Winter Cantata / Vinterkantate (1976) by Per Nørgård for a variable ensemble of soloist mixed choir and instruments (minimum: vocalist and organ). Programme Note: When in 1975 I had finished composing my 3rd Symphony (begun in 1973) I wrote three simple melodies for two psalm texts by Ole Sarvig: ?The Year? and ?Choral Hymn?. These three tunes were derived from the same material as the second movement of the 3rd Symphony and could be harmonized together in several different tempo relationships at the same time - like fractals which inspired me to write several choral and instrumental works in the following decade based on thesemelodies: ?Frost Psalm? ?Winter Cantata? ? Winter Hymn? ?Cantica? and others. One of these ´Sarvig melodies´ is now included in the new Danish Hymnbook under the title ?Året?(The Year). Ole Sarvig´s poem ?Året? (The Year) is Danish perhaps Scandinavian in character but its symbolic atmosphere is global (now snow is covering the whole earth). The basic composition of this cantata based on Sarvig´s many verses was done by letting soloist choir and instruments change in feelings and moods: from the almost silent inward-looking beginning (I: Chorale dolorosa) to a dancelike and happy optimism (II: A heaven germ on winged foot thrust deep into the earth its root) followed by nightmarish tone rows as the ?year-wheel of fortune? is turning (III: Sacrifice The Year) and the temptations of the snake (IV: In Paradiso) to the allegorical fights between egoism and altruism (V:The Cycle Autumn. Purgatory) before the ?waiting for a disaster?- atmosphere at the end of this choral Odyssé. Winter Cantata was from the beginning (1976) designed as an open work to be arranged by different combinations of soloists choir and (different) instruments. The printed version by Per Nørgård and Ivan hansen for soloist mixed choir and instruments (obo violin trombone vibraphone/percussion and organ) is from 1990. The work

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Nelsonmesse. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The so-called “Nelson Mass” is the third of the six great High Masses that Haydn wrote between 1796 and 1802 for the name-days of Princess Maria Josepha Hermenegild Esterházy. According to the dates given in the autograph he composed the work in the period between 10 July and 31 August 1798. It was thus written in the year of the first performance of the Creation. Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB), Flute, Oboe (2), Clarinet (in B-flat) (2), Bassoon, Horn (2), Trumpet (3), Kettledrum, Strings, Basso continuo Full score, together withMissa in B major (Theresa Mass) Hob. XXII:12 (BA4660-01), Performance material (BA4660), vocal score (BA4660-90) and study score format 22. 5 x 16. 5cm (TP98) available for sale/ Répertoire / Partition de Poche

Hans Abrahamsen's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra was composed in 1999 by commission for the BIT-20 Ensemble. A complex and multi-layered work opening with highly minimal material and very slowly building to an ecstatic frenzy across the four movements. As the piece progresses Abrahamsen has also included some significant nods towards composers Gyorgy Ligeti (a former teacher of the composer) and Gustav Mahler.The work was premiered at the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2000 with Anne Marie Abildskov as soloist. I Allegro Volante e nervoso II Adagio innocente e semplice III Tempo de grandegioia IV Fluente ma tranquillo Programmenote: ???The piano concerto starts entirely as I usually start with this filigree in the piano and many simultaneous layers ??? Hans Abrahamsen has explained ???The beginning is music that could continue almost minimalistically ad infinitum. But it doesn???t. Instead it has a seizure after just thirty seconds. It literally comes to a halt!???There is no programmatic structure behind the four-movement course of the concerto but a romantically minded listener may be tempted to interpret the development from a quick stalling of the familiar through the introduction (by the lyrical second movement) of something much more ???innocent and simple??? as it says - something feminine one feels like adding - to the third movement???s flashing firework display of a scherzo which draws the curtain aside for a liberating rush of joy as life after the advent of love. However the undersigned assumes full responsibility for this interpretation.The piano soloist is the undisputed main character in the concerto and plays almost constantly in the first three movements. It is only in the fourth movement that she takes a break and listens. ???The piano stirs up an anthill??? is Hans Abrahamsen???s own description ???and it becomes almost operatic! It is as if the music is about to fall right out over the edge of the abyss at the drastic general

