The middle work in the three late chamber music sonatas was composed in spring 1915, directly after the cello sonata (HN 633). The innovative combination of sounds ' a wind instrument, a stringed instrument, and a plucked instrument ' greatly contributes to the impression of restrained melancholy. Debussy himself confirmed it, saying: 'It is terribly sad. And I do not know whether one should laugh…

Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto #1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound different?. Nevertheless, a good 20 years elapsed before that second concerto finally took form, and only in 1881 was he able to announce: 'I wanted to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with a tiny little delicate Scherzo?. O…

Piano Concerto N. 6 For Piano And String Orchestra. Par SHCHEDRIN RODION. With his five piano concertos, his sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues, Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most eminent composers of piano music of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the first performances of most of his works himself. This concerto was written in honour of Bella Davidovich, to celebrate her 75th birthday. …

Mozart 1784. Bericht über die Tagung 1984, Teil 1. / Recueil / Livre

Une merveilleuse combinaison des instructions détaillées, des souvenirs historiques et des conseils perspicace de la légende de la musique Bluegrass Banjo, Sonny Osborne. Style de Sonny est l'un des plus distinctifs dans le monde de la musique Bluegrass Banjo. Dans cette leçon de DVD spéciale le maître montre marche-downs, terminaisons inhabituels, pedal steel licks, back-up, cordal harmonies, qui…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as ¬Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are still performed regularly throughout the world. Eugene Onegin (also called Jevgeny Onegin), composed in 1877-1878, was not called an opera by Tchaikovsky himself, but “lyric sce…

Reduction for Violin and Piano. Par BOSSO EZIO. Ezio Bosso's Violin Concerto No. 1 'EsoConcerto', published here in a violin and piano reduction, is considered one of the seminal compositions of his artistic career as well as being the first concerto he ever wrote for violin and orchestra. The work also marked another key stage in Ezio's professional career, when he conducted the Orchestra Filarmo…

A musical tour for young players. Par RAE JAMES. Although written for beginners (Grade 0-2), James Rae's 'City Snapshots”, for clarinet(s) and piano manages, even at this level, to capture the essence of music from around the world. Amongst the twelve pieces, we find a waltz in Viennese style that could have been written by Johann Strauss himself, a dreamy blues from Manhattan, a Cossack Dance f…

Ce livre contient les paroles et la musique pour les chansons populaires de l'Irlande et des ballades. Illustré par des photographies d'époque à partir de l 'et '30' '20 s de la collection Père Brown. Jouez-le tout avec seulement six cordes! / Divers / Chanson En Séparée

Arr. Jan De Haan. Par TRADITIONAL. The German Christmas song Von Himmel hoch, O Englein kommt is one of the oldest known German carols, with the earliest versions, also known as Susani, going back to the 14th century. This exceptional arrangement by Jan de Haan works extremely well for brass band and will make an ideal work for any Christmas concert. / Niveau : 0.5 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Co…