Conducteur pour clarinette (La), 2 violons, alto, et violoncelle. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. En 1890, Brahms avait pour ainsi dire pris la résolution d’en finir avec la composition. Mais sa rencontre avec le clarinettiste Richard Mühlfeld lui donna tellement d’inspiration qu’en peu de temps il composa aussitôt plusieurs œuvres pour lui. Le Quintette op. 115 aux mélodies célestes fait partie depuis sa cr…

Par SHEPPARD MIKE. Commissioned by Jo McNally for the 2016 AMIS European Middle School Honor Boys' Choir Festival at Frankfurt International School. Out Of The Long Dark explores the idea of the past and the present, as seen from a male perspective — that of son, brother, father. It looks forward to an uncertain future, where mankind is beset by difficulties. Its musical language is dense and darK…

The title track of the latest CD release by The Real Group, this timeless song for any season by the TRG composer of Chili Con Carne and Bumble Bee carries a heartfelt wish for our world in the future. Fusing light vocal jazz with hints of chorale and folk music, this strictly SATB setting with an optional piano part is widely accessible for high school and beyond. Optional piano part (full score)…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. The Landing (“Les bâtisseurs”) - Sword Dance (“La danse du sabre”) - Nightfall by the River (“La rivière à la tombée de la nuit”) - Towards the Future (“Regards vers le futur”) : La ville d'Osaka vit de l’eau et vit avec l’eau. C'est pourquoi on la surnomme « la capitale de l’eau » ( suito, en japonais) depuis les temps anciens. Le sous-titre s’imposait comme une évidence. S…

Piano Part to accompany Viola. Par COBB CELIA. Top Banana is a collection of 20 performance pieces for young string players (Grades 1–2+), for solo or group playing, composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. Drawing on a wide range of moods and styles, the pieces are intended to inspire communicative and committed performances in any concert or exam situation. Each piece aims to capture the musica…

Par CAMPOGRANDE NICOLA. For a long time after Romanticism had come to the fore, it was generally agreed that Brahms somehow ?did not get it?: History and Progress ? it was thought - were proceeding along one clear path and Brahms ? who was composing sonatas and symphonies instead of nocturnes and symphonic poems ? had taken the wrong way. Almost one century later, Schönberg wrote an essay, Brahms,…

Par OKPEBHOLO SHAWN E.. Shawn Okpebholo?s Heritage, in the Edition Peters Concert Band Series, evokes moods, events and sounds (including West African drumming and indigenous melodies) from an ethnomusicological research visit the composer undertook to Nigeria. One of the primary musical themes of the work is an adaptation of a song that comes from the Esan people, a small ethnic group in the sout…

Suito Sketches. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. The Landing (“Les bâtisseurs”) - Sword Dance (“La danse du sabre”) - Nightfall by the River (“La rivière à la tombée de la nuit”) - Towards the Future (“Regards vers le futur”) : La ville d'Osaka vit de l’eau et vit avec l’eau. C'est pourquoi on la surnomme « la capitale de l’eau » ( suito, en japonais) depuis les temps anciens. Le sous-titre s’imposait comme…

21 pieces for violin players. Par COLLEDGE HUGH / COLLEDGE KATHERINE. The Boosey & Hawkes Easy String Music series by Katherine & Hugh Colledge contains four volumes of repertoire for new and developing string players. Popular with teachers and students alike, each title steadily introduces and consolidates new techniques, fingerings, notes and rhythms to build firm foundations for future learning…

Choralkantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Also contains an arrangement for organ. In 1840 Schumann remarked: 'The small piece deserves to be world famous and will become so in the future; the Madonnas of Raphael and Murillo cannot remain hidden for long. ' Together with the orchestral version an version for choir and organ is available./ Répertoire / Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières, 2 Cla…