THE OPERA FROM LETS MAKE AN OPERA. AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INSTRUMENTATION : SOLOISTS, CHOIR, STRING QUARTET, PIANO (4-HÄNDIG) AND PERCUSSION VERSION : VOCAL/PIANO SCORE DESCRIPTION : THIS OPERA IS THE FINAL SECTION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CALLED LETS MAKE AN OPERA. THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS IS IN THE FORM OF A PLAY AND ILLUSTRATES THE PREPARATION AND REHEARSAL OF AN OPERA.PROFESSIONALS OR VERY GIFTED AMATEURS ARE NEEDED TO PLAY THE GROWN-UP PARTS AND ALSO THE PART OF JULIET (PROVIDED, OF COURSE, THAT SHE CAN LOOK CONVINCINGLY YOUTHFUL). IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT REAL CHILDREN SHOULD PLAY THE CHILDREN?S PARTS. THE ACCOMPANIMENT IS FOR SOLO STRING QUARTET, PIANO-DUET (FOUR HANDS ON ONE PIANO) AND PERCUSSION (ONE PLAYER CAN MANAGE). THE STRING PARTS ARE NOT VERY EASY. THE SONGS NOS. I, IX, XIV AND XVII ARE TO BE SUNG BY THE WHOLE AUDIENCE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CONDUCTOR. THEY MUST, OF COURSE, BE REHEARSED BEFOREHAND. ALLOWANCE IS MADE FOR SUCH REHEARSAL IN PART ONE OF LETS MAKE AN OPERA.NOMBRE DE PAGES : 88 LANGUE : ENGLISH FORMAT : NEW EDITION PORTRAIT

The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching colleagues at the conservatorium. He sourced repertoire lists from job advertisements past and present and referred to other audition lists such as those of Baxtresser and Wye. Considerable research has gone into the differences between existing editions of the chosen pieces even, surprisingly, from twentieth century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky. 'The Flute Audition” then looks at practical matters such as page turns and metronome markings. Wiese comments, for example, that Hindemith's own recording takes a passage from 'Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score. The result of all this painstaking research is the most comprehensive collection of international audition pieces yet published in a single volume. 'This is an excellent collection of orchestral excerpts for the next generation of young musicians. You can use it to prepare for auditions anywhere in the world. Whether it's for an opera house, symphony or chamber orchestra, everything you need is here.'/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

James Weeks' Schilderkonst for Chamber Ensemble/String Quartet/Piano. Study score.Composed 2003-4 this piece is dedicated to Michael Finnissy.It is broken into three movements:I - Saenredam for Chamber Ensemble (8 players)II - Low Country for String QuartetIII - Duinland for solo Piano with Vibraphone

Concerto for Piccolo and Wind Ensemble Full Score-Mendelssohn's classic art song On Wings of Song set to the poetry to Heinrich Heine provided the inspiration for the music. The sublime melody has become part of the repertory of musicians of every type--flutists perform the vocal line with the original piano accompaniment pianists perform Liszt's transcription for solo piano and violinists play Heifitz's setting for violin and piano. The text of Heine's love poem describes the power of melody to transport a pair of lovers to a magical garden. This sense of music soaring through the skies made a wonderful image and is so appropriate to the soaring nature of the piccolo. The piece was written for and dedicated topiccoloist Jan Gippo. Orchestra wind ensemble and piano accompaniments all available from the publisher. (2010) ca. 20'. Movements: I. Over Distant Murmuring Waves II. Under Serene Moonlight III. All Earlthy Cares Entwining IV. Shall Fade Away in Dreams

Score-St. Lawrence Suite was commissioned by the Power Authority of the State of New York and the Hydro-Electric Power Comission of Ontario for the ceremony September 5 1958 marking the delivery of commercialhydro-electric power from the joint Robert Moses Power Dam and Robert H. Saunders St. Lawrence Generating Station. At this opening of the great St. Lawrence Power Project the composer conducted the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corpsmilitary band in the first performance of this music.St. Lawrence Suite consists of four commemorative movements. Although folk tunes are not used literally the idiom of the work is simple and folk-like incharacter.I. Dedication: lyrical and atmospheric evoking the open country and waterways.II. Quickstep: gay and implying movement and development.III. Chansonette:simple and song-like with an 'old-world' touch.IV. Commemoration March: vigorous and driving culminating in a transformed exposition of the opening 'Dedication' theme.Throughout the work the composermakes use of two solo Trumpets whose antiphon calls serve to introduce and comment on these movements. They symbolise in a general sense the two host countries on either side of the United States-Canadian border. In the finalmovements these Trumpets blend with the band in fanfares that bring the work to a close.

