Par GOODALL HOWARD. Shackelton's Cross was inspired by a painting created in 1957 by the English artist Edward Seago (1910-1974). The title refers to a cross which was erected to the memory of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who led a number of explorations to the Antarctic. Shackleton died in 1922 whilst on a Polar expedition, and the cross can be found on a promontory at the entrance to the bay at Grytvi…

Five Psalms were scored for Soprano solo, SATB chorus, and Orchestra or Piano. They are settings of five of the popular psalms in the bible, namely Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd - Psalm 107: O Give Thanks Unto The Lord - Psalm 120: When I Was In Trouble - Psalm 121: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills - Psalm 150: O Praise Ye The Lord.Christopher Le Fleming (1908-1985) was an English compo…

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. 'Contemporary-music-without-tears has always been his aim, and this succinct little three-movement work showed him as skilful as ever in unpretentious directness of utterance, as it were in the vernacular. For the soloist it is a gift, alike in the first movement's almost indispensable fanfare-like challenges, in melody sometmes as nostalgic as Poulenc (especially haunting in t…

Par SCARLATTI DOMENICO. Audi Filia was written for the celebrations for St Cecilia’s Day in Rome in October 1720. It was originally part of a much larger mass setting for the event, which is considered to be one of the finest pieces of music to survive from the Baroque era. This movement, intended for the gradual, is one of the more popular sections and is often performed as a stand-alone piece. I…

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Kaija Saariaho’s 2015 opera Only The Sound Remains was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid and Canadian Opera Company. The work combines two short operas inspired by Japanese Nôh dramas: “Always Strong”  (“Tsunemasa”) and “Feather Mantle” (“Hagoromo”), based on translations by Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa. It is sc…

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Kaija Saariaho’s 2015 opera Only The Sound Remains was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid and Canadian Opera Company. The work combines two short operas inspired by Japanese Nôh dramas: “Always Strong” (“Tsunemasa”) and “Feather Mantle” (“Hagoromo”), based on translations by Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa. It is sc…

Roméo et Juliette Op.17 Hol.73: Symphonie dramatique
For his third symphony “Roméo et Juliette” (1839) Berlioz turned to his greatest literary passion, Shakespeare, drawing once again on his ownmost fervent experiences.
Berlioz’s discovery of Shakespeare in 1827 had been overwhelming not only for the dramatic force of the poetry and drama, but also because the leading actress of the comp…

Par MAW NICHOLAS. Written for Melinda Maxwell and the Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square to commemorate the orchestra's twenty first anniversary. the happy surprise, of his Little Concert. . . beneath the graceful long lines and jig-like spurts of a solo part expressly written for Melinda Maxwell, Maw finds time and space enough to draw quite long-range implications from his basic motif of a sem…

Par HARVEY JONATHAN. Bhakti was written in 1982, to a commission from IRCAM, Paris. It is in twelve short movements totalling about fifty minutes. There are 36 subsections - each one defined by a certain number of instruments playing a certain pitch cell. As there are only 12 types of subsection, each occurs (with variation) 3 times, thus making for repetitions over the course of the work. Scored …

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. Haydn's delightful Missa Brevis in F was both one of his earliest and latest works: he originally scored it for soloists, choir and strings, and returned to it at the end of his life to add wind parts. Either version may be performed using this new, authoritative edition, prepared by the Haydn scholar Denis McCaldin. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Chorale

The complete score of Miles Davis' legendary album, expertly transcribed for trumpet, alto and tenor sax, piano and bass. Includes chord symbols. / Conducteur

Study Score. Par DELIUS FREDERICK. / Répertoire / Partition D'etude