The title refers to a Moroccan desert wind, but it was less a figurative association than merely the sound of the word that fascinated Johannes Boris Borowski. The lengthy one-movement work reveals the formal skills and the imagination of the composer born in 1979: A rhythmized melodic cell evolves into a construct with its very own structure, motivic-thematic work leads to two-dimensional sounds …

Terrestre was commissioned to celebrate the composer's fiftieth birthday and while the name Terrestre calls to mind earthbound things, the score suggests the physical sensation of taking wing. The first of the two movements, l'Oiseau dansant, describes an aboriginal tale of a bird that teaches a village to dance, while the second movement, l'Oiseau, un satellite infime (infinitesimal) takes flight…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. In association with the Mendelssohn House, Leipzig, Edition Peters proudly presents the Mendelssohn ‘Souvenir’ edition, containing a selection of piano works intended by Mendelssohn to be played at home, as generations of amateur musicians since the 19th century have done – learning to appreciate and love this wonderful music. Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words, in …

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost was commissioned to write this hymn by the “International Association for Human Rights” in Frankfurt. The commission specified that the instrumentation of this simple hymn should be so, that it can be performed by a variety of combinations of players. The piece starts with an “intrada” for brass ensemble based on the first bars of the hymn, but is “ad libit…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost was commissioned to write this hymn by the “International Association for Human Rights” in Frankfurt. The commission specified that the instrumentation of this simple hymn should be so, that it can be performed by a variety of combinations of players. The piece starts with an “intrada” for brass ensemble based on the first bars of the hymn, but is “ad libit…

Par CARDENAS CARLOS. Orígenes (Origins) was commissioned by the European Brass Band Association as a test piece for the challenge section of the 38th European Brass Band Championship in Freiburg, Germany 2015. It is a spectacular piece from the pen of CarlosCárdenas, who belongs to a new generation of composing talent. The clave, a rhythmic pattern, which originally comes from African music, was t…

Par ARAKELYAN KRISTINA. Reimagined in boldly contrasting settings, the Gregorian chant for Epiphany Alleluia: vidimus stellam shines radiantly in Kristina Arakelyan’s piano transcription of her own Star Fantasy. One of twelve new plainsong-derived organ pieces by women composers commissioned for Anna Lapwood’s award-winning anthology Gregoriana, it perfectly adapts for keyboard two hands. In a hus…

Par PEPIN CAMILLE. Il s'agit d'un cycle de mélodies pour mezzo-soprano, violoncelle et piano - commande de l'Association Olivier Messiaen au pays de la Meije - dédié à Anne Le Bozec, Yan Levionnois et Fiona McGown. Ce choix autour de la danse m'est venu à la lecture de cette phrase du poète américain Ezra Pound (1885-1972) - chef de file du mouvement imagiste et moderniste - dans son ABC of Read…

Commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association and first performed at the 2015 ACDA Convention in Salt Lake City, this setting of the Gloria text from the Christian Mass (in Latin) is a highly energetic, rhythmic piece with a contrasting, lyrical middle section. Repeated rhythmic and melodic figures make the work very accessible, but striking to listen to. The accompaniment is written o…

Composer Mike Springer pays tribute to the city of New Orleans in this suite for B-flat clarinet, trombone, and piano. The suite is divided into three sections ('Vibrancy,' 'Aftermath,' and 'Rebirth') that paint a portrait of the city before and after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This suite was commissioned by the Music Teachers National Association for the 2015 National Co…

Par HARRIS PAUL / DAVIES L.. A resource for all teachers and leaders involved in Wider Opportunities and group music-making. Written by two of the UK's leading music educationalists: Paul Harris and Leonora Davies MBE. Provides practical strategies and advice to enable class teachers, instrumental teachers and music services to deliver a holistic primary music curriculum at Key Stage 2 and into Ke…