Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For thi…

Over a period of four decades Jimmy Webb (b. 1946) has written hits for a number of singers including Glen Campbell Art Garfunkel Frank Sinatra Willie Nelson Johnny Cash and Linda Ronstadt. His songs are often epic in character and include By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Up Up and Away; Didn’t We; Wichita Lineman and Galveston. MacArthur Park (1968) was unlike anything that had gone before it…

Suite for Orchestra-Incidental music with the famous 'Sicilienne'Fauré wrote ?Pelléas et Mélisande? in 1898 originally as incidental music to Maurice Maeterlinck?s like-named play. After the premiere and subsequent performances he set about reworking the musical material into an orchestral suite. The premiere of the originally three-movement suite took place in February 1901 under the baton of Ca…

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For thi…

Following the outstanding success of book 1 Popular Voiceworks 2 is a second collection of jazzy and popular songs in the highly practical Voiceworks format.Packed with songs in a huge range of styles the collection provides exciting new material written by the authors as well as choral arrangements of favourites such as 'Ain't no stoppin' us now' 'Feelin' good' and 'Bang the drum all day'.The…

The traditional music of Brittany has long been a passion for guitar and mandolin player David Surette who has now edited and published a collection of Breton dance tunes. 'Fest Breizh' contains 50 traditional dance tunes:gavottes en dros larides and many others collected and transcribed in standard notation with chords provided as well. Unlike some previous collections which have been prin…

DVD-Is your talent still locked up in the garage? It's time to shift gears and start finding gigs that pay serious money! This DVD – featuring invaluable advice from music industry heavy-hitters – is for every musician whodreams of playing music for a living. Kevin Eubanks musical director for the Tonight Show band shares his thoughts on getting major work as a musician in today's ma…

from Walt Disney's The Princess and the Frog-Pure fun! Invoking legendary jazz musicians Louis Armstrong Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller this upbeat swing number from Disney's The Princess and the Frog will energize any concert! Available separately: SATB SAB 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Combo parts available as a digital download (cl tpt 1 tpt 2 tbn syn gtr b dm). Duration: ca. 2:15.

This solid and stately setting has instructions for tracking through both the LSB (7 verses) and ELW (5 verses) version of this hymn but is useful for any congregation wanting a festive Easter setting. An extended organ/brassintroduction version based on Bach's setting of 'Christ Lag in Todesbaden' from the Orgelbuchlein is also available. Instrumental Parts include Two Trumpets in C or B-flat H…

Suite for Orchestra-Incidental music with the famous 'Sicilienne'Fauré wrote ?Pelléas et Mélisande? in 1898 originally as incidental music to Maurice Maeterlinck?s like-named play. After the premiere and subsequent performances he set about reworking the musical material into an orchestral suite. The premiere of the originally three-movement suite took place in February 1901 under the baton of Ca…