Par VINE CARL. Composed for Emmanuel Pahud and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, this mesmerizing 14-minute concerto for flute and strings from 2003 has also been recorded by Sharon Bezaly on BIS. Pipe Dreams follows one of Vine’s preferred architectures: a single movement with three sections in the classic ‘moderate-slow-fast’ form. Although the solo lines are unashamedly virtuosic, the composer …

Au fil des ans, Alfred Music et Myklas Music Press ont publié des solos pour la saison d'Halloween qui sont devenus des favoris des étudiants et des enseignants. Les pièces de cette série représentent les solos les plus populaires et efficaces issus des catalogues des deux sociétés. Divisé en quatre collections graduées, les travaux en cours sont inclus par Sharon Aaronson, Dennis Alexander, Chris…

Par BLOC PARTY. The 2005 album by Bloc Party shows a band transcending their influences, and shaking off the shackles of easy-definition to reinvent the post-punk sound for themselves. Established as part of the DFA-affiliated scene that included LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture, Bloc Party have succeeded in taking this disco/punk crossover to a wider audiences with songs of depth and significance …

An outgrowth of NBC's 1952 successful tele-documentary Victory at Sea, was Project 20 two years later: a 30-episode series that was scored completely by Robert Russell Bennett. The episode, called 'Down to the Sea in Ships,' utilized this score that initially aired in December of 1968. The magic of the sea, the beauty of ships, and fascination for the men who sail them, are fully explored in this …

Organ? Symphony (Theme) (from Babe) Beyond The Sea (from Finding Nemo) Carnival Of The Animals: Finale (from Fantasia 2000) Circle Of Life (from The Lion King) Hushabye Mountain (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) I?m A Believer (from Shrek) If I Didn?t Have You (from Monsters, Inc.) Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory) Ratatouille (Theme) (from Ratatouille) R…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Reflections on an Old Japanese Folk Song est basé sur la mélodie Suiryo-Bushi, qui est issue de la tradition de shamisen. L’oeuvre commence par deux versions différentes de la mélodie, suivies par plusieurs variations sur le thème enentier ou en partie, chacune dans son propre style. La section finale est dans la forme d’un scherzo, qui prend le rôle d’accompagnement à la fin, l…

Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Portraits De Peintres for Piano however, is one of many compositions that shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire a…

Grundlegende Tonleitern mit Spielvarianten. Par PAYR FABIAN. Dieses Technikheft von Fabian Payr, dem Autor von Finger-Fitness für Gitarristen, schlägt eine Brücke zwischen Klassik und modernen Stilistiken (Jazz, Rock, Pop): Ein umfassender Katalog von Griffpatterns für Tonleitern, die als Improvisationsskalen dienen können, wird kombiniert mit Spielvarianten vorrangig aus dem Bereich der klassisch…