PIANO

Piano

SKU: ST.H438

Composed by Rhian Samuel. Winding Paths; Interlude I; Distant Fountains; Interlude II; Weeping Trellises.. Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H438. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H438).

ISBN 9790220219054.

Rhia n Samuel is a co-editor of the Grove Dictionary of Women Composers and herself a composer of highly acclaimed instrumental and vocal works, including Daughter's Letters, premiered in 1996 by Sinfonia 21. She wrote Dream-Images in memory of her teacher, Andrew Byrne. Two interludes separate the three 'images', each of which is rhapsodic in mood. The last, Weeping Trellises, refers to the gentle, drooping blooms of the wisteria plant, and, emotionally, to feelings of inevitability and loss. Dream-Images was first performed by Martin Roscoe at the Machynlleth Festival in August 1997.

Piano - Grade 4

SKU: HL.14022821

Composed by Carl August Nielsen. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 20 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH16743. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14022821).

ISBN 9788759854280. 8.25x11.75x0.136 inches. English.

Carl Nielsen is doubtlessly one of Denmark's most important and popular composers. This is no more evident than in his 1916 work for Piano Solo, Chaconne Op.32, which followed a seventeen-year gap in his compositions for that instrument. It is a decidedly dynamic work, in constant motion from the moment the simple opening theme begins through the crescendo and to the winding down and end of this piece. The twenty variations that form the core of this piece themselves have a varied range, sometimes comparatively easy, showing Bach's influence, other times he uses highly complex contrasts. This is a fine example of Nielsen's work and uses mood and texture to great effect making it ideal for concert or recital performance whilst the variations make it a clever training manual.