Par SIBELIUS JEAN. After preparing his Scenes historiques op. 66 for print in spring 1912, Sibelius had many grand plans but had to turn towards more profitable piano works first, due to his financial situation. Within only one month, he wrote the Three Sonatinas op. 67 in June 1912, which were published by Breitkopf already in November the same year. Although by his own accounts he did not like w…

Examination Pieces. Par . The Edition Peters Grade 8 Piano Anthology has long been a popular resource for anyone approaching this important milestone examination. In September 2022 Edition Peters will release a new Grade 8 Anthology to support the new (2023/2024) Syllabus and, for the first time, will issue new anthologies to support pianists studying at or preparing for Grades 5, 6 and 7. Also ne…

A fun and challenging multi-meter work for a mature school orchestra! The waltz stalls and lurches through the melody with rapidly changing time signatures to give a crazy, off-kilter feel to the work. This piece is ripe for some on-stage theatrics. (2:40) / Orchestre A Cordes

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. This affordable and convenient collection features sonatas, variations, sonatinas, bagatelles, and more from one of the most reveredcomposers of all time. / Date parution : 2022-02-24/ Recueil / Piano

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. In 1925, Breitkopf & Härtel approached the young pianist Wilhelm Kempff to prepare Clara Schumann’s “Instructive Edition” of her husband’s works for the new engraving. “[…] The comparison with the autograph and the Urtext edition [First Schumann Complete Edition], the results of the Schumann research, the modern principles of notation – all of this would have to be taken into …

In accordance with the tradition of the genre, these are characterised by sentimentality, intimacy and programmatic tendencies. Characteristic for them is a turbulent middle section and a richly ornamented reprise. However, variability of dynamics and musical course are not appropriate for nocturnes, rather holding on to a particular mood, full of expectation or the past brought to the present. …

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. In terms of layout and musical text, this scholarly-critical performing edition of George Frideric Handels Complete Organ Works is based on the complete edition volumes of the composers keyboard music edited by Terence Best as part of the HalleHandel Edition (HHA). The HHA Critical Commentary forms the basis of this edition, which however differs from the HHA volumes i…

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Playing the recorder has never been so much fun! RecorderWorld is an exciting and creative way to learn the recorder. It is a step-by-step teaching method with over forty pieces in this second book, following on from the notes learnt in Book 1. Concert pieces provide opportunities for performance straight away and there is plenty of opportunity for group work with duets, rounds a…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). When Cecil Sharp transcribed O Waly Waly in 1908, it bore this title but did not contain the title words (beginning instead with ‘Down in the meadows’). It has been suggested since that the version we know now may be a composite of three songs: the Scottish ‘Waly waly’ (meaning ‘a cry of woe or grief’), the Cecil Sharp transcript and an American song, The water is …

Par BOULANGER NADIA. Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces for Viola and Piano Posterity has retained of Nadia Boulanger only her gifts as a virtuoso of the piano and organ, her skill as a conductor (of vocal ensemble and orchestra) and most of all, her incredible charisma as a teacher. For nearly sixty years, 'Mademoiselle' made the most of her famous Wednesdays, bringing rigour and passion to the tra…

Utilisé comme un lieu de culte depuis des siècles, d'abord par les chrétiens et par les musulmans puis (à partir de 1453), la basilique Sainte-Sophie (Istanbul) étonne encore des gens de partout dans le monde. Depuis 1934, il est un musée - mais plus que cela, l'Hagia Sophia, une oeuvre architecturale unique de proportions monumentales dans l'Antiquité chrétienne et du Moyen Age, est décrit comme …

In E-Flat Major / In C-Sharp Minor. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. At the dawn of the 19th century Beethoven struck out on new paths with his two opus 27 sonatas, each of which he called a 'sonata quasi una fantasia”. Both of them, in particular Sonata no. 2 which was later nicknamed the 'Moonlight Sonata”, were destined for immortality. Jonathan Del Mar, second to none in his knowledge of Beethoven's…