'Mongonucleosis' was recorded in 1974 by the popular rock band Chicago for the album Chicago VII. Though it was never one of their 'hits,' this driving Latin influenced jazz-rock jam tune became one of Chicago's most enduring instrumental numbers, performed many times by the band both live and on several recordings. This arrangement for steel band is an amalgam of several live versions. It features an open pan solo and finishes with a rousing percussion break that should have everyone dancing in the aisles. / Batterie

Commande du Chicago Symphony Orchestra et de Radio France.Création du 5 mars 2014 à Chicago (U.S.A.), par Mathieu DUFOUR (flûte) et le Chicago Symphony Orchestra, sous la direction de Charles DUTOIT.Création française le 10 décembre 2015 par Mathieu DUFOUR (flûte) et l'Orchestre National de France, sous la direction de Ch. Eschenbach.Pour sortir au jour est le nom original du Livre des morts de l'Egypte antique. Ces rouleaux de papyrus étient placés près de la momie afin de l'aider à réussir son voyage dans l'au-delà et à accéder à la lumière d'Osiris. Cet ouvrage consistait en une série de prières, de formules magiques pour ouvrir les portes, d'invocations et de récits fabuleux au service du mort. Car pour vivre cette deuxième naissance et voir la clarté des Justifiés une série d'épreuves attendaient le défunt. C'est ce voyage spirituel que mon Concerto évoque, un voyage d'ombre et de lumière au pays de l'Amenti, le paradis des anciens Egyptiens. / Flûte Et Piano

This single-movement work in the key of D has entered the repertoire as an essential Violin piece for the experienced musician.Adoration is a perennial favourite work of composer, Violinist, critic and writer Felix Borowski, with a beautiful melody that builds to ecstatic ending on high D. Borowski was born of Polish parents in England, but, after an invitation from American showman Florenz Ziegfeld, spent most of his life in Chicago where he taught at the Chicago Musical Conservatory and Northwestern University. He created the music collection at the Newberry Library there. He also edited the programmes of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as composing and teaching privately. / Violon Et Piano

Arranged by Henry Aaron This wonderful collection of Woodwind Quintet Encores was originally arranged for the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet whose members included: RalphJohnson Robert Mayer Jerome Stowall Philip Farkas and Wilbur Simpson. Serveral of these selections were recorded by the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet album entitled 'ENCORE!' (Audiophile AP17). Absolutely perfect forconcert or contest. Includes: HUMERSQUE by Tchaikowsky * GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR by Debussy * CAPRICCIO by Haydn * DIARY OF A FLY by Bartok * SCARF DANCE by Chaminade * IN AUTUMN by MacDowell * SCHERZO IN E MINOR byMendelssohn * POLKA by Shostakovich * NORWEGIAN DANCE by Grieg * GOPAK by Moussorgsky * FUNERAL MARCH OF THE MARIONETTE by Gounod * TRITCH-TRATSCH POLKA by J. Strauss.

Story Of Jazz As Told By The Men Who Made It. Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ? Charlie Parker What is jazz' The rhythm ? the feeling. ? Coleman Hawkins The best sound usually comes the first time you do something. If it's spontaneous, it's going to be rough, not clean, but it's going to have the spirit which is the essence of jazz. ? Dave Brubeck Here, in their own words, such famous jazz musicians as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, Bunk Johnson, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, Jo Jones, Jelly Roll Morton, Mezz Mezzrow, Billie Holiday, and many others recall the birth, growth, and changes in jazz over the years. From its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century in the red-light district in New Orleans (or Storyville, as it came to be known), to Chicago's Downtown section and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Chicago's South Side to jam sessions in Kansas City to Harlem during the Depression years, the West Coast and modern developments, the story of jazz is vividly and colorfully documented in hundreds of personal interviews, letters, tape recorded and telephone conversations, and excerpts from previously printed articles that appeared in books and magazines. There is no more fascinating and lively history of jazz than this firsthand telling by the men who made it. It should be read and re-read by all jazz enthusiasts, musicians, students of music and culture, students of American history, and other readers. A lively book bearing the stamp of honesty and naturalness. ? Library Journal. A work of considerable substance. ? The New Yorker. Some of the quotations are a bit racy but they give the book a wonderful flavor. ? San Francisco Chronicle.

