Under a Ginkgo Tree in Tiergarden. Par KOSKINEN JUHA T.. Juha T. Koskinen (b. 1972) tells about his String quartet no. 2: 'Second string quartet (2014) is connected to great changes in my personal life. A few months after the score was finished, I became a father. The musical key moment is found at the very end of the work; Holy Night allusions are embedded to the finale of the work - con tenerezz…

Aus Op. 10. Par STANFORD CHARLES VILLIERS. This Stanford 'Mass' consists of 'Kyrie', 'Gloria', 'Credo' and 'Sanctus'. These movements are from his famous 'Morning, Communion and Evening Service in B flat', op. 10. The work was published by Novello in 1879; it quickly became popular, and served as a model for other composers. / Messe / Répertoire / Choeur SATB et Orgue

'Drunken Sailor? is among the best-known of the sea shanties and became a popular song among non-sailors during the 20th century. The infectious tune has lyrics that ask the question, 'What do we do with a drunken sailor early in the morning?? Each subsequent verse suggests various forms of punishment for the poor chap. This spirited arrangement is sure to delight audiences with a sparkling and en…

Par TAKE THAT. Progress is Take That's sixth studio album, and the first to feature the full lineup of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, and Robbie Williams since 1995's Somebody Else . The album was released in the UK a week earlier than planned (15th November 2010), as it had become the most pre-ordered album of the year. On the first day of the release it sold over 305,000 co…

Per Viola E Pianoforte. Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a piani…

Par PART ARVO. A work commissioned by Settembre Musica Torino for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin became a three-section meditation on The Shroud and the convoluted journey of this enigma from Jerusalem to its preservation in Turin. This piece is Scored for C trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussion, and strings./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Martin Luther. Par SCHNEIDER ENJOTT. On the occasion of the quincentenary of Reformation Day in 2017, the composer Enjott Schneider thoroughly studied Martin Luther the individual and all his contradictions. The result is a brilliant, demanding organ symphony which is perfect for concerts on the subject of Reformation and Martin Luther. The composer describes the five movements of the symphony as…

Par RANTALA IIRO. Iiro Rantala's Veneziana for chamber ensemble and piano (2021-2022) is a 50 minute long program about all things Venice; how famous composers were affected by the city, how they affected the city and became part of the Venetian Story – told with an Iiro twist. The meeting of Prokofiev and Diaghilev turns into a 'real nutcracker ballet Romeo and Steve', whilst Mozart loses his moj…

Though it sounds very much like a folk song, Lorena was actually composed in 1856. It became extremely popular during the Civil War, when it was a favorite of both Confederate and Union soldiers who longed to be reunited with their sweethearts. This setting is scored for SATB divisi a cappella and was first sung by the Yale Glee Club, Jeffrey Douma director. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

This classic rocker from 1987 was featured on the Guns N Roses debut album, and became their first #1 chart hit. Still popular 30 years later, this is sure to be a blast from the past for the audience members and a fun piece for the band as well. / Harmonie

Arr. James Curnow. Par FRESCOBALDI GIROLAMO. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was an Italian organist and composer, who became one of the most distinguished organists of the 17th century, serving in the cathedrals of Rome, Florence and in the Netherlands. This Toccata is an arrangement from one of his 68 organ works. / Niveau : 4 / Répertoire / Brass Band

... And the Guitar Became Electric. Par . / Livre / Guitare Electrique

Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Niels Gade (1817-1890), who was born in Copenhagen and spent most of his life there, went to Leipzig in 1843 for further training on a royal scholarship. There he became friends with Robert Schumann and found an eager patron in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. He is regarded as the most important figure of the Danish musical scene in the 19th century. His charming cycle 'Der K…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók’s “For Children” is one of the best known pedagogical works for piano teachers of the twentieth century, second only perhaps to the same composer’s “Mikrokosmos”. It was based firmly on the huge number of folk songs he collected, recorded and studied with his colleague Zoltán Kodály. At the time, Bartók was offering something very new to piano teachers and their studen…

Arr. Jan De Haan. Par PURCELL HENRY. Purcell composed this brilliant theme as incidental music for his work Abdelazar (1693). Three centuries later Benjamin Britten used it in his symphonic work The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (with the subtitle Variation and Fugue on a theme of Purcell) and it became famous. This arrangement by Jan de Haan remains faithful to Britten’s intentions featur…