This effective, demanding work for piano solo captivates through its changes between twirling cascades and oases of tranquillity whereby the irridescent development focuses on central reference tones. Occasionally the strings inside the instrument have to be plucked. Matthias Pintscher wishes to achieve the greatest possible sound refinement, leading the performer as well as the audience to magica…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

Par WEILL KURT. German composer, Kurt Weill (1900-1950) is best remembered as a leading composer for the stage. His collaboration with playwright Jacques Deval to create the dramatised production of Marie Galante was well received. Marie Galante was originally a novel by Deval. Weill composed music for the play in 1934, and later for the screen version. This collection of the favourite pieces from…

Par SHELDON ROBERT. Take a journey on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked the Far East with the Western world in this imaginative piece by Robert Sheldon. Exotic harmonies combine with driving rhythms and colorful percussion to create a soundscape of shifting sands and faraway lands. A solo alto saxophone references the sound of a Turkish sorna to open the piece, leading to the pers…

Director Stageright and Music Director Highnote are busy leading the final rehearsals for the annual Christmas pageant and holding a few last-minute auditions. Will they be able to find just the right trio to play the three wise men? Will Harold and the Angel Choir make their entrances on time? Appropriate for both schools and churches, the score of this simple-to-stage production features traditi…

Par COHEN MARY. Bags Of Fun For Cello is packed with imaginative pieces for absolute beginners: try chattering with skeletons, making a gate creak, admiring an octopus trampolining and watching frogs doing high jump! Written by leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen, this book is gently progressive yet always entertaining, with plenty of material on the open strings and a gradual introduction of firs…

for piano and woodwind quintet. Par JALBERT PIERRE. Wind Dances is in seven short contrasting movements, each containing dance-like rhythms, both slow and fast. Having two sons who both play the clarinet, I've heard many a woodwind quintet, so I've been wanting to write for the medium for quite a while. In this instance, I also added my own instrument, the piano. The work opens with a fast moveme…

Representing a variety of crucial events chronologically leading up to the Revolutionary War, the musical canvas is vivid with the imagery of a new nation with each event staged. Perfect for a historical presentation with representative images projected on a screen. (5:30) / Orchestre D'Harmonie

Anybody who opens this 'treasure chest for duos' will enjoy valuable gems of the literature for two violins. This volume contains original compositions from the Baroque to the modern era, unknown and known, easy and demanding. The present volume is aimed at violinists who possess profound basic knowledge. As material to be used in lessons, the pieces train the player's sense of style and the inter…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This short showy piece was written to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Belgian Brass Band, Midden Brabant and is used as the opening piece for most of the band’s concerts. All sections of the band briefly express themselves, leading to an exultant final climax played by the complete band. / Niveau : 5 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Brass Band

Arr. Roland Kernen. Par FREEDMAN / DE KN MAX C.. Bill Haley was a pioneer in the history of rock and roll. With his band, the Comets, he had a massive worldwide hit with Rock Around the Clock leading the way for other rock acts to follow. Now you can hear this classic again and be certain of a hit in your concert. / Niveau : 2.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

This volume, by Barbara Malipiero, provides two studies edited by Riccardo Malipiero in 1948 on Bach and Debussy.These are both significant works, as they take us back to the 'real' music and lives of these two composers, misunderstood so far.Riccardo Malipiero (Milan, 24th July 1914 - 27th November 2003) was a versatile man: a composer and intellectual with an interest in all areas of culture, no…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH / JONES NATHAN (Arr.). Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia. The original publication of September: The Hunt included an epigraph at the start of the piece-a small poem by Alexander Pushkin. This energetic arr…

An Expedition into Czech Piano Music
A collection of pieces for early intermediate pianists
- Cross-section of Czech piano literature from the 18th to the late 20th century
- Works selected and provided with fingering by piano virtuoso Ivo Kahánek
- Pieces of easy to moderate technical difficulty
The leading Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek has long devoted himself to training yo…

Par PITTS ANTONY. The Naxos Book of Carols is collection of both the very old and the very new. Commissioned by the leading international classical music label, Naxos, these twenty-four arrangements of traditional and original carols tell the Christmas story - from the hope of Advent and the message of the Angels, to the humble birth of the baby in Bethlehem and the coming of the King of kings. T…