SKU: PR.14440215S
UPC: 680160027101.
SKU: PR.114410380
UPC: 680160015160. 9.5 x 13 inches.
My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978. The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond. I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so. The Second Quartet is in four movements: Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement. An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work. While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work's intended emotional impact. The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness. The second movement's scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery. The third movement's Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others - but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts. The final movement's attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major. The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978. The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond. I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so.The Second Quartet is in four movements: Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement.An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work. While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work’s intended emotional impact. The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness. The second movement’s scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery. The third movement’s Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others – but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts. The final movement’s attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major.The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.
SKU: HL.14036341
ISBN 9780711955080.
Commissioned by the BBC and premiered by the Chilingirian String Quartet. Quoting Wood: In my Second and Third Quartets I attempted sectional, agglutinative forms: in my Fourth I return to the conventional four movement form of my First Quartet of 1962. Both works build up (as in the 19th century symphony) to the Finale, thus making it the most substantial movement, which provides a climax to the work. The First Movement has, in both works, only the status of an Introduction. But there the consciously willed resemblances end. This Introduction follows the Second Quartet to a certain extent, in that it provides a sort of 'cauldron', from which elements to be used later can all be plucked. Its opening will reappear at various points throughout the work, most completely at a climatic point of the Finale (bar 110). Subsequent material will be more fully worked out in the second movement, a large Scherzo. The Introduction concludes with an unusually placed violin cadenza (itself a rare feature in a string quartet, the idea lifted from Elliott Carter's First Quartet) of which the opening is to reappear halfway through the Finale. The Scherzo (which follows attacca) does not have at its centre a discretely characterized Trio: a figure in double-stops like a distant fanfare supplies the necessary contrast of a second idea. The Slow Movement has a secondary idea first heard on the cello and marked appassionato: an agitato middle section recalls the opening of the work, but in a formulation which will be found closely to anticipate its reappearance in the Finale. The Finale is planned on a broad scale. Only after a fully worked exposition of both primary and secondary material does the opening of the whole work return, now in a greatly extended form. Then, at bar 140, the tune of the violin cadenza is first harmonized in fanfare style on the upper instruments, then presented as a chorale on the lower ones, with a rushing semiquaver accompaniment above. This climatic activity mounts to the very end. The work is dedicated to the Chilingirian Quartet, old friends over many years. Score available separately: SOS04044.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196061-404
ISBN 9789043156110. English-German-French-Dutch.
The concept of the successful Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets and Groove Quartets publications is now also available in a Christmas edition: Bert Lochs has arranged four traditional Christmas songs in a swing style with combo accompaniment. The Swingin' Christmas Quartets are available for trumpet, flute, clarinet and alto saxophone quartets, and all four versions can be combined to create whichever instrumentation you require. The online audio for each piece contains not only a demo version with a full line-upââ¬âand a pure playback versionââ¬âbut additionally four versions in which each of the four wind voices is omitted in turn, making them ideal forpractice purposes. Het concept van de succesvolle uitgaven Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets en Groove Quartets is nu ook toegepast op muziek voor Kerst: Bert Lochs heeft vier traditionele kerstliederen gearrangeerd in swingstijl met combobegeleiding. De Swingin' Christmas Quartets zijn verkrijgbaar voor trompet-, fluit-, klarinet- en altsaxofoonkwartet, en ze kunnen worden gecombineerd in elke samengestelde bezetting. De online audio bevat voor elk stuk niet alleen een volledige demoversie en een meespeelversie, maar ook vier opnamen waarin telkens een van de vier partijen is weggelaten: ideaal om mee te oefenen.Das Konzept der erfolgreichen Ausgaben Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets und Groove Quartets ist nun auch im weihnachtlichen Gewand verfügbar: Bert Lochs hat vier traditionelle Weihnachtslieder in einem swingenden Stil mit Combo-Begleitung arrangiert. Die Swingin' Christmas Quartets sind verfügbar für Trompeten-, Flöten-, Klarinetten- und Altsaxophonquartett, wobei alle vier Versionen beliebig miteinander kombinierbar sind. Im Online-Audioteil dieser Ausgabe gibt es nicht nur eine Demoversion in voller Besetzung und eine reine Playback-Version, sondern zusätzlich auch Tracks, bei denen je eine der vier Stimmen weggelassen ist, sodass diese zuÃÅbungszwecken dazu gespielt werden kann. Le concept succès des Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets et Groove Quartets se présente maintenant également en habits de Noël : Bert Lochs a arrangé quatre chants traditionnels de Noël dans un style swingué avec accompagnement de combo. Les Swingin' Christmas Quartets sont disponibles pour quatuors de trompettes, fl tes, clarinettes et saxophones altos, toutes les versions étant combinables entre elles. Dans la partie audio disponible en ligne de cette publication figurent non seulement une version de démonstration avec lââ¬â¢instrumentation complète et une version dââ¬â¢accompagnement, mais aussi quatre versions dans lesquelles chacune des quatre voix estsupprimée tour de rôle afin de permettre chaque instrumentiste de sââ¬â¢entraîner individuellement.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196060-404
ISBN 9789043156103. English-German-French-Dutch.
