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. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Par DE COSMO EMILE. Students, educators and performers may always continue to search for shortcuts to improvisation, but there are none. It takes hours of dedication and disciplined practice to be able to improvise. That being said, it is not a foregone conclusion that learning to improvise couldn’t be made easier with the proper guidance and resource. Santorella’s New Jazz Improvisation series, “…

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…

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Par SCHAARS PETER KLEINE. Melodia Blues, a swinging composition by PeterKleine Schaars begins with a robust intro. Fourbars follow, which can be repeated ad lib. toallow for an optional announcement (this is theso-called VAMP). The blues theme follows alongwith two written-out improvisations. These can beexpanded - depending on the resources withinyour band. After a richly scored reprise of thethe…

Par BOUTHIER CHRISTIAN. The energetic activities of three craftsmen at a local crafts market inspired the composer Christian Bouthier to write this work in three movements. The clockmaker gets many curious visitors at his stand. He patiently and proudly shows the precision work of his beautiful clocks and lets all of them tick - the small ones and large ones. The cooper (barrel-maker) skillfully p…

Par SMALL MARK (Arr.). Ces deux hymnes sont parmi mes préférés. Be Still My Soul (Reste en paix, mon âme) provient de l’avant-dernier chœur du poème symphonique, Finlandia, que Jean Sibelius a composé en 1899. Peut-être l’œuvre la plus connue de Sibelius, Finlandia est une série de six tableaux tirés de l’histoire de la patrie du compositeur, la Finlande. La section chorale a pris une vie propre e…

Le bluesman de pays de génie / songster Mance Lipscomb, était le plus accompli du guitariste pouce morts dont basse conduite solide propulsées par ses mélodies ressemblant à la danse, spontanées par le biais de chanson après la chanson. Issu d'une famille musicale et grandit en jouant dans le blues de pays Texas traditions signifiait qu'il bientôt devint respecté comme guitariste blues fine et con…

Par SCHOLL INGO. Cet ouvrage consacré aux Blues est, avec ses 200 unverzichtbarenLicks, une véritable Encyclopédie de style, une fine Tonsätze de Auswahlimprovisierter - des marques déposées de la Gitarristen.Innerhalb plus important de ce manuel sont the licks par genre (ternaire, binaire, 12 / 8, intro, redressement, corail, etc.) et arrangés selon le niveau de difficulté.Tout le monde sera à se…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Buzzing on the mouthpiece has many benefits if done with a systematic and observant approach. Because the mouthpiece offers less resistance than does the instrument, buzzing helps accustom the player to using more air. This greater airflow helps let the lips relax and vibrate more freely, producing a more resonant sound. It also makes the player more reliant on his ear to place pitches, just as a …