Par WATTS CHRISTINE. Wonderfully simple and light-hearted biographies, perfect for children, teach lessons thru the composer's life and how they reacted to their circumstances and childhood. This is to depict that the great composers were 'human' and suffered hard times, but overcame their difficulties to become the best they could be. The majority of the pieces are written for the piano and violi…

on two poems by Kiki Dimoula. Par JOST CHRISTIAN. Jost has set to music 'Melancholy' and 'Afternoon', two tender poems by Kiki Dimoula, the most important contemporary Greek lyricist. Combining the human voice with the sound of a string quartet, he treats the mezzo-soprano like an expressive musical instrument which is not just accompanied by the string quartet. Although each of the songs has its …

Outils pédagogique pour tous les jazzmen. Séléction de 10 classiques arrangés pour les instruments en Bb, Eb et C. Les parties piano et basse sont détachables. Sur le CD vous trouverez deux versions de chaque thème : une avec tous les instruments et une autre sans la partie solo.Titres : Ben - Billie Jean - The Girl Is Mine - Heal The World - Human Nature - Man In The Mirror - Remember The Time - …

'On A Day When the Wind Is Perfect? is an uplifting affirmation of joy and beauty that the world affords every day to the eyes and heart that are opened to perceive and receive it. The poem and music describe the feeling of everything in life flowing with the ease of a boat propelled to glide effortlessly over the water by the wind that fills its sails. The work compares the human eyes and heart t…

Par CATTLEY SARAH. Written for baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Susie Allan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the five Frances Cornford settings of A Square and Candle-Lighted Boat further enhance Sarah Cattley’s reputation as an exciting young composer acutely sensitive to the nuances of English poetry. In addition to familiar sources ranging from ‘a…

Composer David Brunner has a gift for setting texts in melodic phrases with gentle contours and with a lyrical style. He has done exactly that with this text by Victorian age poet and essayist Bessie Rayner Parkes. Parkes was a prominent English feminist and campaigner for women's rights who found music everywhere - in birds, flowers, winds and waves - but mostly in earnest human voices raised in …

Ricordi, the well-known printer of classical opera, presents the works of the great opera composers in its CRITICAL EDITION · PRACTICAL SERIES. These revised definitive scores are produced by using all the currently available sources ranging from the original autographs to printed editions, in line with strict philological and critical criteria. Each edition has a brief introduction providing the …

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The first classical Organ method for children, the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can kno…

Par DAVIES TANSY. Between Worlds, the highly anticipated operatic debut from Tansy Davies to a libretto by Nick Drake, opens at London's Barbican Theatre on 11 April. A bold and highly individual response to the events of 9/11, the opera, commissioned by English National Opera, brings Davies and Drake together with acclaimed director Deborah Warner. A disparate group of individuals is trapped high…

Fünf Ausgewählte Lieder. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Mahler for violin and piano? Why not! The violin is probably the instrument most akin to the human voice and Mahler was a prolific song writer. Georgian violinist, Lisa Batiashvili, has chosen five songs, in arrangements by Ronald Kornfeil, to enhance her own and others’ concert repertoire. She offers a selection from “Aus der Jugendzeit”, “Fahrenden Ge…

Par BRALEY BERNARD. Edited by Bernard Braley Bernard Braley's fascinating anthology begins with the Biblical premise, from Micah, that we are required to offer our work itself as living worship and living prayer. To this is added Teilhard de Chardin's modern insight that in the work of spirit, conducted through an individual's profession or vocation, lies 'the very bonework of society'. A wealth o…

Minor: Bordun. Par ORFF CARL / KEETMAN GUNILD. Carl Orff devoted much of his life to the development of a philosophy of Music for Children, based on his belief that music is the natural outcome of speech, rhythm and movement. His ideas and pioneering work have had a major influence on music and dance education throughout the world and today that work continues under the guidance of leading teacher…

Description Luka Sulic/Stjepan Hauser: 2 Cellos This folio features accessible duet arrangements to 11 songs as performed by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser rival cellists who joined forces to become 2 Cellos and create unique renditions of popular songs, and became a Songlist Fragile Human Nature Misirlou Resistance Smells Like Teen Spirit Smooth Criminal Use Somebody Viva La Vida Welcome T…

Handel's 'Agrippina? HWV 6 was performed with great success at the 2015 International Handel Festival in Göttingen (Germany) using the new Bärenreiter edition including the performance material and this vocal score.'Agrippina? is the last opera that Handel completed and premiered in Italy. The excellent libretto is one of the few original opera libretti that he set to music. The plot is tightly co…