Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. This work is a close-up of the encounters and relationships of trust between people, following the idea that 'friendship lasts forever.” After the passing of Satoshi Yagisawa’s close friend and work partner, Tsutomu Murata, a designer of Neo Create in August 2020, the composer began work on this piece. Murata performed music for audiences primarily as a leader and conductor o…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A short string trio commissioned by City of London Sinfonia in 2021. / Date parution : 2022-04-26/ Répertoire / Trio à Cordes

Par CURTIS MIKE. Mike Curtis’ stay in the city of Guanajuata in Central Mexico inspired this great musical celebration, filled with evocative, ethnic textures and colours. / Niveau : Avancé / performance score / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Clarinette

Dramma giocoso (Opera) in two acts. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. In early 1787 Mozart made his first visit to Prague, where he attended a performance of Le nozze di Figaro on 17 January and conducted the performance five days later. Thoroughly impressed by the huge success of his opera and the personal triumphs he had enjoyed during his visit, he and his wife left the city on 7 February, but not b…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Singapura Suite was commissioned by Singapore's Ministry of Education Extracurricular Activities Branch to serve as a compulsory piece for the 1999 Singapore Youth Festival. 'Singapura' is the original name of Singapore in Malay, the native language there. Because Singapore is one of the most important harbors in the world, this two-piece work opens with a seaman's dance. An…

City of Mystery. Par SWEENEY MICHAEL. / Niveau : 1.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par LADMIRAULT PAUL. Le Charbonnier is a song for SATB a cappella by Paul Ladmirault. The song was written with a main theme, two variations and a coda, and features a total of 5 verses. The lyrics remind us of a time when coal sellers came to town to sell merchandise. To be sung a cappella, all in andantino, this song is very lyrical and has some polyphonic aspects and some merismas. Each verse c…

Par MARTTINEN TAUNO. Luonnonjumala (God of Nature) is Tauno Marttinen’s adaption for harp of his piano suite Taara op. 34. The manuscript for harp was found in January 2024 by Rauno Marttinen, composer’s son. Duration: c. 15’ Movements: 1. Virran ääniä | The Voices of the Stream 2. Luonnonjumalan lähde | The Spring of God of Nature 3. Metsässä tuulee |The Wind Blows through the Forest Taun…

for the city of Norderstedt. Par THOMAS DOSS. Le jubilée d’une grande ville est toujours une occasion bien spéciale ce fut certainement le cas pour le cinquantenaire de la ville de Norderstedt, en Allemagne. Pour marquer cet important événement, le compositeur Thomas Doss aécrit une oeuvre festive exprimant fierté, joie, valeurs morales et volonté d’agir. L’allégresse que communique la musique e…

Six miniatures based on animals from the Japanese 'Junishi'. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Zodiac Dances est une commande de l’Izumiotsu City Band d’Osaka, Japon, pour leur 50e anniversaire. Sparke avait déjà composé l’oeuvre Prelude to a Celebration pour cette formation auparavant, et il désirait personnaliser ce nouveau morceau pour refléter l’histoire de l’ensemble. Il a décidé d’écrire six danses miniatu…

Par ADES THOMAS. This piece takes its title from a painting by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) in the Manchester City Art Gallery. Its subject is the mock Celtic Legend of a water nymph who falls for a mortal and struggles hopelessly to leave her element and join him on land. The Gods, taking pity on her failure, intervene and turn her into a harp, transforming her weeping into a gentle music of wind t…

for Solo Trombone and Wind Ensemble. Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Zelkova est l’arbre symbolique de Sendai City, ville d’origine de l’orchestre d’harmonie The Tohoku Fukushi University Wind Ensemble qui a commandé ce morceau. Il est dédié à leur chef d’orchestre Taiken Matsuzaki dont il reflète lagénérosité. Satoshi Yagisawa est renommé pour son instrumentation variée, ses thèmes magnifiques et son style…

By Johannes Brahms. Par MAUS FRANK. With his diverse musical activities and venues, Frank Maus (1937–2022) was an institution in the musical life of the cosmopolitan city of Berlin. Born in Haan near Solingen, he worked as a solo repetiteur at the Vienna State Opera, after studying in Cologne, and from 1966 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin before being appointed to a professorship for repertoire in the…

Stroman Scott (Ed). Par STROMAN SCOTT. Pack (Score and one of each part (excluding Supplementary parts)) Edited by Scott Stroman Rockin’ Daddy (Myhill); Ballad for One (Myhill); Granite City Blues (Michael); Ultima Bossa (Myhill)/ Répertoire / Big Band

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. When the librettist Paolo Rolli and George Frideric Handel composed an Italian opera about Scipio's conquest of the Iberian port city of Carthago Nova in 1726, these events from 209 BC were already almost two thousand years in the past. Research on the critical edition of the opera “Scipione” in the Halle Handel Edition suggests that the librettist and composer had so…