Sixth Symphony Opus 130

Aulis Sallinen was born in 1935 in Salmi on the northern shore of Lake Ladoga (which the Soviet Union claimed in 1944). His early musical experience was playing the violin. Improvising (including jazz) on the piano led him to write his first compositions as a teenager. After studying with Aarre Merikanto and Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy he joined the staff there. He was Administrator o…

Stankovych's sixth symphony casts a dramatic arc across its unconventional continuous two-movement structure. Competing themes emerge in the brooding first movement the tension between them eventually leading to a powerful emotional climax midway into the piece. The second movement now stealing in on sustained violins assumes a more melancholy character as the themes introduced previously beco…

movements: I. Brisk Driving II. Warmly III. Slow Mysterious. (2012) ca. 23'-Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck Music Director. In 3 movements: I. Brisk Driving II. Warmly III. Slow Mysterious. (2012) ca. 23'

Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Only eleven of the over one hundred symphonies by Joseph Haydn are composed in a minor key. Written in the early 1770s, the Symphony Hob.I:52 in C minor bears some similarities to the slightly earlier Symphony in E minor Hob.I:44 (?Mourning?, BA 10988), not only because they both are composed in a minor key but also because they both feature a pair of horns tuned at different pit…

from Symphony No 6. Par SPARKE PHILIP. This beautiful melody is taken from the final movement of Beethoven's sixth symphony, which has the title, Shepherds' Song: grateful feelings towards God after the storm. Bring the classic period alive with this great arrangement by Philip Sparke. / Niveau : 1 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Four Pieces For Orchestra was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2000-2003. Programme note: In 1983 Hans Abrahamsen wrote the first seven of his Ten Studies for Piano. In the early eighties most composers who wrote for the piano were still making strenuous efforts to distance themselves from the instrument?s romantic past for example treating it as a percussion instrument rather than exploiting its …

In Tchaikovsky's symphonic output his Symphony No. 4 was a pivotal work. It announced the composer as a major symphonist of his time overshadowing his previous less-than-distinguished efforts in this form and opened the way to his last major works: the haunting Fifth Symphony and the biographical Sixth the profound 'Pathétique.'Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony ? written in 1877 at the age of t…

Born in Havana Cuba in 1895 Ernesto Lecuona is arguably Cuba's greatest serious composer. He was a gifted pianist who wrote hundreds of songs and piano works before he died in 1963. Most of his music is composed in a rich authentic Cuban style. The most famous of his works is Malagueña the sixth movement of his Suite Andalucia for solo piano which was first published in 1928. Malagueña has …

'Romance for violin and piano is a short reflective piece that exploits the lyrical qualities inherent in the combination. Originally written for a very young but talented violinist Romance travels through numerous moods andcolours within a continuous musical development of the opening material. At first gentle and reflective with increasing dramatic outbursts outlined by the violin sforzandi an…

Written when Malcolm Arnold was just 22 and at the very beginning of his composing career Trio for Flute Viola and Bassoon delighted Arnold with its unusual sound combinations and trademark ‘wrong note harmonies’. The piece is an abstract energetic work full of intriguing rhythmic eccentricities.Malcolm Arnold was a British composer who earned an international reputation both as a compose…

One of the towering musical figures of the 20th century Sir Malcolm Arnold has a remarkable catalogue of major concert works to his credit including nine symphonies seven ballets two operas one musical over twenty concertos two string quartets and music for brass-band and wind-band He has also written 132 film scores and among these are some of the finest works ever composed for the mediu…

Piano Sonata C major K. 309 (284b) Editor: Ernst Herttrich Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold I wish to do it to reflect the character of Mad:selle Rose, Mozart replied when asked how he intended to set out the Andante of his Sonata in C major. In autumn 1777 he had got to know Rosina Cannabich in Mannheim and during her lessons immediately introduced her to the Sonata K. 309 that he had composed f…

Cette collection spectaculaire dispose thèmes époustouflante de tous vos classiques sur grand écran!Depuis le show-arrêt des morceaux de Shine convaincante, par l'intermédiaire du Jazz miteux de LA Confidential à onze de l'océan suave et l'Apocalypse dramatique Maintenant, qui peut oublier ces moments musicaux merveilleux qui ont fourni la profondeur et du caractère à ces chefs-d'oeuvre de cellulo…