Intermezzo (horn & Piano)

Description A fantastic collection of solos for the English Horn player. Transcribed and edited by Thomas Stacy for Horn with piano accompaniment. Featured pieces includes Faure's Sicilienne , Borodin's Notturno and Mozart's Adagio K.58a . Songlist Adagio [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Gymnopedie No.1 [Satie, Erik] Intermezzo (Granados) Largo (Symphony No.9 In E Minor 'From The New World' Op.95) [Dvorak, Antonin] Nocturne [Borodin, Alexander] Sicilienne Sonata (Marcello) Sonata (Telemann) Swan Of Tuonela,The (Sibelius) The Swan (Le Cygne) Tristan And Isolde Theme-wagner When I Am Laid In Earth Where E'er You Walk [Handel, George Frideric]

In memory of Christopher Rowland. Originally a concerto for Cello and chamber orchestra now for Cello with a Piano reduction of the orchestral part.The concerto is in four movements which are played without a break: Meditation Intermezzo Toccata-Scherzo and Song. The work lasts for some 18 minutes and was scored for two oboes two horns timpani (doubling tubular bells) and strings(found here in a Cello/Piano form). It is organised in one large arch-shaped structure with two fast inner movements flanked by two outer slow ones. The solo cello opens the work reflectively and introduces core melodic material which is continuously developed throughout theconcerto. Gradually the strings enter then wind and timpani and build a pyramid twelve-note chord at the peak of which there is a dramatic climax. The music then subsides (solo cello again) but links to the two faster middle movements. The second movement Intermezzo has an ABA structure and in its middle section quotes the opening of Shostakovich's Third String Quartet (written in the same year as Christopher Rowland was born!). Indeed the ghost of Shostakovich looms large throughout the concerto in more ways than one. The Toccata-Scherzo is energetic and rhythmically-charged again using an ABA structure. Here the writing for solo cello is quite virtuosic but not I hope in a shallow sense. The music builds inexorably towards a powerful climax underpinned by the opening twelve-note chord's re-appearance together with a violent outburst from the timpani at which point a tonal resolution (on G) arrives through a pianissimo held chord on strings which leads directly to the final movement - Song. And so the music arrives at its emotional heart through a simple melody (present in other forms throughout the work) announced by solo cello at the very top of its register against a quiet backdrop of horns and strings. A solo oboe enters with cello in canonic reply and all the time the music builds in texture and

This new collection presents the 50 most popular classical pieces in easy arrangements for violin or cello with piano accompaniment. Taking the concept of the 'playlist' from the world of digital music streaming, this book presents a carefully chosen collection of the world's favourite classical pieces for today's student and amateur musicians.With many of the most popular works from the classic repertoire, including The Blue Danube, the Flower Duet, Elgar's Nimrod and the Toreador Song from Bizet's Carmen, there are hours of enjoyable music making to be found here.Separate piano accompaniments and MP3 accompaniment tracks are available to download for free. / Violoncelle Et Piano