Kleine Credomesse. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Im Sommer 1774 schrieb Mozart in unmittelbarer zeitlicher Nachbarschaft zwei Messen, die Missa brevis in F KV 192 und die Missa brevis in D KV 194. Beiden Kompositionen eigen ist eine jeweils mehr oder weniger stark ausgeprägte Neigung zur kontrapunktischen Schreibweise. Dabei versucht Mozart die althergebrachten polyphonen Techniken mit einer modern…

The movie musical that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen that featured the songs of Irving Berlin. A successful song-and-dance pair become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont Inn of their former commanding general.

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Fantasy Suite. Par HOSAY JAMES L.. This challenging and uniquely rewarding composition will be of special interest to the director who seeks “something different”. The pre-Columbian Mayan civilization is in many ways a great mystery to modern scholars. Their amazingly advanced mastery of mathematics, geometry and astronomy was remarkable indeed. But one of the most interesting aspects of ancient M…

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Till There Was You à partir de The Music Man arrangé pour l'accompagnement SSA et piano par Meredith Willson. / Voix / niveau : Intermédiaire / Chanson En Séparée

Par MASSENET JULES. The instantly recognisable and ever-popular Meditation, from the opera Thaï s by Jules Massenet (1842-1912), remains a strong favourite in the classical repertoire, superbly arranged for Flute and Piano by French flautist, Paul Taffanel. Massenet first studied music with his mother before entering the Paris Conservatoire. He is best known for his operas, of which he composed ov…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote’s faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world’s great comic heroes…

The Perfect Way To Rediscover The Piano. Par SPANSWICK MELANIE. 'Je jouais du piano avant… ' - Play it Again : Piano est une méthode idéale pour tous ceux qui souhaitent se remettre au piano ! Adapté aux pianistes qui n'ont pas pratiqué depuis longtemps, cet ouvrage en anglais motive à se consacrer à nouveau de manière satisfaisante à ce hobby. Chaque pièce est accompagnée de plusieurs pages d'ast…

Par GRUNDMAN JORGE. 'Why'' was selected in 2014 for the development of the European Memory of Dance within the international programme European Video Dance Heritage with which it has toured museums such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid ? Spain), the Biennale de la Danse de Lyon (France), in September 2014, the Body/Mind Contemporary Dance Festival in Warsaw (Poland), the Pr…