Par HANNICKEL MIKE. What a great way to feature that blossoming Trumpet soloist! The undeniably beautiful melody YE BANKS AND BRAES O’ BONNIE DOON is the foundation upon which this colorful and expressive Trumpet solo piece is crafted. A closer look at the orchestration of this classic Scottish air shows that the soloist is not the only one who gets to be expressive. Subtle contrapuntal motion and…

Par DE HAAN JAN. Inspiration was commissioned by the Solothurnischer Kanotonal Musikverband in Switzerland in 1993. The composition begins with an A-theme written in a Phrygian tonality and, after an enormous climax, moves on into a quicker B-section, characterized by the use of wide interval jumps. Then follows the development in which both themes return individually and together. Peace and quiet…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Morning Song features the horn quartet mostly in a soloistic role - indeed there is an accompanied cadenza towards the end of the piece - but there are moments where the horns assume their conventional brass band role as harmonic support or playing the counter melody. This expressive composition shows all the versatility of the horn quartet and gives them the chance to be in the…

La musique de petites formes était ce que le compositeur français Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) axé sur. En 1874, après de nombreuses années passées dans les 'provinces, les professeur de Camille Saint-Saëns a pris le poste d'organiste dans Paris- plus tard, il a non seulement travaillé comme un musicien d'église, mais aussi comme un enseignant. Dans l'été de 1887 Fauré a écrit son opus Pavane. 50, in…

Written in 1943-44 as a ballet for Martha Graham, Appalachian Spring is one of Aaron Copland's most celebrated compositions and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1945. In this edition for concert band, Robert Longfield has skillfully adapted the most striking and beautiful sections from the orchestral suite. The work ranges in scope from delicate and soloistic to the overpowering force of the full e…

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the provinces, the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of organist in Paris; later he not only worked as a church musician but also as a teacher. In the summer of 1887 Fauré wrote his Pavane opus 50, originally inte…

Le ricercari son ensemble contemporain de Palestrina peut être joué soloistically ou chorically par ' tergiversation ou souffle des instruments '. Une précieuse collection de musique authentique de la Renaissance. / Quatuor A Cordes (Ou Orchestre A Cordes)

Par DE HAAN JAN. Inspiration was commissioned by the Solothurnischer Kanotonal Musikverband in Switzerland in 1993. The composition begins with an A-theme written in a Phrygian tonality and, after an enormous climax, moves on into a quicker B-section, characterized by the use of wide interval jumps. Then follows the development in which both themes return individually and together. Peace and quiet…

Le compositeur Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) de Mayence souvent appelé lui-même un 'poète-compositeur: Toute sa vie, il s'occupa de composer et d'écrire aussi bien. Pas étonnant qu'il s'était consacré en particulier à la composition de chansons, déjà en temps de ses études à Berlin dans les années 1840 en retard. La nouvelle édition 'Ave Maria' a été trouvé parmi les oeuvres inédites du compositeur.…