Par AVIDAN LOUKE PHYLLIS. A Journey with Love was commissioned by the Raleigh Flute Choir and the Raleigh Area Flute Association in memory of Kim Kittner, a longtime member of the Raleigh Flute Choir. Active in the Raleigh flute community, Kim?s love of music, particularly playing the alto flute, her positive attitude, and life of public service is brought out in the joyful, opening of A Journey w…

Par HIROSE HAYATO. For this work, the Japanese composer Hayato Hirose dug deep into his own imagination to fi nd the right inspiration. It is about a young boy who dreams about reaching paradise (Arcadia) and sets out on a journey to find it. This journey is long and treacherous, but despite the many challenges he faces, the boy finally does reach his Arcadia. The result is a very dramatic work th…

from The Wild Swans Suite. Par KATS-CHERNIN ELENA. Eliza’s Aria is a classical aria from the ballet Wild Swans, composed by Uzbekistan composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The piece was first recorded by soprano Jane Sheldon and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and released on the ABC Classics label. This recording was subsequently used in the 2007 Lloyds TSB “For the Journey” television and cinema adver…

A Polyrhythmic Journey In 6/8 Time. Par DWORSKY ALAN. In The Joy of Six, Dworsky adapts African and Afro-Cuban polyrhythms to the keyboard in a world-beat classical style. At the heart of the book are four beautiful solo pieces designed to teach different rhythms. Each piece is covered in a separate lesson, where it\'s broken down into bite-sized patterns that start easy and gradually get more dif…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. A Centennial Journey est une commande de l’ensemble norvégien Stavanger Musikkorps av 1919 pour célébrer son centenaire, en 2019. L’orchestre a créé cette pièce sous la direction de Morten E. Hansen lors de son concert de jubilé au Konserthus de Stavanger, le 28 septembre 2019. La pièce s’ouvre de façon spectaculaire avec une ample mélodie aux cors et saxophones sous des figures…

Internationally renowned minimalist Philip Glass composed this Piano concerto in the traditional three-movement form. The first movement titled ‘The Vision’ is classic Glass with a steamroller quality that suggests the immensedrive and ambition the two explorers needed to draw on for their journey into the wilderness. At the beginning of the second movement the theme in the solo Indian Fl…