SKU: PR.41541135L
UPC: 680160608805. 11 x 17 inches.
Co-commissioned by 21 university wind symphonies, CONCERTO LOGIC is a 25-minute piano concerto inspired by games of chance, logic, and strategy, both ancient and contemporary. Pann himself has performed as the concerto??s soloist on many occasions. I. Dogs and Jackals (C-minor Fantasy) is an ancient Egyptian game; II. Ernö Rubik??s Magic Cube is a musical depiction of working on Rubik??s Cube until finally, after several days, the last few turns are found and the puzzle is solved; III. Rondo Capriccio: ??Rage over a Lost Pawn? (piano solo) is an extended piano cadenza referring to the title of Beethoven??s famous ??Rage over a Lost Penny? as well as a game of chess; and IV. Dancing with Caissa honors the patron goddess of chess players.
Co-commissi oned by 21 university wind symphonies, CONCERTO LOGIC is a 25-minute piano concerto inspired by games of chance, logic, and strategy, both ancient and contemporary. Pann himself has performed as the concerto’s soloist on many occasions. I. Dogs and Jackals (C-minor Fantasy) is an ancient Egyptian game; II. Ernö Rubik’s Magic Cube is a musical depiction of working on Rubik’s Cube until finally, after several days, the last few turns are found and the puzzle is solved; III. Rondo Capriccio: “Rage over a Lost Pawn†(piano solo) is an extended piano cadenza referring to the title of Beethoven’s famous “Rage over a Lost Penny†as well as a game of chess; and IV. Dancing with Caissa honors the patron goddess of chess players.
SKU: PR.415411350
ISBN 9781598062137. UPC: 680160576012. 9.5 x 13 inches.
Carter Pann's Concerto Logic was commissioned by a consortium of 21 leading college bands throughout the country, in conjunction with the College Band Directors' National Association. Drawing its inspiration from games of chance, logic, and strategy, this work contains four movements and totals about 20 minutes. For advanced or university ensembles. Performance materials available on rental.
SKU: HL.132240
UPC: 884088970741.
Piano concertos combine two elements: pure playing and full poetic expression. Virtuosity and romance. Pianistic brilliance, educated in the works in the stile brillant, brought to perfection, but at the same time - a farewell. Both are forms of direct expression of the personality of the composer, which showed itself in them for the first time with so much strength and is manifested in a group of characteristics of forming Chopin's individual style. Piano Concerto in E minor Characterised by an extensive, in terms of Chopin's concert pieces, orchestral part. The melody here is less ornamented, and more fluid, the sketch of the cantilena very noble and clear, the highly virtuosic element is exposed, but not to the extent of overwhelming the logic of the design. Critical source-edition edited by Jan Ekier and Pawel Kaminski based on manuscripts, copies approved by Chopin himself, and first editions. Its purpose is to present the works of Chopin in authentic form.
SKU: HL.233151
ISBN 9788759886427. 10.0x14.5 inches. English.
Piano solo part for Paganini Variations - Piano Concerto No.3 by Poul Ruders (2014). Score available: WH32201 Programme note: In 1999 my friend, American guitar virtuoso David Starobin, wanted me to write a concerto for guitar and orchestra. It quickly dawned on me, that this commission presented a golden opportunity to contribute to the time-honoured tradition of composing a series of variations on Nicolo Paganini's famous 24th Caprice for violin solo, a work which itself is a set of variations. The 16 bar (with the first 4 bars repeated) theme is not particularly sophisticated or intricate, but its inherent simplicity and logic just grow on you, almost to the point ofdistraction - and the secret behind it being hauled through the wringer by composers as disparate as Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Lutoslawski is perhaps found in its - what I'll call, with a quick nervous look over my shoulder: brilliant banality. You can do anything with that tune, it'll always be recognizable and just there, however much you maul it. The piece (subtitled Guitar Concerto no 2) was written pretty quickly, premiered and subsequently recorded for Bridge Records with David and the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Wagner, and everybody was happy. But the story didn't end there, and it must be the ultimate proof of the durability of the theme, not to mention the flexibility and far-sightedness of David Starobin , when he 14 years later suggested why not transcribe the solo part for piano?. The idea appealed to me immediately. One thing was clear from the beginning: the new version could in no way sound like a transcription. My aim was to end up with a solo-part sounding like were it the one-and-only, the real thing, if you like. The orchestral score remains exactly the same in both cases. Both versions, the two Paganini Variations, are comparable to a set of twins, not quite identical, but almost. And both each others's equal. Poul Ruders.
