2 Pieces For Cello and Piano-Two pieces for cello and piano written by Mats Lidström as a young man. Dedicated to his father and to the memory of his cello teacher the pieces come with one ambition: to write as melodically beauti…
A daily routine warming up all aspects of cello technique. Draw on your full potential and enjoy making music with playing of great variation and integrity. The odd numbers of the chapters are assigned to the bow arm and the even …
If Bach Was A Cellist-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello.The concerto in D minor (BWV 1043) for two violins string orchestra and continuo by J…
My youngest son Leif was learning the piano part. We wanted tosurprise his teacher Graeme Humphrey with a private performance. Itwas during piano practise that I started thinking 'why not!' why notcompose my own swan! The idea …
Through Windows of Thine Age was written in gratitude and deep admiration for the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme one of Sweden's most creative politicians. It swings between romanticism and the wild with the Swedish national …
Transcriber's Note: The poems op.32 were written in 1903. The rst poem remained one of Scriabin's favourite compositions and would appear in most of his piano recitals. The great cellist Gregor Piatigorsky transcribed it for cell…
'I arrived in New York City from Sweden on a warm September evening to take up my studies with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School of the Performing Arts. I was 18 years old. The first week I had fish for supper every day thinkin…
Vivaldi's concerto in A minor originally for two violins and string orchestra was loved by his contemporary J S Bach who transcribed it for the organ. It is a powerful work with many beautiful moments including a mini aria appe…
Leo Tolstoy describes him as 'a sincere expression of genius'. Towards the end of his life Scriabin was combining music not only with philosophy and other art forms but also with fragrances and colour codes. He believed this wou…
Mats Lidström's Mother's Day & Father's Day - a lullaby and a waltz for serenading Mothers and Fathers. Two sweet and gentle pieces of moderate difficulty.
'You know how Syrinx disregarded fiery Aphrodite and what price she paid for her too great pride and love for virginity; how she turned into a plant with reedy growth substituted for her own when she had fled from Pan's love and…
Jamaican Rumba And Other Pieces For Two Cellos And PianoContents:BenjaminJamaican rumbaBrahmsLiedBridgeValse RusseDvorákSlavonic danceHandelAndanteIrelandThrenodyRachmaninovPolka ItalienneSchumannCanonStenhammarInterlude
BWV997-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo s…
If Bach Was A Cellist-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than…
Ballroom Dances (ABRSM grade level 1 - 6) is a new exciting work for cello and piano from performer and composer Mats Lidström.As with Traffic Spooky Pieces and Hotel Suite Ballroom Dances makes a point of introducing less exper…
Traffic (ABRSM grade 4-8) presents exciting new pieces for cello and piano from performer and composer Mats Lidström. These engaging works make a point of introducing less experienced players to techniques such as harmonics use o…
Arranged For Cello and Piano-Jean-Philippe Rameau's music is a portrait of his time. If the music of Bach is timeless that of Rameau is precise: You can hear silk sweeping the floors of Louis XV's court the acoustics of filled t…
Hotel Suite (ABRSM grade level 2-7) is an exciting new work for cello and piano from performer and composer Mats Lidström.As with Traffic Spooky Pieces and Ballroom Dances Hotel Suite makes a point of introducing less experience…
i Vantan Pa Audiens-The great 17th century philosopher Rene Descartes visited Stockholm from October 1649 until February 1650 on the invitation of Christina Queen of Sweden. The suite presented here depicts Descartes' visit. The …
for Solo Cello-Aphrodite's Rock - a mighty sea stack outside Paphos Cyprus - is the birthplace of the Goddess of Love. A local myth tells that the person who swims around it will be blessed with eternal beauty. If that fails t…
The purpose of the series If Bach Was A Cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the Cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites a…
These engaging works make a point of introducing less experienced player to techniques such as harmonics use of mute playing near the bridge tremolo and glissando.Spooky Pieces (ABRSM grade 2-4) are exciting new pieces for cell…
BWV 992-Music by a 19-year old. With such love and tenderness a song without words as presented in the first movement it is surprising that the composer's older brother Johann Jakob did leave. In 1704 he accepted a position as …
