Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par FUCIK JULIUS. Julius Fucik (1872-1916) was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He studied under Antonin Dvorák and at a young age played in military bands and later became bandmaster, a profession he practiced in various cities with many bands. In 1913 he settled in Berlin where he started his own music publishing house. As a composer Fucik is known for his light entertainin…

Alfred Hitchcock was once so famous he was the only film director whose name appeared on the cinema marquee above the title. He disparaged actors and loathed location shooting since both threatened the precise realisation of the film he had already made in his mind. Yet, in his Hollywood heyday he forged some creative collaborations he truly valued: those with composers. From the start, Hitchcock …

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In his Prelude ? The Truth from Above, outstanding arranger and curator Paul Hindmarsh has distilled the essence of a timeless Christmas classic by Ralph Vaughan Williams into five minutes of ravishingly unforgettable music for brass band. The variants of the Herefordshire tune popular from the Fantasia on Christmas Carols and The Oxford Book of Carols are skilfully and…

The Form, Order of Service and Music. Par . The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, which was watched by millions around the world, was not just a state event of immense historical significance. It was also a major musical landmark. Twelve contemporary composers were twenty performed during the two-hour Service, while there were also four original instrumental commissions and…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. King Arthur was the first of 28 scores Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) composed for radio between 1937 and 1947. It was an ambitious dramatisation of King Arthur' s life and times - part pageant, part play, part cantata - written by D.G. Bridson. This colourful suite incorporates the Introduction, a dramatic Wild Dance, some of the music underscoring the scenes for Galahad and …

Par PATROIS DAVID. Ensemble de jazz pour sept percussions : Steel Drum (à défaut vibraphone), 2 vibraphones (si pas de steel-drum le vibraphone II est remplacé par un marimba), 2 marimbas, 1 percussion, 1 batterie. David Patrois est né en 1965, il suit une formation classique de percussions et, tout en jouant de la batterie et des congas dans divers groupes locaux, obtient un premier prix du conse…

Arranged For Clarinet, Flûte, Harp And Two Violas. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Dans la période précédant l'année de Schumann 2010, Reimann maintenant présente une des oeuvres de la littérature de la clarinette dans un arrangement tonalement sublime pour clarinette, flûte, harpe et deux altos dans laquelle Reimann standards a laissé inchangé complètement la partie solo originale. Reimann a écrit l'arrange…

In 1717 Telemann composed his cantata 'Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch? for the first day of Whitsun based on a text by Erdmann Neumeister. It forms part of the 'Concerten-Jahrgang?, also known as 'Das Harmonische Zion? or 'Italienischer Jahrgang? where all the cantatas are conceived as concertos for vocal and instrumental parts and have been colourfully scored. This particular work includes two ob…

George Antheil was an American composer (1900-1959) whose most famous works include the 'Airplane? Sonata for piano and the Ballet Mecanique. His distinctly modern compositions were landmark in the avant garde movement in Paris in the 1920's, and his influences included Stravinsky and Schoenberg. / Violon Et Piano

Three Small Pieces for String Quartet. Par AYRES RICHARD. Richard Ayres’ Three Small Pieces for String Quartet each have distinct characters that illustrate the composer’s vivid imagination and skill for combining energetic, touching and sometimes wild music. The first piece is a short tribute to the Romanian singer Maria Tanase, a long forgotten performer who was once a star in her country. The…