travels in our own imagination: what we believe and picture in our mind. The sudden musical transformations that occur are also reminiscent of dream logic and the dreamscape itself. Here it is possible to wander in and out through worlds in a way that feels consistent within the framework of the dream.' A work for orchestra commissioned by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. The composer writes 'I have borrowed the title 'Voyages extraordinaires' from the writer Jules Verne and his famous novel series depicting fantastic or in reality impossible journeys. The title seemed fitting as my work is intended as fantastical musical voyages on which the listener encounters new worlds of sound through recurring orchestral transformations. I see the work somewhat as a tribute to how art has the abilities to transcend the limits of life. Some years ago I composed a horn trio 'Diagonal Musik' (2017) inspired by the Swedish artist Olle Baertling. Baertling’s paintings consist of large brighttriangular shapes and although the lines gradually approach one another the intersecting point is often placed outside the frame. Consequently the spectator will try to complete the angle in their own head. In my horn trio I wanted to transfer this to music: the lines that gradually approach each other but rarely meet except perhaps in the listener’s head. In 'Voyage Extraordinaires' I have tried to develop these techniques even further this time for orchestral forces and combine them with the magical transformations an important structural element of the piece. The fantastic journeys also refer to travels in our own imagination: what we believe and picture in our mind. The sudden

Par JACKSON MICHAEL. Arrangement and Orchestration by Andrea Cappellari. Full score and 24 parts: 1) C Instr. (Flute) / 1) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Trumpet, Soprano Sax.) / 2) C Instr. (Flute) / 2) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 3) C Instr. (Violin) / 3) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Trumpet) / 4) C Instr. (Violin) / 4) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, T) / 5) C Instr. (Violin) / 5) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 6) C Instr. (Violin) / 6) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 7) C Instr. (Violin) / 7) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Trumpet, Soprano Sax.) / 7) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 8) C Instr. (Violin, Viola) / 8) Bb Instr. (Cla/ 8) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / Guitar / Piano 1 / Piano 2 / Bass, Cello, Bassoon / Basco, Snare drum / Tom tom, Bass drum / Four Hands Piano ad libitum. Performance possibile also without Piano. / Pop & rock / Recueil / Ensemble Variable

20 Romanzen. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Continuing our tradition of publishing Russian music, we are proud to present two invaluable volumes of Tchaikovsky's songs. These have been specially compiled by the distinguished piano accompanist Roger Vignoles, who has created new and idiomatic English singing translations to help both performers and students. These can be used for performance, or as a means to understanding the Russian poetry. Original Cyrillic texts are included to help non-Russian speakers wishing to perform the songs in the original language, transliterations are provided in an Appendix. Each volume contains twenty songs - two superb selections, showing many varied facets of Tchaikovsky's writing - fromsorrow to happiness, love and comedy. Singers and pianists are sure to welcome these volumes, which will open the world of the Russian Romance to many non-Russian musicians. Roger Vignoles is one of the best-known of today's piano accompanists, partner to an impressive list of international singes, including: Elisabeth Soederstroem, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Thomas Allen, Thomas Hampson, Sarah Walker, Brigitte Fassbaender, Elena Obraztosova, Kathleen Battle, Sylvia McNair and many others. An accomplished linguist and coach, he has given masterclasses for singers and their accompanists in Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, the USA, Australia and the Far East. Tchaikovsky's songs are part of a ricj musical and social tradition; the Russian Romance. They are exhilarating to perform and have a speical way of expressing the emotional essence of a poem. This collection of 20 Romances is scored for Medium/Low Voice and Piano accompaniment. The text is printed in both Russian and English. / Répertoire d'Examen / Répertoire / Voix Moyenne ou Basse et Piano

Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE / SANTOS YAGO. Written in standard notation and tablature, nearly all the pieces in The Music of Debussy for Solo Guitar were transcribed from piano scores. The book?s repertoire represents different periods in the composer?s life and compositional style, from the legendary ?Clair de Lune? to the ?Arabesque No. 1? and some of his most famous preludes, including ?La fille aux cheveux de lin?.Achille-Claude Debussy (1862 ? 1918) developed a highly original system of harmony and musical structure that expressed the ideals of the impressionist and symbolist painters and writers of his time. Oddly enough, Debussy rejected both the term ?Impressionism? and the theoretical approach to music, declaring, ?There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law.?Author, Yago Santos writes:For me, Debussy represents the most exciting period in the history of music. He accomplished something that happens very rarely, and not in every lifetime; he brought a new kind of beauty into the world. I find it incredible that he never composed a piece for the guitar; that is why I decided to arrange this collection of some of his most famous pieces / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Recueil / Guitare