Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.876665 Composed by Dosia McKay. 20th Century,Contemporary,Renaissance. Score and parts. 81 pages. Gavia Music #57229. Published by Gavia Music (A0.876665). Three Laments of Heloise were inspired by the Letters of Abelard and Heloise, especially the character of Heloise, her crushing loss, self-denial, sacrifice, and forced conformity to the standards of medieval society. The first movement entitled Queens Envied Me My Joys is Heloise’s recollection of early days with Abelard. Every wife, every young girl desired you in absence and was on fire in your presence, writes Heloise. The pleasures of lovers which we shared have been too sweet… They are always there before my eyes, bringing with them awakened longings… The second movement If Not With You, My Heart Is Nowhere, expresses Heloise’s sense of abandonment by her lover. She writes to him: My heart was not in me but with you, and now, even more, if it is not with you it is nowhere; truly, without you I cannot exist. The third movement, My Most Wretched Soul, gives voice to Heloise’s continued struggle with her loss and the reality of the convent life. She does not see herself as a servant of God, but rather a hypocrite who remains pious on the outside and rages inwardly. Of all wretched women I am the most wretched, and amongst the unhappy I am unhappiest. How can it be called repentance for sins, however great the mortification of the flesh, if the mind still retains the will to sin and is on fire with its old desires? Modal scales and dance sequences give the Laments a Renaissance feel. Music theory students might appreciate the fact that the unifying element of the three movements is the interval of the 7th which appears very frequently in melodic and harmonic gestures and creates a feeling of ambiguity and of a lack of resolution. For chamber orchestra: Flute (or Piccolo), Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings (Quintet, or 4,4,3,2,1, or larger), 2 Percussion: Frame Drum, Tambourine. Total duration 8:00. Possible transcriptions for period Renaissance instruments - please contact the composer. Composed in 2009. Copyright 2009 Dosia McKay / Gavia Music (ASCAP).

2 Ob. - Pk. (auch Trgl.) - Str. 3 violins and chamber orchestra - difficult - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q6420 Composed by Olli Mustonen. This edition: piano reduction with solo parts. Violin Library. Downloadable, Piano reduction with solo parts. Duration 17 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6420. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6420). Mustonen is one of the composing piano virtuosos of the young generation. What is remarkable in his works is that he does not give priority to 'his instrument'. He has composed pieces for strings, sonatas with piano accompaniment, orchestral works and even a piece for guitar which refers to the history of his home country Finland. In his 'Triple Concerto', the three highly virtuoso solo violins compete with a colourfully orchestrated string orchestra. As a special feature, timpani and triangle are used in an effective and sophisticated way. We now publish the piano score of this frequently performed work. Even this chamber music version reveals the spirited and simply beautiful music of Mustonen.