This ?Suite' is not one of my 'epic' instrumental concertos such as the concertos for cello, violin or oboe, but a substantially smaller-structured series of dance forms arranged into a suite. Sunken worlds suddenly emerge here, only to reach the surface, hover in dangerously distorted fashion and then sink back to the bottom.Almost every individual movement allots the solo flute a specific tonal …

Full Score. Par ANDERSON JULIAN. Written for the Cleveland Orchestra in 2009, Fantasias was Julian Anderson's first multi-movement work for orchestra. This 23-minute showpiece abounds in vivid contrasts, from the jagged brass fanfares with which it opens to the headlong rush of its dazzling finale. At its heart is an extended and evocative nocturne, overflowing with all manner of brilliantly imagi…

Miguel Alcdzar was born in Mexico City on April 26 1942. He followed a professional career which involved activities in the fields of performance, pedagogy, musicology and composition. He gave the first performances of the Concertino by Blas Galindo, with the composer himself conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Concierto of Manuel Ponce, in its original version, the Concerto …

The revised edition for Suzuki Violin School, Volume 8 is now available. Like the other revised violin books, the music has been edited by the International Violin Committee. Other features include: New engravings in a more easily readable 9 x 12 format * New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings * Newly edited piano accompaniment * CD recorded by William Preucil, Concertmaster of th…

First to be published in the series was The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had held similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Kansas City Conservatory, D…

Chabrier a été annoncée par la jeune génération de compositeurs en France, notamment par Debussy, Ravel et Poulenc, en tant que fondateur de la modernité française. Il a réalisé avec succès son orchestre rhapsodie 'España' au retour de son voyage en Espagne. Surfant sur ce succès, il a composé la Habanera en 1885 qui a été accueilli avec le même enthousiasme. La pièce fut bientôt distribué dans di…

L'édition révisée pour Suzuki Violin School, Volume 6 est maintenant disponible. Comme les autres livres de violon révisées, la musique a été édité par le Comité international de violon. / Piano