Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The year 2004 marked the 100th anniversary ofthe death of Antonin Dvorák. In 1879 Dvorákwrote this Polonaise as a commission for thecommittee organising the festivities for theirfamous national dance festival. Many famousCzech composers wrote dances specially for thisevent. This Polonaise in three movements, with itsfine melody lines, deserves to be more …

The Belwin String Builder is a string class method in which the violin, viola, cello, and bass play together throughout. Each book, however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. The material in this book is realistically graded so that only a minimum of explanatory material is required. Each melody is interesting and will provide the basis for a fine l…

Threshold of Night (a setting one of Kathleen Raine's Three Poems of Incarnation) was commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge and was premièred under the direction of David Hill in the College chapel on 25th November 2006. Written for Advent, the work aims to highlight the yearning that all societies have, in their time of need, for guidance from beyond their community. By coincidence, howeve…

Par BONSOR BRIAN. The best way to learn any instrument is to have lessons from a good, experienced teacher. Although, happily, the number of such teachers is constantly growing, the recorder is still frequently taught by enthusiastic but inexperienced teachers and many players start by teaching themselves. This series of books sets out to help learners of all ages in all three situations. Experien…

Par APPLEBAUM SAMUEL. An all-time best seller, the Belwin String Builder is a string class method in three parts in which Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass play together throughout. Each book however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. The material in the book is graded realistically so that only the minimum of explanatory material is required. Each melo…

The title has been taken from a review of Robert Schumann of the then newly published Préludes Op. 28. According to this reference, Stefan Heucke's Préludes are tributes to the three great piano composers of the 19th century: Chopin, Liszt and Schumann. By tradition, each of Heucke's 12 Préludes starts from a different keynote while attempting, however, to use major and minor modes at the same tim…

Ballet in one prologue and three entrées. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. 'Les Fêtes d'Hébé' or 'Les Talents Lyriques' (1739) belong to the highly opulent ballet opera genre, which was only common in 18th century courtly France. Rameau's 'Indes Galantes' (1735) is often considered the pinnacle of this “mixed” genre, which connects instrumental music, song and dance in the form of a prologue with subsequ…

Par BOULANGER NADIA. June 1914. Nadia Boulanger is at the height of her composing career, which she pursues alongside her other musical activities - concert performance and teaching - though only a few years later, she will deliberately give it up. Right now, however, she has gone to meet her sister Lili in Rome, where the two young musicians, united by a deep affection, will put their study trip …

Piano Works. Par LANGGAARD RUED. Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) is one of the most important Danish composers of the 20th century. Langgaard's piano compositions are evenly spread out over his 50 productive years from 1902 to 1951. Generally speaking his piano music represents the entire broad spectrum of expression and the stylistic diversity one finds in his music. Some of the most personal works he…