Ravinia Festival with the Lincoln Trio and on Notable Women a Cedille Records CD release. Piano Trio version premiered by Lincoln Trio Chicago Composer's Consortium at the Music Institute of Chicago.

Nico Muhly's Step Team for 9 players. Full score.'Stepping is a form of almost militaristic dancing involving the entire body as well as the voice. The routines are highly choreographed and precise but maintain an expressive freedom that comes out of the energy required to pull off the moves. In writing this piece for the Chicago Symphony MusicNOW I wanted to avoid too much delicate pointillistic writing and instead focused on making the nine players function as one team with a singular rhythmic agenda. Whenever the Chicago Symphony comes to New York I am always impressed with the massive steakhouse-style proportions of the brasssound so this score features the Bass Trombone as a guide for the harmonic and lyrical material.At a certain point in the piece the rhythmic unisons begin to break down and individual players or groups of players start slowing down or speeding up against the pulse. The Bass Trombone works as a unifying element here announcing the changes between sections. Some scattered pulses ensue and the brass section continuously shepherds the other instruments back into line. Step Team ends with a duet between the Bass Trombone and the Piano with a series of ornaments from the other players.' - Nico MuhlyInstrumentation: Flute Bassoon Horn in F Tenor Trombone Bass Trombone Piano Violin Viola Cello

Par STRAUSS RICHARD. 'Concerto pour hautbois de 1945, suscité par un soldat américain (hautboïste de Chicago)', notait Strauss. Et, de fait, le 'hautboïste' et soldat d'occupation John de Lancie avait bien demandé au compositeur en mai 1945 s'il n'avait donc jamais pensé à écrire un concerto pour hautbois. La réaction de Strauss fut négative, mais il se mit néanmoins bientôt au travail. Dès octobre 1945, il avait terminé sa partition dans son lieu d'exil suisse, en 1946 eut lieu la création à Zurich. La première édition ne parut à Londres qu'en 1948, sans doute dans une large mesure sans la participation du compositeur. Car aussi bien la partition imprimée que les parties d'orchestre laissentapparaître un grand nombre de fautes. Certaines d'entre elles sont connues depuis longtemps, d'autres ne furent découvertes par Hansjörg Schellenberger qu'en procédant à la comparaison avec le manuscrit autographe de la partition et de la particelle. Le hautboïste de renommée mondiale présente ainsi ce concerto en partition et en réduction de piano pour la première fois en tant qu'édition Urtext de la maison Henle! 'Concerto pour hautbois de 1945, suscité par un soldat américain (hautboïste de Chicago)', notait Strauss. Et, de fait, le 'hautboïste' et soldat d'occupation John de Lancie avait bien demandé au compositeur en mai 1945 s'il n'avait donc jamais pensé à écrire un concerto pour hautbois. La réaction de Strauss fut négative, mais il se mit néanmoins bientôt au travail. Dès octobre 1945, il avait terminé sa partition dans son lieu d'exil suisse, en 1946 eut lieu la création à Zurich. La première édition ne parut à Londres qu'en 1948, sans doute dans une large mesure sans la participation du compositeur. Car aussi bien la partition imprimée que les parties d'orchestre laissentapparaître un grand nombre de fautes. Certaines d'entre elles sont connues depuis longtemps, d'autres ne furent découvertes par Hansjörg Schellenberger qu'en procédant à la comparaison avec le manuscrit autographe de la partition et de la particelle. Le hautboïste de renommée mondiale présente ainsi ce concerto en partition et en réduction de piano pour la première fois en tant qu'édition Urtext de la maison Henle!/ Répertoire / Hautbois et Piano

First to be published in the series was The Art of French Horn Playing by Philip Farkas, now Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University. In 1956, when Summy-Birchard published Farkas's book, he was a solo horn player for the Chicago Symphony and had held similar positions with other orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and Kansas City Conservatory, DePaul University, Northwestern University, and Roosevelt University in Chicago. The Art of French Horn Playing set the pattern, and other books in the series soon followed, offering help to students in learning to master their instruments and achieve their goals.

