A celebratory songbook, compiled to coincide with the CD reissues of Harrison's solo work with his own record label label Dark Horse, with 55 songs arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. With songs like Cloud Nine, All Those Years Ago and Beautiful Girl, the post-Beatles Harrison was a quieter, more introspective and humble songwriter. His songs have a warm sense of privacy, as though written only for him but carefully shared with the rest of the world. This collection of arrangements lets you get closer to the music, and includes a 24-page full-colour section detailing the history of the label.

The composer made this arrangement of the Third String Quartet for string orchestra in March 2003. The first performance was given by the Eos Orchestra New York conducted by Ken Selden in the Concert Hall Ethical CulturalSociety New York City on 24 April 2003.Quoting composer: In the summer of 1989 I composed a choral work Out of the Ruins for Agnieszka Piotrowska’s BBC2 documentary which dealt with the physical and emotional responsesof some of the inhabitants of Leninakhan to the earthquake which devastated Armenia the previous December. When he heard the recording of the work that I made with the Holy Echmiadzin Chorus under the fervent conducting of KhorenMeykhanejian Alex Balanescu suggested turning Out of the Ruins into a string quartet. There seemed no reason or opportunity to do this until I felt the need to add to the intensity of my experiences in Armenia the no lessprofound experience of witnessing the images of the Romanian revolution on television during the latter part of December 1989.Just as the structure of my Third String Quartet (1990) may connect it with the First so they alsoshare a debt to Thurston Dart (my professor at King’s College London between 1961 and 1965). It was Dart who had the inspiration to send me to Romania in 1965 ostensibly to study folk music. The volumes of transcriptions that Ibrought back with me had remained unopened until with this proposed ‘celebratory’ string quartet (though at the time it was difficult to know quite what to celebrate in postrevolutionary Romania) an occasion arose where I coulduse this material in what seemed to me was a non-exploitative manner. The compositional procedure was as follows: to take Out of the Ruins as a template on which the Romanian vocal or instrumental music would besuperimposed quite often stretched into new intervallic shapes through the demands of the completely pre-formed harmonic structure.

Par CURNOW JAMES. Accessible even to particularly advanced Jr. High bands or honor groups, James Curnow’s brilliant fanfare and treatment of Renaissance composer Tylman Susato’s RONDO is truly a jubilant musical expression. What a terrific way to energize a concert or conclude a graduation ceremony!FANFARE AND JUBILOSO is dedicated to Harry Begian, the world renowned and highly respected American music educator and conductor, and is a creative exploration of joyous energy. Investigating those intriguing Renaissance harmonic concepts, this celebratory offering will be a fresh and vigorous addition to your concert repertoire! / Niveau : 4 / Ouverture / Répertoire / Fanfare

What a glorious treatment of this uplifting spiritual with exquisite vocal and piano writing from Jerry DePuit! This arrangement contains antiphonal as well as homophonic passages featured moments for women and men twomodulations and a musical setting that ebbs and flows ending with a decrescendo into vocal hums. An outstanding choral work that is playful while reverent in its celebratory fashion. Available separately: SATB SAB PianoTrax CD35016963.

In this celebratory feel-good DVD Buster B. Jones demonstrates the versatility of the guitar with a host of inspirational songs arranged in a range of styles.From a classical-style arrangement of God Rest Ye MerryGentlemen to a spirited Country-picking version of Jingle Bell Rock and the quiet serene ballad Do You Hear What I Hear you will be treated to a compendium of techniques that help capture the special essence ofeach song. These spiritual and gospel favourites are guaranteed to bring new elements to your own playing style introducing changes and and ideas that will be both challenging and useful whatever your style.

Quoting Burgon: My first thought on receiving this commission was what sort of text would suit. Something on the general idea of growth - starting very small and blossoming was the obvious way to go but it wasn’t until I foundthe Andrew Marvell poem Music’s Empire that I really got going. The poem is about the invention and development of music; this might sound a bit dry but in fact it is both charming and dramatic and it is also apt in that it canbe set for both solo voice and chorus.The other factor to be considered in writing this piece was the Purcell connection. Purcell wrote Come Ye Sons of Art in 1964 the year the bank was founded and this piece is alsoincluded in the celebratory concert. So I wanted to include some homage to HP as well.Marvell’s poem is the sort of text that Purcell might have set had he come across it. It is a sort of Ode of text that Purcell might haveset had he come across it. It is a sort of Ode to St Cecelia and he wrote one of those as we know. So I have referred to Purcell in two particular ways; I have quoted Come Ye sons of Art directly and I have used thecountertenor. Purcell himself sang countertenor in many of his own pieces and wrote some of the most gorgeous music ever written for that voice. I also happened to love both Purcell’s music and the countertenor so writing thispiece was really a labour of love.It is scored for countertenor mixed chorus and symphony of orchestra - rather larger than any orchestra that Purcell had access to as far as I know but one in which I’m sure he would haverevelled in given the opportunity. It is about ten minutes in duration.

Bells are associated with the holiday season as well as celebratory and inspirational tributes and events. This song will be your favorite choral imitating the ring and sound of bells. Polyphonic and homophonic sections play offeach other and add to the diverse sound. An optional section allows two choirs to sing together in both musical styles. Simplistic singing builds to majestic singing then fades away like bells in a steeple chiming in fallingsnow. Now two-part ensembles can enjoy this memorable choral with an optional piano accompaniment. What cannot be sung by the two voices is now provided by the piano accompaniment. However if used as an a cappella piece theflavor and excitement are still there for the singers and audience. Available separately: SATB unaccompanied; SSAA unaccompanied SSAB unaccompanied; 2-part accompanied.