Opera in Seven Scenes. Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. Playwright Martin Crimp’s text for the opera is a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal. It tells the story of a Woman (mezzosoprano) who has lost her …

Par LISZT FRANZ. A prolific composer and virtuoso pianist, Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was the most lionized musical personality of his time. His compositions for solo piano continue to be loved and admired by pianists and their audiences for their lush romanticism and technical fireworks. They remain among the most frequently performed works in the reportoire. This choice selection of Liszt piano wor…

Par COURT DOUGLAS. Watching a storm approaching is always an exciting experience. The power and majesty of the wind and rain as they surge through the trees and sweep across the land is an amazing sight and a reminder of the power of nature. An eerie calm happens after the storm that causes us to reflect on the nobility and power of this event. The music seeks to portray both the power and the nob…

Par KRAUS JOSEPH MARTIN. The first volume of the new scholarly edition contains the complete chamber music without a keyboard instrument. The most important group of works comprises the string quartets, 10 of which have survived. They were composed during the 1770s, whenHaydn was developing this class of music. The differing balance between such contrasting musical elements as entries in imitation…

Arrangeur: Karl Scheit. Par SOR FERNANDO. This selection of etudes for guitar are classic musical exercises for the ages. They form the technical basis for any guitar player. A number of preliminary studies are added by the editor and serve as excellent introductions to each of the pieces' challenges. / Niveau : Facile / Etude / Guitare

These two extraordinary works of late Mozart, KV 594 and KV 608, were both composed to fulfill a commission for a memorial exhibit in Vienna, to be played in a 'mechanical clock organ.? The term 'fantasy? or 'fantasia? came to be affixed to these works later, and is more descriptive and less cumbersome than the term Mozart listed in his own catalogue, 'Ein Stüke für ein Orgelwerk in ein Uhr.? They…

On December 18th, 2004 three of today's most talented flatpicking guitar players Brad Davis, Tim May, and Cody Kilby got together and performed a concert near Kansas City, Kansas, and Flatpicking Guitar Magazine had cameras rolling. On that night at Jim Curley's Mountain Music Shoppe in Shawnee, Kansas, the crowd was not only treated to some amazing guitar work, but these talented musicians also p…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Eight carefully crafted mini-compositions that begin with simple time signatures and rhythms and work up to mixed meters and complex rhythms. The exercises are musically rewarding and fun to play, and will give your students the practice they need to develop rhythmic accuracy. / Niveau : 2 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

This First Chart Toppers songbook is a collection of best selling, popular songs arranged for Piano, designed to complement the acclaimed John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course.The songs included in First Chart Toppers are presented in simplified arrangements, making this an ideal repertoire for pupils working through parts two to four of the Easiest Piano Course. The order of the songs is such that…

Par GRAEME DENNISS. Hansel and Gretel lose their way in the forest and fall into the clutches of a gourmet witch whose favourite recipes consist mainly of baked children. Will they escape before the oven door closes? Find out by reading and playing this exciting Easy Piano Picture Book, which brings Humperdink's famous fairy tale opera vividly to life in words, music and enchanting full-colour ill…

Par WILSON CHRISTOPHER. This is part of a series of inter-related instrumental workbooks for keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and percussion. Planned so that concepts are carefully introduced, consolidated and extended, this is the second of three workbooks each containing twenty-five units. They support and complement the teacher's resource through an innovative approach that encourages a creative a…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Written between 1923 and 1925, these 10 Waltzes were written in Britten's childhood and in publishing them the composer intended that they would be used particularly by the young or the inexperienced to practice. / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Piano

Par CONSTAS ROBERT. This collection of various style chants and reflections for duet recorder is designed for church performance and other occasions requiring solemnity and quiet joy. Most arrangements are for alto and tenor, or soprano and tenor. They are all original compositions, except for two plainsong chants. The classic chants O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Of the Father's Love Begotten are es…

Big sister plays the flute? Little brother plays the saxophone? Dad plays bassoon? Buy all three solo books and they can play together. Mum plays the piano? She can accompany them using the piano accompaniment book. These books contain loads of popular Christmas tunes including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, O Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel and many more. / Flûte Traversière O…

Forty Little Studies for Tenor Trombone is a set of easy studies by Marcel Galiègue and Jérôme Naulais. Covering approximately half a page each, they will help beginners to develop their skills and abilities. The keys includeup to 4 flats and 3 sharps, and the rhythms used are fairly easy and basic. These piece is a must-have for applying the basic theory for beginners. Marcel Galiègue and Jérôme …