This collection features 17 piano solo arrangements of favorite Elfman movie and TV themes including: 1. Alice's Theme (from ALICE IN WONDERLAND - A Film by Tim Burton) [Danny Elfman]2. Ana And Christian (from FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) [Danny Elfman]3. Batman Returns (Selena Transforms) [Danny Elfman]4. Batman Theme [Danny Elfman]5. Beetlejuice (Main Theme) (from the movie BEETLEJUICE) [Danny Elfman]6. Black Beauty (Main Titles) [Danny Elfman]7. Breakfast Machine (from PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE) [Danny Elfman]8. Charlotte's Web (Main Title) (from CHARLOTTE'S WEB) [Danny Elfman]9. Chicago (After Midnight) (from the Miramax Motion Picture CHICAGO) [Danny Elfman]10. Darkman (Main Theme from the Universal Picture DARKMAN) [Danny Elfman]11. Desperate Housewives Main Title [Danny Elfman]12. Dick Tracy (Main Theme) (from the Film DICK TRACY) [Danny Elfman]13. Diner Blues (from MIDNIGHT RUN) [Danny Elfman]14. Edward Scissorhands Introduction (Titles) (from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) [Danny Elfman]15. Theme From ?The Flash? [Danny Elfman]16. Good Will Hunting (Main Titles) [Danny Elfman]17. Harvey's Last Day (from MILK) [Danny Elfman]18. Heroes (from the Motion Picture AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON) [Danny Elfman]19. Ice Dance (from the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture EDWARD SCISSORHANDS) [Danny Elfman]20. Jenny's Theme (from BIG FISH) [Danny Elfman]21. Love Theme (from the Paramount Motion Picture MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) [Danny Elfman]22. Mars Attacks! (Main Title) [Danny Elfman]23. M.I.B. Main Theme (from the Columbia Pictures film MEN IN BLACK) [Danny Elfman]24. Oz The Great And Powerful (Main Titles) (from OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL) [Danny Elfman]25. Scrooged Main Title (from SCROOGED) [Danny Elfman]26. Silver Lining Titles (from SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) [Danny Elfman]27. Theme From The Simpsons (from the Twentieth Century Fox Television Series THE SIMPSONS) [Danny Elfman]28. Sommersby - Main Titles (from SOMMERSBY) [Danny Elfman]29. Spider-Man 2 (Main Title) (from the Columbia Motion Picture SPIDER-MAN 2) [Danny Elfman]30. Tales From The Crypt Theme [Danny Elfman]31. Victor's Piano Solo (from Warner Bros. Pictures' CORPSE BRIDE) [Danny Elfman]32. What's This' (from THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) [Danny Elfman]33. Wonka's Welcome Song (from CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY) [Danny Elfman] / Musique films - comédies musicales / Hal Leonard

Performances include those by Jayn Rosenfeld Stephen Gosling at Merkin Hall NYC. Washington Square Contemporary Music Society: SCINational Conference Syracuse University: Rapture Kelly Covert flute: Catholic College Chicago IL: Catherine Ramiraz Lake ShoreChamber Music Chicago

This wonderful collection of Woodwind Quintet Encores was originally arranged for the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet whose members included: Ralph Johnson Robert Mayer Jerome Stowall Philip Farkas and Wilbur Simpson. Several of these selections were recorded by the Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet album entitled 'ENCORE!' Audiophile AP17). Absolutely perfect for concert or contest. Includes: HUMERSQUE by Tchaikovsky · GIRL WITH THE FLAXEN HAIR by Debussy · CAPRICCIO by Haydn · DIARY OF A FLY by Bartok · SCARF DANCE by Chaminade · IN AUTUMN by MacDowell · SCHERZO IN E MINOR by Mendelssohn · POLKA by Shostakovich · NORWEGIAN DANCE by Grieg · GOPAK by Moussorgsky ·FUNERAL MARCH OF THE MARIONETTE by Gounod · TRITCH-TRATSCH POLKA by J. Strauss.

ShowTrax CD-Celebrating 100 Years of Disney Magic. Create a magical musical experience in your next concert with this delightful medley celebrating Walt Disney's wonderful musical legacy. Born in 1901 in Chicago Walt Disney transformed the world of entertainment and established himself as a genuine part of Americana.