Bach, Johann Sebastian Organ Works, Volume 6 Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias and Fugues II / Early Versions and Variants to I (Volume 5) and II (Volume 6) Editor Kilian, Dietrich / Wollny, Peter Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works in revised editions Any complete scholarly critical edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach must incorporate new research findings in the interest of scho…

The new RSL Classical Piano syllabus aims to reflect the widening tastes of young people, positioning itself at the forefront of the vast array of music available to pianists, encompassing the rich heritage of music from the Baroque right through to the modern day and emerging composers. The repertoire strikes a balance between a radical redesign and maintaining a recognisable structure, and stick…

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Jazz Series : Complete Number of pages : 184 This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more. Alan De Mause has fill…

Par DOVE JONATHAN. Jonathan Dove?s We Are One Fire, was commissioned as a birthday present for the 90th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Chorus. Dove turned to playwright Alasdair Middleton for a text that could serve as both a response to and an echo of the sentiment in Schiller?s Ode to Joy, celebrating humanity?s ?shared ancestry?. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Par COMBIER JEROME. Il a été question pour moi d'imaginer un 'événement' artistique intégrant le texte d'Impromptu d'Ohio qui puisse à la fois être donné dans une salle d'exposition et à la fois joué en concert. L'installation impliquait la rencontre de Pierre Nouvel, la version concert celle de Joël Jouanneau. Dans les deux situations aussi différentes soient-elles, j'ai tenté d'imaginer un événe…

Par CURNOW JAMES. Inspired by the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, this symphonic poem in three movements for winds brings Eastern and Western cultures together, meeting on the common thread of Thoreau's and Matsuo's love of nature. Eastern and Western musical elements are layered throughout, making for a unique effect. / Niveau : 6 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire /…

Released to the surprise of fans, pundits and even Columbia Records' own PR department, The Next Day is David Bowie 's twenty-fourth studio album, announced on his sixty-sixth birthday. Containing Bowie's first collection of all-new material for over ten years, The Next Day débuted at number 1 and number 2 on charts across the world. A critical as well as commercial success, the album garnered fiv…

Regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the 20th century, Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) had a distinctively nationalistic style. His Andalusian influences are clearly seen in his ballet El Amor Brujo , which is often praised for its originality, while at the same time preserving the beauty of the Andalusian folk themes. The libretto was written by Gregorio Martínez Sierra, and the ballet was fi…

Symphony for Winds, Percussion and Pre-recorded Soundscape. Par SHAPIRO ALEX. IMMERSION brings listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm. Beneath the surface of the ocean is a world of liquid beauty and grace hidden from our eyes and from our imagination. Follow your ears and your heart to the deepest unseen places we often neglect to consider. Shapiro's electroacoustic wind symph…

It may come as a surprise to learn that Anton Webern's delicate, refined and intimate music can be transferred to the organ. Xavier Durasse (1934-1992), a pupil of Durufle and Messiaen, has produced an organ adaptation of the famous three-movement Variations for piano op. 27 (1936), a groundbreaking composition in serial music. His arrangement is accompanied by judicious registration marks and div…