Were You There? was expertly composed by James Whitbourn for SATB Chorus and Organ. The piece was written for Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.British composer and conductor James Whitbourn had an international reputation as a composer from the start of his career as a Programme maker at the BBC- during his time there he produced many award-wining programmes and develope…

(Lake Namu). Par YE XIAOGANG. The Chinese Ye Xiaogang is one of the most prominent and successful composers of his country and his generation and is at the same time a brilliant pianist. His music is an unmistakable blend of Eastern and Western traditions. This can also be felt in this one-movement piano piece the title of which refers to the name of a lake in Tibet. To paint the unmistakable atmo…

The Bluesier Side of Jazz by Andrew D. Gordon was inspired by the Piano students he teaches at Shepherd University School of Music in Los Angeles and is dedicated to those students: Jungwon, Yumiko, Yoko, Eunice, Sooji, Hae Ji and Ok Kyu. As with many students that come from a classical background (including himself) it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues & Jazz. When a musician impro…

Arrangeur: Erik Meyer. Par SOUSA JOHN PHILIP. Created for the Philadelphia-based Lyra Ensemble, Erik Meyer's adaptation of Sousa's greatest march (a celebrated favorite for piccolo players) is both faithful to the original work and freshly inventive in texture. Scored for four piccolos, it is a sure crowd-pleaser, whether in a printed program or as a surprise encore. Meyer's arrangement provides u…

Par LIEBMAN DAVID. Atonement commemorates the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith, called Yom Kippur. On that day an individual repents for transgressions which may have occurred during the past year. Fasting and prayer are the activities which begin at sundown with the chanting of Kol Nidre and end twenty four hours later. I wrote the melodies for this piece on Yom Kippur, 1979. Part of t…

It gives us great pleasure to present the venerable tradition of playing the darbuka drum using a method that makes it easy to hear and simple to learn. The rhythms which will introduce you to this enchanted world have been chosen with care and are played by Ramzi Besharat and the Galilee Percussion Ensemble. Slow rhythms (played at a slow pace) are customary in artistic music: Rhythms used in bot…

Drum Set 3 completes our innovative percussion series with practical techniques, indispensable advice, and an impressive variety of Latin rhythms presented in an easy to follow format. Instructor Gerson Reyes teaches you to further develop the techniques you learned in Volumes 1 and 2, demonstrating popular rhythms like the mambo, vallenato, cha-cha, ranchera, rock and many more. By the time you f…

Description This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…