SKU: HL.48185866
Saint Francis of Assisi is an opera in 3 acts by Olivier Messiaen. This volume is focused on the Act II ? 6. Le preche aux oiseaux which depicts a moment when he preached to the birds, in Assisi. Saint Francis gives the birds his benediction to which they answer by a Concerto. Based on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, this opera is set in Italy and is composed as per below: Act I: 1. La croix 2. Les laudes 3. Le baiser au lepreux Act II 4. L?ange voyageur 5. L?ange musicien 6. Le preche aux oiseaux Act II 7. Les stigmates 8. La mort et la nouvelle vie This opera was played at the Paris Opera in 1983. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music, he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity, its diatonic aspect, its harmony with limited transposition, its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong, including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm, colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes..
SKU: LM.29090
ISBN 9790230990905.
AUDRAN Edmond : Le Grand Mogol (Acte I, Choeur) - GODARD Benjamin : Jocelyn (Choeur des Montagnards) - HEROLD Ferdinand - Le Pre aux Clercs (Mascarade) - LECOCQ Charles : Ali-Baba (Acte II, 5e tableau) - LECOCQ Charles : Girofle-Girofla (Marche Mauresque) - LECOCQ Charles : Le Petit Duc (La Lecon de chant) - OFFENBACH Jacques : La Belle Helene (Marche) - OFFENBACH Jacques : La Vie Parisienne (Final de l'Acte I) - OFFENBACH Jacques : Les Brigands (Final de l'Acte III) - PLANQUETTE Robert : Rip (Acte III, 2e tableau).
SKU: HL.48181134
UPC: 888680860561. 11.0x13.5x0.083 inches.
To this day, Eugene Bozza (1905-1991) remains one of the most prolific composers French composer. His Instrumental Board provides a clear glossary of all principal orchestral instruments. During his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, Bozza won prizes for violin, conducting and composition, as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He then conducted the orchestra of the Opera-Comique and became Head of the Conservatoire in Valenciennes, whilst remaining a prominent composer. Compiled in 1947, Bozza's Instrumental Board addresses the range of each instruments and their potential. The Instrumental Board provides a helpful aid to orchestral writing.
SKU: BT.DHP-1084549-010
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Aanvankelijk was Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) een Russische marineofficier, maar de successen die hij als componist behaalde, waren voor hem aanleiding om zich geheel te wijden aan het componeren. Hij is met name bekend vanwegeorkestwerken als Capriccio Espagnol en Sheherazade. Zijn vijftien opera’s worden minder vaak uitgevoerd. ‘Song of India’ komt uit de sprookjesachtige opera Sadko. In het lied zingt een koopman over zijn vaderland.Het is alom bekend geworden, getuige de vele uitvoeringen en bewerkingen. Deze versie voor harmonieorkest is van de hand van Wil van der Beek.Song of India, oder auch Song of the Indian Guest ist im Deutschen bekannt als das Hindu-Lied aus Rimski-Korskakows Oper Sadko von 1897. Das Hindu-Lied ist eines der berühmtesten Stücke von Rimski-Korsakow, die, wie der Hummelflug aus dem Märchen vom Zaren Saltan, auch außerhalb ihres Opernkontexts berühmt wurden. Dank Wil van der Beeks Bearbeitung ist die beliebte Arie nun auch Blasorchestern zugänglich.Nikola Rimski-Korsakov occupe une place de choix dans la musique symphonique russe de la fin du XIXe siècle. Parmi ses opéras d'une exceptionnelle richesse musicale, on citera Sadko, créé en 1898. Cet opéra-byline en sept tableaux est basé sur Sadko, le riche négociant, Conte du Roi des mers et de la sage Vassilissa, et d'anciennes ballades russes. La ballade Song of India (Chant du marchand hindou) est extraite du quatrième tableau.
SKU: BT.DHP-1084549-140
SKU: HL.14022529
Doris McLaren and Edward Hughes. A Nativity play for young children with narration by the donkey of Bethlehem. The action of the play opens in the present day and on the appearance of Neddy it switches back to the first Christmas Eve. For the final tableau and the finale it reverts back to the present day. The unison songs include 'Clippety Clop', 'Star Light, Star Bright' and 'Christ Is Born For You'. 20 MINS.
