SKU: HH.HH089-SOL
ISBN 9790708041870.
Alcalay, herself an accomplished pianist, here combines virtuosic pianism with masterful colouristic orchestration.
SKU: HL.49011149
ISBN 9790001113717. UPC: 884088281755. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches.
SKU: LM.VV169
ISBN 9790560051697.
Mode s - Pour la main gauche - Deux en deux - Les cinq doigts - Passage du pouce - Six pour quatre - Ex tension - Intervalles chantants - Les gammes - Les silences - Preparation au mordant - Gammes chromatiques - Contrepoint - Pemieres octaves - La main gauche - Doubles notes - Accord brises - Legato par la pedale - Notes tenues - Trille - Touches noires - Croisements - Atonalite - Les quartes - Agilite et legato - Ornements - Passage ou pouce - Variations - Arpeges - Arpeges a deux mains.
SKU: IS.FP4175EM
ISBN 9790365041756.
Joze f (Jef) Schampaert's 1952 Notturno e Danza (Nocturne and Danse) for flute and piano, written as a concours piece for the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Belgium, is a bit of a curious beast. While the rest of the Belgian school was experimenting with a return to lush romanticism (Alpaerts, Maes, and the musical progeny of Benoit), or beginning to prod the tonal bounds of listenable 12-tone and serialism (Constant and Verbesselt), Schampaert took towards a different sound: that of the Impressionists, transmuted through his distinctly Flemish touch. The Nocturne and Danse is no exception. The core of the Nocturne is a relatively straightforward melody, but it's quickly pulled apart into Debussyian fragments and melodic cells - a rhapsody in miniature, with touches of Ibert's stranger runs and figures through. The Danse retains a clearer sense of melody, but one that's even closer to Debussy and Ravel - grace notes and intertwined, changing runs are integral melodic material, by turns dark then playful. A small cadenza again touches on a sense of Ibert before the piece is brought to a quiet close.
SKU: MN.80-407
UPC: 688670804076. English.
Matthew Koraus has crafted a sturdy and very singable set of acclamations for the Eucharistic Prayer based on the hymn tune Diademata, ideal for the long season of Easter as well as Christ the King and other festive times. His adaptation of Elvey's hymn tune includes unexpected touches such as passing tones, rhythmic variations, and inventive harmonies, enabling the acclamations to remain fresh over time. Holy, Holy, Holy, all 3 Memorial Acclamations, and Amen are arranged for Assembly, Choir (in unison or with Descant), and Organ, with optional Two Trumpets or Brass Quartet.
SKU: HL.14014459
In its original form the Suite was written in answer to a commission from the Farnham Festival and was first performed on 11 May 1971. I was, however, not entirely satisfied with it and did not pass it for publication until 1982, when I revised it in considerable detail. In its revised form it was first performed on 18 June, 1983, at Monash University, Melbourne. The music requires little explanation. The titles of each of the five movements indicate their character: 'Fanfare'; 'Dance', which has Elizabethan overtones; 'Popular Song', which explores jazz rhythms and harmonies; 'Ceremony' - a solemn chorale; and 'Finale', a light-hearted Rondo with fugal touches. The overall intention is simply to entertain both the players and their audiences.
SKU: HH.HH431-FSP
ISBN 9790708146339.
Only a handful of Schreivogel’s compositions for his instrument have survived. Among them is this sparkling three-movement sonata for violin and continuo in E flat major, evidently composed late in his life, which represents the Italian galantstyle at its most resourceful, musically as well as technically. Some moments recall Vivaldi, others Tartini, but this sonata does not lack individual touches, especially in its complex harmony and rhythm.
SKU: PR.510007640
UPC: 680160127702.
SKU: HH.HH034-FSP
ISBN 9790708024071.
The composer stresses that the two pianists can only realize the symmetrical structures through cooperation. They must be travelling in agreement along the same path. An extremely important work from a uniquely powerful composer.
SKU: AP.38129
UPC: 038081426013. English.
This a cappella spiritual features solid vocal harmonies to make your choirs sound their best. Listen for touches of All Night, All Day. Builds to a hand-clapping key change with an independent bass line, then yet another with a soprano descant.
SKU: AP.49695
UPC: 038081567822. English.
Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A lux aeterna refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with touches of shimmering dissonance on cadences. One final tone cluster at the end ignites shivers. This inspiring text provides a personal credo to live with light. Download the optional violin obbligato for free.
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Th e Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.