| A Hymn to the Thames Orchestre [Conducteur] University Of York Music Press
Orchestra SKU: BT.YKM570369270 Composed by Robert Saxton. Score Only. Com...(+)
Orchestra SKU:
BT.YKM570369270
Composed by Robert
Saxton. Score Only.
Composed 2021. 70 pages.
University of York Music
Press #YKM570369270.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.YKM570369270).
A Hymn to the
Thames was commissioned
by James Turnbull and the
Music Director of the St
Paul’s Sinfonia, Andrew
Morley. It was begun in
2019 and completed early
in 2020. There are four
movements played without
a break, which follow the
Thames from its Cotswold
source to the North Sea.
As the first performance
took place in St
ALfege’s Church,
Greenwich, this seemed
appropriate. The solo
oboe represents both a
wanderer along the river
path and the spirit of
the river. The pitch
centres of the movements
spell out the musical
letters of the river
(tHAmES—B natural, A, E
and E flat) so that the
river’s name is
projected across the
whole work. In addition,
the musical letters found
in James Turnbull, Andrew
Morley and my wife,
Teresa Cahill ( who was
born in Maidenhead and
brought up by the river
in Rotherhithe) are
entwined in various
guises. The first
movement grows from the
depths, the soloist
entering with
fanfare-like gestures,
followed by lyrical music
and breaks into a dance
as the river gathers
momentum. The third
movement is slow and
sustained and
geographically the Thames
flows through Oxford. The
music is based on the
well-known In Nomine
‘head motif’ from the
Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass
by the early Tudor
composer, John Taverner,
who was the first
Director of Music at
Christ Church, Oxford.
The orchestra provides a
screen or veil above
which the solo oboe
dreams and ruminates.
This leads directly into
the fourth and final
movement which begins in
the depths once more,
interrupting the oboe’s
held note from the end of
the third movement. The
waters’ increasing
intensity and power are
represented throughout by
a moto perpetuo of quick,
steady semiquavers. Near
the close, the woodwind
play O Nata Lux by Thomas
Tallis, the great Tudor
composer who, with his
wife Joan, is buried in
St Alfege’s. Beneath
this, the lower strings
continue the fast
semiquaver movement of
the river and, above, the
violins are heard as a
halo of harmonics. At the
close, the oboe rises,
opening out to the
future, and celebrating
its voyage, while the
orchestra fades as the
river meets the sea. A
Hymn to the Thames lasts
approximately 17
minutes. $23.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 4 to 6 weeks | | |
| The Legend of Melusine - Intermédiaire Chester
Organ Accompaniment; Voice - Grade 4 SKU: HL.14043781 Boy Treble Voice...(+)
Organ Accompaniment;
Voice - Grade 4 SKU:
HL.14043781 Boy
Treble Voice and
Organ. Composed by
Simon Holt. Music Sales
America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
24 pages. Chester Music
#CH83028. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14043781). UPC:
888680620660.
9.0x12.0x0.095
inches. Composer
Simon Holt 's The Legend
Of Melusine was
commissioned in 2014 by
the Southbank Centre to
celebrate the return of
the Royal Festival Hall
Organ, and to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of
the Royal College of
Organists. The work lasts
around 12 minutes and is
arranged for Boy Treble
Voice and Organ. This
unique work sees the
Organ as an accompaniment
and complement to both
the narration and singing
of the Boy Treble
throughout. The words of
The Legend Of Melusine ,
written by Holt
himself, portrays a
version of the Melusine
myth of European
folklore, a feminine
spirit of the water that
turns into a serpent from
the waist down. This
wonderfully engaging tale
ismatched by the superb
vocal melodies and
accompanying Organ
work. . $17.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| A Love Supreme Big band [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Avancé Jazz Lines Publications
Recorded by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Arranged by Wynton Marsali...(+)
Recorded by the
Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra. Arranged
by Wynton Marsalis. Jazz,
Swing. Score and parts.
Published by Jazz Lines
Publications
(JL.JLP-7420).
$150.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Four Studies for 2 Violins and Drone 2 Violons (duo) [Conducteur] St Rose Music Publishing
Violin Duet (Performance Score) SKU: HL.233152 2 Performance Scores(+)
Violin Duet (Performance
Score) SKU:
HL.233152 2
Performance Scores.
Composed by Nico Muhly.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Score.
Composed 2017. 17 pages.
St. Rose Music
#SRO100083. Published by
St. Rose Music
(HL.233152). UPC:
888680701710. 9x12
inches.
English. “
Four Studies was
written for Angela and
Jennifer Chun in 2014.
Each movement has a drone
which lasts for the
duration of the movement.
The first bar of
movements 1 and 4 can be
quite long. The drone
should remain loosely
indifferent to the other
part, avoiding any
overly-dramatic
commentary. That having
been said, the droning
player should feel free
to subtly and constantly
change the nature of the
sound. Rests are meant to
be played freely,
expanding and contracting
as the spirit moves the
soloists, but the notes
should be played in
relatively even time. The
space between the
movements can work either
with very short pauses or
with no pauses at all;
this is left up to the
discretion of the
performers.”
– Nico
Muhly
Approximatel
y 12 minutes. $29.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| To a Child Dancing in the Wind [Partition] Chester
For Soprano, Flute/Alto Flute, Viola and Harp (Full Score). Composed by J...(+)
For Soprano,
Flute/Alto Flute, Viola
and Harp (Full
Score). Composed by
John Tavener (1944-).
Music Sales America.
Softcover. 28 pages.
Chester Music #CH78386.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14047868).
$19.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
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