Par DE HAAN JACOB. This musical fantasy depicts the history of the Dutch fortified town of Elburg. The work begins with an atmospheric medieval picture of the Convent of St Agnes, the nunnery that was built in the first half of the 15th century. We hear the sound of the convent bells together with an upward motif, which will reappear later in the work. Next, the rest of Elburg is featured, includi…

Par DE HAAN JAN. Cette ?uvre est une commande de l?harmonie Da Capo Leeuwarden, basée aux Pays-Bas, qui était associée au service postal néerlandais PTT Leeuwarden jusqu?en 1995. Mercure est le messager des dieux ? une sorte de facteur, pourrait-on dire. Pourtant, le compositeur ne s?est pas inspiré du dieu, mais de la planète Mercure pour cette ?uvre en quatre mouvements ininterrompus. Il a créé …

Sur les 16 et 17 septembre 2006, le week-end du Festival moderne des batteur revient à l'incroyable New Jersey Performing Arts Center pour son festival plus ambitieux jamais. Seize des batteurs et des percussionnistes effectuées avec plus de vingt musiciens pour un des plus excitantes week-ends festivals dans ses dix-huit ans d'histoire. Dans les coulisses, alors que ces performances incroyables a…

Par CHAMBERLAIN LOUISE. Step it up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards...Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, and duets too - these carefully graded volumes are guaranteed to liven up your practice no end. So whether practicing at home or performing to your friends, take your playing to another level wi…

From 1772 onward, Mozart wrote 17 short single movement works called Epistle Sonatas , designed to be played in the Eucharist service between the Epistle and the Gospel. The Epistle Sonata in C (K.336) was the last of these, written in 1780. Shortly afterwards the Archbishop decreed that a motet or hymn should be sung instead, and they fell into disuse. The Epistle Sonata in C was originally score…

For Wind Band and Pre-Recorded Soundscape L4. Par SHAPIRO ALEX. Ascent reflects the effort to get off the ground, literally or figuratively. It's a micro-overture that begins with the promise of upward transcendence, yet soon flies off into rogue disorganization. A raucous flock of notes finally converges into a united upward-headed murmuration, but the freedom of soaring through the sky brings an…

Il ya un bateau Dat Leavin 'Bientôt pour New York / Il n'est pas nécessairement vrai / Summertime / I Got Plenty o' Nuttin 'est une chanson de Porgy and Bess opéra américain, composé en 1935 par George Gershwin (1898-1937), sur un livret de DuBose Heyward et son frère Ira Gershwin, après Heyward roman Porgy - une histoire sur l'amour entre les estropiés mendiant nègre Porgy and Bess de la jeune fi…

Il ya un bateau Dat Leavin 'Bientôt pour New York / Il n'est pas nécessairement vrai / Summertime / I Got Plenty o' Nuttin 'est une chanson de Porgy and Bess opéra américain, composé en 1935 par George Gershwin (1898-1937), sur un livret de DuBose Heyward et son frère Ira Gershwin, après Heyward roman Porgy - une histoire sur l'amour entre les estropiés mendiant nègre Porgy and Bess de la jeune fi…

Par CHAMBERLAIN LOUISE. Step It Up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, unaccompanied pieces and duets too - this carefully graded volume for violin also includes a CD of groovy backing tracks. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take your pl…

The 12 pieces in Volume 2 are structured to follow the same progression of finger patterns introduced in the 'Early Start? method, Volumes 2 and 3. The later repertoire in this volume includes a careful introduction of downward and upward extensions.The 'Cello Recital Album?, Volume 2 (BA 8995), can be used as a supplement to the 'Early Start on the Cello? method, Volumes 2 and 3 (BA 8997 and BA 8…