The concept of the successful Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets and Groove Quartets publications is now also available in a Christmas edition: Bert Lochs has arranged four traditional Christmas songs in a swing style with combo accompaniment. The Swingin' Christmas Quartets are available for trumpet, flute, clarinet and alto saxophone quartets, and all four versions can be combined to create whichever instrumentation you require. The online audio for each piece contains not only a demo version with a full line-upâ??and a pure playback versionâ??but additionally four versions in which each of the four wind voices is omitted in turn, making them ideal forpractice purposes. Het concept van de succesvolle uitgaven Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets en Groove Quartets is nu ook toegepast op muziek voor Kerst: Bert Lochs heeft vier traditionele kerstliederen gearrangeerd in swingstijl met combobegeleiding. De Swingin' Christmas Quartets zijn verkrijgbaar voor trompet-, fluit-, klarinet- en altsaxofoonkwartet, en ze kunnen worden gecombineerd in elke samengestelde bezetting. De online audio bevat voor elk stuk niet alleen een volledige demoversie en een meespeelversie, maar ook vier opnamen waarin telkens een van de vier partijen is weggelaten: ideaal om mee te oefenen.Das Konzept der erfolgreichen Ausgaben Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets und Groove Quartets ist nun auch im weihnachtlichen Gewand verfügbar: Bert Lochs hat vier traditionelle Weihnachtslieder in einem swingenden Stil mit Combo-Begleitung arrangiert. Die Swingin' Christmas Quartets sind verfügbar für Trompeten-, Flöten-, Klarinetten- und Altsaxophonquartett, wobei alle vier Versionen beliebig miteinander kombinierbar sind. Im Online-Audioteil dieser Ausgabe gibt es nicht nur eine Demoversion in voller Besetzung und eine reine Playback-Version, sondern zusätzlich auch Tracks, bei denen je eine der vier Stimmen weggelassen ist, sodass diese zuÃ?bungszwecken dazu gespielt werden kann. Le concept succès des Swing Quartets, Jazz Quartets et Groove Quartets se présente maintenant également en habits de Noël : Bert Lochs a arrangé quatre chants traditionnels de Noël dans un style swingué avec accompagnement de combo. Les Swingin' Christmas Quartets sont disponibles pour quatuors de trompettes, fl tes, clarinettes et saxophones altos, toutes les versions étant combinables entre elles. Dans la partie audio disponible en ligne de cette publication figurent non seulement une version de démonstration avec lâ??instrumentation complète et une version dâ??accompagnement, mais aussi quatre versions dans lesquelles chacune des quatre voix estsupprimée tour de rôle afin de permettre chaque instrumentiste de sâ??entraîner individuellement.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196062-404
ISBN 9789043156127. English-German-French-Dutch.
SKU: SU.27040400
The First Quartet is set in two segued movements. The first is a Passacaglia based on a 12-tone row in which the pitches are arranged to explore its tonal possibilities, which in this case led to a subtle emphasis of the key of e minor. The second movement, Elegia, is entirely tonal, in which the chromatic intensity of the Passacaglia finally yields to a pan-diatonic e minor. The main three-note motive of this movement is derived from the theme from the first movement.String Quartet Duration: 14' Composed: 1992 Published by: Hutter Music.
SKU: HL.14031816
8.5x11.75x0.3 inches.
Though conceived as four separate movements, my second string quartet has a single motif which is common to them all. This is the three-note Muss es sein? from Beethoven's last quartet, Op. 135. But whereas Beethoven's theme is notated G E A flat, thus giving it an F minor connotation, I have sued an alternative spelling - G E G sharp - which suggests an ambiguous E minor-major. This ambiguity, in fact, becomes the tonal basis of the whole work, only to be resolved at the end of the final movement. Each movement begins with a variant of the basic motif on the cello. The first has the original form of the theme, while the second has a majorised version which is also expressed as a chord. The third movement, with its scherzoid middle section, reverts to the major-minor ambiguity of the first, and the finale begins with the majorised version as an ostinato accompaniment on pizzicato cello. The slow movement is sub-titled In memoriam DSCH and concludes with a quotation of Shostakovich's motto - D E flat C B - which is basically the same as Beethoven's with the addition of one note. This is not to imply that the work contains no other thematic material. One important theme, a rising fifth and a second, is also common to three of the movements, and is ultimately derived from my first quartet, Op. 1 of 27 years earlier, to which this second contribution to the form is in many ways like a sequel. Like the earlier work, too, this quartet is dedicated to my wife.
SKU: HL.14031801
7.0x10.0x0.28 inches.
Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) was a British composer and conductor. He studied under Wood and Stanford at Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, where he met and drew inspiration from Vaughan Williams, Holst, Howells, and Goossens. He was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 and wrote music for many state occasions, including the Coronation and the Funeral of Winston Churchill.
The String Quartet No.1 in Bb Major was first published in 1941. It was actually the third String Quartet Bliss composed, but the first two were early works which he withdrew or lost. It was written in America in 1940 and first performed inBerkeley, California; it became the last work he wrote before he returned to Britain to help the war effort.
SKU: BE.BEL-1079
