The solo group consists of a sextet of the woodwind instruments which are normally doubled with more regular members of the orchestra: these six strangers now brought to the fore are piccolo alto flute cor anglais clarinet inEb bass clarinet in Bb and contrabassoon. They make a motley group diverse in colour as in register and one of the tasks of the piece sets itself is to have them blend and cohere both together as an ensemble and in partnershipwith the string orchestra (which itself is used with unusual variety and subtlety). Another evident task of the work is to provide fine solos for each member of the woodwind sextet: bright dances for the piccolo recitativesfor the alto flute a stoical song from the contrabassoon in the extreme bass. The work is cast as a single movement which begins in the composer's first-movement style of rapid regeneration. This is interrupted by slowinterventions including one for divided strings which gives rise to a sextuple cadenza for the soloists. Out of this comes a slow movement or sequence of short slow movements followed by a dancing finale with its own slowepisodes. Altogether this is music of songs and dances heavily tinged with Scottish rhythms and tonalities: one might think of a magic bagpipe having six chanters and a drone of variegated string texture.

Tributes - Album For Strings (1994-95) by Per Nørgård. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk I: FOUR OBSERVATIONS – FROM AN INFINTE RAPPORT – hommage a Bartok (1995) II: OUT OF THIS WORLD – hommage a Lutoslawski (1994) III: VOYAGE INTO THE BROKEN SCREEN - hommage a Sibelius (1995). Programme note “TRIBUTES – album for strings” (1994-95) includes three hommages which might also be performed separately.The shared point of departure was the hommage to three major composers of the 20th century – Bartok Lutoslawski and Sibelius.In FOUR OBSERVATIONS the hommage is to Bartok (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death 1995). Hungarian Radio asked me to write a piece in his honor but apart from the very last unison string figure which is - I think - very Bartokian the work in no way intends to evoke even less to imitate the musical style of the great Hungarian master. This would be an act of impudence against a composer who was such an exceptionally integrated personality and who has himself shown (in 'Mikrokosmos') the worthy way to pay a personal tribute to highly respected colleagues: In 'Hommage á J.S.B.' and 'Hommage à R. Sch.' Bela Bartok composes in his own manner but lets the music reflect some qualities of the said composers as perceived in Bartok's mind. In a similar way my 'Observations from an infinite Rapport' reflects as well the timeless proportions of the 'golden section' - which seem to have inspired Bartok so much - in his great respect for perceptive structural patterns. 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' was composed at the request of a group of Lutoslawski's friends as a symbol of parting to a great composer and a noble man. The title quotes a poem by Yunus Emre the Turkish 14th century poet. The opening line of the poem 'Biz dünyadan' reads as follows in English translation: 'We are on the way out of this world we

Pop Special String-An ideal finale for choir band and optional strings this sparkling setting is sure to become a favorite in your holiday concert programming and a staple in your library. This arrangement is also performable by concert band alone.

Presenting a collection of 15 all-time Anderson favorites arranged for string quartet or string orchestra. Complete works, not excerpts, these unique arrangements can be used by school or professional groups as concert pieces or as encores. Contents are: Belle of the Ball * Blue Tango * Fiddle-Faddle * Forgotten Dreams * Horse and Buggy * Jazz Legato * Jazz Pizzicato * Plink Plank Plunk * Sandpaper Ballet * Serenata * Sleigh Ride * The Syncopated Clock * Trumpeter's Lullaby * The Typewriter * The Waltzing Cat.

Presenting a collection of 15 all-time Anderson favorites arranged for string quartet or string orchestra. Complete works, not excerpts, these unique arrangements can be used by school or professional groups as concert pieces or as encores. Contents are: Belle of the Ball * Blue Tango * Fiddle-Faddle * Forgotten Dreams * Horse and Buggy * Jazz Legato * Jazz Pizzicato * Plink Plank Plunk * Sandpaper Ballet * Serenata * Sleigh Ride * The Syncopated Clock * Trumpeter's Lullaby * The Typewriter * The Waltzing Cat.

A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method books.Includes: Frosty the Snowman • A Holly Jolly Christmas • Jingle-Bell Rock • Jingle Bells • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! • Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree • Silver Bells • The HanukkahSong • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • White Christmas.Available for:00868010 Conductor with CD / $24.9500868011 Violin / $5.9500868012 Viola /$5.9500868013 Cello / $5.9500868014 String Bass / $5.9500868015 Piano Accompaniment / $10.9500868029 Opt. Percussion Accompaniment / $4.95

With Christopher Hogwood’s new edition of Elgar’s much loved Serenade a scholarly-critical edition of the work is now available for the first time. As with other Elgar works modern editions of the Serenade have always suffered from an enormous number of inconsistancies between the score and parts and unclear divisi and unison passages. The editor has clarified these discrepancies drawing on Elgar’s version of the work for Piano four hands (the original version) and the recently discovered autograph manuscript of the first movement. The edition also contains a facsimile showing the original ending of thethird movement as well as an informative foreword (Ger/Eng) and a critical commentary (Eng).The first scholarly-critical Urtext edition of this popular work for string orchestra.Foreword (Ger/Eng) and critical commentary (Eng).With facsimile pages.Full score and performance material (BA9041) available for sale.

Score-A magnificent String symphony by William Schuman Symphony No.5 is a lively and vibrant piece full of textured energies. Written in 1943 it has become the most played and most popular of all his symphonies with intricate and multifaceted rhythms exaggerating the rich concentrated chord tones.

for String Orchestra. Par WARLOCK PETER. 'Peter Warlock 'était un pseudonyme pour Philip Heseltine, un critique de musique Anglo-gallois du début du XXe siècle. Warlock (qui a également écrit le bien connu 'chants de trois' dans The Oxford Book of Carols) initialement écrit Capriol Suite pour piano duo, mais c'est son propre arrangement pour orchestre à cordes qui est durablement considéré par des musiciens et auditeurs alike, grâce au traitement du sorcier de la danse antique et de chansons folkloriques, combinée à une approche de composition du XXe siècle. A 'must' pour votre bibliothèque de chaîne ! (G. Schirmer, Inc.) / Rép Classique / Répertoire / Scores