SKU: HH.HH452-SSC
ISBN 9790708146599.
Three Imaginary Folksongs was requested by the Concerts Society of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral for their concert season celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Cathedral. The composer was asked specifically for a work which would highlight the much-admired talents of the principal clarinet, Jacqueline Thomas. The title is unambiguous. Taking three different approaches, each of which has a modal starting point, the three ‘folksongs’ from imaginary places, were developed in styles which reflect the work of earlier folksong-inspired composers. The first performance took place at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral at a concert that not only celebrated the Cathedral’s 50th birthday, but also Stephen’s 70th.
SKU: FG.55011-133-2
ISBN 979-0-55011-133-2.
The Clarinet Concerto immerses the listener in the dream-like world of Nieminen's music. From the very first bars the soloist is like a snake-charmer hypnotising all around.
SKU: FG.55009-633-2
ISBN 979-0-55009-633-2.
The concerto has five movements played without pause. The beginning Tempestoso is dramatic and powerful, but there is also a beautiful, slow middle section. The second movement consists of a virtuosic solo cadenza, which is dominated by mysterious tremolos on the clarinet.The cadenza leads to Vivace, con brio, which is the central climax of the concerto and the most virtuosic movement both for the orchestra and the soloist. Then follows the slow, melancholic and lyrical fourth movement Adagio, mesto. The Epilogue is slow, too; the atmosphere of the last movement is unreal, mysterious. The solo part at the end consists largely of broken, multiphonic clarinet sounds before the concerto fades out into a silence.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14721
László Dubrovay wrote the following about Liszt and the piece now being published: Liszt was for me the most important composer in my youth, and as a pianist I played a great number of his works. I admired him as an innovator, who enriched the technique of playing the instrument in a manner unparalleled in piano literature. Later his creative genius captivated me, as he opened up new paths for the future. His works paved the way for impressionism, expressionism, 20th-century folklorism and dodecaphonic thinking. His innovations were always material realisations of spiritual renewal. My Rapsodia ungherese follows the Slow Fast single-movement formal concept of Liszt srhapsodies. Piano Score: 14633, score and orchestral material on hire. Klavierauszug: 14633, die Partitur und das Orchestermaterial können ausgeleihen werden.
SKU: FG.706334-10-3
ISBN 979-0-706334-10-3.
A work in five movements which are played without pause. Juhani Nuorvala makes his music using elements that fascinate him most and that his mind and body respond to. These elements he finds not only in old or new classical music but in various forms of urban music, such as the electronic music or modern dance clubs.
SKU: HL.1467011
ISBN 9798350127218. UPC: 196288212973.
Study Score. Based on the famous medieval tapestries called La Dame à la Licorne, D'OM LE VRAI SENSE is a Clarinet Concerto commissioned by The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to clarinetist dedicated to Kari Kriikku. The concerto is made up six sections, based on the five senses and the 'sixth sense'.