SKU: CR.977835
ISBN 9780758662217. 9 x 12 inches.
Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 4 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters F and G.
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About the EditorKevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.
SKU: CR.977833
ISBN 9780758662194. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 2 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters B and C.
SKU: CR.977839
ISBN 9780758662255. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 8 contains hymn tunes starting with NO.
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SKU: CR.977837
ISBN 9780758662231. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 6 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters J, K and L.
SKU: CR.977836
ISBN 9780758662224. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 5 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters H and I.
SKU: CR.977832
ISBN 9780758662187. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 1 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letter A.
About the EditorKevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of the Hymn Prelude Library.
SKU: CR.977838
ISBN 9780758662248. 9 x 12 inches.
The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 7 contains hymn tunes starting with M.
SKU: HL.48025411
UPC: 196288202288.
The composer states that her Cello Concerto is antithetical to her other concertos. “While in the concertos for violin and piano, in the Double Concerto, and in my new sheng concerto I was seeking to merge the solo instrument and the orchestra into a single virtuoso super-instrument, here itÂ’s all about the competitive tension between the soloist and the orchestra. The 'aura' of the cello was the initial nucleus and forms the basis of the music, so the whole structure of the piece is thus 'carried' by the cello. However, the orchestra responds to it in an antagonistic way. This antagonism is much stronger than in traditional Classical-Romantic concertos; one could even speak of a 'psychological warfare' between soloist and orchestra. In my cello writing, I often ask the soloist to disguise the nature of the instrument so the perception can be blurred. I try to explore the boundaries of the celloÂ’s expressivity and to broaden the definition of 'expression'. Therefore I also use special playing techniques and call for unusual timbres, including noises and rasping sounds. For me, this actually serves the expressivity by suggesting new meanings. The unique artistry of Alban Gerhardt inspired me immensely. Not only his solo part but also the orchestral parts are often characterized by extreme virtuosity, by the idea of the instrumentalists being pushed to the edge.â€.
SKU: HL.49006193
ISBN 9790001067331. 9.0x12.0x0.336 inches.
For many people, Kurt Godel (1906-1978) is the most important logician of the 20th century. His epistemological theorem: 'In any sufficiently powerful logical system statements can be formulated which can neither be proved nor disproved within the system, unless possibly the system itself is inconsistent' was the central issue of Hans Magnus Enzensberger's poem Hommage a Godel which served as subject matter for the Second Violin Concerto of Hans Werner Henze.3 (auch Picc.) * 1 * Engl. Hr. * 2 (1. mit Kontaktmikr.) * Bassklar. * 2 - 2 * 2 * 1 (oder Wagnertb.) * 0 - S. ( I: Vibr. * Marimbula [oder Psalter] * 3 Gl.; II: 3 Tomt. * Log drums * Woodbl. * Guiro * hg. Bambusstabe; III: 3 hg. Beck. * gr. Tr. [mit Ped.] * 8 Boo-bams [oder Marimba mit Dampfer]; IV: 3 Tamt. * Dobaci * Flex. * 2 Mar. * hg. Donnerblech * Rohrengl.) (4 Spieler) - Git. (mit Kontaktmikr.) * Mand. (mit Kontaktmikr.) * Hfe. * Klav. * prap. Klav. (mit Kontaktmikr.) - Str. (0 * 0 * 4 * 3 * 2).
SKU: HL.50601598
8.0x11.75 inches.
The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996.In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from thecomposer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development,recapitulatio n and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with soniceffects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova).
SKU: BA.BVK02472
ISBN 9783761824726. 40 x 24 cm inches.
