The Blue Rose Variations is one of several works in which the composer has drawn on ragtime and blues. The organ work is based on two transformations of the popular piano piece To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51 No.1) by the American composer Edward MacDowell (1860-1908). During the course of the Variations To A Wild Rose appears as a blues and also as a classical rag often as both togeth…

The title of this work is taken from a poem of the same name by the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996) and considers the importance of revolutions tyrannicides and politicalconspiracies in relation to that of skimming shadows fluttering white butterflies and windblown clouds.No Title Required has two movements. The first is fast and virtuosic the …

Four movements top part advanced. Several recordings and many broadcasts. Duration c.13'.Programme Notes:The Swiss composer Joseph Lauber was born at Ruswil near Lucerne in 1864. After studying with Heger in Zürich and Rheinberger in Munich Lauber worked with Diémer and Massenet in Paris. With Massenet he learnt a great deal about orchestration a subject that he subsequently taught until the …

See New edition of Original Edition: EP 7673, Edited by Raphael Wallfisch, Editorial Consultant: David Brown, Piano Reduction by John York / Violoncelle Et Piano

William Vacchiano, maintenant 96, est une légende de la trompette. Dans son premier il a eu tellement de travail qu'il avait des assistants dont l'unique tâche était de lui la grêle cabines et obtenez lui et ses instruments en temps opportun pour le rendement. En plus de ses 31 ans comme principal trompette avec le New York Philharmonic, sa carrière de concertiste et sa ligne de bouts, et peut-êtr…

Composed in 2013 this 4 minute piece for Piano Triet (one piano six hands) is based on a keyboard work that may have been written by Louis Couperin in the mid 1600s. Baroque ?bell pieces? were generally uniform in style and structure making composer designations problematic. The main theme is heard at the outset followed by a short set of variations. Ghosts of other composers drift in and out -…

...Around And A Round... for Flute and Piano (2015) was originally a solo Piano piece entitled Nocturne 1 ..around and a round.. (from Lunae: Four Nocturnes composed in 2012). It is a slow midnightmerry-go-round with a bass line that repeats with variations throughout the work. Marked gently expressive it is inspired by Song a beautiful piece by contemporary pianist and composer John Law.The …

Artistes interprètes ou exécutants, des conducteurs, des collègues - le cercle des musiciens donné un ' monogram 'par Höller est aussi polyvalent comme le caractère, la structure et la conception pianistique chaque travail. Le cycle est composé de deux groupes de 7 pièces chacune, le quatorzième étant un montage de toutes pièces précédents. ' La structure de certaines des pièces dérive de lettres …

Variation Nr. 18. Par RACHMANINOV SERGEI. Rachmaninov's celebrated variations on Paganini's dramatic violin themes are some of the most widely performed solo works of the Romantic canon. In this edition, the 18th Variation has been arranged for Flute and Piano by John York, with the Flute part itself edited by James Galway. An superb concert piece for the intermediate Flautist, and a great startin…

Score and Parts.Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre. First performance 19 May 1998 Merkin Concert Hall New York City.Quoting Weir: 'In my previous work I have often enjoyed inventing titles whichattempt to encapsulate the particular world of each composition but this fifteen minutes piece for violin cello and piano is simply entitled Piano Trio . What is the reason fo…

Die ungewöhnliche Besetzung mit Flöte (auch Piccolo- und Altflöte) Violoncello und Schlagwerk (2 Spieler mit Xylophon Metallophonen Crotales Glockenspiel Woodblocks Drums und Temple Block) entspricht der Vorliebe Urusla Mamloks für herbe Klänge und klar durchhörbare Linien und Strukturen. Dass ihr kompositorisches Denken nicht von bildhaften sondern vielmehr von rein musikalischen Anregunge…