Par SCHUMANN CLARA. Clara Schumann (née Wieck) was undoubtedly the most important female pianist of the 19th century. As a young child she toured Europe as a prodigy: her entire career as a celebrated piano virtuoso spanned more than 60 years. Equally important, but less well known, is the composer Clara Schumann, who published her Opus 1 at the age of eleven. Despite the domestic duties expected …

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH / JONES NATHAN (Arr.). Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia. The original publication of September: The Hunt included an epigraph at the start of the piece-a small poem by Alexander Pushkin. This energetic arr…

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH / JONES NATHAN (Arr.). Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, while he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. Each piece in The Seasons depicts a different month of the year in Russia. The original publication of September: The Hunt included an epigraph at the start of the piece-a small poem by Alexander Pushkin. This energetic arr…

Music Of Our Time. Par HENZE HANS WERNER. ‘My Sinfonia No. 8 is not at all tragic or moody like the Seventh. It is a summer piece and is based on three moments from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‘, writes Hans Werner Henze. This, however, is all we get to know from the composer regarding the work’s reference to Shakespeare’s comedy. On closer examination of the three-movement symphony it …

This songbook, Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session - Guitar Recorded Version, features notes and tab for seven tracks off the collaborative album from the two blues legends Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.Sheet music is included for songs such as Ask Me No Questions, Pride and Joy, (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) and more. / Guitare

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This three-movement symphony musically depicts the history of Hungary. Key historical figures, wars and other important events from this country inspired all three movements. The first movement depicts Atilla, the King of the Huns, and is characterised by fear, threat and aggression. The second movement focuses on Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian State and the final movem…

Pour de nombreux musiciens jouant dans un big band est un point culminant ultime. Le line-up spécial le big band de garantit tuttis incroyables, mais permet également la possibilité d'effectuer des ballades tranquilles. Jouant dans la section de vent d'un big band est une expérience que vous n'oublierez pas pressé. Malheureusement, jouant un solo - comme le laisse entendre le mot - est réservé aux…

Pour beaucoup de musiciens jouant dans un big band est un point ultime de haut. La spéciale line-up de la Big Band garantit tutti incroyable, mais permet aussi la possibilité d'effectuer des ballades tranquilles. Jouer dans la section des vents d'un big band est une expérience que vous n'oublierez pas pressé. Malheureusement, en jouant un solo - comme le mot l'indique - est réservé à quelques-uns.…

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…