Music for a Leipzigcoffee houseand for other venues - Johann Sebastian Bach composed not only for the nobility and the church, but also for bourgeois musical culture. Among these works are the harpsichord concertos. They are noted down in a manuscript that is a unique and probably the most important document for the instrumental repertoire of the LeipzigCollegium Musicum.Bach arranged his concerto movements in such a way that the harpsichord is given a solo part that exploits the instrument'sclavieristicp ossibilities to the full. These works thus fix a decisive moment in the early history of the piano concerto genre which received significant impulses from Bach and his circle of students.The autograph offers revealing insights into the composer's working methods, elucidated by Christoph Wolff in an accompanying essay. Martina Rebmann describes the genesis of the Bach collection at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, which holds the autograph.The facsimile in high-quality four-colour printing reproduces the extensive score in its original size; BWV and bar numbers on every page facilitate its use.
SKU: HL.14042350
ISBN 9788759826164.
S øren Nils Eichberg's Morpheus - Concerto for Orchestra (2013). Commissioned by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR.
Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk
Programme note
Morpheus in the Greek mythology is the most powerful of the Oneroi, the gods of dreams. He is the one who sends us our dreams and he may appear to us within the dreams in disguise.
Analogous to the logic of dreams, in Morpheus everything is interwoven, as chains of associations appear to logically lead us from one line of thought to another. Everything seems strangelyfamiliar. But the logic is treacherous and we already feel, it may only be valid within the dream. Nothing that appears similar is actually ever really the same.
Half awakening, we struggle to hold on to a vanishing world we felt we were on the verge of understanding, but which we already know will eventually escape us when we fully awake.
Everything remains a mystery until the end.
The seven movements/dreamscapes are:
SKU: PR.11641861SP
UPC: 680160685202.
What? ! - my composer colleagues said - A concerto for the piano? It's a 19th century instrument! Admittedly we are in an age when originally created timbres and/or musico-technological formulations are often the modus operandi of a piece. Actually, this Concerto began about two years ago when, during one of my creative jogs, the sound of the uppermost register of the piano mingled with wind chimes penetrated my inner ear. The challenge and fascination of exploring and developing this idea into an orchestral situation determined that some day soon I would be writing a work for piano and orchestra. So it was a very happy coincidence when Mona Golabek phoned to tell me she would like discuss the Ford Foundation commission. After covering areas of aesthetics and compositional styles, we found that we had a good working rapport, and she asked if I would accept the commission. The answer was obvious. Then began the intensive thought process on the stylistic essence and organization of the work. Along with this went a renewed study of idiomatic writing for the piano, of the kind Stravinsky undertook with the violin when he began his Violin Concerto. By a stroke of great fortune, the day in February 1972 that I received official notice from the Ford Foundation of the commission, I also received a letter from the Guggenheim Foundation informing me I had been awarded my second fellowship. With the good graces of Zubin Mehta and Ernest Fleischmann, masters of my destiny as a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, I was relieved of my orchestral duties during the Hollywood Bowl season. Thus I was able to go to Europe to work and to view the latest trends in music concentrating in London (the current musical melting pot and showcase par excellence), Oslo, Norway, for the Festival of Scandinavian Music called Nordic Days, and Warsaw, Poland, for its prestigious Autumn Festival. Over half the Concerto was completed in that summer and most of the rest during the 72-73 season with the final touches put on during a month as Resident Scholar at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy. So much for the external and environmental influences, except perhaps to mention the birds of Sussex in the first movement, the bells of Arhus (Denmark) in the second movement and the bells of Bellagio at the end of the Concerto. Primary in the conception was the personality of Miss Golabek: she is a wonderfully vital and dynamic person and a real virtuoso. Therefore, the soloist in the Concerto is truly the protagonist; it is she (for once we can do away with the generic he) who unfolds the character and intent of the piece. The first section is constructed in the manner of a recitative - completely unmeasured - with letters and numbers by which the conductor signals the orchestra for its participation. This allows the soloist the freedom to interpret the patterns and control the flow and development of the music. The Concerto is actually in one continuous movement but with three large divisions of sufficiently contrasting character to be called movements in themselves. The first 'movement' is based on a few timbral elements: 1) a cluster of very low pitches which at the beginning are practically inaudibly depressed, and sustained silently by the sostenuto pedal, which causes sympathetic vibrating pitches to ring when strong notes are struck; 2) a single powerful note indicated by a black note-head with a line through it indicating the strongest possible sforzando; 3) short