Antonio Vivaldi's Magnificat in G minor for SATB and Piano.The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Piet (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired himto compose church music in large variety. The Magnificat RV 160 has come down to us in two versions. The first version is dominated by the choral concept, in the second version the texts of …

Oratorienfragment. Teil I: Die Geburt Christi - Teil Ii: Das Leiden Christi. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohns unfinished 3rd oratorio in its first critical edition. The parts 'Die Geburt Christi' and 'Das Leiden Christi' are presented with full orchestration. In 1852, five years after Mendelsohn’s death, two independently-performable fragments of an unfinished oratorio were published …

Written by John and Michelle Phillips two years before they formed The Mamas And The Papas, the evocative California Dreamin' reflects a longing from chilly New York for the warmth of the West Coast. California Dreamin' was released by The Mamas And The Papas in 1965 and has since become almost an informal signature tune for the hippie phenomenon that had hardly started when it was written. It has…

Choral Highlights-The charm and humor of 50 years of Peanuts comics come alive for a new generation with the beautiful animation familiar characters and fabulous music of the animated film from 2015! Songs in this 6-minute medley include: Better When I'm Dancin' Good To Be Alive Linus and Lucy That's What I Like.

Pierre Danican-Philidor was a member of the highly respected Danican family of French musicians. He played the oboe flute and viol and was a member of several orchestras. In the years 1717 and 1718 he published three volumes of music containing altogether twelve suites. The sixth suite (with the movements Lentement Rondeau Sarabande Rigaudon Gigue) is taken from the first volume and is immediatel…

This is the Full Score of Philip Glass's wonderful Violin Concerto No.2 'American Four Seasons' arranged for Violin and Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Toronto SymphonyOrchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra among others the world premiere was held in Toronto on December 9th 2009 conducted by Peter Oundjian. At this premiere the violinist was Robert McDuffie for whomthe Conce…

Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto #1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound different?. Nevertheless, a good 20 years elapsed before that second concerto finally took form, and only in 1881 was he able to announce: 'I wanted to tell you that I have written a very small Piano concerto with a tiny little delicate Scherzo?.Th…

Gigue was the first major Piano work composed by William Busch in 1923. Gigue showed incredible skill and virtuosity for a composer who at the time was on 22 years old.

Roger Quilter is one of England's finest art song composers and his songs have remained firmly in the vocal repertoire since their appearance early in the 20th century. In these songs he demonstrates an extraordinary skill in setting English poetry and shows what can be achieved in the miniature form. Specially compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death this new collection inc…

Arr. Don Campbell. Par SEDAKA NEIL. Many artists have performed solitaire over the years, but it is probably Neil Sedaka’s interpretation that makes this song a true classic. This classic arrangement for brass band gives every player something of interest to play. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie