L?Agnus Dei (Agneau de Dieu) est une supplication chantée par l?Église catholique pendant la fraction du pain. La dernière répétition est conclue par l?invocation ?Dona nobis pacem? ('Donne-nous la paix'). L?Agnus Dei était à l?origine chanté en latin avant d?être chanté en français. Dona Nobis Pacem est un canon à trois voix d?origine anonyme. Il est chanté en toutes occasions que ce soit dans u…

Classical Canon

Mariah Carey's up-tempo Christmas love song is ever present during the holiday season and its continued popularity has made it a worthy addition to the holiday canon. Larry Kerchner's hip swing version is sheer fun and the upbeattempo provides a great programming change up.

Most commonly known for his famous Canon in D Johann Pachelbel was an organ virtuoso and composed many works including several toccatas. This toccata has been carefully adapted for strings into the key of D with someadded dynamics but with the original tempo variations and ornamentation preserved. An ideal teaching and performance piece from master arranger Lloyd Conley. Dur: 2:15

Finale from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1-Dans le hall du roi de la montagne est un des plus célèbres extraits de Peer Gynt - Suite pour Orchestre n° 1 du compositeur norvégien Edvard Grieg (1873-1907). Peer Gynt le héros est conduit devant le trône du roi des trolls parce qu?il a séduit une des filles du roi. La musique est sombre ; la ligne mélodique développe un chromatisme quasi diabolique. Dans cet…

Tone Poem for Concert Band-Jeanne d?Arc dite la Pucelle d?Orléans est née le 6 janvier 1412 à Domrémy un village de Lorraine. Fille d?un couple de paysans Jeanne ne sait comme la plupart de ses compatriotes ni lire ni écrire. La guerre de Cent Ans opposant la France à l?Angleterre faisait alors rage. De nombreuses provinces étaient tombées sous la domination des Anglais alliés aux Bourgui…

Moving Parts is the music for Benjamin Millepied’s ballet of the same name. Scored for Violin Clarinet and Pipe Organ the piece is a series of rhythmic etudes. The slow movement is a very slow passacaglia with I hope unexpected lyrical melodies in the violin. After an extended Organ toccata built over a drone a brief slow movement creates a natural midpoint. The violin aggressively plucki…

An easy suite with short parts for winds and percussion. 1. Entry - festive intrada 2. Choral - question and answer in a solemn choral 3. Tune - attention to articulation 4. Canon - many possibilities 5. Penta - eastern sounds 6. Swinging Out - a swinging encore piece

for flute clarinet percussion piano violin and cello-Subtilior Lamento is a piece that draws some inspiration from the music of the so-called ‘Ars Subtilior’ movement of the fourteenth century. This early music features rhythmic complexities linear ornamentation and harmonic intricacy. In my piece I use canon to create textures that are at constant rhythmic unrest. Harmonies arise out …

Dvorák's Slavonic Dances utilise a strong and dramtic sense of rhythm throughout and he wrote original melodies rather than arranging known folk tunes. These dances have been a favourite with pianists and orchestras for generations. Spirited lively and full of musical interest the addition of these four dances to the brass quintet canon is a welcome supplement to that repertoire both as a comple…