Georg Frideric Händel 's Serse (Xerxes) has everything one would expect from a Baroque opera - many intertwining love stories, affairs, intrigues, scheming, misunderstanding and forgiving - all presented in the great master's magnificent music. The opera is set in Persia in 480 BC and is very loosely based upon Xerxes I of Persia, though there is little in either the Baroque libretto or music that…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par PARRY CHARLES HUBERT. Everyone will instantly recognize this great patriotic hymn that is often thought of as the second English national anthem. This concert band arrangement by Philip Sparke is sure to be used over and over again at your band’s performances. Your audience will not be able to help themselves from joining in with this rousing song everytime you use it as th…

Christmas round the world brings together carols from five countries, in settings which explore the vivid national characteristics of each country through the ages. Ideal for both string orchestra and quartet use, the arrangements exploit all the techniques and colours of the school or amateur ensemble. There is plenty of melodic interest for the inner parts and cello, while jazz, Latin-American a…

Par RANTALA IIRO. Iiro Rantala's Veneziana for chamber ensemble and piano (2021-2022) is a 50 minute long program about all things Venice; how famous composers were affected by the city, how they affected the city and became part of the Venetian Story – told with an Iiro twist. The meeting of Prokofiev and Diaghilev turns into a 'real nutcracker ballet Romeo and Steve', whilst Mozart loses his moj…

Cette méthode de saxophone convient aux leçons et d'autoformation et s'adresse aux jeunes et aux adultes qui veulent apprendre à jouer du saxophone avec plaisir et de succès. C'est pourquoi cette méthode établie se concentre sur les chansons connues - exercices secs et longues explications sont évités. Tous les sujets ont été enveloppés dans des chansons attrayants et pièces dont son comme droit r…

Suk, Josef Meditation on the Old Czech Hymn St Wenceslas for String Quartet op. 35a Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert. Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas' hymn. The hymn's message ' …

Le 5 octobre 2001 (son anniversaire), rambler international, la racconteur et la Floride/Piedmont blues amateur Roy Book Binder jouent un concert à guichets fermés au National Storytelling Festival Jonesborough, Tennessee, le plus ancien et le plus prestigieux festival de son genre dans le monde. Roy regorgeait son finger-picking blues et les chansons de ragtime avec des histoires outrageusement d…

Commande du Chicago Symphony Orchestra et de Radio France.Création du 5 mars 2014 à Chicago (U.S.A.), par Mathieu DUFOUR (flûte) et le Chicago Symphony Orchestra, sous la direction de Charles DUTOIT.Création française le 10 décembre 2015 par Mathieu DUFOUR (flûte) et l'Orchestre National de France, sous la direction de Ch. Eschenbach.Pour sortir au jour est le nom original du Livre des morts de l'…

Par PINTSCHER MATTHIAS. Composed in 2004/2005; performance material available for hire. Matthias Pintscher was born in Marl in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in 1971 and studied composition with Giselher Klebe and Manfred Trojahn. Formative influences were his encounters with Hans Werner Henze, who invited him to Montepulciano in 1991 and 1992, and with Helmut Lachenmann, Pierre Boulez and Peter…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par BYRD WILLIAM. The Battell was written during the late 14th Century when England was in a mood of national celebration after victory over the Spanish and French Armadas. The movement which Byrd called Marche Before The Battell became known as The Earl of Oxford?s Marchand it appears with that title in an early manuscript copy of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Written while B…

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. The first critical edition of Verdi's Requiem with complete performance material for sale. The edition is based on the autograph as the primary source and makes accessible one of the most important requiem settings of the 19th century in a modern scholarly edition. In particular, articulation, phrasing and dynamics are often indicated more precisely than in previous, well-known…

Par HIGGINS GAVIN. Der Aufstand (German for 'riot') is not a descriptive work, nor is it solely based on the riots of 2011. It does, however, draw on the idea of opposing forces and escalating anger. The work falls into two contrasting sections that are linked by a series of repeated, 'screaming' chords. A slow build drives the first section from a single pitch to a blazing orchestral tutti. The s…

Le tuteur de niveau intermédiaire progresse sur d'apprendre que vous jouez. Des séances de pratique sont un cours soigneusement structuré offrant une gamme d'études afin de promouvoir la technique et jouant expressif et de répertoire. Comprend un accent spécial sur jouer par l'oreille et de l'improvisation - fournissant parallèles utiles aux études GCSE et National Curriculum (norme de niveaux 3-5…

Par KAUFMAN STEVE. Il s'agit d'une collection brillante de dix favoris arrangé pour guitare flatpicking de haut en bas par trois fois Champion Flatpicking National Steve Kaufman, avec quelques morceaux de 10 à 12 pages en cours d'exécution. Ces arrangements vaste et passionnants sont conçus pour l'intermédiaire par étudiant avancé, qui est à la recherche d'un véritable défi. Performance de ce type…

Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. Ce medley, signé Peter Kleine Schaars, lève le voile sur quatre artistes ou groupes de la scène pop néerlandaise qui connaissent un succès national et international : : Damaru & Jan Smit ( Mijn Rowsu ), Nick & Simon ( Lippen op de Mijne ), Ilse de Lange ( So Incredible ) et Marco Borsato ( Dochters ). / Niveau : 3 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie