L'auteur de la Méthode de piano classique très réussie, Hans-Günter Heumann présente son plus récent ajout à la série.Conçu comme un soit un volume autonome, ou comme un complément à la série Méthode de piano classique, la collection de Noël offre un éventail de chants de Noël et des morceaux de beaux arrangements adaptés au piano.Non seulement beaucoup de plaisir à jouer, les arrangements aidera …

6 Concert Pieces. Par GLADKIKH ANTON. Je me souviens bien de la génèse de la composition de ces pièces: je me suis assis au piano dans le conservatoire, qui était presque complètement vide à cette heure là... et j'ai improvisé les premiers accords de la première pièce. Après j'en ai écrit le thème. La musique retentissait bruyamment dans cette grande salle et je pouvais entendre son écho dans les …

O Take My Hand, Dear Father. Par SILCHER FRIEDRICH. This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and eternal life. The melody by Friedrich Silcher is written in a simple and delicate style but also draws on the grand romantic tradition of Wagner and Bruc…

Par CANTELOUBE JOSEPH. Regrouped by Joseph Canteloube, this book is the second series from the set Chants D'Auvergne. This edition, written for Voice and Piano, contains lyrics in local dialect ; Occitan, with the French translation below. Some directives are given to obtain the correct pronunciation of the language. It features five songs: I. Pastourelle / The Shepherdess II. L'Antouènou (L'Antoi…

Par ARCH GWYN / PARRY BEN. The Faber Carol Book is an exciting volume of Christmas carols and songs with an original, contemporary twist, designed to breathe fresh air into Christmas concerts. They contain forty pieces, expertly edited and arranged by Gwyn Arch and Ben Parry, capturing a variety of moods and styles through time - from contemporary arrangements of medieval and traditional carols, t…

Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Bohuslav Martinu composed the one-act opera 'Mariken de Nimègue' based on a medieval Dutch Marian miracle during his stay in Paris in 1933 to a French text by Henri Ghéon. This is the unpublished and unperformed first version of the opera. The second and final version was created in 1934, which Martinu included in his Czech-language opera cycle 'Hry o Marii' (Marian Plays) H …

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music, the real intent of the piece is to be a humorous snapshot of a typical family at the Christmas morning gift exchange. This is a chance for your Beginners to play well known season…

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…

Par LAURIDSEN MORTEN. Morten Lauridsen's setting of Lux Aeterna , a five movement, non-liturgical requiem for choir and chamber orchestra/organ is a rich and intensely moving work. Choral textures are fully explored, from the sonorous, slow unfolding of the Introitus and the intricate counterpoint and paired voices of In Te, Domine, Speravi , to the cappella motet O Nata Lux and spirited canticle …

Partition pour piano, chant et guitare de 83 chansons et poèmes de Boris Vian, rencontre entre des textes d'une étonnante modernité et des compositions qui touchent souvent au jazz, cette musique qui le passionne. Magali Noël, Judith Magre, Arlette Tephany, Philippe Clay, Mouloudji, Serge Reggiani, Jacques Higelin ou encore Henri Salvador sont autant d'interprètes de l'artiste de Saint-Germain-des…