Partly based on the hymn tune Laudate Dominum. Par DE HAAN JACOB. This work is based on a well-known myth about the city of Zwolle in the Netherlands. In the waters surrounding Zwolle lived a dragon that regularly emerged. Time and time again he threatened to destroy the city with his fiery breath if he was not given a living sacrifice. The archangel, Michael, who manifested himself as a young kni…

Par SIBELIUS JEAN. The Suite is a student exercise, first performed 13. 4. 1889 at a musical soirée at the Helsinki Music Institute. Ferruccio Busoni, who was teacher of piano at the Institute at the time, described the first performance as follows: “We sharpened our concentration as we realised that we were about to hear something quite beyond the usual standard for student works…”. In the A majo…

Par BARGIELSKI ZBIGNIEW . After the first performance of my Fourth Quartet, in Salzburg in 1997, the artists of the excellent Hugo Wolf Quartett approached me with the appealing proposition that I write a new quartet. Rather problematic, however, proved to be the musicians’ delicate suggestion that I invest the work with elements of a more pungent expression and elements of folklore – ideally Poli…

Air On The G String (Orchestral Suite No.3 In D) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Angel's Serenade [Braga, Francisco Ernani] Aurore [Faure, Gabriel] Ave Maria Op.52 No.6 [Schubert, Franz] Barcarolle (Les Contes D'Hoffmann) [Offenbach, Jacques] Beau-soir (Evening Fair) [Debussy, Claude] Berceuse (Jocelyn) [Godard, Benjamin] Canzonetta [D'ambrosio, Alfredo] Canzonetta [Herbert, Victor] …

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Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. In the course of the two centuries following the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, no British composer of any statue was apparent. Consequently, the break-through of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an internationally known and respected composer at the end of the last century, was of considerable importance. As a composer Elgar was largely self-taught and he looked towards the con…

Weihnachtskantate. Par GRAF WOLFRAM. The cantata is original and interesting. While it is very easy for the choir, it is somewhat more demanding on the orchestra. Highly recommended to enrich the Christmas season. [Singen und Musizieren im Gottesdienst 5/2000]/ Répertoire / Choeur d'Enfants à 2 Parties et Instruments (Flûte

Les 7 petites pièces d'Altnickol, toutes à deux voix, ont de toute évidence un caractère pédagogique : elles posent sainement les doigts sur un clavier tout en inculquant des premiers rudiments de composition (harmonie, modulations, carrure, etc.). Nous laissons aux professeurs le soin de doigter en fonction des capacités de leurs jeunes élèves. / Piano

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Four Noble Truths are the most basic expression of the teaching of Buddha and therefore still form the guidelines for Buddhists to this day. The four truths are Dukkha, which describes times of major stress in our lives - birth, aging, desire and death; Samudaya which describes those parts of our life that induce stress, feeling, craving, desire; Nirodha which tells us how t…

Sight Reading Book 1 presents five sight reading concepts and a test in each of its 10 levels. Suitable for ABRSM and Trinity College London Piano Grades1 and 2, by the end of Level 10 students will be well on the way to 'blitzing' the sight reading section of their piano exam, but most importantly they'll behaving lots of fun along the way! / Piano

Manon Lescaut is the fi rst volume of the series 'The operas of Giacomo Puccini? - Critical Edition - in collaboration with Archivio storico Ricordi and Fondazione Simonetta Puccini. It makes available the three main versions of the opera that have survived in various sources: an 1893 version, with the original Act I finale, the fi rst version of Manon's Act IV aria, and the uncut version of the f…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German “Musikverein Braunshausen” on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on September 17, 1999, is not a street march but a concert march, just like Mercury and Arsenal. The use and variation of different rhythmic patterns gives the first part of this march …

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Four Noble Truths are the most basic expression of the teaching of Buddha and therefore still form the guidelines for Buddhists to this day. The four truths are Dukkha, which describes times of major stress in our lives - birth, aging, desire and death; Samudaya which describes those parts of our life that induce stress, feeling, craving, desire; Nirodha which tells us how t…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Four Noble Truths are the most basic expression of the teaching of Buddha and therefore still form the guidelines for Buddhists to this day. The four truths are Dukkha, which describes times of major stress in our lives - birth, aging, desire and death; Samudaya which describes those parts of our life that induce stress, feeling, craving, desire; Nirodha which tells us how t…

Arr. Mike Hannickel. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Any list of Mozart's greatest works should include this overture. Loved by millions, Mozart's Magic Flute is remarkable for so many reasons and worthy of study by every musician! Why should we deny young band students the joy of playing Mozart just because they don't happen to use a bow on their instruments? Mozart belongs to Everyone ! Skillfully …