Instrumentation: piano trio (violin, violoncello and piano) Edition: score and parts editor: Eberhard Mayer Item no.: fue 4160 Difficulty: medium ISMN: 979-0-50012-916-5 Mel Bonis's music became more and more influenced by a highly refined impressionism over the years. Her work was enriched by new rhythmic innovations and willingly turned towards humour. Surely they belong to the most important c…

Compiled and edited by David Blackwell, Piano Mix 1 is packed full of brilliant music that has been specially arranged for Easy Piano. Featuring a diverse range of styles and genres from centuries ago to the present day, to help pianists progress from Grades 1 to 2.The repertoire in Piano Mix 1 reflects the type of music in the ABRSM Piano syllabuses. In Piano Mix 1 the pieces are mostly at Grade …

I. Rêverie / II. Capriccio. Par CASABLANCAS BENET. Work commissioned by the pianists Iván Martín and Alba Ventura, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Centenary of Enric Granados (2016), and lasts approximately 10 minutes. It comprises two pieces of very contrasting character. The first, Rêverie, is a nocturne with broad resonances that unfolds in a recollected and expectant atmosphere, pr…

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Grazyna Bacewicz realised at a very early age that her main purpose in life was to compose music. Already during the 1920s, as a student of Lódz Conservatoire, as part of her lessons in harmony and counterpoint, she made attempts at composing, in which she tried to resolve nagging technical problems and impart an artistically satisfying form to them. She grew up in an atmosph…

Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. “This flute quartet is filled with pictures out of my own mind. The idea is to walk through a fictional gallery that exists exclusively in my head. The pictures one sees are moods, feelings and the inner secrets of a person. After one round, one returns to the beginning of the inner gallery and starts walking faster. The musical material repeats in a more compact way, where …

(Memorial for the Columbia Astronauts). Par EOTVOS PETER. Eötvös wrote this piece in memory of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in 2003. The number 7 determines the musical, rhythmic and formal structure of the work: 49 musicians are divided into seven groups, and as well as the solo violin there are six further violins arranged correspondingly around…

Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. German Magnificat - Meine Seele erhebt den Herren SWV 494 from 'Schwanengesang' (1671) Heinrich Schütz (1858-1672) was a German composer and organist who studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli. Gabrieli's influence can be heard in many of Schütz's compositions. Towards the end of his life, in 1671, he wrote a large volume 'Schwanengesang' including this setting in German of …

Par GREGORY THOMAS. Vamoosh Book 2 for Trumpet is a fun, easy to use book for young trumpeters. 28 varied and engaging pieces that gently guide the player towards grade 1 level. Books are compatible with Book 2 for Clarinet and Saxophone and ideal for group lessons. Backing Tracks are available online via Spotify, YouTube, the Vamoosh website and many other platforms. A piano accompaniment book is…

Summerly Jeremy (Editor). Par SUMMERLY JEREMY. Elizabeth I, 'Fair Oriana', was one of the most remarkable monarchs in English history: she was well educated, strong, fearless and wise. Towards the end of her reign a musical anthology entitled 'The Triumphs of Oriana' was assembled in order to flatter and divert her. Four superb works from this anthology - plus a fifth, 'Oriana's Farewell' - provid…