Par OTTO TANNER. Fight the Resistance! by Tanner Otto is an exciting and dynamic march-style piece and was written to highlight the skill of playing closer to the bridge. In order to play the sustained melodic lines forte, students must 'fight the resistance' of the bridge by changing their bowing lane. It also reinforces the low-2 finger pattern (A minor) with a few accidentals. The cellos have v…

Par JANACEK LEOS. Janácek's 2nd String Quartet, Intimate Letters, is regarded as a highlight of the modern string quartet literature. It was written during the composer’s last year of life, between 29 January and 19 February 1928, inspired by the ageing Janáèek's exceptional love for Kamila Stösslová. The Moravian Quartet devoted themselves to this impressive work; Janácek attended a total of thre…

for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion. Par PTASZYNSKA MARTA. Composition was written in 2008 on a commission from the University of Chicago for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Olivier Messiaen's birth. This tree movement work attempts to refer to Messiaen's work, in particular to the beautiful sonorities of the Quatour pour la fin du temps. From ancient time the rain…

Par WILSON SHEILA. A brand new musical for Key Stage 2, written by the ever-popular Sheila Wilson! This is a modern re-telling of the parable of the prodigal son, where the story's message is delivered with humour and includes citizenship themes and values. The musical features eight catchy songs with opportunities for part-singing, hand-jiving and kazoos, presented with a backing CD, script, phot…

Consisting of three volumes, Repertoire Classics for Piano is a comprehensive and progressively graded collection of classic solos for piano. Volume 3 contains 42 recital pieces. Each book includes a data CD contains the following for each solo: performance tracks as well as master class lessons featuring performance and practice techniques by piano pedagogues Paul Sheftel and Phyllis Lehrer for e…

Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you enjoy.The specially written tunes develop the key skills, styles and techniques you need so you can play the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow.The Rockschool packs have standard music notation plus great sounding CDs featuring top musicians. Includes full notation plus click-track and non click-track backing tracks on the CD. Students are enc…

Par FABER PHILLIP. Mens foråret kryber frem (2020) is a choral work by Phillip Faber, with text by Caspar Eric. The work was written for the Danish National Vocal Ensemble./ Répertoire / Chœur Mixte SSAATTBB

Winner of six 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score, Broadway's new high-heeled hit delivers a powerfully uplifting message of acceptance. This nine-minute feature medley includes seven standouts from the original score, as written by iconic eighties pop star Cyndi Lauper. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Par HELLER BARBARA. The pieces were written in the manner of diary entries, some can be played either on treble or descant recorder. “The recorder was my first instrument as a child and I learnt to play all manner of songs and melodies on it. Subsequently, I was rather less keen on the instrument: its timbre seemed too coarse and monotonous. Even later – when it was promoted to a ‘high art’ instru…

Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Sonatina for violin and piano was written in Paris in 1937.Thanks to its instructive character,it is a favourite part of the repertoire of violin novices. The violin part wasrevised byViktor Nopp. / Répertoire / Violon et Piano