Handel Variations

Poul Ruders' Handel Variations for Orchestra (2009) -Ninety Symphonic Reflections on Eight Bars by Georg Friedrich Handel.Commissioned by and dedicated to the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in celebration of their 75th anniversary 2010. Premiered by The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra conducted by Giancarlo Andretta at the Aarhus Concert Hall 14 January 2010. Programme noteThe short feisty Bourrée from Handel´s famous Water Music (First Suite in F major) has for some years been hovering at the back of my mind as possessing the perfectpotential for a series of variations. Not unlike the short 'morsel' by Henry Purcell (the witches Ho-ho-ho-chorus from the opera Dido and Aeneas) which kicks off the ten variations of my orchestral work Concerto in Pieces the music per se is not particularly interesting but it nevertheless grows on you and is difficult to get rid of. It is merely a handful of sequences (a technique much used in the Baroque era - a method in which the same motif is being shifted up and down in a specified order). Actually it is only the first eight bars of the Bourrée which I haul through the wringer.It would be obvious to assume that Handel Variations make up a sequel to Concerto in Pieces but in spite of the similarity in character between the two chosen themes the Handel Variations are far more symphonically coherent. There are no less than ninety (!) variations and each variation (they are relatively short ranging from four up to forty-something bars) runs seamlessly into the next creating a huge symphonic body of constantly changing colours. I set out with the original theme without interfering but the 'erosion' begins to gnaw away at the theme already from the first variation. Imagine a vast gallery of Handel portraits in which Georg Friedrich appears at first fully recognizable but then the 'disfiguration' sets in and

Johannes Brahms showed an interest in the music of previous epochs at an early age. In this context he also came across the variation theme of George Frideric Handel which in turn inspired him to write an extensive work of variations for the Piano. The new edition of the Wiener Urtext Edition is based on a meticulous comparison of autographs first edition and personal copies. Brahms' autograph copy served as an essential corrective; subsequent corrections of the composer in the personal copy of Max Kalbeck were taken into account as well. Changes in tempo and indications of expression of Brahms' first version until the first edition allowconclusions about the composer's interpretational ideas; they are analysed in the notes of interpretation. The clear and readily legible notation makes this edition a convenient basis for studying this masterpiece.

Une sélection de plus célébres morceaux de George Frideric Handel arrangées pour piano solo / Piano / Partition

80 pièces pour piano du répertoire baroque, des compositeurs tels que J.S. Bach, Couperin, Handel, Purcell, et Scarlatti. Comprend notamment : les deux suites françaises et le Concerto italien de J.S. Bach, les seize sonates de Scarlatti, et bien d'autres. / Piano

Diane Bish has carefully selected some of her most loved organ selections and made them available in one wonderful collection. Songs include: Adagio in G minor (Thomaso Albinoni) ? Canon in D (Pachelbel) ? Overture (fromHandel's Royal Firework Music) ? Sicilienne (Theresia V. Paradis) ? and Apres Un Reve (Faure).

