SKU: CY.CC3020
ISBN 9781774310601. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
About the Taiwan Fantasia, van Deursen states: After having lived in Taipei for a number of years, I learned many of the local folk and popular songs. Some of the melodies are exceptionally beautiful, and my idea was to somehow combine all the elements that have made up my musical experiences over these years - Chinese melodies, western orchestral music and jazz; I wanted to see if these songs could survive with a totally different harmonic structure and concept. My original goal was to write a simple arrangement of the two songs, but quickly I discovered more melodies building upon the original ones and thus the Variations were born. Composed in 1995, this work of about 10 minutes in length is in one continuous movement, but is divided into seven short sections of contrasting moods including two cadenzas, for Trumpet and Trombone. The music is appropriate for advanced performers. Parts in C and B-flat are supplied for the Trumpets. A recording of Taiwan Fantasia can be purchased on iTunes from the album by the Yeh Shu Han Brass Quintet.
SKU: RM.YEH03553-CO
SKU: RM.YEH03553-PK
SKU: HL.50601101
ISBN 9781540005540. UPC: 888680711443. 11x14 inches.
Composer note: The idea for a piano concerto for the Boston Symphony was instigated by Robert Levin, the great Mozart scholar and pianist. The idea was evidently embraced by BSO Artistic Administrator Tony Fogg and supported by Music Director James Levine. Much of the concerto was composed during the summer of 2004 at the American Academy in Rome in a secluded studio hidden within the Academy walls. While much of the composing took place far from home, the concerto comes out as a particularly “American” piece, shot through with vernacular elements. As in many of my compositions, simple, familiar musical ideas are the starting point. A shape, a melodic fragment, a rhythm, a chord, a texture, or a sonority may ignite the appetite for exploration. How such simple insignificant things can be altered, elaborated, extended, and combined becomes the exciting challenge of composition. I also want the finished work to breathe in a natural way, to progress spontaneously, organically, moving toward a transformation of the musical substance in ways unimaginable to me when I began the journey. Transformation is the goal, with the intention of achieving an altered state of perception and exposure that I am otherwise unable to achieve. “Chiavi in mano” – the title of the concerto – is the mantra used by automobile salesmen and realtors in Italy: Buy the house or the car and the keys are yours. But the more pertinent reason for the title is the fact that the piano writing is designed to fall “under the hand” and no matter how difficult it may be, it remains physically comfortable and devoid of stress. In other words: “Keys in hand.” –Yehudi Wyner, December 13, 2004.
SKU: HL.14045462
ISBN 9788438702116. Spanish.
SKU: PR.111401440
UPC: 680160002955. 9x12 inches. Yehuda Amichai.
For Mezzo-soprano, Oboe/English Horn, Viola da Gamba, and Harpsichord (111-40144 complete set, 111-40144S score only, 111-40144M parts only).
SKU: HL.50487758
ISBN 9790080140987. 9.0x12.0x0.31 inches. Hungarian, English, German.
Violin ABC is the perfect volume for pupils to familiarize themselves with the instrument, basic musical elements, and the sensation of moving naturally while playing. Its editors comprise renowned Hungarian experts in the field of violin pedagogy, and their aim was to create a publication that allows children to have a joyous first encounter with the violin. Violin ABC helps students learn to have calm, relaxed posture and movements through playful illustrations. That way, those who want to play the violin can get a worthwhile introduction to the basics of the violin repertoire through various folk songs and beautiful music examples.The legendary violinist, Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999), had this to say about the publication: ''I am delighted to see a work on the teaching of the violin stress the importance of the preparation of our body and limbs, of our minds and our soul, independently of the instrument itself. I have always said that, ideally, I would like the preparation to be so complete and thorough and enjoyable, that when a child first picks up a violin and a bow, it will draw a clean sound.')' - Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999).
SKU: PR.512032350
Text: Yehuda Halevi. Yehuda Halevi.
SKU: HL.48016682
UPC: 073999206432. 8.5x11.0x0.023 inches.
For Solo Viola Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and first performed on BBC television, 29 March 1972, by Yehudi Menuhin.
SKU: OT.11032
Gr. 5. This is one of Yehuda Engel's more popular works.
SKU: PR.11140144S
UPC: 680160002979. Yehuda Amichai.
SKU: OT.13179
SKU: OT.38002
Text: various authors.
By Hirsch Paykin, for voice and piano. The Soviet Jewish composer Hirsch Paykin wrote these songs to texts by Yehuda Halevi, Abraham Ibn Ezra, Chaim Nachman Bialik, and several of his own pen. This book was published in 1987, when he had requested an exit visa to Israel. Language: Hebrew, Yiddish.
SKU: PR.524058290
UPC: 680160303472.
SKU: PR.UE036967
ISBN 9783702473518. UPC: 803452070634.
Half of the performing duo with Aleksey Igudesman, Hyung-ki Joo wrote his first string quartet in his final term at the Yehudi Menuhin School for a graduation concert. At the time, the young composer was intrigued by various talents in the arts, and chose six to whom he would pay musical tribute. The score includes his notes on his tributes to Purcell, Beckett, Beethoven, Munch, Bach, and Schoenberg, all of which are inventive encapsulations of his impressions. For advanced performers.
SKU: PR.512008210
UPC: 680160196876.
SKU: HL.50498186
SKU: PR.514048940
UPC: 680160248735.
SKU: HL.49019301
ISBN 9790001152716. UPC: 840126941913. 9.0x12.0x0.2 inches.
Naoumoff was born in Sofia in 1962. His career as a pianist and composer began at the age of eight; for ten years he was a pupil of Nadia Boulanger until her death. At the age of ten Naoumoff composed and performed his own piano concerto under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin. The following years saw him receiving numerous prizes and awards and making appearances as a celebrated pianist. Today, Naoumoff lives and works as an associate professor at the School of Music at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. He holds master classes in the USA, Europe and Japan and is director of a music academy.