Lyrical Duet

Sadie Harrison's The Souls Of Flowers is for Piano duet (4 hands/ 1 Piano) and is dedicated to Alex Larson and Avery Allen. This lyrical duet began life as a solo Piano piece written for Waheed Amiri a student at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. The title refers to the Afghan’s love of flowers and to the summer gardens of Kabul which are resplendent with roses the country’s national flower. This duet version is dedicated with thanks to Alex and Avery who gave the work its premiere at the Hartt Community Division Suzuki Piano Ensemble Recital on Saturday November 19 2016 in the Alfred C. Fuller Music Center (F. Berkman Recital Hall) at the Hartt School University of Hartford Connecticut USA. Duration: c. 3 minutes.

An impelling and moving Sonata for Two Violins by Ukranian composer Sergie Prokofiev. The four short movements are lyrical playful fantastic and violent all striking themes. The warmer style and highly effective sequence mirrors Prokofiev's condition at the time of composition: after his travels to the West away from Russia his work became increasingly more embracing rather than the confrontational and biting scores of his youth.

An impelling and moving Sonata for Two Violins by Ukrainian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The four short movements are lyrical playful fantastic and violent all striking themes. The warmer style and highly effective sequence mirrors Prokofiev's condition at the time of composition: after his travels to the West away from Russia his work became increasingly more embracing rather than the confrontational and biting scores of his youth. This piece is one of the Great Performer's Editions and has been faithfully edited by David Oistrakh.

From the smooth and lyrical Reminiscence to the upbeat Summer Samba a full range of styles provides students with a variety of artistic challenges. Contents include: Summer Samba; Reminiscence; The Phantom; Hometown Hoedown.

Yesterday and Today is a duet suite commissioned by the Emporia (Kansas) Area Piano Teachers. The suite contains two movements, with primo and secondo parts leveled equally. 'Memories of Yesterday' is an expressive piece in 6/8 meter. The lyrical melody is traded back and forth between the two parts. 'Celebrate Today!' is a lively march featuring ascending and descending scale figures. / Piano 4 Mains

Par HAND FREDERIC. On an invitation to Greece by the guitar duo Evangelos and Liza, Hand brought along his new Odyssey as a gift. 'The title refers both to my trip to Greece and also to the way in which the musical ideas interact with each other and evolve throughout their long journey,' he says. The work also became the title track for his album, Odyssey, and is featured in a duet with fellow guitar master, David Leisner. 'The work alternates between lush, pulsating chords and lyrical melodic passages before arriving at a vigorously strummed climactic passage.' (from the album liner notes)/ Répertoire / 2 Guitares

Emilie Lin's elementary Piano duet in A minor is sensitive expressive lyrical and sophisticated. Appealing to young students as well as beginning adults with both the primo and secondo parts taking turns with the melody.

& 1 Solo Piece For Contrabass-Swedish bassist cellist composer and arranger Lars Danielsson is renowned and admired throughout the International jazz world for his lyrical melodies and strong groove. This collection brings together 20 Impromptus For Piano And 1 Solo Piece For Contrabass composed by Danielsson in his idiosyncratic style. Born in 1958 Danielsson originally studied classical Cello at the conservatory in Gothenburg before changing to Bass and jazz. He has since become one of the most in-demand bassists in the world recognised and admired for his rounded sound that's both lyrical and powerful. Having played with avirtually endless list of international stars including Michael and Randy Brecker John Scofield and Charles Lloyd Danielsson's track record as a leader is equally unparalleled bringing his talent for simple and catchy melodies together with his instinct for putting together groups of musicians. If you're a fan of Lars Danielsson or you just want some fantastic jazz tunes to play for Solo Piano with an extra piece for Contrabass this collection of 20 Impromptus has been selected by the artist himself and is sure to satisfy any progressive pianist.

Soaring for one Piano four hands is an uplifting intermediate/late intermediate ensemble piece commissioned for the 10th Anniversary of the Bismarck-Mandan Monster Concert 2008. This piece with its lyrical melodic lines and strong rhythmic B section precisely portrays the feeling of uninhibited gliding or soaring as titled. Students will love playing this ensemble piece and portraying its free spiritedness.

The great Fantaisie Italienne is a piece composed by Eugène Bozza for Oboe and Piano. Quite difficult it requires some advanced skills to be executed perfectly. Starting Moderato it opens with a cadenza which includes some solo Oboe sections and continues with a short and lyrical melody. It closes on a nice rhythmic section in Allegro. Really nice to play and to listen to  Fantaisie Italienne would make for a fantastic demonstration of your skills and technical abilities during a recital and a concert. Eugène Bozza won different prizes atthe Conservatoire de Paris such as the First Prizes for the Violin conducting and composition as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He composed several operas chamber works and ballets among others.

For 10 beguiling minutes the two instruments take turns offering fierce or lyrical outbursts either individually or in close-knit counterpoint. . .The effect is mesmerizing. . . San Francisco Chronicle (Joshua Kosman) 7 May 1999

Mexcian-born composer Daniel Catán now resides in the United States. He originally composed Encantamiento for two alto recorders (50484728/$8.95). The composer has made two new versions of this haunting music.Catán has written extensively for the voice and his lyrical gift is apparent in his instrumental work as well.

Zingaresca A czardas-influenced work which is full of the fire and passion of the typical Gipsy idiom. Zingaresca offers much for the advanced bassist and would be ideal for conservatoire or university students who are confident playing throughout the solo range of the instrument. A slow and lyrical introduction leads into a rhythmic and lively czardas these with opportunities to demonstrate both musical and technical prowess in equal measure. Ideal as the final work in a recital and performed many times by the composer. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. Performance Level: Advanced Miloslav Gajdos is one of Europe's most active and inventive bassist-composers. He was born in northern Moravia in 1948 and initially learned violin before transferring to the double bass, studying with Alois Kriz, Jiri Bortlicek and Ludwig Streicher. He has been Professor of Double Bass at the Vejvenovsky Conseravtoire in Kromeriz (Czech Republic) since 1971, and was a member of the Olomouc Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. He is Director of the Gregora International Double Bass Competition, founded in 1979 and held every two years in Kromeriz, and has been a juror at many competitions in Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic. Miloslav Gajdos is a prolific composer and arranger and, for almost 40 years, has produced a vast body of original works and transcriptions for double bass which are performed worldwide. His original works combine Czech lyricism and melody with brilliant technical demands, and music from one to sixteen double basses. He writes in a traditional and accessible style, producing music for every level of performer, particularly for the advanced bassist, and his many works for unaccompanied double bass are frequently chosen as international competition repertoire. Miloslav Gajdos was Recital Music's Featured Composer in 2007 and has recently revised a number of earlier works for the intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music.intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music.

This was composed in 1962. The first movement is classically structured with a gracefully contoured first subject a forceful ensuing idea and a murmurously lyrical second subject; the secondmovement generates an intensity of feeling which is the greater for the very restraint of its language; and the finale effectively introduces calm moments to offset the prevailing syncopated ebullience.