SKU: PR.114417130

ISBN 9781491110409. UPC: 680160626687. 9x12 inches.

A recipient of the New Music USA 2013 Live Music For Dance Award commissioning grant, Not Alone is inspired by the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai's poem Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow. The premiere was given on April 26, 2014 by the PRISM Quartet with the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which commissioned the work to celebrate its 25th Anniversary NYC Season. From the Program Note by Matthew Levy (The PRISM Quartet), Not Alone (2014) is an interdisciplinary work...but it stands alone in a chamber music setting. The work spans a stunning range of textures, from introspective solos for each of the four saxophones to majestic hyper-active gestures. The PRISM Quartet recorded Not Alone for a 2017 release on XAS Records titled Paradigm Lost. But we're excited for a wider community of saxophonists to embrace the work, and share it with their own audiences. Not Alone is published together with Happy Birthday to PRISM, a brief miniature that Chen Yi wrote for the quartet's 20th anniversary celebration in 2004. For advanced performers.______________ ___________Text from the scanned back cover:NOT ALONE for Saxophone QuartetHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRISM for Saxophone QuartetNot Alone is a 14-minute saxophone quartet and dance score inspired by the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai’s “Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow.” The expansively-textured sax quartet matches the exploratory and dramatic movements and gestures in the dance. NOT ALONE was commissioned by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company which premiered the work in collaboration with the PRISM Quartet. Also included in this publication is Chen Yi’s fascinating take on “Happy Birthday to You,” composed in celebration of Prism’s 25th anniversary season.
A recipient of the New Music USA 2013 Live Music For Dance Award commissioning grant, Not Alone is inspiredby the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai’s poem “Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow.” The premierewas given on April 26, 2014 by the PRISM Quartet with the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which commissioned thework to celebrate its 25th Anniversary NYC Season. Program Note by composer Chen YiThe original inspiration for this work for both the choreographer and the composer came from the Tang Dynasty poem - Alone Under the Moon by Li Bai. The poem describes the poet being alone in a garden. The moon and his shadow became his companions that night. The choreographer brings this idea to modern life in an urban setting. She created a series of “mindscapes” which are the result of the exploration of the different mental and physical states of being alone.Through self-examination, the choreographer raises the question: are we ever really alone? Our physical being may be standing by itself, but what about our introspective self? When we are still, we let our thoughts pass by like flowing water. If we could engage with our shadows, what would it be like?Program Note by Matthew Levy, The PRISM QuartetThe PRISM Quartet has commissioned a great many composers since our founding days in 1984. Chen Yi is among ahandful of our very favorites, and one to whom we’ve returned time and time again. Her music is powerful, expansive,intimate, and draws connections between Eastern and Western, ancient and modern traditions in a voice all her own.Chen Yi has written or adapted four works for the PRISM Quartet. She penned a wonderful miniature called HappyBirth day to PRISM to celebrate the ensemble’s 20th anniversary back in 2004 (Dedication, Innova Recordings).We subsequently commissioned her to compose Septet (2008) for Erhu, Pipa, Percussion, and Saxophone Quartet(2008), premiered and recorded with the New York ensemble Music From China (Antiphony, Innova Recordings 2010).In 2015, the PRISM Quartet performed and recorded (XAS Records) a new version of her saxophone quartet concerto,BA YIN, with the University of Missouri-Kansas City Wind Ensemble under the baton of Steven Davis (originally writtenfor the Rascher Quartet and scored for saxophones and string orchestra.).Finally, Not Alone (2014) is an interdisciplinary work written for the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company with the PRISMQuartet, but it stands alone in a chamber music setting. The work spans a stunning range of textures, from introspectivesolos for each of the four saxophones to majestic hyper-active gestures. The PRISM Quartet recorded Not Alonefor a 2017 release on XAS Records titled Paradigm Lost. But we’re excited for a wider community of saxophonists toembrace the work, and share it with their own audiences.In his liner notes for the recording, WNYC’s John Schaefer writes: “As with much of her music, Chen employs percussiveeffects and glissandi; in Chinese music these are not considered “extended techniques” or special effects, but animportant part of the performer’s arsenal. Here, they help create the twilit mood of the opening moments. The piecesoon becomes more dramatic, suggesting the arrival of the drinker’s companions (real or imagined) and his or herincreasingly garrulous outbursts. Passages of consonance and discord can easily be heard as companionable singingand bouts of drunken argument. The piece bustles along on a kind of restless energy, until, finally, that restlessnesssubsides, giving way to a gently humorous ending where a short falling phrase signals the drinker falling asleep.”.

SKU: BT.AMP-453-140

English-German-French- Dutch.

