Par DE HAAN JAN. Harmony Festival is Jan de Haan’s expression of his great respect for the composer of composers, Johann Sebastian Bach. He has used the four note names which form the name of this composer as the basis of this piece. This four note motif provides us with the most beautiful and unexpected chord combinations creating a ‘festival of harmonies’! / Niveau : 5.5 / Pièce de concert / …

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. This enchanting melody is from the fourth movement of Bach’s Cantata 140 which was composed in 1731 using the parable of the wise and foolish virgins as the text. The work is beautiful in its simplicity with only three melodic lines, demonstrating Bach’s counterpoint at its best. For greatest effect it is suggested that the cornets and tr…

This classic Schirmer edition has been enhanced with a companion CD. Each of the eight movements is recorded three times. First is a beautiful performance for listening, followed by a Primo only recording, and then a Secondo only recording for play-along practice. / Piano 4 Mains

Sword Dance from Hymn of the Highlands. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Strathcarron is a movement from Philip Sparke’s Hymn of the Highlands, in which each movement reflects a different location in the beautiful Scottish highlands. Stratcarron, named after a village at the head of Loch Carron, near the Isle of Skye, takes the form of a sword dance which alternates between fast and slow tempi. / Niveau : 5 /…

A hit every time it's heard, this piece, with a manageable level of difficulty, displays fireworks, beautiful melodies and brilliant idiomatic figurations which will find an enthusiastic audience at every pupil's audition. / Violon Et Piano

Spartiti per pianoforte. In the wake of the success of Piano - The New Composers Volume 1, here is the second volume of the series. The publication includes even more titles, and all different from the first volume. Beautiful sheet music of the greatest hits of the 20th Century's best composers, such as Ludovico Einaudi (Le Onde), Hans Zimmer (Now We Are Free), Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump Theme),…

for voices and ensemble. Par BRYARS GAVIN. Laude were short medieval devotional songs to the Virgin Mary, and Gavin Bryars has kept to the pure, lyrical style of the originals. This is the sixth volume to be published and includes laude composed for voices and ensemble providing new opportunities for performers and audiences to experience these beautiful works./ Répertoire / Voix et Ensemble

Upper Elementary to Lower Intermediate Level. Par . 'Upon embarking on this project, I had little idea of what I would find. There were, of course, the 'usual suspects:' women composers whose name and whose music have stood the test of time and are familiar to many. There were also those whose names ring a bell but whose music does not. The real unknowns were, well, the unknowns. How many women co…

Par NIJS JOHAN. The enchanting town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland, has been an inspiration to many artists, saints, and scholars over many centuries. It lies in the heart of the beautiful Killarney National Park, and near Ireland’s highest mountains. There are many places of interest to be found in Killarney and the surrounding area such as churches and other historical buildings, as well …

Trois mélodies pour ténor et piano. Par ABOULKER ISABELLE. Être heureux ou ne pas l’être est un recueil de trois mélodies pour ténor et piano composé par Isabelle Aboulker sur des textes de Pierre de Ronsard, Jean de La Fontaine et Octave Mirbeau. « À la désespérance profonde d’Octave Mirbeau devant un paysage de montagnes, j’ai opposé la philosophie souriante de Jean de La Fontaine et la leçon de…