SKU: A0.757089

A party feel with clapping included, harking back to the clapping the NHS at 8pm every Thursday in the UK, which developed into clapping all key workers to thank them for what they were doing during the Corona crisis of 2020.
This is the third piece in the Corona Suite, a collection of 5 pieces for Trombone and Piano written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
The suite comprises 5 pieces, taking a humorous approach in depicting various key events during lockdown:
Corona Bona
Self Isolation Blues
Key Workers Calypso
Coughing at the Stars
Corona Parade

The suite of all 5 pieces is available as a single download, or as individual pieces. To listen to an mp3 or view a video (where applicable) of an individual piece, please visit www.simonpeberdymusic.com where you will find the relevant links.
Apologies for any temporary computer generated recordings!

SKU: A0.757087

The second piece in the Corona Suite, a collection of 5 pieces for Trombone and piano written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
The suite comprises 5 pieces, taking a light-hearted approach in depicting various key events during lockdown:
Corona Bona
Self Isolation Blues
Key Workers Calypso
Coughing at the Stars
Corona Parade

The suite of all 5 pieces is available as a single download, or as individual pieces. To listen to an mp3 or view a video (where applicable) of an individual piece, please visit www.simonpeberdymusic.com where you will find the relevant links.
Apologies for any temporary computer generated recordings!
The youtube video is of Caspar Peberdy playing it in May 2020.

If you require an mp3 recording of the piano accompaniment, please feel free to contact me through my website www.simonpeberdymusic.com, where you can also find more new compositions and arrangements.

SKU: A0.757086

The first piece in the Corona Suite, a collection of 5 pieces for Trombone and piano written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
The suite comprises 5 pieces, taking a humorous approach in depicting various key events during lockdown:
Lockdown
Self Isolation Blues
Key Workers Calypso
Coughing at the Stars
Corona Parade

The suite of all 5 pieces is available as a single download, or as individual pieces. To listen to an mp3 or view a video (where applicable) of an individual piece, please visit www.simonpeberdymusic.com where you will find the relevant links.
Apologies for any temporary computer generated recordings!
The youtube video is of Caspar playing it in April 2020.

If you require an mp3 recording of the piano accompaniment, please feel free to contact me through my website www.simonpeberdymusic.com, where you can also find more new compositions and arrangements.

SKU: A0.549391

Duration: 4:55, Score: 6 pages, Solo part: 1 page, piano part: 2 pages. A very famous aria (Ombra mai fu) from Xerxes
Suitable for any venue requiring meditative music. Excellent choice for a recital encore.

Xerxes

Xerxes is, in fact, an opera seria in three acts by Handel. Moreover, Handel conducted the premiere performance in London in 1738. Handel casts the opera in Persia in 470 BC. The part of Xerxes was indeed originally sung by a soprano castrato. Nowadays, the part is generally sung by a mezzo-soprano or conversely a counter-tenor. In the first place, Xerxes sings an opening aria, Ombra mai fu to a plane tree. Handel sets this aria to one of his most truly famous melodies. Although many refer to it traditionally as Handel’s Largo, Handel has, on the contrary, clearly marked Larghetto in the score.

Handel Background

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was born in Germany but eventually became a British citizen. Nonetheless, he was a famous Baroque composer. In fact, he became famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel studied music and, by and large, worked as a composer in Germany and Italy before moving to London. Overall, Handel was very familiar with the contemporary music of Italy and Germany.

Career in England

It is important to realize that Italian opera was all the rage in England at the time. Moreover, Handel was really good at writing them. Therefore, he started not one but three opera companies in England. Alexander's Feast was a huge success in 1736, but Handel nevertheless began composing English choral works. After success with the Messiah in 1742) he certainly never again wrote an Italian opera. Consequently, he died in 1759, a treasured genius. Accordingly, the English government gave him full state honors at his funeral. Hence, he is buried in Westminster Abbey in London.

Legacy

Music historians agree that Handel was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era.  To demonstrate, his works such as the Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks remain consistently popular up to the present time. He composed the coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest for the coronation of George II. Nevertheless, it has specifically been performed at every succeeding British coronation since. His oratorio Solomon has by all means also continued to be prevalent. As a matter of fact, Sinfonia from act 3 was featured in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. Handel was particularly prolific. To enumerate, he wrote over forty operas.  Since the late 1960s, we have expressly experienced a revival of baroque music. Similarly, we have seen a pique of interest in historically informed musical performances. Since his death in 1779, interest in Handel's music has all in all, expanded.