Piano Trio,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.752437

Composed by Igor Stravinsky. Arranged by Rob Bushnell. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 12 pages. RBMusic #6294559. Published by RBMusic (A0.752437).

The Firebird suite, by Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky, is based on his 1910 ballet of the same name. It, in turn, is based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing/curse it possesses for anyone who owns it. The ballet premiered at Opéra de Paris as part of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company and was an immediate successful, bringing Stravinsky international fame.

The ballet tells the story of the journey of Prince Ivan. He strays into the realm of the evil Koschei, whose immortality is preserved by keeping his soul in a magic egg. Ivan is about to kill the Firebird but is spared. As a token of thanks, she offers him a feather that can be used to summon her should Ivan be in dire need. Prince Ivan then meets princesses who are under Koschei’s spell, falling in love with one of them. After confronting the magician, Koschei sends his minions after Ivan, who summons the Firebird. She intervenes and bewitches the monsters. Exhausted, the creatures and Koschei then fall into a deep sleep. Ivan is then directed by the Firebird to the egg containing Koschei's soul, which Ivan destroys, freeing all those under his spell. Ivan and the princesses celebrate their victory.

The music features in Disney’s Fantasia 2000.

This arrangement of The Princesses’ Round Dance is for piano trio (violin, violoncello and piano). Great as background music or as a concert item in its own right. A recording of the music from the original soundtrack can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U5xhOISyvA.

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Piano Trio,String Ensemble Cello,Piano,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1033515

Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 48 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #638822. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1033515).

Full score. Program note: I am a huge fan of Veronique Gens. On her album Nuits there is a cello and piano duo called La Lugubre Gondola. It is a beautiful work that Franz Liszt wrote on the occasion of Wagner's death in 1833 in Venice. The original version was for piano solo. Liszt subsequently made versions for the cello and the violin. I am a frequent visitor to the city of Venice, especially in the summer during the Biennale. I thought the Franz Liszt work would be a fertile seed for a trio of violin, cello and piano. I will make each movement a musical portrait of an expatriate who had an indelible connection to the city of Venice. Piano Trio No. 4 … Le Gondole Lugubri (2022) 1. Richard Wagner, d. 1883 2. Franz Liszt, d. 1886 3. Henry James, d. 1916 4. Serge Diaghilev, d. 1929 5. Thomas Mann, d. 1955 6. Igor Stravinsky, d. 1971 7. Ezra Pound, d. 1972 8. Peggy Guggenheim, d. 1979.