In Nativitate Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger's 'Mass in A Major' is a work that ist easy to perform. Making no use of polyphonic developments, it remains within a harmonic style that is lightened by brief imitative phases. The organ accompaniment serves as a tonal support and expands the three-part writing into four parts. / Messe / Répertoire / Orchestre: Choeur SSA, Flûte T…

Par PROKOFIEV SERGEI. Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet was premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia, on December 30, 1938. It was his first attempt at writing a full-length ballet, and has earned its place alongside Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker as the greatest full length ballets ever./ Répertoire / Piano

There is music inside all of us, especially children! That's how God created them, and so making music comes naturally to them. Teaching children to make their own music on a keyboard (and to find joy in it) is what Music in Me is all about. Each book in this unique series is designed to help them understand both musical and Biblical concepts at the same time. Early exposure to music theory - espe…

This study score is based on the score and complete performance material of Dvorák's famous B minor Cello Concerto (BA 9045) edited by Jonathan Del Mar and published in 2011. In addition the study score contains a Foreword by Dvorák scholar Jan Smaczny.Like every other major 19th-century cello concerto, Dvorák's concerto resulted from a collaboration between the composer and a virtuoso musician. S…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE / BUSSER. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) is best known for his Carnival of the Animals and Organ Symphony. Yet, his Fantasy in E flat major arranged for Cornet or Trumpet and Piano remains popular in the advanced repertoire for the instruments. Saint-Saëns entered the Paris Conservatoire at the mere age of thirteen, where he studied Organ and composition. He then went on t…

In The Asylum the composer is writing three pieces, The Rung, The Potent Rug, Wigs of Flanders. © Gerald Barry / Violon, Violoncelle Et Piano

Lindberg's writing in this concerto has been compared to that of the Sibelius violin concerto. According to the Boston Globe, the composer 'shows that it is possible to wed lyricism and virtuosic display with bracingly fresh sounds and musical ideas of substance?. Since the premiere in 2006 by Lisa Batiashvili the work has established itself in the repertoire, with over 50 performances to date. / …

Handel's spectacular Oratorio was composed in 1744 from a libretto by Charles Jennens that describes the fall of Babylon. Although less successful in it's day than the popular Italian opera, this work is full of invention and dramatic skill with the Jewish, Babylonian Persian and Medes masses having their own distinctive musics that were juxtaposed to create a tense dramatic conflict. Composed in …

Par HARRIS PAUL / LENEHAN J.. The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill. Improve your Aural! Is designed to …

The 'Eroica Variations'---so-called because they were later re-worked for the finale of Beethoven's third ('Eroica') Symphony, Op. 55---occupy a prominent place in piano literature. Its structural grandeur and the originality and beauty of its piano writing set this work apart. The technical demands are considerable, on par with many other works from Beethoven's middle period. A brilliant finger t…