Zodiac Dances was commissioned by the Izumiotsu City Band, Osaka, Japan to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Sparke had previously written the piece, Prelude to a Celebration for the band, and in composing a new piece for their 50th anniversary wanted to personalise it to reflect the band’s history. He chose to write a set of six dance-miniatures based on the decades following the band’s foundation and the equivalent signs from the Japanese ‘Junishi’. During the piece, all aspects of true musicianship come to the surface. Energetic playing, phrasing, melodic music making, technique and a spectacular finale make this work a perfect test or concertwork!

Zodiac Dances werd geschreven in opdracht van de Izumiotsu City Band uit Osaka, Japan, ter gelegenheid van het vijftigjarig bestaan van dit orkest. Eerder al heeft Sparke voor dit orkest Prelude to a Celebration gecomponeerd. Met dit nieuwe werk voor het vijftigjarig bestaan wilde hij de geschiedenis van het orkest weerspiegelen. Hij koos voor een set van zes dansminiaturen, gebaseerd op de decennia na de oprichting, in combinatie met de bijbehorende sterrenbeelden uit de Japanse Junishi. In dit werk komen alle aspecten van het ware muzikantschap naar voren. Levendig spel, frasering, melodisch spel, techniek en natuurlijk een spetterende finale maken diteen perfect wedstrijd- of concertstuk!

Zodiac Dances wurde von der Izumiotsu City Band aus Osaka (Japan) anlässlich ihres 50-jährigen Bestehens in Auftrag gegeben. Philip Sparke schuf eine Suite aus Miniaturtänzen, von denen jeder jeweils ein Jahrzehnt und das entsprechendejapanische Tierkreiszeichen symbolisiert. Das Werk ist energiegeladen und melodisch bis zum spektakulären Finale und damit ein perfektes Wettbewerbs- oder Konzertstück!

Zodiac Dances est une commande de l’Izumiotsu City Band d’Osaka, Japon, pour leur 50e anniversaire. Sparke avait déj composé l’œuvre Prelude to a Celebration pour cette formation auparavant, et il désirait personnaliser ce nouveau morceau pour refléter l’histoire de l’ensemble. Il a décidé d’écrire six danses miniatures basées sur les six décennies suivant la création de l’orchestre en les mettant en lien avec les signes équivalant ces années dans le « Junichi » japonais. Cette composition fera appel toutes vos connaissances musicales. Une interprétation énergique et mélodique, les phrasés, le côté technique et le final spectaculaire en font une œuvreidéale pour vos concours ou concerts !

Zodiac Dances è una commissione della Izumiotsu City Band di Osaka, in Giappone, per la celebrazione del suo cinquantesimo anniversario. Nel comporre un nuovo brano per la ricorrenza dell’anniversario ha voluto creare un’opera che si ispirasse alla storia di questa formazione. Ha scelto di scrivere un set di sei danze in miniatura ispirate ai decenni che hanno seguito la fondazione della banda e ai segni equivalenti del “Junishi” giapponese. L’energia dell’esecuzione, il fraseggio, la melodia, gli aspetti tecnici e un finale spettacolare rendono questo brano perfetto per un esame o un concerto!

SKU: BT.AMP-453-010

English-German-French- Dutch.

Zodiac Dances was commissioned by the Izumiotsu City Band, Osaka, Japan to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Sparke had previously written the piece, Prelude to a Celebration for the band, and in composing a new piece for their 50th anniversary wanted to personalise it to reflect the band’s history. He chose to write a set of six dance-miniatures based on the decades following the band’s foundation and the equivalent signs from the Japanese ‘Junishi’. During the piece, all aspects of true musicianship come to the surface. Energetic playing, phrasing, melodic music making, technique and a spectacular finale make this work a perfect test or concertwork!

Zodiac Dances werd geschreven in opdracht van de Izumiotsu City Band uit Osaka, Japan, ter gelegenheid van het vijftigjarig bestaan van dit orkest. Eerder al heeft Sparke voor dit orkest Prelude to a Celebration gecomponeerd. Met dit nieuwe werk voor het vijftigjarig bestaan wilde hij de geschiedenis van het orkest weerspiegelen. Hij koos voor een set van zes dansminiaturen, gebaseerd op de decennia na de oprichting, in combinatie met de bijbehorende sterrenbeelden uit de Japanse Junishi. In dit werk komen alle aspecten van het ware muzikantschap naar voren. Levendig spel, frasering, melodisch spel, techniek en natuurlijk een spetterende finale maken diteen perfect wedstrijd- of concertstuk!