G MINOR - STUDIENPARTITUR - STP - PIANO QUARTET COMPOSER: BRAHMS, JOHANNES PREFACE: ALTMANN, WILHELM ÉDITEUR: EULENBURG SÉRIE: EULENBURG MINIATURE SCORES PAGES: 88 CONTENU - PREFACE - VORWORT - I. ALLEGRO - II. INTERMEZZO. ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO-TRIO. ANIMATO - III. ANDANTE CON MOTO-ANIMATO - IV. RONDO ALLA ZIGARESE. PRESTO-MENO PRESTO-MOLTO PRESTO

No. 3 from Four Prayers from the High Holyday Liturgy-Four Prayers from the High Holyday Liturgy.I. Hayom Harat Olam (11908)II. Ayl Melech Yoshayv (11909)III. Uv'shofar Gadol (11910)IV. Avinu Malkaynu Chanayno (11911)Hinay Yom Hadin (Behold The Day Of Judgement) is a suite of four choruses comprising settings of some of the most important prayers of the Jewish High Holyday Liturgy. These may be performed together or seperately in concert or if desired at the appropriate Service in a Temple or Synagogue.The holy season of the Jewish religious calender is unique because it does not celebrate a historical event nor any particular famous personage but is set aside as a period ofself-examination and re-evaluation for each individual believer. Legend tells on Rosh Hashana (the New Year) God opens the books which record all men's deeds and for ten days examines the course of every man's life during the past year. On Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) the books are closed and each man's fate is sealed until the next year. This allegorical vision should inspire every individual to scrutinize his life and resolve to better himself. The Jew firmly believes that God wants the repentance of the sinner so that he may live; therefore he believes that by penitence prayer and good deeds God's judgement can be swayed in his favour and he be inscribed in 'the book of life.'The four prayers were commissioned by Hazzan Samuel Rosenbaum and the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El Rochester New York.Uv'shofar Gadol is for SATB choir a cappella with Tenor soloist.

German Baroque composer Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) was born in Buttelstedt and was sent to Leipzig to study with Johann Sebastian Bach. Considered one of Bach's finest students many compositions of Krebs have been erroneously attributed to Bach. Krebs composed two concertos for lute and orchestra including this Concerto in F Major in three movements: Allegro Larghetto and Allegro assai. This edition includes the full orchestral score orchestral parts as well as guitar and lute parts. Victor Van Puijenbroeck has adapted the original solo part and included in the set are parts for both lute (the part has been adapted from lute tablature to modern notation) andguitar (capotasto). Additionally the solo parts feature two versions/interpretations. Instrumentation: Full Score Guitar (or Lute) - separate parts included for each instrument Violin I Violin II Viola Cembalo/Cello/Contrabass German Baroque composer Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780) was born in Buttelstedt and was sent to Leipzig to study with Johann Sebastian Bach. Considered one of Bach's finest students many compositions of Krebs have been erroneously attributed to Bach. Krebs composed two concertos for lute and orchestra including this Concerto in F Major in three movements: Allegro Larghetto and Allegro assai. This edition includes the full orchestral score orchestral parts as well as guitar and lute parts. Victor Van Puijenbroeck has adapted the original solo part and included in the set are parts for both lute (the part has been adapted from lute tablature to modern notation) andguitar (capotasto). Additionally the solo parts feature two versions/interpretations. Instrumentation: Full Score Guitar (or Lute) - separate parts included for each instrument Violin I Violin II Viola Cembalo/Cello/Contrabass

Initiation à la Musique de Chambre par la Flûte à Bec. 66 Pièces des XVIIème et XVIIIème Siècles (French German and English text)

For solo Piano flexibly scored Ensemble and live electronics. Composed and published 2015. Duration: 15'. Night Music is the second instalment in a cycle of works called collectively 'Shadows of Destruction'. The cycle responds to images drawn from collections in the Imperial War Museum with a particular focus on the effects of the aerial campaign in World War II as recorded by RAF cameras. The work is in three parts: Part 1 - 'Flowing' Part 2 - 'Machine song' Part 3 - 'Night toccata' Premiere: 12 February 2015 Brighton Science Festival ('Music for Curious Minds' series) All Saints Church Hove by Joseph Houston(Piano) and University of Sussex Symphony Orchestra. Commissioned by Norman Jacobs artistic director of Music Of Our Time with funding support from The RVW Trust.