Par SPARKE PHILIP. In this exciting suite Philip Sparke sets out to capture the essence of his hometown, London, with each of the three movements depicting one of the many characteristics of this fascinating city. Skyline shows the frantic lifestyles of Londoners with millions of diverse people with different hopes and needs. Autumn shows the changes that take place in London during the different …

Easy solo pieces in pop styles with state of the art CD accompaniments. Play the solo piece straight, or add the backing tracks and enter a whole new world of sound. Chris Norton does it again with his unique blend of traditional technique with popular styles. Students will learn all about technique - rhythm, co-ordination and listening, but they'll be having so much fun, they won't know they're d…

Suito Sketches. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. The Landing (“Les bâtisseurs”) - Sword Dance (“La danse du sabre”) - Nightfall by the River (“La rivière à la tombée de la nuit”) - Towards the Future (“Regards vers le futur”) : La ville d'Osaka vit de l’eau et vit avec l’eau. C'est pourquoi on la surnomme « la capitale de l’eau » ( suito, en japonais) depuis les temps anciens. Le sous-titre s’imposait comme…

Opera in Seven Scenes. Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. Playwright Martin Crimp’s text for the opera is a bittersweet fable on grief and renewal. It tells the story of a Woman (mezzosoprano) who has lost her …

The tunes in the New Orleans Jazz Styles series are written for piano students of intermediate level. Gillock believed that every student's musical education should include experiences in a variety of popular stylings, including jazz, as a recurring phase of their study. Students should be encouraged to deviate from the written notes with their own improvisations, for spontaneity is an essential i…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Par TURIN BRAKES. The Optimist Lp is a cool and smooth collection of songs, sonically warm and harmonically rich, even at the quiet times, and was penned by the folk/indie duo Olly Knights and Gale Paradganien who are Turin Brakes. This book contains the authentic 'note-for-note' transcription arranged for the guitar with notation, tablature, chords, diagrams, lyrics and a melody line. / Songbooks…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Camelot Chronicles (“Chroniques de Camelot”) est une oeuvre de commande pour l’Orchestre d’Harmonie du Collège Canarelli [Canarelli Middle School] de Clark County (Nevada, États-Unis). L’oeuvre fut donnée en première par la formation dédicataire (Rick McEnaney, dir. ), le 13 mars 2007. Le choix de la composition s’est porté sur la ville légendaire de Camelot. Philip Sparke a…

With Sword of Honour, Tom De Haes brings to life the noble knightGawain of King Arthur?s court. The composition is built around twomain themes, which express the audacity and noble character ofGawain. The varied harmonies and orchestrations of both themesreflect the many layers of these courtly qualities. Both themes cometogether towards the end of the work to form a stately closing./ Accessoire /…

Arr. Kazuhiro Morita. Par JACKSON MICHAEL. 7e single tiré de l’album Bad, ce titre est l’un des morceaux les plus populaires du King Of Pop. Le clip nous amène directement au coeur d’une ambiance «nightclub» des années 30 - Michael était un grand fan de Fred Astaire - innovant grâce à de nombreux pas de danses et défiant les lois de la gravité avec ses chaussures spéciales lui permettant de se pen…

Toutes les stars alignés devait à l'origine être une série de variations sur un thème qui est presque cachés dans les premières mesures. Cependant, la pièce a pris beaucoup plus d'une sensation de fantasia et de façonner comme je l'ai écrit et il pourrait faire valoir qu'une deuxième thème d'abord entendu dans le violon de la terre (issus de matériel dans la barre 5) devient plus dominant que la p…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès’s second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award for Chamber Composition, the 20-minute work charts the progress of a day. Glassy harmonics typify the opening movement Nightfalls, whilst playful pizzicati abound in Serenade – Morning …

Par LO MUSCIO MARCO. Chacune de ces 6 Danses gothiques est influencée par les sonorités de la musique médiévale et s'inspire d'un tableau, d'un bâtiment ou d'une figure marquante du Moyen Âge. L'ensemble est conçu pour un orgue ancien mais une interprétation sur un orgue moderne est également possible.   I. Contraddanza “The Knights of Pierro della Francesca” II. Estampie “Homage to Charlemagne…

America est une suite musicale en trois mouvements, esquissant une vision idéalisée de l'Amérique. Arizona évoque l'épopée le long de la route 66, avec ses paysages infinis et ses reliefs escarpés. Nighthawks capture la quiétude mélancolique d'un centre-ville endormi, tandis que Tumbleweed offre un portrait animé du désert. / Guitare / Lemoine

Five Early Piano Pieces. Par EOTVOS PETER. Peter Eötvös completed his early neo-classical Hungarian piano pieces at the age of 17. Now published in one volume, they were created when he studied composition at the Budapest Music Academy between 1959 and 1961, shortly before taking up a scholarship to study conducting in Cologne. A highlight is the witty three-movement Hommage à Haydn in which he hu…