Wq 217. Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. His Heilig Wq 217 is just 6 minutes long. Bach, however, put all his art into these few minutes, as he himself wrote to his publisher: „ Here I have proved the most daring and hard work . . . It will be my swan song of this nature, and serve to ensure that you do not forget myself too soon after my death“. The work requires an extraordinary instrumentation: …

Bach composed his oratorio for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig in 1735. Though this work has the duration of a cantata, the choice of text places it among the oratorios. It combines the biblical account of the Ascension with chorales and free madrigal poems.As in other works which were composed during this same year (e.g. the 'Christmas Oratorio?), Bach reveals a special fondness for colourf…

Cette partition est dédié à la mémoire de Mieke van Weddingen formidable musicienne belge, flûtiste émérite trop tôt disparue qui fut et demeure une amie très chère, La musique évoque la nature, les oiseaux qui sont au bout de son jardin, comme à portée d'âme, L'interprète s'imagine faire corps avec la liberté du vent, / Flûte A Bec

Domine, refugium factus es nobis. Par SCHANDERL HANS. Kurt Suttner, editor of the “carus novus” series, has written as follows in the foreword to the printed edition of Schanderl’s setting of Psalm 90: The seven verses of Psalm 90 contrast the eternity of God with the transitoriness of man. This contrast is symbolized in the composition by the majestic, slow-moving basic pulse of the music, and by…

C'est le printemps : les jours s'allongent et la nature sort de son sommeil hivernal. C'est toute l'effervescence du printemps qu'exhale Spring Song. En outre, cette ravissante pièce célèbre également la naissance du troisième petit fils du compositeur, né au printemps.

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. This addition to the Curnow Music Press GREAT FOUNDATIONS SERIES of pre-Grade 1 publications is accessible to young musicians who have been playing for just a few weeks. A simple, repetitive theme with flashy, but very easy percussion writing ensures that you can have THE CHARIOTEERS ready to perform in time for the concert, even if you have “precious little” rehearsal time. Th…

Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823. In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schil…

Par COOK GARY. Ce livre contient des originaux et tunes standards effectuées par deux fois lauréat National Flatpick guitare Champion Gary Cook. Empruntant beaucoup de styles de guitare acoustique, cet ouvrage fournira un aperçu technique de guitare de Gary. Les sélections dans cette gamme de livre de flatpicking rythme rapide à la musique western swing - vous apprendrez beaucoup de plaisir et d'a…

Early to Mid-Intermediate Level. Intermediate piano solo arrangements of traditional Malay songs popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore. Includes notes on every song as well as illustrations and a map of the Malay Archipelago. Titles include The Cockatoo (Burung Kakak Tua) - Milk Coffee (Kopi Susu) - Chan Mali Chan - The Goodbye Song (Geylang Sipaku Geylang) - Longing (Rasa Sayang) …

Découvrir la variété des organes soundSchlee, Amen.HallelujaIn plusieurs de ses oeuvres pour l'orgue, Schlee explore la variété des différents sons, que cet instrument peut produire. Le focus, recouvrant une grande partie de la ' Amen. Halleluja', est de la nature d'une danse. Cette caractéristique ' danse ' prédomine sur grandes sections de le oeuvre, particulièrement dans le ' Amen ' et atteint …