| Judgement Day: Dies Irae Orchestre d'harmonie - Facile Hal Leonard
Score and Parts Concert Band (Score and Parts) - Grade 3 SKU: HL.4008730...(+)
Score and Parts
Concert Band (Score and
Parts) - Grade 3 SKU:
HL.4008730 Concert
Band, Grade 3 3:50 Score
and parts. Composed
by Peter Knockaert.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Concert Band. Softcover.
Duration 230 seconds. Hal
Leonard #SDP2392302.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008730). ISBN
9798350119473. UPC:
196288195238. The
last decades we humans
have witnessed a
significant number of
disturbing developments.
If we look at the direct
and persistent
destructive influence of
humans on nature: air and
water quality are
reducing, soils are
depleting, crops are
short of pollinators,
coasts are less protected
from storms,
deforestation, the
degradation of land, loss
of biodiversity and
pollution. In stark
contrast we find the
intelligence and
boundless creativity of
humans: what about all
the high technological
advancements? What lies
ahead in the realm of
Artificial Intelligence?
Will we let machines make
human decisions? What
ethical issues arise
there? This composition
reflects the desperation
and urgency of the human
need for action. The
music draws inspiration
from the brutal natural
forces that ravage our
world as a direct
consequence of human
failure and selfishness.
Are we heading towards a
'Judgment Day'? Or will
humanity find a way to
reverse negative trends
towards a more livable,
peaceful, and joyful
environment for humans,
animals, and nature? To
underscore this message,
composer Peter Knockaert
opted for a highly
classical idiom that has
been used by many
composers in classical
music: the 'Dies Irae'.
Traditionally, the Dies
Irae is the third part of
a requiem (funeral mass).
The text used in
'Judgment DayÂ? (for
optional choir) is coming
from the original Latin
text.
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| Judgement Day: Dies Irae Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur] - Facile Hal Leonard
Concert Band (Score) - Grade 3 SKU: HL.4008731 Concert Band, Grde...(+)
Concert Band (Score)
- Grade 3 SKU:
HL.4008731 Concert
Band, Grde 3 3:50
Score. Composed by
Peter Knockaert.
Symphonic Dimensions.
Concert Band. Softcover.
Duration 230 seconds. Hal
Leonard #SDP2392301.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.4008731). UPC:
196288195245. The
last decades we humans
have witnessed a
significant number of
disturbing developments.
If we look at the direct
and persistent
destructive influence of
humans on nature: air and
water quality are
reducing, soils are
depleting, crops are
short of pollinators,
coasts are less protected
from storms,
deforestation, the
degradation of land, loss
of biodiversity and
pollution. In stark
contrast we find the
intelligence and
boundless creativity of
humans: what about all
the high technological
advancements? What lies
ahead in the realm of
Artificial Intelligence?
Will we let machines make
human decisions? What
ethical issues arise
there? This composition
reflects the desperation
and urgency of the human
need for action. The
music draws inspiration
from the brutal natural
forces that ravage our
world as a direct
consequence of human
failure and selfishness.
Are we heading towards a
'Judgment Day'? Or will
humanity find a way to
reverse negative trends
towards a more livable,
peaceful, and joyful
environment for humans,
animals, and nature? To
underscore this message,
composer Peter Knockaert
opted for a highly
classical idiom that has
been used by many
composers in classical
music: the 'Dies Irae'.
Traditionally, the Dies
Irae is the third part of
a requiem (funeral mass).
The text used in
'Judgment DayÂ? (for
optional choir) is coming
from the original Latin
text.
Priority
Direct Import titles are
specialty titles that are
not generally offered for
sale by US based
retailers. These items
must be obtained from our
overseas suppliers. When
you order a Priority
Direct Import title, our
overseas warehouse will
ship it to you directly
at the time of order,
typically within one
business day. However,
the shipment time will be
slower than items shipped
from our US warehouse. It
may take up to 2-3 weeks
to get to
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| Stonehenge Potenza Music
Brass choir and percussion SKU: P2.60002 Composed by Crawford Gates. Cham...(+)
Brass choir and
percussion SKU:
P2.60002 Composed by
Crawford Gates. Chamber
music. Published by
Potenza Music (P2.60002).
This
composition grew out of a
musical concert in
Chicago sometime in 1981.
The concert was an
outgrowth of public
opinion about the
superiority of various
ensembles in three of the
top five US Symphony
Orchestras of that
period. The Philadelphia
Orchestra under Eugene
Ormandy had the
reputation of having the
most luxurious string
section of any orchestra
in the world. Ormandy was
a superior violinist
himself, and worked his
strings into providing a
similar luxurious string
sound of which he himself
was master. It was agreed
that the Boston Symphony
had the top woodwind
choir, and the Chicago
Symphony the best brass
choir. An outgrowth of
these widely held
opinions occurred in
Chicago in 1981 when the
Chicago Symphony Brass
section announced a
performance in Symphony
Hall. The event attracted
a sell out crowd and
standing room overflow.
Public interest was keen
and intense. The detail
of the concert included
brass solos, duets and
trios of a wide variety
and concluded with a
large brass choir work by
a local composer, which
had been commissioned to
premiere in this concert.
The musical evening was
marvelous, a brilliant
triumph for superlative
brass players of
world-class quality.
Afterwards the players
remained on the stage and
were beset by hundreds of
congratulating fans. The
principal horn, Dale
Clevenger, was a friend
of mine who was present
at the International Horn
Conference in 1974, when
Barry Tuckwell of the
London Symphony premiered
my Sonata for Horn and
Piano. I congratulated
Dale on the brass wonders
that we had all just
witnessed, and commented
that the final brass work
was somewhat
disappointing. Dale said
that he and the other
players felt the same. At
that point, Dale said Why
don't you write a work
for the Chicago Brass for
our next offering? How
could I not be
complimented by such an
invitation? I immediately
started to write
Stonehenge, having just
visited Stonehenge in
Britain a month or two
earlier. But the Chicago
Brass did not have a
follow up to their first
presentation, so there
was no opportunity for my
new work to be performed
by them. Later there was
a premiere in Madison,
Wisconsin, by three
professional brass
quintets who were
together hosted by the
School of Music of the
University of Wisconsin.
They were joined by four
superb percussionists
from the Madison
Symphony. Stonehenge
received a wonderful
ovation from an
enthusiastic full house
audience, and that led to
wide use in the Midwest
by other brass groups,
including a professional
brass choir in Minnesota,
which recorded the work
superbly, and two
different tours of the
work by a brass choir
from the Indiana
University School of
Music. The wonderful
response to this work's
recording and its many
performances have been a
delight to the
composer. $49.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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