Chamber Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1041269

By Franz Schubert. By Franz Schubert. Arranged by Renato Tagliabue. Classical,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 4 pages. Renato Tagliabue #646005. Published by Renato Tagliabue (A0.1041269).

Arr. with Controcanto of Cello Original Lyrics by William Shakespeare.

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.534136

Composed by Louis Adolphe Mayeur. Opera,Romantic Period,Standards. Score and parts. 49 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3133403. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.534136).

Louis Adolphe Mayeur (1837 - 1894), was a Belgium clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and conductor who spent most of his musical career in France; Entering the French Military in 1855, he was a clarinetist in the Second Régiment of the Cuirassiers (Mounted Calvary) of the Garde Impériale. A student of Klosé at the Paris Conservatory, he received his First Prize in Clarinet in 1860. One of the inner circle of Adolphe Sax (along with fellow Belgiums Jules Demersseman and Jean-Baptiste Singelée, whose “Quartet for Saxophones“ was premièred with Mayeur playing and Demersseman conducting), Mayeur took up the saxophone and was quickly engaged as the saxophone soloist in the Opera House of Brussels, La Monnaie (the Mint). Sax commissioned a number of works from Mayeur for the saxophone, which were published by his company and used in his class at the Paris Conservatory.

By 1871, Mayeur was also named Saxophone Solo with the Paris Opera, performing in opears and ballets by Halévy, Meyerbeer, Thomas, Saint-Saens, Massenet,   Délibes and Paladlihe. It would appear that sometime during this period, his relations with Sax became difficult, culminating in his publications of works by Buffet-Crampon, one of Sax’s rival companies and one of the main protagonists in the series of lawsuits which led to Sax’s bankrupcy. Mayeur’s own declining health lead to his death in 1894.

The Grande Fantaisie de Concert sur Rigoletto dates from 1877. The contrasting sections use motifs
from arias and duets from Verdi’s opera. Florid cadenzas seperate the various sections, but those passages
should be played in the manner of “bel cantoâ€� ornamentation, always lyrical and songlike.  

This is the score and solo part for the orchestral version. Versions are available from Musik Fabrik for piano for Symhony Orchestra (on rental : 2222/2000/Timp/hp/strings)
and for Concert Band (for sale). The score plus solo part for each of the versions is available for sale, as well as the individual parts for the concert band version


Chamber Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1035224

Composed by Frederik François Chopin (1810-1949). Arranged by James Strauss. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 33 pages. James Strauss #5806027. Published by James Strauss (A0.1035224).

Unless your name is Mozart, Mendelssohn or Korngold, the first compositional steps are always the hardest. Chopin was probably no older than 14 when he set to work on a set of variations for piano and flute. Already in love with opera, he decided on the happy- ending aria, Non più mesta (No longer sad) from Rossini’s opera Cinderella. As the curtain comes down, Cinderella gleefully warbles, No longer sad beside the fire shall I sit alone, singing; my long years of heartache were but a streak of lightning, a dream, a game. We are unsure what actually prompted Chopin to select this for his unique combination of flute and piano, but it was most likely written for the composer’s father who was a capable amateur flute player. In the end, the piece was probably dedicated to Józef Cichowski, a close friend of his fathers and an amateur flautist as well. We are indeed fortunate that this early piece of Chopin juvenilia has actually survived, as Jozef Nowakowski, one of the composer’s friends, kept the single manuscript copy as a memento. For one reason or another, the work did not appear in print until 1953. This charming and fluent set of variations presents the theme and four decorated versions of the original tune. Added triplet figuration enlivens the first variation, while the second relies on a florid bel canto style to embellish the theme. Rapid downward arpeggios propel variation three, and the concluding variant displays rapid staccato figuration. Stylistically, there is nothing in this composition to suggest Chopin’s hand. You certainly won’t hear Chopin’s fingerprint in the piano part, as all the interesting bits are given to the flute. In addition, it’s the only Chopin piano part that can comfortably be played by most amateurs. Clearly, the future poet of the piano had a long way to go! Here in a Flute and orchestra version.

Chamber Orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1029740

Composed by Freddy Colina Santos. World. Score and parts. 35 pages. Freddy Colina #5360409. Published by Freddy Colina (A0.1029740).

Takihuaira (Para Flauta y Orquesta de Cuerdas)

Takihuaira o canto de libertad, es una obra compuesta en homenaje a un gran amigo, Jesús Córdoba. Un amigo que en la vida siempre gustó de la música y quería hacer de ella su gran profesión. Un amigo que me enseñó que siempre tendríamos que luchar por mis sueños y que si la música era uno de ellos el siempre estaría ahí para apoyarme. Lastimosamente Dios lo llamo a ser parte de su coro de ángeles y ahora sé que desde allí no estaría más orgulloso que viéndome cumplir mi sueño. Ésta pequeña y sencilla es también un homenaje a esa música que nace de los simples sonidos, sonidos que convertidos en melodía y amalgamados con un ritmo cadencioso y una sutil armonía crean la más bella de las músicas. Un homenaje a la música andina. Takihuaira es el mestizaje musical de la cultura oriental con la hermosura andina suramericana.   

Chamber Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.841053

Composed by Vincenzo Bellini. Arranged by David Watson. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 78 pages. David E. Watson #3411167. Published by David E. Watson (A0.841053).

Vuncenzo Bellini's Concerto in E flat, originally for Oboe. Written around 1820 it has been often noted for it's Operatic qualities and the use of Bel Canto Themes in the solo part. Included are parts for B flat Piccolo Trumpet and E flat Trumpet.

I am always glad to get feedback and if there is a recording of your group playing one of my arrangements, I would love to hear it.