Kantate Zum Reformationsfest (In Der Bearbeitung Von Wilhelm Friedemann Bach). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The present cantata draws on two of Bach’s earlier works. The original form was the cantata 'Alles, was von Gott geboren' [Weimar 1715, BWV 80a]. A second version [BWV 80b] was written between 1727 and 1731 in Leipzig. The instrumentation of movements 1 and 5 come from a later adaptation by Wi…

Par TYSHAWN SOREY. Tyshawn Sorey\'s For George Lewis draws inspiration from The Will to Adorn, a dense work for chamber orchestra by the composers friend, collaborator and mentor George Lewis. Where Lewis\'s score is frenetic, however, Sorey\'s enters into a meditative stasis for most of its 51-minute duration, slowly accumulating and breaking down different sonorities of harmony and colour. Alarm…

This string quartet is in five movements, of which the second and fifth are by far the most elaborate. The remaining three movements are rather short, like brief vignettes.The second movement draws its inspiration from Schubert, albeit indirectly- the middle instruments in the quartet (violin 2, viola) play an accompaniment with a motif of two slurred notes, almost always in sixths.In spirit and s…

Three Sonatas and Three Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001–1006 Based on the Urtext edition of the work in its original version for solo violin Includes idiomatic solutions to the technical problems arising from the transcription of the work for violaJohann Sebastian Bach’s cycle of Three Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001–1006 for solo violin is one of the most famous string compositions of the 1…

Debussy's Première Rhapsodie is one of two concertante works completed, premiered and published during his lifetime. He was commissioned to write it in 1909 for the final examination at the Paris Conservatoire in 1910. Debussy orchestrated it in the summer of 1911. While transferring the clarinet part from the already published version for clarinet and piano, he made a few subtle changes, particul…

Kantate Zum Reformationsfest (In Der Bearbeitung Von Wilhelm Friedemann Bach). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The present cantata draws on two of Bach’s earlier works. The original form was the cantata 'Alles, was von Gott geboren' [Weimar 1715, BWV 80a]. A second version [BWV 80b] was written between 1727 and 1731 in Leipzig. The instrumentation of movements 1 and 5 come from a later adaptation by Wi…

OPéRA COMIQUE IN FOUR ACTS INSTRUMENTATION : SOLOISTS, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA VERSION : STUDY SCORE DESCRIPTION : Â??CARMENÂ?? IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY PERFORMED OPERAS IN THE WORLD AND THE GENESIS OF THE WORK IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DOCUMENTED. IN SPITE OF THIS, NONE OF THE EDITIONS PUBLISHED AFTER THE COMPOSERÂ??S DEATH CORRESPOND TO HIS INTENTIONS. NOW DIDIONÂ??S EDITION, OF WHICH A PIANO RE…

16 of his best-loved choral pieces in transcriptions for solo piano. Par RUTTER JOHN. The Complete John Rutter Piano Album draws together piano transcriptions of sixteen of the composer's best-loved choral pieces into one volume. Designed for pianists at early intermediate level, it provides skilful and approachable arrangements of seasonal and non-seasonal favourites for performance or enjoyment …

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Janet Way,…

A curious child climbs up to the attic and discovers a jumble of boxes, trunks, old clothes, and dusty junk. There, a black leather case catches her eye. She pries it open and finds inside an old Violin - her grandmother's from high school. Sitting on the floor, she tunes the strings and tightens the bow. As she draws the bow across the strings, the Violin becomes alive with music. To her delight,…