A 16-minute orchestral tribute to the city of Chicago commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation as part of the composer's residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and first performed in 2007.The title draws on the fact that the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 devastated large swathes of the city, leaving only a few buildings standing in the Centre. The combination of these relics alongside…

'La Mer?, which is an impressionistic work through and through, was composed between 1903-1905. Debussy however refined this work up until at least 1913. These corrections are found in a score which Debussy gave to his wife as a present for her private library in 1913.The new scholarly-critical edition draws on several important sources previously unavailable to musicologists, resulting in an arra…

Par FISHER CHRISTOPHER / KNERR HAGUE JULIE. Piece Cards provide motivation for students to learn and review their pieces. Students earn a card for each piece they complete in the equivalent Repertoire Books. There are four main ways students can use the Piece cards to practice or review pieces: Unit Map - When you assign a piece, the student tapes their piece card on the appropriate place on the…

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily im…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Suite from Hymn of the Highlands draws three expressive musical pictures of the Scottish highlands. The first movement, Ardross Castle, features solo passages for clarinet and bassoon and features a fascinating bagpipe melody. The second movement, Alladale, is a saxophone trio with an accompaniment featuring the percussion section. The final movement, Dundonnell, features two hi…

Par MCGLADE BECKY (Arr.). for SATB and solo cello This anthology draws twelve compelling pieces for SATB and solo cello into a collection that may be used to form a complete concert programme. Edited by composer and cellist Becky McGlade, it includes a rich diversity of styles, with an impressive array of new compositions and adaptations of works from the classical canon. / Date parution : 2024-0…

Even for Ralph Vaughan Williams the prospect of two world premieres within 24 hours must have been something of a rarity. Such was the case however on the first two days of June 1953, when his now classic arrangement of The Old Hundredth Psalm was sung at the Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, being preceded the evening before by the premiere of 'Silence and Music', fourth of ten par…

Transcription for Violin and Piano by the Composer. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. In his symphonic poem “Danse macabre” Saint-Saëns takes up a poem by Henri Cazalis that he had already set as an art song. Here the Devil brings the dead to life by playing his violin. Although the orchestral work was given a lukewarm reception in its early performances, or was even rejected, it became highly popular and …

This unique collection of songs draws mainly upon Columbia's Bootleg Series, an ever-expanding collection of outtakes, alternate versions, live performances and lesser-known songs from the incomparable Bob Dylan.Some of these songs stand comparison with the Dylan classics and several shed light on the variety of his astonishing career of over fifty years, including his very distinctive approach to…

Music Fundamentals Workbook. Par WIEGAND NEIDHOLD CARYN. Caryn Wiegand Neidhold draws on her many years as a string educator to present fundamentals that a beginning string student needs to know. This student workbook contains exercises on Clefs, Note Naming, Time Signatures, Counting and more! It is laid out in a very student friendly manner and will be a valuable resource for beginning players. …