for soprano solo horn and large ensemble - Full Score-Five Portraits of Women is a set of songs with large ensemble derived by Aulis Sallinen from arias from three of his operas: The Red Line The King Goes Forth to France and Kullervo. Each draws a portrait of a woman compelled in her role by fate or a mission. The vocal lines differ only very slightly from their original counterparts in the operas but the revised orchestral accompaniment creates an extraordinary new soundscape as background to the arias consisting as it does of a woodwind orchestra four cellos a harp and a piano. There is also a solo French horn which acts as a sort of masculine counterweight to the female vocalist. Tuiskuaa lunta (It is stillsnowing) (from The Red Line) is the story of Riikka waiting in her snowbound cabin for the arrival of a good life-enhancing message. Carolinen häät (Caroline’s Wedding) (from The King Goes Forth to France) describes the deranged Caroline Tammatukka (Caroline with the Thick Mane) in a feverish hallucination involving the King whose arrival she awaits. The King is in fact already married but Caroline believes that he has left France for their wedding. Minä odotan sinua paimen (When we meet this evening) (from Kullervo) is the aria of the smith’s young wife who waits impatiently for the arrival of Kullervo. Itkenkö minä sinua? (How can you ask if I’ll mourn you) from the same opera describes the all-embracing love of a mother which encourages yet overrules the scorn of others for the youth. On tämä silta tehty naisista (That’s the bridge that’s made of womankind) (from The King Goes Forth to France) is the song of Caroline Iloinen [The Nice Caroline] explaining the biological eternal mission of woman as the bearer and birth-giver of life. The libretto of the opera The King Goes Forth to France is written by Paavo Haavikko; the librettos of The Red Line and Kullervo are by the composer. Five Portraits of Women was commissioned by the Finnish Radio Symphony

Classical Highlights' presents the best-known and most popular performance pieces of the classical repertoire in arrangements for horn and piano. The comprehensive selection of works enables the musician to access classical masterpieces - from Handel and Bach via Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner to Fauré, Elgar, Debussy and Satie. There will be something for any hornist who is looking for a popular classical work for teaching or performing purposes. / Cor Et Piano

A wedding without a famous wedding march - unimaginable! Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' from 'Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from the incidental music of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' vie for the favour of bridal couples and wedding parties. If, however, the music shall be festive, Mendelssohn's background music for the wedding ceremony remains first choice. In order that the march cannot only be performed with the organ but also with a melodic instrument with piano (or organ) accompaniment, the present editions provide easy-to-play arrangements. / Cor Et Piano

12 Intermediate Pieces for Brass Quintet-The Canadian Brass – the phenomenally successful globe-trotting brass quintet that plays to audiences of thousands well over 100 times a year and is the bestselling classical crossover group in recorded history –doesn't exactly play weddings! However there is excellent music for wedding services from their repertoire collected from their extensive educational publications for brass quintet. Contents: Air from Water Music (Handel) Airon the G String (Bach) Bridal Chorus (Wagner) Canon (Pachelbel) Fanfare from Orfeo (Monteverdi) Largo from Xerxes (Handel) Prayer from Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) Rondeau (Mouret) Trumpet Tune and Ayre (Purcell) Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke) Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell) Wedding March (Mendelssohn).

Instrumentistes aiment improviser avec un CD d'accompagnement pour 15 classiques du rock top / Cor / 24 pages / Partition + CD

All 66 works from the 10 sets of little mood pictures created for piano by the Norwegian composer from 1867 to 1901, reprinted from the authoritative C. F. Peters edition. Technically uncomplicated and reasonably easy to master, these popular works have been favorites of generations of pianists, both amateur and professional. Content : 8 Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 (dedicated to Betty Egeberg) 1: Arietta 2: Waltz 3: Watchman's Song 4: Elves' Dance 5: Folk Melody 6: Norwegian Melody 7: Album Leaf 8: National Song 8 Lyric Pieces, Op. 38 1: Berceuse 2: Folk Melody 3: Melody 4: Halling 5: Leaping Dance 6: Elegy 7: Waltz 8: Canon 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 (dedicated to Isidor Seiss) 1: Butterfly 2: Lonely Wanderer 3: In My Homeland 4: Little Bird 5: Erotic Piece 6: To Spring 7 Lyric Pieces, Op. 47 (dedicated to Elisabeth Hornemann) 1: Valse-Impromptu 2: Album Leaf 3: Melody 4: Halling 5: Melancholy 6: Leaping Dance 7: Elegy 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 (dedicated to Julius Röntgen) 1: Shepherd Boy 2: Peasants' March 3: March of the Trolls 4: Notturno 5: Scherzo 6: Bell-Ringing 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 57 (dedicated Herrmann Scholtz) 1: Vanished Days 2: Gade 3: Illusion 4: Secret 5: She Dances 6: Homesickness 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 62 1: Sylph 2: Thanks 3: French Serenade 4: The Brook 5: Phantom 6: Homeward 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 1: From Days of Youth 2: Peasant's Song 3: Sadness 4: Salon 5: In Ballad Style 6: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 6 Lyric Pieces, Op. 68 1: Sailors' Song 2: Grandmother's Minuet 3: At Your Feet 4: Evening in the Mountains 5: Cradle Song 6: Valse mélancolique 7 Lyric Pieces, Op. 71 (dedicated to Mrs. Mien Röntgen) 1: Once upon a Time 2: Summer Evening 3: Little Troll 4: Woodland Peace 5: Halling 6: Gone 7: Remembrances