Compilations regroupant les plus grands titres d'un genre musical spécialement regravées en piano, voix et diagrammes d'accord guitare ou en piano solo en format A4 spiralé afin qu'il reste 'plat' sur le support du piano.Titres : Miserere mei, Deus [Allegri] - Sarabande [Arnold, Malcolm] - Aria from Goldberg Variations [Bach, J.S.] - Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor) [Bach, J.S.] - Prelude #11 in F Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier) [Bach, J.S.] - Solfeggietto in C Minor [Bach, C.P.E.] - Symphony #7 - II. Allegretto [Beethoven] - Two Turtle Doves (from Partridge Pie) [Bennett, R.R.] - Prelude #6 (from Six Preludes) [Berkeley, Lennox] - Prelude from L'Arlésienne [Bizet] - Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) [Borodin] - Wiegenlied (Lullaby) [Brahms] - Violin Concerto #1 - II. Adagio [Bruch] - Piano Concerto #1 - II. Larghetto (Romance) [Chopin] - Prelude in C Minor, Op.28 #20 [Chopin] - Waltz in A-flat Major, Op.69 #1 [Chopin] - Les Baricades Mistérieuses [Couperin] - The Little Shepherd (from Children's Corner) [Debussy] - Sarabande [Einaudi, Ludovico] - Snow Prelude #2 [Einaudi, Ludovico] - Nimrod (Var IX from 'Enigma' Variations) [Elgar] - Homenaje (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy) [de Falla] - Agnus Dei (from Requiem in D Minor, Op.48) [Fauré] - Sicilienne, Op.78 [Fauré] - The North Pole (from Frozen Planet) [Fenton, George] - Prelude #1 (from Three Preludes For Piano) [Gershwin, George] - Metamorphosis Five [Glass, Philip] - Opening Piece from Glassworks [Glass, Philip] - Piano Concerto, Op.16 - I. Allegro Moderato (opening) [Grieg] - Hornpipe (Alla Danza) (from Water Music) [Handel] - Symphony #94 'The Surprise' - II. Andante [Haydn] - Consolation #5 [Liszt] - Paganini Variations (excerpts) [Lutoslawski, Witold] - Hebrides Overture ('Fingal's Cave') [Mendelssohn] - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro [Mozart] - Piano Concerto #21 in C Major - II. Andante [Mozart] - Promenade (From Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky] - Big My Secret (from The Piano) [Nyman, Michael] - Jerusalem [Parry] - Sonata For Flute - 2nd Movement [Poulenc] - Mouvements Perpétuels - #1 [Poulenc] - Nessun Dorma (from Turandot) [Puccini] - Rondeau (from Abdelazer) [Purcell] - Piano Concerto #2 - II. Adagio Sostenuto [Rachmaninoff] - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Var XI and XVIII [Rachmaninoff] - Vocalise (No.14 from Fourteen Songs, Op.34) [Rachmaninoff] - Pavane (from Mother Goose) [Ravel] - Written On The Sky [Richter, Max] - The Elephant (from The Carnival Of The Animals) [Saint-Saëns] - Sonata in E Major, L.23 K.380 [Scarlatti, Domenico] - Unfinished' Symphony - I. Allegro Moderato [Schubert] - Sicilienne (from Album For The Young) [Schumann] - Prelude, Op.11 #15 [D-flat major] [Scriabin] - Romance in D-flat (No.9 from 10 Pieces for Piano, Op.24) [Sibelius] - The Firebird Suite - Finale [Stravinsky, Igor] - The Lamb [Tavener, John] - 1812 Overture [Tchaikovsky] - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker Suite) [Tchaikovsky] - Dies Irae (from Requiem) [Verdi] - Autumn (1st movt) (from The Four Seasons) [Vivaldi] - Ride of the Valkyries [Wagner] - Vltava (The Moldau) (from Má Vlast) [Smetena] / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Plus de 150 grands thèmes classiques, tous présentés dans le format ' busker ', en haut de gamme arrangements avec cordes symboles. Comprend Largo de Handel, Clair De La Lune de Debussy, Air de Bach sur une chaîne g et Elgar faste et circonstance mars. / Chant Et Guitare / 128 pages / Partition

Description Johannes Brahms: Complete Sonatas And Variations For Solo Piano The most ambitious in scale of Brahms' pieces for piano solo, the sonatas and variations are contained complete within this volume. Songlist Piano Sonata No.1 In C Major Op.1 Piano Sonata No.2 In F Sharp Minor Op.2 Piano Sonata No.3 In F Minor Op.5 Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel B Flat Major Op.24 Variations On A Hungarian Song D Major Op.21 No.2 Variations On A Theme By Paganini A Minor Op.35 Variations On A Theme By Robert Schumann F Sharp Minor Op.9 Variations On An Original Theme D Major Op.21 No.1

Handel in the Band is a virtuoso set of symphonic variations on one of Handel’s best known keyboard dances the Sarabande from his Suite in D minor HWV 437 based on the Spanish traditional dance La Folia. Kenneth Downie’s work was commissioned by Brass Band Treize Etoiles for performance at the 2013 Swiss National Brass Band Championships where it was conducted by James Gourlay. The title is a reference to Percy Grainger’s popular Handel in the Strand and is indicative of the witty and theatrical nature of the music which is more playful than conventional competition pieces and as such offers different challenges to brass bands as well as beingthoroughly entertaining for audiences. Kenneth Downie is one of the most respected and experienced brass band composers. His music has been widely performed and published throughout the brass band world since the 1960s.

