The Sonata in A major Hob. XVI:26 is one of the sonatas by Joseph Haydn which increasingly become the focus of attention of our piano teachers. Thanks to its moderate technical demands, it is perfect for piano lessons. At the same time, it shows essential features of Haydn's piano style in a condensed form - an expressive musical declamation, rhetorical breaks full of tension, wit and humour - whi…

Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. 72 Solo Cantatas for Voice, Melodic Instrument and Basso continuo. Advent & Christmas - Medium Voice. When Telemann issued his first annual cycle of printed cantatas, Der Harmonische Gottesdienst (Hamburg, 1725-6), he was already one of the leading cantata composers of his time. Thanks to their brevity and their simple scoring, the 72 solo cantatas have remained very po…

FOR STRING ORCHESTRA WITH PIANO AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTATION : STRING ORCHESTRA WITH PIANO AND PERCUSSION VERSION : SCORE AND PARTS DESCRIPTION : THIS ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS HIT 'O FORTUNA' IS INTENDED FOR SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND AMATEUR ENSEMBLES, ALLOWING AMATEUR ORCHESTRAS TO GIVE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES OF ORFF'S MASTERPIECE. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE VIOLINS CAN BE PLAYED IN THE FIRST O…

This sonata for two pianos, four hands was written in 1781 for performance by Mozart and Josephine von Aurnhammer, one of his finest students. The first and third movements are fast and brilliant, contrasted by a gently flowing second movement. This edition includes editorial fingering and performance suggestions. / Piano Duo

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Octet in F major Op. post. 166 D 803 for Clarinet (in B-flat), Bassoon, Horn, Violin (2), Viola, Violincello, Double Bass “I have done little new by way of lieder. In compensation I have tried my hand at several instrumental things, for I have composed two quartets for Violins, Viola and Violincello [A minor, D 804; D minor, D 810] and an octet [F major, D 803] and will write y…

Oratorio for Solo Tenor, Solo Violin, SATB, Children's Choir and Orchestra of Strings, Harp and Perc. Par ROTH ALEC. Alec Roth’s The Traveller is an oratorio for solo tenor, solo violin, SATB choir, children’s choir and an orchestra of strings, harp and percussion. In addition to writing six new poems for the piece, Vikram Seth has made English translations of twenty Indian texts from a rich varie…

Newly edited by Donald Burrows, the latest publication in the Novello Handel Edition with full historic, interpretative and critical notes. Handel's majestical setting of John Dryden in a cantata to honour the patron saint of music, first performed in London in 1739. ST or SAT soloists, SATB chorus. / Chant Et Piano

Par ROSEINGRAVE THOMAS. This is the first of a set of twelve Sonatas for Flute and Continuo by Thomas Roseingrave published in 1728. This edition of the work has been edited and realised by Richard Platt. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière et Piano

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. After attending the premiere of Beethoven?s stately concerto for violin and orchestra Muzio Clementi approached the composer and requested the work in a transcription for piano and orchestra; his wish was fulfilled in 1807 providing us with not just an alternative version of the composition but also one with authentic cadenzas which Beethoven had not written for the Violi…