Par CURNOW JAMES. This work was commissioned in memory of Peter J. Swanson, a trumpet and cornet player who tragically died at the tender age of fourteen. Peter’s favorite gospel song, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, has been used as the basis for this piece of contrasts which takes the listener through many styles and moods. The spiritual character of the original song resounds gloriously in When T…

La forêt fantastique, ouvrage en deux recueils illustrés, propose 10 pièces pédagogiques destinées aux cours semi-collectifs. Elles sont écrites pour 2 ou 3 élèves harpistes de 1er cycle. Ces pièces utilisent les ressources sonores de l'instrument et ses modes de jeu (sons xylo, pincés, ongle, glissés, sons sifflés, zingage...) et font aussi appel à la voix (poème, voix parlée, chantée). Chaque r…

Par BROWN ALAN. Edited by Alan Brown. 21 pieces by Byrd, Dowland and others, transcribed and edited from the so-called 'John Bull' ms. in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, probably in the hand of William Tisdale c. 1600. CONTENTS ANONYMOUS John Holmes' Pavan; My Desire; Passamezzo Galliard; Passamezzo Pavan; Paul's Wharf; Pavan BYRD, William Hunt's Up; Pavan DOWLAND, John Galliard: Can she Excuse…

Par WENNAKOSKI LOTTA. Lotta Wennäkoski's Pige (2021-2022) for string quartet was commissioned to be paired with the Death and the Maiden quartet by Franz Schubert ('pige' is Danish for girl). The composer tells: 'The first movement Vorüber, ach, vorüber! is based on the first half of Schubert’s lied lying behind his The Death and the Maiden quartet. The ”maiden’s song” in the beginning of the li…

Par GRIEG EDVARD. The piano concerto in a minor stands out in Edvard Grieg’s oeuvre. Besides this famous concerto, he composed only a few other large orchestral works. Because of its popularity even in Grieg’s lifetime, it was often performed, not least by the composer himself. So it is not surprising that Grieg made many changes to the score up to 1907. But at the same time, the concerto’s size, …

50 chansons preferees, arrangees simplement, a connatre absolument ! Les chansons comprennent : Against the Wind - Barely Breathing - Change the World - Dust in the Wind - Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Fire and Rain - Hey There Delilah - Iris - Landslide - More Than Words - Patience - The Sound of Silence - Toes - Wonderwall - Yesterday - et plus encore. Les arrangements comprennent egalement les par…

Par SINATRA FRANK. / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

After a twelve-year interval, Dvo?ák once again turned his attention to the string quartet in summer 1893. He had been musical director in New York since autumn 1892 and spent the summer in Spillville (Iowa) where a group of Czech immigrants had settled, thus making him feel at home. The beautiful natural surroundings led him to write this unconventional string quartet in the tradition of Beethove…

Arrangeur: Albert Mendoza. Par GRIFFES CHARLES. Roman Sketches, Op. 7, is one of 20th-century composer Charles Griffes' most popular works. This piano suite of four short pieces, written between 1915 and 1916, illustrates Griffes' evolving tastes in incorporating modern devices into his compositions. Filled with many memorable, evocative, and pianistically satisfying moments, the pieces require po…

Active Songs for a Swingin' Classroom. Par ECKERT ROSANA / BURCH SHARON. Experience jazz in the music classroom with this swingin' collection designed for kids! Each song is written and arranged in a distinctive jazz style, or groove, while keeping it fun with movement, a singing game or activity - learning music concepts in the process. The music, piano/vocal arrangements and recordings are authe…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that distracted him from this misery. In He Shall Feed His Flock, based on texts of Isaiah and Matthew, we hear praise for the peace that the Messiah has br…