Across a decades-long career, Chick Corea (1941-2021) exerted a limit-stretching influence on many a musical genre. With dozens of albums and an astounding 23 Grammy Awards to his credit, he was a potent force in music: exploring, experimenting, and discovering. His impact will be felt for years to come. This collection pays tribute to him with 26 note-for-note transcriptions with meticulous easy-…

Par BARNES LARRY. Cloud Breathing by Larry Barnes, for Oboe and Piano. Cloud breathing is a technique in Chinese martial arts involving short, sharp inhaling breaths and a slow exhale to oxygenate the body in preparation for fighting, meditation and healing. In this work, the piano begins in the upper register with tones like wind chimes, with the oboe entering beneath. This meditative first secti…

Par ESENVALDS ERIKS. Only in Sleep is a nostalgic vision of childhood re-experienced through dreams. Eriks E?envalds has created a work of subtlety, yet powerful and expressive. The music has an incandescent freshness and the Flugel Horn soloist heard at the opening returns at the close, lost in reverie, whilst florid arabesques float over one last pair of chordal oscillations, winding down to not…

The three movements of North Dakota: The Peace Garden State capture the spirit of this northern state. In 'The Meandering Missouri,' an atmospheric piece in Dorian mode and 3/4 meter, the Missouri River is depicted by a gentle accompaniment and lingering melody, making the piece reminiscent of a 'Gymnopédie.' A contrasting middle section with unexpected harmonies and parallel-moving triads brings …

Le folklore est un divertissement appréciableen cours de flûte à bec. Sylvia Corinna Rosinnous emmène à 'Hellas ', comme la Grèce sedit en Grec. Notre ' guide de voyage ', connuegrâce à ' BlockflötenSpiel ' (EB 8760/61)ainsi que par de nombreux recueil de pièces àjouer, présente les plus beaux chants et dansesde tous les coins du pays. La seconde voixpour flûte alto ou ténor représente un accompag…

Elegy For Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. The initial idea was for a millennium piece, which it is, but rather than add to the many celebratory pieces that have understandably been written to salute the 3rd millennium, Philip Sparke thought it would perhaps be appropriate to think about the aspects of life that are constantly with us (such as faith and philosophy) rather than the exciting changes that th…

The Rockschool Popular Music Theory Workbook (Debut) is the ideal preparation for students taking Rockschool's new theory exams. Practise each section of your Rockschool Popular Music Theory exam in isolation, then study a specimen paper from the Debut exam! Use your Debut Workbook along with the accompanying Popular Music Theory Guidebook (Grades Debut - 5) to ensure success in your exams! Rocksc…

Wie bereits in seiner Jazz-Partita über Lobe den Herren (Schott, ED 21913) kombiniert Peter Wittrich auch in dieser Komposition wieder Jazz-Elemente mit traditioneller Orgelschreibweise. Nun danket all ist mit seinem gemäßigten Schwierigkeitsgrad gleichermaßen für das Konzert und für den liturgischen Einsatz geeignet. Das Rock-Prélude und die Toccata in ?Funk', als erster und letzter Satz, sind ty…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. Shackelton's Cross was inspired by a painting created in 1957 by the English artist Edward Seago (1910-1974). The title refers to a cross which was erected to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who led a number of explorations to the Antarctic. Shackleton died in 1922 whilst on a Polar expedition, and the cross can be found on a promontory at the entrance to the bay at Grytvi…

Par ESENVALDS ERIKS. Stars is one of the most popular of all contemporary choral works by Latvian composer Eriks E?envalds. The music begins with water-tuned glasses playing a sequence of chord clusters, which are heard throughout the whole piece. It creates an evocative effect, which is both imaginative and inventive prodcing an ethereal shimmering beauty. Phillip Littlemore's expert arrangement …

Par PAUSET BRICE. Une première petite chronique. Depuis longtemps l'idée - la nécessité plutôt - d'en finir avec les belles architectures victorieuses, les solides métaphores, le confort du déjà connu, pour imaginer les conditions d'une musique sinon inimaginable, du moins, moins 'calibrée'. Ce morceau représente la première pièce d'un cycle que je me refuse donc à planifier comme tel, tant le suj…

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio's most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most mature, and most original arias, and are published here for the first time. They evince a potential dramatic intensity that makes us regret all the more the loss of the first act. Only one aria of Act…

Ce livre est avant tout un hommage à un pays frappé en 2010 parla dévastation du tremblement de terre. Face à cette tragédie, nous avons réalisé combienl'image stéréotypée d'Haïti comme une 'île magique' a été cruellement injuste.Haïti continue de déchaîner un charme énorme, mais sa musique et des sortschorégraphes nous raconter les vicissitudes de souffrances sans fin et tente de sublimeren quelq…

Par SAMITZ NICO. Nico Samitz has been composing for chamber ensembles since his school days. For over ten years he has been writing works in a wide variety of genres for the ?BlechReiz BrassQuintett? ensemble, in which he himself plays trumpet and piano. His field of expertise ranges from classical pieces to jazz and meditative music?and even to pop-oriented compositions. While honing his skills i…

Par CHUNG-HING. 'Cantos de té' refleja las vivencias de la autora así como experiencias ajenas. El té, cuyas propiedades saludables se conocen desde la Antigüedad, evoca la naturaleza y las estaciones, el frío del invierno y la exuberancia de la primavera. Por medio de esta bebida calmante y esti-mulante, la autora sugiere un renacimiento positivo y el retorno a la verdadera naturaleza del ser. Es…