James Weeks' Olympic Frieze for any number of pitched instruments (minimum 12).Composed and published 2014. Variable duration. First performed by participants at CoMA Summer School High Melton Doncaster on 21st August 2014. Olympic Frieze is conceived like an Ancient Greek frieze around the entablature of a temple: players should be placed along the walls of the performance space at regular intervals like figures in a bas-relief. Like visitors to a temple or museum the audience should be free to wander through the space and out again as desired and there should be no audible starting or stopping point - ideallythe music should be playing before the first audience member enters and continue after the last audience member leaves. Thus the piece functions as part of the decoration of the room and might be considered a descendant of Satie's musique d'ameublement; the difference being that Olympic Frieze is not intended as background music but to draw the listener's attention. It is also fundamentally audio-visual in nature. The piece explores the fundamental pleasure and beauty of physical exercise that underlie both ancient and modern manifestations of the Olympic games (as well as the Spartan gymnopaedia evoked in Satie's Piano pieces). The music consists of three elements: Exercises Actions and Disciplines. There are 84 short repeated Exercise motifs analogous to simple movements of the body or stretching exercises in performing which the players adopt stylised (musical) poses akin to those of Greek art. In between Exercises the players perform a number of silent physical Actions devised by themselves. Once stretched and loose each player is ready to attempt his or her own personal Discipline chosen from a list of 9 possibilities (running jumping javelin and trampoline).

Par CHAMBERLAIN LOUISE. Step It Up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, unaccompanied pieces and duets too - this carefully graded volume for clarinet also includes a CD of groovy backing tracks. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take your playing to another level with Step It Up! - and prepare to step up a grade at the same time! Pamela Wedgwood writes as Louise Chamberlain for the Step It Up! series. She is recognised around the world as one of the UK's most prolific and successful composers of popular repertoire for young instrumentalists.     / Exams, Instrumental Music, Schools / Etude / Clarinette et Piano

Completed in 1992 Corrente was commissioned by the Swedish Literature Society Of Finland. As the title suggests the piece bids a nod to the Baroque dance form the Courante based upon an ever-shifting series ofrepeating ostinati - the piece even contains a fleeting glimpse of Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary.However a simple exercise in Baroque dance it is not. The title also translates as Flowing and theostinati create a texture of ripples that contrast strongly with the stronger rhythms of the dance.

This authentic arrangement of ten movements from the Water Music suites dates from Handel’s lifetime but is published here for the first time edited by the distinguished Handel scholar Donald Burrows. Its simple light scoring makes it excellently suited to use by schools and small instrumental groups. It can be performed in many different combinations from the original two violins bassoon and continuo to string quartet or wind-based group.

Arrangeur: Joseph Knaus. Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. Comprised of works from Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Suzuki Violin School, which have been arranged for string quartet by violinist/arranger Joseph Knaus. With lower string parts providing melodic and rhythmic counterpoint to set off the simple melodies (which match the Suzuki Method repertoire), these quartets are nevertheless simple enough for beginning level players ready for their first chamber music experience. String Quartets for Beginning Ensembles are sold in sets including full score and one part book per instrument. Volume 3 contents are: Gavotte (P. Martini) * Minuet, BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III 183/Anh. II 115 (J. S. Bach) * Gavotte in G Minor, Gavotte en Rondeaufrom Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (J. S. Bach) * Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7 for Piano (A. Dvorák) * Gavotte (J. Becker) * Gavotte from Orchestral Suite No. 3 from Overture in D Major, BWV 1068 (J. S. Bach) * Bourree, Bourrees I and II from Suite III in C Major for Violoncello, BWV 1009 (J. S. Bach). / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Orchestre de Chambre

Performed by Mario Hossen violin Accompaniment: Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov Mozart's third violin concerto KV216 sometimes called the 'Strassburg' for a 'Strassburger' tune in its Rondo is scored for a rather simple chamber-sized orchestra. The Adagio of this concerto must be the most sublime movement in any of his violin concerti and one of the most beautiful and quintessentially Mozartian in his entire oeuvre. Perhaps the most memorable of his five violin concerti it is quintessential Mozart and an indispensable addition to any serious violinist's repertoire. Includes a high-quality printed music score with informative liner notes and a compactdisc containing a complete stereo version with soloist then a second version in full stereo of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist.

The Piano Bench Of Classical Music is designed to be the cornerstone of your personal music library. This tremendous piano collection contains 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the pianist who loves classical music. No other single volume can provide the wealth of exquisite piano selections contained within these pages. Here you will find the world's greatest inventions, movements, nocturnes, valses, mazurkas, intermezzos, romantic short pieces, impressionist works, and light classics - as well as the most rewarding traditional arrangements of themes from the great symphonies, chamber works, operas and ballets by the master composers of the past four centuries. / Piano

?Across the Water? is a piano concerto based on familiar songs all with water themes. The result is effective music with a simple folk language yet with the drama and variety inherent to the concerto genre.

The popular Sing Say Dance Play series is all about connecting music with movement dance and speech in active participation while having a pile of fun! Here are MORE seasonal songs with games and activities from music specialists Cristi Miller and Kathlyn Reynolds that will motivate and challenge your young musicians throughout the school year. This tried-and-true collection features 12 songs written specifically for students in the lower grades and twelve songs for upper elementary along with helpful teaching suggestions and simple Orff or piano accompaniments. Keep music learning active as you sing say dance and play the year away! Available: song collection.Suggested for grades 1-6.

You're going to love this fresh Latin-flavored treatment of this classic Stevie Wonder pop hit of 1968. Starting with simple unison lines it develops texturally to a roaring finish!Available separately: SATB SAB SSA Instrumental Pak (Combo) and ShowTrax CD.

Score and Parts-A brilliantly moving and sorrowful piece from Giya Kancheli written for Piano Quartet. Although simple in its form this piece should not be mistaken for something indifferent but rather as a convention to explain in musicallanguage the sadness of Kancheli's life.