Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Clarinet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.596611

Composed by Juan María Solare. Blues,Children,Instructional,Jazz. 18 pages. Juan Maria Solare #6132589. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596611).

Juan María Solare: Hamacando a las mellizas

(Swinging Twins or Swinging the twins)

 a children blues for piano

 This work was born -precisely- while rocking (swinging) my twins Laura and Alma, as an improvised melody that accompanied their activity (or rather mine). From there to write it down there was only one step. As a second theme, it seemed appropriate to invert the melody, since twinhood implies a certain specular symmetry.

 Hamacando a las mellizas has the traditional structure of the twelve-bar blues, and a merry, innocent and carefree character.

 Hamacando a las mellizas was composed in Bremen (Germany) between June 21 and 23, 2020. Shortly afterwards, adaptations for a variety of instrumental combinations were written, such as

- alto saxophone, double bass and piano (*)

- clarinet, double bass and piano

- violin and piano

- clarinet quartet

 

The version for clarinet quartet was premiered within the framework of the IV International Festival of Clarinets of San Martín de los Andes (Argentina), which took place online from November 12 to 15, 2020. Performers (from right to left):

- Gabriel Blasberg (Buenos Aires)

- Lorena Portilla (Saladillo, province of Buenos Aires)

- Amelia Saftich (San Martín de los Andes, province of Neuquén)

- Ximena Hegen (Inu) (Bariloche, province of Río Negro).

- Video editing: Bernabé Arrighi

 

https://youtu.be/UkcAALkVn88

 

(*) find this version in Spotify, Apple Music etc. from 1 January 2021.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.596572

Composed by Juan María Solare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Instructional,Spiritual. Score and parts. 8 pages. Juan Maria Solare #4794205. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596572).

Mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam was composed in Bremen (Germany) on 30th January 2017, shortly after knowing about the death of Uwe Kolkmeyer, musician and caricaturist to whom it is dedicated in memoriam.

 

The title refers to a thought by Carl Sagan: planet earth is a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. An old idea that, of course, was not expressed by him for the first and only time. In Sufism exists an allegory (attributed to Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi) according to which the essences of the possible beings do exist in the darkness before being manifested by the divine light, as the motes of dust suspended in the air in a darken room don't become visible until they are lit by a light ray.

 

A certain optimistic atmosphere in this work may surprise, the opposite of what is usually associated with death. In my works the tonality of A major often expresses consolation.

 

Selma Hande Gade (a Turkish pianist that lives in Denmark), with whom we had discussed possible titles for this work, recorded a home video in March 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtzhHqB_Nb4

 

After listening to this recording, Luis Alberto Vittor wrote a report on this work for the blog Analecta Literaria (https://actaliteraria.blogspot.com), it will be published soon.

 

The composer made a commercial recording for the label Janus Music & Sound (JMS-999), which is available on iTunes, Spotify (and similar platforms). Release day: 26th July 2017 (birthday of both the dedicatee, Uwe Kolkmeyer and of Ibn Arabi).

Easy Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.596630

Composed by Juan María Solare. 20th Century,Instructional,Sacred. Score. 22 pages. Juan Maria Solare #6602197. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596630).

Juan María Solare: On the Concept of Limit (seven piano pieces)

In this work crystallises an idea that has been haunting me for some time: that the titles of the individual pieces should read like lines of a poem.

1) Up to a Certain Point

2) Nothing Gets Lost

3) Yet All Will Be Forgotten

4) At the End of the Day

5) Even the Sky Has a Limit

6) However, However

7) Only the Present Has No Limits

There is a fancy order of keys in this cycle: in ascending thirds (both major and minor but without a regularity). Indirectly, this is a structural quotation of Beethoven's variations Opus 34 (only that he chose a descending order of keys). Additionally, you will find three times 4/4 time signature and three times 3/4, and one instance of 5/8 (asymmetrically arranged).

1) C major (4/4)

2) E major (3/4)

3) G minor (4/4)

4) B major (4/4)

5) D minor (5/8)

6) F minor (3/4)

7) A major (3/4)

The seventh and last piece is dedicated to Martina Lindner.

These pieces were composed in Bremen, Germany, in September 2021

Juan María Solare, www.JuanMariaSolare.com 

Easy Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.596609

Composed by Juan María Solare. Blues,Film/TV,Instructional,Jazz,Latin. Score. 4 pages. Juan Maria Solare #6098889. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596609).

Juan María Solare: Hamacando a las mellizas (Swinging Twins or Swinging the twins)

 a children blues for piano

This work was born -precisely- rocking (swinging) my twins Laura and Alma, as an improvised melody that accompanied their activity (or rather mine). From there to write it down there was only one step. As a second theme, it seemed appropriate to invert the melody, since twinhood implies a certain specular symmetry.

 

Hamacando a las mellizas has the traditional structure of the twelve-bar blues, and a merry, innocent and carefree character.

 

Hamacando a las mellizas was composed in Bremen (Germany) between June 21 and 23, 2020. Shortly afterwards, adaptations for a variety of instrumental combinations were written, such as

- alto saxophone, double bass and piano (*)

- clarinet, double bass and piano

- violin and piano

- clarinet quartet

(*) find this version in Spotify, Apple Music etc. from 1 January 2021.

 

* JMS *

Juan María Solare: Hamacando a las mellizas

blues infantil para piano

Esta obra surgió -precisamente- hamacando (columpiando) a mis mellizas Laura y Alma, como una melodía improvisada que acompañaba su actividad (o más bien la mía). De allí a anotarla hubo un solo paso. Como segundo tema me pareció adecuado invertir la melodía, puesto que el mellizismo implica cierta simetría especular.

Hamacando a las mellizas tiene la estructura tradicional del blues de doce compases, y un carácter alegre, inocente y despreocupado.

Hamacando a las mellizas fue compuesta en Bremen (Alemania) entre el 21 y el 23 de junio de 2020. Poco después surgieron adaptaciones para variedad de combinaciones instrumentales, tales como

- saxofón alto, contrabajo y piano (*)

- clarinete, contrabajo y piano

- violín y piano

- cuarteto de clarinetes

 

(*) hallen esta versión en Spotify, Apple Music etc. desde el 1 de enero de 2021.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.596632

Composed by Juan María Solare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Instructional. Score. 7 pages. Juan Maria Solare #6625865. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596632).

Juan María Solare

León protegiendo a su cría

(Lion protecting its cub)

This short minimalist prelude for piano was composed in Bremen on 9 and 10 November 2021. It is minimalist in the aesthetic sense of the word: few elements, many repetitions, minimal variations. But not in the historical sense: traditional minimalism abounds in consonance, in quiet sonorities; this prelude is rather arid, not particularly consonant, and only a step away from irritation or fury.

The work emerged as an elaboration of an improvisation for the Digitaler Adventskalender 2021 project of the Landesmusikrat Bremen.

And the title is inspired by the doll of a lion with its cub that was given to me many years ago. This complements an allusion to the unique minimalism of Charlemagne Palestine, who tends to play his concerts surrounded by stuffed animals. Of course, the doll's innocent appearance is deceptive.

See here for a video of the piece León protegiendo a su cría:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXcmuibDpbo

Juan María Solare

Bremen, 22 November 2021