Handel's opera Lotario was first heard at the King's Theater in the Haymarket on 2 December 1729 and had a run of nine performances. Though never revived in the composer's lifetime, Handel reused many of its arias in his later operas, sometimes altering the words.The historical background of the plot is the conflict between Otto I (912-973) and Berengar of Ivrea for the Italian crown and Otto's ma…

Catherine Rollin's Christmas Treats and Treasures, Book 3, is a collection of nine piano arrangements of holiday favorites. These beautiful, joyful, and uplifting carols and songs will bring many special musical moments to piano students as they celebrate the holidays. / Piano

Weihnachtskantate. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. This idyllic and lyrical work, which finely underscores the Christmas story in nine scenes, is rendered in a recording in which the joy of Christmas Eve is emphatically communicated./ Répertoire / Solistes SBar, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières,

9 Duets. Par HELLER BARBARA. The nine programmatic movements with different technical and musical challenges are a welcome and varied addition to the flute and clarinet repertoire. The pieces would be perfect for concerts and competitions./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Clarinette en Bb

Guitar. Par STEINEL MIKE. Mike Steinel's follow-up book to his popular Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble features a wealth of instructional material that can be used in a full band setting or individually. After a brief review of style basics, this comprehensive method includes a section of daily warm-ups and workouts for rehearsal, followed by a variety of lessons covering specific styles and …

Tuba. Par STEINEL MIKE. Mike Steinel's follow-up book to his popular Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble features a wealth of instructional material that can be used in a full band setting or individually. After a brief review of style basics, this comprehensive method includes a section of daily warm-ups and workouts for rehearsal, followed by a variety of lessons covering specific styles and im…

Par ADES THOMAS. The Fayrfax Carol was commissioned by the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1997. Subtle and lyrical yet with pointed, bitter-sweet harmonies, the piece looks ahead to Christ's Passion. A challenging, yet immensely rewarding work. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Feuillet / Choeur

Conductor. Par STEINEL MIKE. Mike Steinel's follow-up book to his popular Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble features a wealth of instructional material that can be used in a full band setting or individually. After a brief review of style basics, this comprehensive method includes a section of daily warm-ups and workouts for rehearsal, followed by a variety of lessons covering specific styles a…

Concepts and Exercises to Develop a Band's Musical Potential - Trombone/Baritone/Bassoon. Par JAGOW SHELLEY. This method presents interpretative suggestions to enhance ensemble musicianship for band directors and students in the following nine areas: Rhythm Melody and Phrasing Dynamics and Balance Embellishments Articulations and Accents Style Tempo Releases Intonation Each area presents a variety…

Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. / Répertoire / Piano

Par WUORINEN CHARLES. Charles Wuorinen\'s Second Piano Trio was found on his desk at the time of his passing in March 2020. A single, nine-minute movement, it is characterized by a complex, lively rhythmic interplay between the three instruments, in particular a wittily repeated figure of sixteenth-note quintuplets. Upon reviewing Wuorinen\'s third and final draft for this piece posthumously, thre…

This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 4 Clarinet syllabus from 2022./ Etude / Clarinette

This encyclopedia of licks you need to know to play 5-string bluegrass banjo includes accompaniment (backup) licks, soloing licks, as well as basic music theory, the Numbers system, listening suggestions, and many complete solos, plus 119 audio tracks available online for download or streaming to help you learn how and when to play the licks. 14 bluegrass standards are used as examples showing how…

(The Four Seasons). Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) stands, with Handel and J. S. Bach, as one of the titanic figures of late Baroque composition. Not only was he lauded as a composer of vocal and instrumental works both sacred and secular, he was without doubt, the most prolific composer of his age. In addition to hundreds of vocal works, including forty-nine operas, he composed …

The Children's and Female Choruses were composed in a single burst of creative activity at the zenith of Bartók's career, in the summer of 1935, between such masterpieces as the String Quartet #5 and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. These short choral pieces are based on folk texts that Bartók further polished and stylized. The music, however, is wholly the composer's own, although i…