PARTITIONS GRATUITES : ORGUE ET SAX

SKU: PE.EP73145

ISBN 9790577014982. 303 x 232mm inches. English.

The Orgelbüchlein Project is a collective composition project aiming to complete Bach's unfinished manuscript known as 'Orgelbüchlein'. In the 'Little Organ Book', Bach laid out a complete hymnal of short organ chorale preludes, 164 in all, but only completed 46 of them. Why the remaining 118 were left as blank pages, with only a title at the head, remains a mystery, but they inspried organists William Whitehead to found the Orgelbüchlein Project, in which contemporary composers are invited to contribute a piece to completing the collection.

The resulting collection, to be published in six volumes, represents a cross-section of the most interesting composers at work today across Europe.

More information about the project is available at www.orgelbuechlein.com

List of Composers

• Nigel Allcoat
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Sally Beamish
• Christian von Blohn
• Timothy Byram-Wigfield
• Jo hn Butt
• Stephen Hough
• Juste Janulyte
• Simon Johnson
• Jonas Jurkunas
• Daniel Kidane
• Till Alexander Körber
• Ronny Krippner
• David Matthews
• Nico Muhly
• Anthony Powers
• Tarik O'Regan
• Roxanna Panufnik
• Poul Ruders
• Sven-David Sandström
• Robert Saxton
• Peter Shepherd
• Andrew Synnot
• Zsigmond Szathmáry
• Willia m Whitehead

SKU: SU.80101273

Ab ovo for alto saxophone and two organists (one organ) was awarded the prize in the Polish National Composer’s Competition in Warsaw, Poland (1988). The work is a one movement composition written originally for a three manual organ. The musical language of the piece employs an alternation of quasi-baroque motifs and polyphony (organ part) with more avant-garde texture (cluster-like chords). The saxophone part is very free in its dramatic and lyrical expression, and is full of different techniques often influenced by associations with jazz (fast repetitions, glissandi, and aleatoric passages). The sales set contains a bound score for the organ and a single-leaf score for the saxophonist. 25 pages Published by: Zimbel Press.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7062

UPC: 805095070620. English. Traditional.

This collection of pieces for saxophone and organ or piano, Spirituals for Saxophone arranged by Friedemann Graef, is designed for use in concert performances as well as for church services and other ceremonies. This traditional American spiritual, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, has been extended by composed introductions and endings, or interludes and written solos. The notated solos here are the results of more than ten years of the arranger's personal experience with these tunes and chord changes. The organ part may also be played on acoustic piano if the bass voice is played one octave lower in respective passages---these passages are marked. There is a transposed part for B-flat and E-flat saxophones. Due to the different register of the tenor and alto saxophone, a few notes of the alto saxophone parts have been changed for a more effective sound.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7067

UPC: 805095070675. English. Traditional.

This collection of pieces for saxophone and organ or piano, Spirituals for Saxophone arranged by Friedemann Graef, is designed for use in concert performances as well as for church services and other ceremonies. This traditional American spiritual, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, has been extended by composed introductions and endings, or interludes and written solos. The notated solos here are the results of more than ten years of the arranger's personal experience with these tunes and chord changes. The organ part may also be played on acoustic piano if the bass voice is played one octave lower in respective passages---these passages are marked. There is a transposed part for B-flat and E-flat saxophones. Due to the different register of the tenor and alto saxophone, a few notes of the alto saxophone parts have been changed for a more effective sound.