Chamber Concerto No. 2

SKU: BT.MUSM570202799

English.

For Sinfonietta. Published 1979-80. 1(+picc,afl).1(+ca).1(+bcl).1 / 1.1.0.0 / perc.pf(+cel).hp / 1.0.1.1.1 Commissioned by the BBC. First performance: the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Lionel Friend, BBC 'Music in Our Time' broadcast, 27th May 1982. Score.

SKU: HL.49012378

ISBN 9790001128056.

The Violin Concerto, written in 1928, is one of Egk's most significant instrumental works. It is indicative of the contemporary climate of innovation as reflected in the development of new genres for chamber orchestra, ensembles and soloists, as for example in Hindemith's chamber music pieces, Weill's Concerto for Violin and Woodwind, Berg's Chamber Concerto, and the Concerto and Capriccio by Stravinsky. The chamber orchestra with 16 players was considered a type of instrumentation appropriately contemporary for variety of uses and was frequently referred to in contemporary literature and discussions on Neo-classicism, Neue Sachlichkeit, functional music, music for radio, etc.

SKU: BT.MUSM570362356

English.

My music is influenced by all kinds of polyphonic writing - meaning both vocal and instrumental varieties. Recently I have become interested in the ways in which musical forms based on rhythmic processes can enable layering to emerge, so that harmonies and textures coexist rather than resolve. Chamber Concerto , scored for seven players (Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Piano, Violin, Cello) works with this idea in a piece conceived for the virtuoso musicians of The New Music Players. The work is in four movements. - Ed Hughes Chamber Concerto was first performed by The New Music Players, conducted by Patrick Bailey, Kings Place, London, Out Hear Series, 27September 2010.

SKU: HL.14020993

ISBN 9780711952010. 5.5x8.5x0.222 inches.

The solo group consists of a sextet of the woodwind instruments which are normally doubled with more regular members of the orchestra: these six strangers, now brought to the fore, are piccolo and alto flute, cor anglais, Eb and bass clarinets and contrabassoon. They make a motley group, diverse in colour as in register, and one of the tasks of the piece sets itself is to have them blend and cohere, both together as an ensemble and in partnership with the string orchestra (which itself is used with unusual variety and subtlety). Another evident task of the work is to provide fine solos for each member of the woodwind sextet: bright dances for the piccolo, recitatives for the alto flute, a stoical song from the contrabassoon in the extreme bass. The work is cast as a single movement, which begins in the composer's first-movement style of rapid regeneration. This is interrupted by slow interventions, including one for divided strings which gives rise to a sextuple cadenza for the soloists. Out of this comes a slow movement, or sequence of short slow movements, followed by a dancing finale with its own slow episodes. Altogether this is music of songs and dances, heavily tinged with Scottish rhythms and tonalities: one might think of a magic bagpipe, having six chanters and a drone of variegated string texture. This work for woodwind instruments and string orchestra was commissioned by the Strathclyde Regional Council and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. It is the ninth of ten concerti to be written for principal players of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The first performance was given in February 1995 by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

SKU: HL.14007479

UPC: 884088489465. 8.5x11.75x0.548 inches.

Piano reduction of the full score.

SKU: HL.14007495

8.5x11.75x0.45 inches.

Percussion and chamber orchestra. First performed 27 June 1990, Evelyn Glennie Percussion, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.Solo Part and piano reduction.

SKU: HL.14007473

8.25x11.75x0.419 inches.

Arthur Bliss' Concerto For Violoncello. Reduction for Cello and Piano.

This work was first performed at the Aldeburgh Festival on 24th June 1970 by Mstislav Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Britten.