SKU: BT.DHP-1115061-140
Much like a film score, Peter Kleine Schaars’ composition paints colourful images while telling the story of the Anglo-Saxon monk, Lebu nus. In around 768 AD, Lebu nus founded a mission in the Dutch province of Deventer in an effort to convert the Pagan Saxons. Contrasting themes describe the Ijssel Valley, the Saxons and Lebu nus, construction on the church and its subsequent destruction in a clash with the Saxons. The Ijssel-Valley-theme returns one more time in a minor key before each of the themes come together again for one rousing finale. Let battle commence!Deze filmmuziekachtige compositie vertelt de geschiedenis van de Angelsaksische monnik Lebu nus. Rond het jaar 768 stichtte hij in Deventer een kerk met het doel de heidense Saksische bevolking te bekeren. Op elkaar volgende contrastrijkethema’s geven een muzikale verbeelding van het IJsseldal, de Saksen en Lebu nus, de bouw van de kerk en de verwoesting ervan in de strijd tegen de Saksen. Nog één keer weerklinkt het ‘IJsseldalthema’ in mineur totdat in eenstralende finale alle thema’s samenkomen. Indrukwekkend!Diese filmmusikähnliche Komposition erzählt die Geschichte des angelsächsischen Mönchs Lebu nus, der um das Jahr 768 im Zuge der Missionierung der heidnischen Sachsen eine Kirche im niederländischen Deventer errichtete. Aufeinander folgende, kontrastive Themen beschreiben das Ijssel-Tal, die Sachsen und Lebu nus, den Kirchenbau und die Zerstörung im Kampf gegen die Sachsen. Es erklingt noch einmal das Ijssel-Tal-Thema in Moll, bevor im schillernden Finale alle Themen zusammenkommen.Plusieurs lignes musicales se confondent dans cette composition, évoquant tour tour la vallée de l’Ijssel, la ville néerlandaise de Daventria (mot latin de Daventer) ainsi que la vie du moine anglosaxon Lebu nus, qui en 768, décida de construire une église pour les saxons restés pa ens. Le dernier tableau réunit les différents thèmes, nous révélant que la cohabitation est parfois laborieuse mais toujours enrichissante. Un finale pétillant haut en couleurs.Questa composizione, scritta nello stile della musica da film, racconta la storia del monaco Lebu nus che nell’anno 768 quando era incaricato di convertire al cristianesimo i sassoni restati pagani, si occupò anche della costruzione di una chiesa a Daventer (Paesi Bassi). Temi contrastanti che si susseguono descrivono la valle di Iissel, i sassoni e il monaco Lebu nus. Il compositore traduce in musica la costruzione della chiesa e la sua completa distruzione ad opera dei sassoni nel corso di una battaglia. Il motivo della valle di Ijssel è ripreso ancora in una tonalit minore, prima che tutti i temi accompagnino il brano al suo scintillante finale.
SKU: BT.DHP-1115061-010
SKU: BT.AMP-340-010
Philip Sparke entitled this descriptive work in honour of America’s natural wonders with lines from the hymn America the Beautiful: O Beautiful the Spacious Skies is as light as a spring sky, From Sea to Shining Sea describes calm,flowing and bubbling waters, while in the third movement, For Purple Majestic Mountains, the glowing hues of the mountains are set to music.Philip Sparke ontleende de titels van de drie delen van dit progrmamatische werk over Amerikas natuurschoon aan regels uit het lied America the Beautiful: O beautiful for spacious skies is licht als een lentehemel, From sea to shining seaverklankt het stromende water in beken, rivieren en meren, terwijl in het derde deel, For purple mountain majesties, beelden worden opgeroepen van een indrukwekkende bergketen.Philip Sparke betitelte sein deskriptives Werk zu Ehren von Amerikas Naturwundern mit Zeilen aus dem Lied America the Beautiful: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies ist leicht wie ein Frühlingshimmel, From Sea to Shining Sea beschreibtruhende, fließende und sprudelnde Gewässer, während im dritten Satz, For Purple Mountain Majesties, die Erhabenheit der purpurrot leuchtenden Berge vertont ist.Écrite comme un triptyque, Of Skies, Rivers, Lakes and Mountains s’ouvre avec des figures en filigrane jouées par les bois pour recréer la lumière et la légèreté d’un ciel printanier. Plein de vivacité, le deuxième tableau évoque lesfrémissements de l’eau des ruisseaux, des rivières et des lacs. Le dernier mouvement, lent et majestueux, dépeint une impressionnante chaîne de montagnes.Philip Sparke ha intitolato la sua opera descrittiva in onore delle meraviglie naturali dell’America rifacendosi a versi della canzone America the Beautiful. O Beautiful the Spacious Skies è leggera come il cielo di primavera. From Sea toShining Sea descrive le acque silenziose, i corsi d‘acqua zampillanti, mentre nel terzo movimento della sinfonia For Purple Majestic Mountains, viene tradotta in musica la maestosit delle montagne.
SKU: FA.MFCD014PN
8.27 x 11.69 inches.
Fetes galantes was actually planned as a hybrid opera-ballet to a libretto by Debussy's friend Louis Laloy. For this, Laloy arranged selected poetry by Paul Verlaine into three tableaux, replacing an earlier (unstarted) Debussyan project with Charles Morice entitled Crimen amoris. During his last productive summer of 1915, Debussy set a sequence from the start of the first tableau, 'Les Masques', involving stanzas 1 and 3 of the opening song for Mezzetin in Verlaine's comedy Les Uns et les autres. The action is set in a park a la Watteau late one summer afternoon as Mezzetin attempts to entertain a group of nonchalant masqueraders with only the aid of his voice and a mandolin.This appears to have been prefaced by a slower, elegiac introduction reminiscent of the opening of the comtemporary Cello Sonata and it leads to a danced minuet by the masqued dancers which has clear echoes of the piano piece L'Isle Joyeuse (1904). Following Laloy's scenario, the mas-queraders then sing extracts from Verlaine's 'A la promenade' (from Fetes galantes itself). The minuet returns at greater length before being cut short by a chilly gust of wind, after which the park returns to its orginal state (and music) as though nothing had really happened.
