True impact is felt in this lushly written choral prayer. The hope for intimacy with God is expressed in moving tones and the piano part offers a supportive yet rhapsodic decoration for this message of love and grace. A quote ofthe hymn Near to the Heart of God acts as a delicate punctuation mark to the central theme and embraces the congregation with arms of assurance and comfort. Supports: Isa…

Possibly the most appropriate band for the Acoustic Classics series, the Eagles combined acoustic intimacy with the driving force of rock 'n' roll. This guitar tablature songbook contains some of their biggest hits transcribed for guitar with tab, standard notation, chords and lyrics.After the thrill is gone; Certain kind of fool; Doolin-dalton; Hollywood waltz; Journey of the sorcerer; Hotel Cal…

Joni Jensen Choral Series. This beautiful and lamenting poem by French poet Charles Beaudelaire is captured in all of its sadness and intimacy. A detailed IPA makes the language barrier go away. And women's choirs will flourish as they make this text their own.

Dale Warland Choral Series-With a text from the Celtic collection Carmina Gadelica these words speak directly from the heart in simple and poignant language that is so often a creative departure from mainstream religious writings and liturgy.This thoughtful choral reflection profound in its simplicity conveys the intimacy and immediacy of faith in the daily workings of a strong people who lived…

James Weeks' Ærc for any number of orchestral string instruments (at least 12). Composed and published 2016.Duration: 26-30 minutes.Ærc is the Old Engliosh word for ark dervied from the Latin arca a chest. Here it denotes an enclosed space perhaps of refuge or safety certainly of intimacy. As in the ark or Noah the players are paired entering the figurative space of the work two-by-two and c…

Add a large helping of glitz and glamour to you repertoire with this bumper selection of showtunes, all arranged for the solo Pianist! 45 show songs from the West End to Broadway have been specially chosen to create an anthology that will add spice, variety and endless entertainment to your recitals. With pieces ranging from the saucy Jazz of Chicago and Big Spender to the gentle intimacy of Memor…

Homage to Anish Kapoor and his sculpture 'Marsyas'. Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt about Lamentate: 'Lamentate is music for piano solo and orchestra. With respect to its form, however, the composition cannot really be described as a typical piano concerto. I chose the piano to be the solo instrument because it fixes our attention on something that is 'one'. This 'one' could be a person, or perhaps a fir…

Tryst, for chamber orchestra, was composed in 1989 and has since established itself both in the concert hall and as a ballet score. The composer explains the genesis of the work in the form of a love poem by William Soutar written in broad Scots, called The Tryst, which he set to a very simple melody. This melody has persistently appeared, in various guises, in many works composed since - the cong…

Dale Warland Choral Series-No. 1 in Nativity Suite the opening sounds of the instruments and voices in this setting are meant to invoke an air of mystery. The initial tone clusters approached by layering the voice parts should be presentedvery subtly in order to enhance the intimacy and the veiled quality suited to this traditional liturgical. The alleluias which reflect the significance of t…

Now seen as part of the 19th century aesthetic primacy of 'Bel Canto' great works for voice were frequently arranged for solo instruments a practice that became increasingly popular as the tone and capabilities of the instruments could draw performers ever closer to the characteristics of the human voice.Performer and composer Leopold Jansa originally arranged Schubert's celebrated Winterreise f…

With 'L'Etoile?, Chabrier composed a light-hearted opera which has increasingly enjoyed revivals in recent years.The plot is introduced by King Ouf I who offers his subjects an execution every year on his birthday. Unfortunately the problem now arises that no crime has recently been committed which might serve as a reason for an execution. Finally, he finds a would-be victim in the young Lazuli. H…

Tenor saxophone great Joe Lovano plays with a balance of imaginative abandon and technical control that has not been heard since John Coltrane says Downbeat magazine. Touring with his nine-piece ensemble Lovano has found the perfect vehicle in this ?little-big band? format striking a balance between the powerful sound of a large ensemble and the intimacy of the solo-oriented small combo. This D…

In accordance with the tradition of the genre, these are characterised by sentimentality, intimacy and programmatic tendencies. Characteristic for them is a turbulent middle section and a richly ornamented reprise. However, variability of dynamics and musical course are not appropriate for nocturnes, rather holding on to a particular mood, full of expectation or the past brought to the present. …

Schubert composed his great Piano Sonata in A major just a few months before his untimely death in 1828. The balance this work strikes between lyrical melody, emotional intimacy and pianistic brilliance makes it a highlight among his sonatas, not least because of its poetic 'Andantino?.This scholarly-critical edition by Walburga Litschauer is based on the Urtext of the 'New Schubert Edition? and u…

Miniature Score of D759 'Unfinished' and D944 'The Great'. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. The least schooled of the great German musicians, Schubert amply compensated for his lack of formal training with his keen musical intuition and limitless melodic invention. This volume comprises two of his greatest and best-loved orchestral works. Although the Unfinished consists of only two movements, it is one of the…