Easy-play Piano arrangements of 24 hymns and spiritual favourites by Stephen Duro. Complete with full lyrics and chord symbols. Includes The Lord Is My Shepherd, Rock Of Ages, Joshua Fight The Battle Of Jericho and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot . / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Par FAURE GABRIEL. Being a significant contributor to French romantic music, Faure 's Tantum Ergo, Op. 65, No. 2, is essential to all female choirs. Containing a variety of characteristics, this work contains many aspects of the romantic era. Known predominantly for his contributions to vocal repertoire, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) is often regarded as the master of the French art song, frequently c…

'Sechs Gesänge? ('Six Songs?) based on poems by Maurice Maeterlinck were composed as piano songs in 1910 and 1913 and orchestrated in 1924. They show the art of song writing at its very best. The vocal part is characterised by sensitivity and simplicity, embedded in a web of sensuous instrumental voices. Alexander Zemlinsky added an introduction to the songs, which was not included in the piano ve…

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Flute Meditations is a beautiful collection of pieces for flute with piano accompaniment and flute duet suitable for late elementary to intermediate players (Grades 3-5), all inspired by paintings of a meditative nature. By bestselling composer Pam Wedgwood, this book includes online piano accompaniment audio as recorded by Pam herself and is complemented by a stunning pull-out p…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt has been fascinated by the life and work of St Silouan of Athos (1866-1938) for many years. As early as 1991, the writings of Silouan inspired Pärt to his composition Silouan's Song, 'My soul yearns after the Lord ...' for string orchestra. Pärt's new work Adam's Lament is once again based on a text by Silouan, in which the monk laments Adam's pain over the loss of paradis…

Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana for piano is a cycle of eight contrasting pieces composed in 1838. The work belongs to one of Schumann's most creative periods. It was influenced by the writings of author E. T. A. Hoffmann and was inspired by Schumann's love for his wife, Clara. The current edition has been thoroughly researched, with comparisons made between all early sources. The 1850 second editi…

Par AYRES RICHARD. A quartet of paintings by the American Mark Tobey that displays expanses of white in various shades provides the inspiration for this solo piano work. The images from the paintings are translated into music that plays off static and dynamic forces, interweaving with sounds reminiscent of a Javanese gamelan. / Date parution : 2006-11-20/ Répertoire / Piano

Der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy pursues the goal of making accessible to the public in an adequately scholarly form all of Mendelssohn?s accessible compositions, letters and writings, along with all other documents of his artistic oeuvre. A considerable number of Mendelssohn?s works are stil…

Par LIANG LEI. I was fascinated with the Chinese landscape painter Huang Binhong (1865-1955), particularly with the albums the artist painted when he was nearly blind from cataracts. The image that inspired this composition was a detail taken from the painting. The detail was reconstructed by high-resolution scanning, and it reveals an intricate world hidden within the paintings' brushstrokes. It …