Zodiac Dances wurde von der Izumiotsu City Band aus Osaka (Japan) anlässlich ihres 50-jährigen Bestehens in Auftrag gegeben. Philip Sparke schuf eine Suite aus Miniaturtänzen, von denen jeder jeweils ein Jahrzehnt und das entsprechendejapanische Tierkreiszeichen symbolisiert. Das Werk ist energiegeladen und melodisch bis zum spektakulären Finale und damit ein perfektes Wettbewerbs- oder Konzertstück!

Zodiac Dances est une commande de l’Izumiotsu City Band d’Osaka, Japon, pour leur 50e anniversaire. Sparke avait déj composé l’œuvre Prelude to a Celebration pour cette formation auparavant, et il désirait personnaliser ce nouveau morceau pour refléter l’histoire de l’ensemble. Il a décidé d’écrire six danses miniatures basées sur les six décennies suivant la création de l’orchestre en les mettant en lien avec les signes équivalant ces années dans le « Junichi » japonais. Cette composition fera appel toutes vos connaissances musicales. Une interprétation énergique et mélodique, les phrasés, le côté technique et le final spectaculaire en font une œuvreidéale pour vos concours ou concerts !

Zodiac Dances è una commissione della Izumiotsu City Band di Osaka, in Giappone, per la celebrazione del suo cinquantesimo anniversario. Nel comporre un nuovo brano per la ricorrenza dell’anniversario ha voluto creare un’opera che si ispirasse alla storia di questa formazione. Ha scelto di scrivere un set di sei danze in miniatura ispirate ai decenni che hanno seguito la fondazione della banda e ai segni equivalenti del “Junishi” giapponese. L’energia dell’esecuzione, il fraseggio, la melodia, gli aspetti tecnici e un finale spettacolare rendono questo brano perfetto per un esame o un concerto!

SKU: BT.EMBZ14861

The volumes in this new series contain duos, trios and quartets, their degree of difficulty ranging from easy through intermediate to advanced. Every piece is a transcription or an arrangement, since in editing the volumes our primary concern was to provide a collection of valuable and interesting compositions, as freely variable as possible as regards instrumentation, for music school students and also for adults who make music for their own pleasure. The range and pitch of the parts enable the works to be performed on any required or possible combination of the given instruments. With its opportunities for a wealth of instruments the volume of trios for intermediate studentsprovides joyful playing for a great variety of instrumentalists. The broad range of movements that can be played in numerous combinations of string, wind and percussion instruments spans from a Renaissance hit (Nola: Chi la gagliarda) through a cycle assembled from dance movements (Gavotte, Menuett, Bourrée, Passepied) of J. S. Bach's suites and classical favourites (Mozart and Beethoven) to 19th-century arrangements. This volume is recommended for more experienced music students and amateur instrumental players due to the range and pitch, as well as the degree of difficulty.

Die Bände der neuen Serie beinhalten leichte, mittelschwere oder fortgeschrittene Duos, Trios und Quartette.
Bei der Zusammenstellung lag das Hauptaugenmerk auf der höchstmöglichen Freiheit in der Kombinierbarkeit der Instrumente sowie darauf, dass die Kompositionen für Musikschuler und Hobbymusiker musikalisch interessant und wertvoll sind. Aus diesemGrund handelt es sich bei allen Stücken um Transkriptionen. Lage und Tonumfang der Stimmen sind so gesetzt, dass sich die Werke allen denkbaren Umständen und Anspruchen anpassen und entsprechend in jeder Kombination der angegebenen Musikinstrumentevorgetrag en werden können.

Instrumente:
1: Violine / Querflöte / Oboe / Vibraphon
2: Violine / Viola / Vibraphon / Klarinette
3: Violoncello / Fagott

Les différents volumes de la série Ad Libitum contiennent des transcriptions ou des adaptations d´œuvres pour trios ou quatuors de niveau facile, intermédiaire et avancé. L´étendue et le registre des parties permettent à cespièces de s´adapter à toutes les exigences et toutes les possibilités, et d´être jouées quelle que soit la combinaison d´instruments.

Instrumentation : Trios
I : Violon/Fl te/Htbois/Vibra • II:Violon/Alto/Cla. Si/Vibra • III: Violoncelle/Basson

I volumi della serie Ad Libitum propongono trascrizioni o arangiamenti di opere per trio e quartetto di livello facile, intermedio e avanzato. L´estensione e il registro delle parti permettono a questi brani di adattarsi a tutte le esigenze edi essere eseguiti da ogni combinazione di strumenti.

Strumentazione: Trios: I: Violino/Flauto/Oboe/Vibra • II:Violino/Viola/Clar. Si/Vibr • III: Violoncello/Fagotto.