Abenteur Im Erweiterten Tonraum. Par STRECKE KERSTIN. Little Tio 'on Tour' means that he wanders across the meadows, whistles a few melodies, runs into grasshoppers, birds, caterpillars, even bears and snakes, and in no time at all he's compiled a collection of 40 new pieces. 'Tio on Tour' also means: the piano has many more keys than the notes within the interval of a fifth. So let's go! We move …

Par ICKES ROB. In these extraordinary studio performances, Dobro virtuoso Rob Ickes (Blue Highway, Three Ring Circle) is joined by bluegrass prodigy Andy Leftwich (Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Three Ring Circle) on mandolin, and then by jazz pianist Michael Alvey. These powerful sets of richly improvisational instrumental duets are followed by two signature solo works that showcase Ickes' tr…

The Complete Piano Player: Les Misérables includes 15 song selections from the film adaptation of the musical, Les Misérables by Boublil and Schönberg.Included are the easy fingering and chord arrangements familiar from the Complete Piano Player series that make learning effortless, putting the music of one of the best-loved musicals of all time at your fingertips. Featuring the rousing Do You Hea…

Par PARRY BEN. Ben Parry presents a trio of Christmas classics from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Two lively, light-hearted numbers, I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, are followed by Band Aid's compelling Do They Know It's Christmas' Arranged for accompanied SATB mixed voices. The Choral Programme Series is now a well-established programming tool for many choirs as…

Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control, looping, buttons to turn each instrument on or off, lead sheet with follow-along marker and melody performed by a saxophone or trumpet on the head in and head out. The full stereo tracks can …

Today's best way to practice jazz! Accurate, easy-to-read lead sheets and professional, customizable audio tracks accessed online for 10 songs. The interactive, online audio interface includes: tempo control, looping, buttons to turn each instrument on or off, lead sheet with follow-along marker and melody performed by a saxophone or trumpet on the head in and head out. The full stereo tracks can …

The Best Single Source for Learning to Play like the Masters forw. Par LIEBMAN JON. Following the success of his critically-acclaimed groove-oriented bass technique books, including Funk Bass and Funk/Fusion Bass, Jon Liebman is back with a whole new collection of funky instructional grooves-this time with a jazz infusion! You'll learn to play with a wide variety of expression and nuanace on both …

Arrangeur: Carl Strommen. Broadway by Special Arrangement is a collection of eleven songs arranged for the instrumentalist wanting to play in a Jazz style -without the need to learn to improvise. The 'classically' trained amateur or professional performer, or the intermediate-level student (III-IV), will enjoy playing these expertly arranged Broadway melodies just for fun or to include as a light …

Par CURTIS MIKE. Bulgarian Bat Bite was written in 2003 as a commission by the Quartetto Italiano di Clarinetti. It is an adaption and expansion of the composer´s 1992 duet, Khyberian Catfit, which is included in his 10 Klezmer Duos, published by Advance Music of Germany. The Duo‘s name referred to the antics of the family cat, Khyber, without alluding to the Balkan influences upon the composers f…

Lully, Lullay was written at the request of Philip Reed, music director of the Bury St Edmunds Bach Choir, which gave the first performance on 17 December 2011 at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk. Inspired by the familiar medieval text of the Coventry Carol , it is sung a cappella and invokes the sense of a lullaby through its metre and lilting melody. The fragility and bittersweet tonal…

Par GILL JOANNA. This work is a reflective setting of a popular blessing used regularly in both church services and within choral concerts. Scored for unaccompanied mixed choir, the four parts are often divided to create an eight-part texture. The main melodic interest is carried in the soprano line over a supporting line of six parts provided by the lower voices. Within this short setting a var…

Commissioned by The Bach Choir in memory of Leopold de Rothschild (1927-2012), a singing member of the Choir for 50 years and Chairman for 23 years. Following his resignation as a singer Leo became the Choir's President, a position he held until his death - over this extraordinary period of devotion to the Choir he became a friend to vast numbers of his fellow singers, and gave unstintingly of his…

Par GORDON MICHAEL ZEV. A serene 'a capella' work by this highly individual and talented young composer. Ethereal, slow-moving harmonies flow into inspired chord clusters. An excellent choice for weddings, memorial services or as a concert piece./ Feuillet / Choeur