Instrumentalists will delight in this collection, which features thematic interpretations of 28 selections from Howard Shore's brilliant scores to The Hobbit motion picture trilogy. Shore masterfully expands upon the musical palette of Middle-earth, blending familiar motifs from the Lord of the Rings trilogy with an exciting array of memorable new themes. This beautifully produced folio features a…

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. 'The songs are conceived as a whole, as if a wayfarer, with his destiny, is now looking out into the world and is wandering from place to place. … The most painful experiences were bound to come…' (Gustav Mahler, 1885) Mahler's famous set of four songs for voice and orchestra is newly available in the handsome UE Study Scores format. Gustav Mahler's 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesel…

Par PART ARVO. Composed in 1990, and revised in 1991, for SATB Choir or soloists with organ accompaniment, Pärt's setting of The Beatitudes is one of only a handful of works ('Litany' and 'And One of the Pharisees' also falling into that category) composed in English. Taken from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, as found in Matthew 5:3-12, The Beatitudes provide a fitting structure for Pärt's setting. E…

(Spring Music). Par VASKS PETERIS. Spring Music - The Seasons II (1995) This Spring music forms part of the cycle 'The Seasons', a collection for piano containing the previously published pieces 'Balta ainava' (White Landscape) and 'Rudens musika' (Autumn music). Nature in all its shapes and the relationship of humans to nature play an important role in Vask’s works. Many of his works have program…

Qui n'aime jouer un des instruments de vent dans la musique de Earth, Wind and Fire (Phoenix cornes), Tower Of Power, Kool and the Gang, sang, sueur and Tears, Michael Jackson (Jerry Hey, Bill Reichenbach) ou James Brown (Horny cornes) ? Cette intro de volume / Saxophone Alto

A Requiem For Victims Of Power. Par CUOMO DOUGLAS J.. The text for this piece is derived from the Epistle to the Reader of Sir Thomas Browne’s Hydriotaphia, (1658). Subtitled Urn Burial, the essay is a reflection on the discovery of a Roman urn burial site in Norfolk and the practice of disinterment. I compiled the text by redacting (i.e. eliminating) many of the words of the original, leaving beh…

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. It is interesting to recall that Handel wrote Messiah, his most famous work whilst at the lowest point of his career, suffereing from fianantial hardship and depression. It was only composing that distracted him from this misery. In He Shall Feed His Flock, based on texts of Isaiah and Matthew, we hear praise for the peace that the Messiah has br…

With Your Own Concert Band on CD. This book contains the lead wind and brass parts for 16 popular pieces from the concert band repertoire. The play-along CD contains concertband performances with the clarinet part missing from the recording. Includes: Earth Song (Michael Jackson), The Second Waltz(Shostakovich), Gabriel’s Oboe (Ennio Morricone). Abba Gold, CanYou Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)…

Cycle in Five Movements. Par GORG STEPHAN. 20 ex. minimum. Dans l’antiquité grecque déjà, les quatre éléments, la terre, l’air, le feu et l’eau, étaient considérés comme à l’origine de toute vie. Dans son cycle Elements pour chœur mixte SATB (con divisi), Stephan Görg a ajouté l’amour comme cinquième élément – convaincu que vivre et survivre ensemble en paix sur cette planète est uniquement possib…