Lower Intermediate to Intermediate. 103 arrangements of must-know classical standards by 41 composers at the lower intermediate to intermediate level. BACH: Air on the G String · Arioso · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring · Sheep May Safely Graze · Sleepers, Awake BEETHOVEN: Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No. 6 · Theme from Symphony No. 7 · Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 BIZET: Themes from Carmen · Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 BOCCHERINI: Minuet from String Quintet BORODIN: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance · Lullaby · Theme from Symphony No. 1 · Theme from Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March) DVORÁK: Themes from Symphony No. 9 ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations · Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 FAURE: Pavane · Pie Jesu · Sicilienne GOUNOD: Ave Maria adapted from Prelude in C Major by JS Bach GRIEG: Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite · Morning from Peer Gynt Suite · Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt Suite · Theme from Piano Concerto HANDEL: Harmonious Blacksmith · Bourrée from Music for the Royal Fireworks · Largo (Ombra mai fu) from Serse · Where'er You Walk from Semele · Hornpipe from Water Music HOLST: Jupiter Chorale from The Planets HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream MOZART: Theme from Clarinet Concerto · Minuet from Don Giovanni · Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 20 · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 21 · Theme from Symphony No. 40 MUSSORGSKY: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition OFFENBACH: Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld · Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann PACHELBEL: Canon in D PAGANINI: Caprice No. 24 from 24 Caprices PARRY: Jerusalem PONCHIELLI: The Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi · Themes from Madama Butterfly PURCELL: Rondeau from Abdelazar ROSAS: Over the Waves ROSSINI: Themes from The Barber of Seville · Theme from William Tell SCHUBERT: Ave Maria · Serenade · Theme from Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) · Theme from Symphony No. 9 · To Music · The Trout · SEMTANA: The Moldau from My Homeland SOUSA: The Liberty Bell · The Stars and Stripes Forever · The Washington Post STRAUSS I: Radetzky March STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz · On the Beautiful Blue Danube · Tales from the Vienna Woods · Tritsch-Tratsch Polka · Viennese Blood · Wine, Women, and Song TCHAIKOVSKY: Themes from 1812 Overture · Marche slave · Dance of the Reed Flutes from The Nutcracker · Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1 · Theme from Romeo and Juliet Theme from Swan Lake · Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No.6 VERDI: Grand March · La donn / Niveau : Facile / Classique / Recueil / Piano

Clarinet performer and professor Denise Schmidt has compiled a comprehensive collection of solos for clarinet players with a fine mix of transcriptions of familiar classics and solos written for the clarinet. This All-Time Favourites folio has pieces from all periods of music and contains the music of Bach Beethoven Bizet Corelli Faure Gounod Handel Satie and many more.

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano are basic works of the cello repertoire, and his three sets of variations on themes by Mozart and Handel are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well. This volume contains all eight works in score format, carefully reproduced from the authoritative complete-works edition published by Breitkopf & Hartel./ Répertoire / Violoncelle et Piano

The Homage to Handel for Organ was composed ‘as an expression of thanks for having been elected as an honorary member of the Royal College of Organists in 1914. Karg-Elert responded to the honour with this work calling on inspiration from a composer ‘whom both England and German claim as their own’ at the time of the commencement of hostilities between the two nations. Sigfrid Karg-Elert was a German composer active in the early twentieth century whose broad output is eclipsed almost entirely by his works for harmonium and Organ instruments for which he was a gifted and prolific composer. His Organ works include the highly regarded Sixty-six Choral Improvisations andTwenty Choral Preludes and Postludes among others. Many of his works are active in Organ repertoire.