Mendelssohn produced an early work for Organ in 1837, but it was a London music publishing firm who commissioned the first of his mature Organ works. The second half of the commissioned pieces are published in this volume. Mendelssohn himself saved all his manuscripts and they have survived in libraries in Berlin and Krakow, providing the subtitle of this book.Eleven movements are included here, a…

Par SPEARS GREGORY. The Tower and the Garden is a setting of three poems for choir and string quartet. The texts juxtapose the dangers of technological hubris (the tower) and the need for a place of refuge (the garden) in a world threatened by war and ecological disaster. Each text suggest ways in which Catholic thought and imagery might challenge the status quo. The first text, poem 80 from the …

Par MASSENET JULES. The instantly recognisable and ever-popular Meditation, from the opera Thaï s by Jules Massenet (1842-1912), remains a strong favourite in the classical repertoire, superbly arranged for Flute and Piano by French flautist, Paul Taffanel. Massenet first studied music with his mother before entering the Paris Conservatoire. He is best known for his operas, of which he composed ov…

Par WILSON STEVEN. This exclusive folio presents all the songs from Steven Wilson's To The Bone. It includes transcriptions of the piano parts from the album (in standard notation), and also the guitar parts (in standard notation and guitar TAB), with chord symbols, guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. All the scores are artist-approved and are set alongside stunning full-colour photography. 'Lyric…

Christmas fiddlers can draw on a rich and varied repertoire. This collection spans seven centuries, from the boisterous medieval Song of the Ass to contemporary tunes like Sleigh ride, taking in such traditional carols as Away in a manger and O little town of Bethlehem along the way. There is music in The Christmas Fiddler from England, Wales, France, Germany and North America.Of course Christmas …

Motet after Friedrich Rückert for Double Male Choir (Organ ad lib.). Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. At first described as a 'religious song' by Schumann, the motet 'Verzweifle nicht' could be heard with organ accompaniment for the first time on 4 July 1850 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the University's St. Pauli choral society in Leipzig. He wrote the organ version specifically for this perform…

Partly based on the hymn tune Laudate Dominum. Par DE HAAN JACOB. In diesem Werk greift Jacob de Haan eine alte Sage über einen Drachen, der einst nahe der holländischen Stadt Zwolle lebte und von den Bewohnern immer wieder Menschenopfer forderte, ehe er vom Erzengel Michael getötet wurde. Für diese Komposition wurde die Melodie der Hymne Laudate Dominum als zentrales musikalisches Thema des Erzen…

Wohl die berühmteste Vertonung des religiösen Klassikers. Bei uns in zwei Strophen (keine Wiederholung)! / Trio de Pianos, Salon Ensemble

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Obwohl César Franck schon während seiner Studienzeit einen Preis nach dem anderen gewann, bekam er doch erst zu späteren Lebzeiten die Anerkennung, die er eigentlich verdiente. Von seinen Zeitgenossen kaum wahrgenommen, genießt César Franck und seine religiös gefärbte, poetische, fast düstere Musik heute große Bewunderung. Panis Angelicus, das Philip Sparke ar…

Hymn To Hebrew Prayers From The Haggadah. Par KORNGOLD ERICH WOLFGANG. Erich Wolfgang Korngold komponierte lediglich zwei genuin religiöse Werke: den Passover Psalm für Sopran, gemischten Chor, Orgel und Orchester op. 30 sowie Prayer für Tenor, Frauenchor, Harfe und Orgel op. 32. Beide Kompositionen entstanden 1941 im Exil in Kalifornien. Die Kompositionsaufträge hatte Jacob Sonderling erteilt, de…

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Compositeur : Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus
Instrumentation : SATB (soli), SATB (ch?ur), 2 Hb, 2 Cor basset, 2 Trombe, 3 Tr ATB, Timbales, 2 Vn, Vla, Vlc, Cb, Org

Ce Requiem Allemand de Johannes Brahms est un chef d'oeuvre de la musique chorale qui est maintenant l'une des pièces les plus interprétées et les plus enregistrées dans le répertoire de la musique religieuse.

(Istanbul Symphony). Par SAY FAZIL. Two of the European Cultural Capitals in 2010 - Istanbul and the Ruhr area - were united in the personality of the composer and pianist Fazil Say. He lives in Istanbul and had a five-year residence as exclusive artist at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the largest city in the Ruhr area. This cooperation culminated in the highlight of a concert, the world premiere of S…