figures of various colors sometimes ominous, sometimes as splashes of light or as elements of transition; 4) trills and tremolos which are the actual controlling organic thread starting as single axial tremolos and gradually expanding to trills of increasingly larger and more powerful scope. The 'movement' begins in quiescent repose but unceasingly grows in energy and tension as the stretching of a string or rubber band. When it can no longer be restrained, it bursts into the next section. The second 'movement,' propelled by the released tension, is a brilliant virtuosic display, which begins with a long solo of wispy percussion, later joined in duet with the piano. Not to be ignored, the orchestra takes over shooting the material throughout all its sections like a small agile bird deftly maneuvering through nothing but air, while the piano counterposes moments of lyricism. The orchestra reaches a climax, thrusting us into the third 'movement' which begins with a cadenza-like section for the piano. This moves gently into an expressive section (expressive is not a negative term to me) in which duets are formed with various instruments. There are fleeting glimpses of remembrances past, as a fragmented recapitulation. One glimpse is hazily expressed by strings and percussion in a moment of simultaneous contrasting levels of activity, a technique of which I have been fond and have utilized in various fixed-free relationships, particularly in my Percussion Concerto, Contextures and Games: Collage No. 1. The second half of the third 'movement; is a large coda - akin to those in Beethoven - which brings about another display of virtuosity, this time gutsy and driving, raising the Concerto to a final climax, the soloist completing the fragmented recapitulation concept as well as the work with the single-note sforzando and low cluster from the very opening of the first movement.
SKU: AP.36-A151902
UPC: 660355031649. English.
Written by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) in 1868, the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 is the only concerto completed by Grieg. It remains one of his most popular works and is among the most popular concerti for piano in the repertoire. Similar to, and perhaps influenced by, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto, the work also provides some evidence of Grieg's interest in Norwegian folk music, with the cascading motif of a falling minor second followed by a falling major third in the opening flourish typical to the folk music of the composer's native country. Recorded by Wilhelm Backhaus in 1909, this piano concerto is the first to ever be recorded, albeit heavily abridged to only six minutes due to technological limitations. Instrumentation: 2(2dPicc).2.2.2: 4.2.3.0: Timp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set): Solo Piano.
These products are currently being prepared by a new publisher. While many items are ready and will ship on time, some others may see delays of several months.
SKU: AP.36-A151901
ISBN 9781638877127. UPC: 735816332983. English.
SKU: BR.OB-5557-16
ISBN 9790004341124. 10 x 12.5 inches.
The two-movement, incompletely transmitted Horn Concerto in D major K. 412 was long considered as Mozarts first horn concerto; it is, however, his last, and was written between March and December 1791. Mozart undertook revisions in the autograph which contains the most important orchestral parts next to the entire solo horn part in order to adjust the work to the modest technical abilities of the planned soloist Joseph Leutgeb. Mozart revised and completed the first movement, eliminated lower notes in the solo part, rewrote difficult passages and expanded orchestral interludes to give Leutgeb additional breath rests. Mozart also made similar simplifications in the second movement as well, but his early death prevented the completion of the work.Robert D. Levin reconstructed both versions of the concerto on the basis of the autograph. Next to the version revised by Mozart (post correcturam), he now presents the original version (ante correcturam) for the first time in a musical text revised and supplemented according to rigorous philological criteria.
SKU: BR.PB-5557
ISBN 9790004213674. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5557-15
ISBN 9790004341117. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5557-26
ISBN 9790004341148. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5557-30
ISBN 9790004341155. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5557-19
ISBN 9790004341131. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.EB-8698
ISBN 9790004184813. 9 x 12 inches.
The two-movement, incompletely transmitted Horn Concerto in D major K. 412 was long considered as Mozarts first horn concerto; it is, however, his last, and was written between March and December 1791. Mozart undertook revisions in the autograph which contains the most important orchestral parts next to the entire solo horn part in order to adjust the work to the modest technical abilities of the planned soloist Joseph Leutgeb. Mozart revised and completed the first movement, eliminated lower notes in the solo part, rewrote difficult passages and expanded orchestral interludes to give Leutgeb additional breath rests. Mozart also made similar simplifications in the second movement as well, but his early death prevented the completion of the work. Robert D. Levin reconstructed both versions of the concerto on the basis of the autograph. Next to the version revised by Mozart (post correcturam), he now presents the original version (ante correcturam) for the first time in a musical text revised and supplemented according to rigorous philological criteria.
