Par SARASATE PABLO DE. Sarasate\'s concert career began at age seventeen after he was awarded the coveted Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatoire for both violin and composition. After his London debut, the playwright and music critique George Bernard Shaw wrote in his review that Sarasate \'left criticism gasping miles behind him.\' Shaw also declared that there were many composers of music for…

This beautiful Scottish melody, written about the island of Benbecula off the west coast of Scotland, will captivate both performer and audience. This arrangement allows all instruments to portions of this beautiful melody. (3:00) / Orchestre A Cordes

In some European Christmas traditions, Saint Nick (Santa Claus) does not work alone. He travels with the 'Krampus,' a 'Christmas Devil' who doles out punishment to bad boys and girls on Christmas Eve. This work serves as a darkly delightful Christmas piece, intended to educate, entertain, and creep out your audience. The poem 'Beware the Krampus' (written by the composer) helps frame the piece as …

by Hubay and Sarasate for Violin and Piano. Par SARASATE PABLO DE / HUBAY JENO. Georges Bizet\'s opera Carmen had its first performance in Paris in 1875. In the audience was the 17-year-old Hungarian violin virtuoso and budding composer Jenö Hubay. After the performance Hubay started writing his Carmen Fantasy from memory. The following season for his debut recital in Paris, he included his newly …

Kantate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The Vienna Musicians’ Society, a pension fund for the widows and orphans of professional musicians, asked Mozart, among others, to compose a choral work for performance at their benefit concert series. Presumably it was due not just to the pressure of a deadline, but also for the chance to have the music of the torso of the great C minor Mass, K. 427, performe…

Kantate. Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. Buxtehude's numerous vocal compositions which was written for performance in the Lübeck Marienkirche, are stylistically quite varied. The cantata 'Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet' is a concerto for solo soprano, with a text taken from the Gospel of St. John. The text employs the principle of dialog as a musical competition between individual instruments or between …

Par HARVEY JONATHAN. Written for the choir of Westminster Abbey, Harvey's Missa Brevis is an inspiring piece for any cathedral choir or ambitious mixed-voice ensemble. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

Were You There? was expertly composed by James Whitbourn for SATB Chorus and Organ. The piece was written for Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.British composer and conductor James Whitbourn had an international reputation as a composer from the start of his career as a Programme maker at the BBC- during his time there he produced many award-wining programmes and develope…

Following in the tradition of Bach, Chopin, and other composers, Melody Bober has written the In All Keys series, which includes original piano solos in all major and minor keys. Each book in the series contains 16 pieces and follows the circle of fifths, with pieces in major keys followed by pieces in relative minor keys. Book 1 features one piece in C major, one piece in A minor, and the seven m…

Par MARSH LIN. Junior Songscape: Stage And Screen is the perfect resource for upper primary school singing and is an invaluable collection of 12 classics songs both old and new from stage and screen! Featuring well-known classics alongside songs from shows written especially for children, this album includes contextual information for each song and suggestions for adding movement. Ideal for bringi…