Vesperpsalm. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. The Laudate pueri was composed between 1735 and 1749 for the Ospedale degl’Incurabili in Venice. Since the Ospedale was an institution for the musical training of gifted girls and young women, the vocal parts are scored for female voices. As Director of Music at the Saxon-Polish Court of Dresden, Hasse was also responsible for church music, and therefore he arr…

Scored for chorus, children's choir, organ and chamber orchestra, St Luke Passion adopts a pared-back focus on choral voices over its 75-minute span. Seeking a more spiritual, inward approach to match Luke's text, the composer eschews settings of interpolated texts as arias and the customary Evangelist and Christ soli: everything is sung by choral forces. A children's choir grants a measure of inn…

Par . Showing support for the people of Ukraine, here is a version of their beautiful and poignant national anthem scored for flexible instrumentation. / Date parution : 2022-11-10/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Scored for clarinet, cello and piano Clarinet Trio (BH 12624) is in three movements, with a total duration of 20 minutes. The first movement, 'Ljud stort, ljud' (Sound big, sound), was commissioned in 2008 to celebrate the centenary of Svenska kulturfonden. 'Som det stilla vi söker' (Like the tranquillity we seek) and 'Slå våg, slå' (Crash wave, crash) were commissioned in the same year by the Ber…

For 10 players. Par COULT TOM. These mature and well-crafted pieces for an ensemble of ten players showcase Coult 's ear for beguiling, burnished sonorities and his ability to harness the most complex of technical devices to rich emotional ends. Whilst his musical schemas are often audacious and innovative, the security and light touch with which Coult carries them out ensures that his Four Perpet…

Par BRIDGE FRANK. Frank Bridge was one of the finest English composers of the first half of the 20th century. The Pageant of London is his only work for wind band, comprising of two marches, one scored from Bridge’s best known organ piece and including the chimes ofBig Ben, plus three short renaissance pastiche items, one arranged from Playford (later used by Peter Warlock in Capriol Suite). The m…

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. Your band and chorus can join together in this new and spirited Calypso carol ! The joyful setting of Timothy Johnson's original carol will light up your concert stage at any holiday performance. The carefree and natural rhythms of calypso combine with a catchy tune to bring a smile to all. Skillfully scored for an easy balance between the band and chorus, AND THE ANGELS SANG …

Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Studying the sketches for works which a composer considers to be finished, perfected, is a fascinating activity. It enables one to penetrate the secrets of creative work, to compare the initial outline of a composition with its final version. A sketch is generally left untitled, but it does occur that a composer enhances the status of such a draft by giving it a title, before…

Par GJEILO OLA. This collection features three instrumental pieces from Ola Gjeilo's Winter Songs CD (Decca Classics, 2017), plus a piano version of Across the Vast, Eternal Sky - here all scored for solo piano./ Recueil / Piano

Bold and gallant, this original composition opens with a heralding noble tutti statement and is followed by a hero's theme that builds to a glorious conclusion. Carefully scored to insure success for the developing band, your audience will take note of this striking contemporary work. (2:30) / Orchestre D'Harmonie