Composed by Armando Ghidoni , Jazzy Flute Challenge is a piece for Flute and Piano accompaniment. Lasting approximately ten minutes, it is dedicated to Maxence Larrieu and was commissioned for the International Flute Contest. Quite technical, this piece requires some upper intermediate/advanced skills and a good knowledge of the instrument. It is an enjoyable notated jazz work which will definitel…

An Extinction Elegy. Par TIN CHRISTOPHER. The Lost Birds is a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Sweeping and elegaic, it's a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but whose songs have since been silenced. It's a celebration of their feathered beauty: their symbolism as messengers of hope, peace, and renewal. But it's also a warning a…

Aus: Israelsbrünnlein. Geistliche Madrigale. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein’s Israelsbrünnlein, published in Leipzig in 1623, is a supreme achievement not only among the works of this composer, who had been Thomaskantor in Leipzig since 1616, but also for the entire body of German music written during the first half of the 17th century. Among the 26 motets written “in the Italian…

In 1848, after finishing an album of little piano pieces for his daughter Marie, Schumann devised the plan of compiling a 'children's album?. Since then the resultant collection of 43 pieces has enjoyed unparalleled success. Schumann's 'Album for the Young? is now presented in an Urtext edition which meets the needs of performers. In addition to the famous 'Advice to Young Musicians?(in German, En…

Par CAMPBELL NORMAN / HARRON DON. The musical, Anne of Green Gables is based on the book by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Although written as fiction for readers of all ages it has, in recent decades, become considered as a children's book. Montgomery found her inspiration in a newspaper article describing a couple that were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of a boy, yet decided to k…

Par MICHAEL GEORGE. Twentyfive - For Living is the first disc of George Michael's career-spanning greatest hits album, which celebrates the 25th anniversary since he shot onto the pop scene as part of Wham!. Released in November 2006, and quickly reaching the Number 1 spot in the album charts, this is a diverse selection of George Michael's best musical moments from the last quarter of a century. …

Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. Stravinsky had been a member of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1926. It may therefore seem peculiar that he would choose to write a concerted Latin mass. However, the choice of the traditional Latin text of the Catholic Mass was a practical one: the Russian Orthodox Church prohibited the use of instruments in services, and Stravinsky did not want to write an unaccompanied v…

Par BARTOK BELA. Like so many famous virtuosic works, Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin was said, by its commissioner, Yehudi Menuhin, at first sight, to be unplayable! Of course, Menuhin soon changed his opinion, later describing the work as the most important composition for solo violin since Bach. The original work used the full array of violin techniques such as stopped harmonics, left-hand pizz…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. Now your band can boldly go where no band has gone before, and bring the “final frontier” to your concert band stage! Here’s James L. Hosay’s imaginative new tone poem SPACE PROBE. Since the 1970's, NASA has been launching long-range, solar-powered probes into space. Over the past 30 years, the Voyager, Pioneer, and Galileo series’ probes have sent back incredible photographs. …

Par PINK FLOYD. This masterpiece has undoubtedly become one of the most influential albums from the 1970s to the present day. Groundbreaking sound effects and production techniques have made this a cult album among so many music lovers. Since its release in 1973 it has sold in excess of 34 million copies worldwide and holds the record for the longest consecutive time on the US billboard charts - a…