Sleigh Ride. Par CURNOW JAMES. Troika is a Russian word that means a group of three but it also means a light Russian sleigh pulled by three horses. Christmas Troika portrays the joy of Christmas via a musical sleigh-ride. Listen as the glistening snow crinkles beneath the weight of the sleigh and the hooves of the prancing horses as it travels through the countryside. One can almost see the frost…

Sleigh Ride. Par CURNOW JAMES. Troika is a Russian word that means a group of three but it also means a light Russian sleigh pulled by three horses. Christmas Troika portrays the joy of Christmas via a musical sleigh-ride. Listen as the glistening snow crinkles beneath the weight of the sleigh and the hooves of the prancing horses as it travels through the countryside. One can almost see the frost…

This setting of the opening to Psalm 102 was composed in the early 1680s. Purcell, who was in his early twenties, had succeeded John Blow as organist of Westminster Abbey around the beginning of the decade and his star was in the ascendant as a court composer. In this piece he pulls off a remarkable compositional coup: a single, gradual climax, lasting over two minutes and culminating on the final…

Par PURCELL HENRY. Henry Purcell had a marvelous natural ability for counterpoint, which was especially evident when combining pungent English counterpoint with expressive, flexible, and dramatic word settings. His Organ Music is no less a showcase for his melodic abilities and, in this edition, a feast of intelligent keyboard writing lies. This compilation contains six works plus an appendix by J…

30 chansons de Soul des années 60 à aujourd'hui.Transcriptions à partir des enregistrements originaux pour piano, chant et guitare (grilles d'accords).Titres :(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanAll The Love In The WorldBaby LoveDidn't I Blow Your Mind This TimeDry LandEasyI TryIf You Don't Know Me By NowMy Old PianoNo More DramaPiece Of My HeartPlease Mister PostmanSave The Best For LastSittin…

Beginner/Intermediate Level. Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Outstanding Blues and Jazz Compositions Beginner/Intermediate Level by Andrew D. Gordon presents an introduction to playing blues and jazz including gospel, latin, new age and rock influences within the 14 compositions. This book introduces you to various musical concepts such as: 12 bar blues progression, walking and boogie woogie bass lines, tri…

Allerheiligentag Iii. Par LINJAMA JYRKI. Jyrki Linjama's second string quartet (2018) is subtitled Allerheiligentag III. The material for the Allerheiligentag cycle is a Finnish folk chorale for All Saints' Day (no. 146 in the Finnish Hymn Book). The first work in the cycle is a string trio (2007), the second a piece for orchestra (2009), and the fourth and fifth are solo works for viola da gamba …

Full Score. Par VINE CARL. Carl Vine's Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997) is one of three large-scale works composed with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in mind - the others being his first two piano sonatas.  Its composer describes it as 'a conscious and continuous tribute to the Piano Concerto as a medium and historical entity', a fact most apparent in the slow movement, with its long melodic lines evok…

Slow March. Par WOODHOUSE CHARLES. Slow March/ Répertoire / Orchestre

2nd Movement. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN / MEYER RICHARD (Arr.) . This theme and variations from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is one of the most famous slow movements in the entire symphonic repertoire. Because of its somber minor key and quiet rhythmic pulse, it has been likened to a procession through the catacombs. Your students will love the wide variety of emotions included here in Richard Meye…

Par BOURDEAU EUGENE. Eugene Bourdeau came from a family of bassoonists and eventually became the professor of bassoon at the Paris Conservatory from 1891 to 1922. Though not well-known as a composer, he composed three solos for bassoon, consisting of a a variety of styles. The Deuxieme (Second) Solo, composed for the 1907 concours of the Paris Conservatory, is in three sections: a stately introduc…

Par PEPIN CAMILLE. Il s'agit d'un cycle de mélodies pour mezzo-soprano, violoncelle et piano - commande de l'Association Olivier Messiaen au pays de la Meije - dédié à Anne Le Bozec, Yan Levionnois et Fiona McGown. Ce choix autour de la danse m'est venu à la lecture de cette phrase du poète américain Ezra Pound (1885-1972) - chef de file du mouvement imagiste et moderniste - dans son ABC of Read…

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…

Tel un 'Maître à danser', le cornet solo, paré du titre de coryphée, nous transporte dans le temps, à 4 époques différentes: Roi de la danse, il se présente avec élégance sur un rythme de menuet, avant de s'élancer dans une brillante mazurka. Puis, séducteur dans le slow, il termine sa prestation par un cancan endiablé ! Ce concerto, d'une durée de 15 minutes, offre un éventail complet des possibi…