Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.880728 Composed by Kurt Bestor. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #5359325. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880728). This song has the lyrical melodic qualities of a film score while borrowing stylistically from famous romantic pieces like Moonlight Sonata. The piece, composed by Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor, was originally scored for piano and small orchestra, but works wonderfully as a piano solo. Intermediate to advanced pianists will find this a peaceful and satisfying piece to play.song is found on the Kurt Bestor album Seasons.www.kurtbestor.com

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.880729 Composed by Kurt Bestor. 20th Century,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Black Diamond Performance #5360029. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880729). This song is inspired by Henry David Thoreau's essays about the idyllic Walden Pond where he lived. Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor envisioned the solitude of morning where the still glassy lake is only occasionally rippled by fish jumping after an unsuspecting mosquito. The title is derived from Thoreau's words as he described being so lost in his thoughts as he looked into sky's reflection in the lake that he felt as if he was fishing the sky.The song was originally orchestrated for small orchestra, woodwinds, piano, & acoustic guitar. Bestor himself has transcribed the song for piano to capture the essence of his original version. (The song is found on the album Sketches.)www.kurtbestor.com

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.880730 Composed by Kurt Bestor. 20th Century,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #5361417. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880730). This song, composed by Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor from his album The Dance is meant to capture a young ballerina learning to be perfectly in sync with her dance partner. [for advanced intermediate to advanced pianists]www.kurtbestor.com

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.880727 Composed by Kurt Bestor. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #5358055. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880727). This piece, by Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor comes from his popular album The Dance which traces a little girl who dances and her father who watches in the wings. Reverie comes later in the album as the father, as his daughter has grown, reflects on the various chapters of her dance life and his memories. The song is written in a gentle waltz as if loving father dances with his daughter.This piece is perfect for an intermediate pianist and is a good one to illustrate bringing simple emotion into a piece. rev·er·ie - a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.www.kurtbestor.com

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1352649 By Kurt Bestor. By A.C. Smyth. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Classical,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 4 pages. Black Diamond Performance #937444. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.1352649). The VERY FIRST song on Kurt Bestor's VERY FIRST album, Joyspring was this arrangement of the hymn Oh, How Lovely was the Morning. It's quite a musical deconstruction and re-imagining of the song to capture a more watercolor and transparent sound. Bestor says, It was all about the space between the notes. The original had light strings, woodwinds and a little percussion in addition to the piano. This version is for solo piano.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1362786 Composed by Jean Sibelius. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Classical,Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Black Diamond Performance #947167. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.1362786). Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor has taken this beloved piece by Jean Sibelius and given it a fresh new treatment for solo. Bestor did an arrangement of this well-known hymn for American Idol's David Archuleta. Due to the numerous requests for an instrumental version, Bestor has finally arranged the piece for solo piano. [advance intermediate].

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1422730 By Kurt Bestor. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Classical,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #1004081. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.1422730). This iconic piece by Bach and Gounod has been reimagined by Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor as an evocative solo piano piece. While the piece could be played by a strong intermediate pianist, playing with the restraint and the undercurrent of emotion will challenge any player.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1423390 By Kurt Bestor. By Traditional Carol. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,New Age. Score. 6 pages. Black Diamond Performance #1004697. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.1423390). This song, from the iconic first Kurt Bestor Christmas album “An Airus Christmas” has been transcribed for solo piano by the composer himself. With a fun Americana feel, this is sure to be a pianist’s favorite to play.{intermediate to advanced piano].

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.880736 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #6326801. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880736). Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor has reimagined the Beethoven favorite Ode to Joy in a flowing contemporary instrumental style. While still maintaining the joyful spirit of the original, Bestor has given the piece a flowing rhythmic style beneath the original melody. • advanced intermediate •[The piece could be played by an intermediate pianist willing to put in the practice to pull it off.]

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.880735 Composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Baroque. Score. 4 pages. Black Diamond Performance #6326793. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880735). Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor takes this favored solo violin largo and arranges it as a contemplative piano piece. Though written as an intermediate piece, it will be enjoyed by advanced pianists as well.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1222214 Composed by Bach.Gounod. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Baroque,Christmas,Classical,Sacred. Score. 5 pages. Black Diamond Performance #818475. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.1222214). This iconic piece by Bach & Gounod has been reimagined as an evocative solo piano piece by Emmyaward-winning composer Kurt Bestor. It's ideal for an intermediate to advanced pianist and sure to be a favorite piece in concert, church setting, or Easter or Christmas concert/recital.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.880737 Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Kurt Bestor. Contemporary. Score. 4 pages. Black Diamond Performance #6327383. Published by Black Diamond Performance (A0.880737). Emmy-award-winning composer Kurt Bestor's creative new setting of Anton Dvorak's captivating melody Goin' Home from Symphony No.9 from the New World is a one that captures captures the peacefulness of the original composition while adding some refreshing new harmonic and melodic twists. [For intermediate to advanced pianists]