Barcarole

SKU: PR.11641139L

UPC: 680160682126.

Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100.   I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici.   My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven.   III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut.   IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness.

SKU: HL.48186791

UPC: 888680877705. 9.5x12.25x0.059 inches.

Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle No.6, Op.70 in E flat major (Piano solo).

SKU: CA.2912000

ISBN 9790007128470. Language: all languages.

SKU: KJ.WB217F

a delicate and delightful feature for three solo flutes or the entire flute section!

Barcarole for flutes is a flute feature for three solo flutes. (If desired, the solo can be played by six flutes.) both the first and the last section are in unison for the solo flutes while the middle section is divisi. The piece should be performed with the band accompaniment clearly in the background. If needed, the conductor should reduce the number of players to achieve proper balance.

The piece begins with a smoothly flowing melody in the oboe and fist clarinet, accompanied by a countermelody in the alto saxophones, then flows into a lyrical melody for the solo flutes. The low woodwinds and low brass punctuate the sensitive and delicate melody with a rhythmical accompaniment. The ensemble builds in a sweeping sound toward the end of the first section. The middle section contains rhythmical variety within the flute solo as well as in an agitated accompaniment before returning to the original melody. After the return of the original melody, the brass and low woodwind accompaniment builds to a point before falling back to finish with the gentle hush of the flute solo.

SKU: LM.27101

ISBN 9790230971010.

BACH A.M. : Musette - CHARPENTIER : Prelude (Te Deum) - FUCIK : Entree des gladiateurs - GOUNOD : Ave Maria - GRIEG : Dans la halle du Roi de Montagne (Peer Gynt) - HAYDN : Symphonie n. 94 La Surprise - IVANOVICI : Flots du Danube - MOZART : La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) - MOZART : Cela sonne si beau (Flute enchantee) - OFFENBACH : Barcarolle (Contes d'Hoffmann) - ROSSINI : Ouverture (Guillaume Tell) - STRAUSS : Marche de Radetzky - TCHAIKOVSKI : Trepak (Casse-Noisette) BACH A.M. : Musette - CHARPENTIER : Prelude (Te Deum) - FUCIK : Entree des gladiateurs - GOUNOD : Ave Maria - GRIEG : Dans la halle du Roi de Montagne (Peer Gynt) - HAYDN : Symphonie n. 94 La Surprise - IVANOVICI : Flots du Danube - MOZART : La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) - MOZART : Cela sonne si beau (Flute enchantee) - OFFENBACH : Barcarolle (Contes d'Hoffmann) - ROSSINI : Ouverture (Guillaume Tell) - STRAUSS : Marche de Radetzky - TCHAIKOVSKI : Trepak (Casse-Noisette).

SKU: HL.48000710

UPC: 73999925654. 8.25x11.75x0.226 inches.

Contents: Aria, Op. 1, No. 4 (Linko) • Barcarole, Op. 5 (Klami) • Barcarole, Op. 59, No. 1 (Melartin) • Butterfly Waltz, Op. 22, No. 17 (Melartin) • Condoliera veneziana, Op. 64, No. 1 (Palmgren) • The Dragonfly, Op. 27, No. 3 (Palmgren) • Etude, Op. 76, No. 2 (Sibelius) • Evening (Hannikainen) • Idylle, Op. 73, No. 1 (Merikanto) • Impromptu, Op. 5, No. 5 (Sibelius) • Legend, Op. 34, No. 3 (Madetoja) • Mainacht, Op. 27, No. 4 (Palmgren) • Minuet in Folk Style, Op. 6, No. 9 (Linko) • Night Music of the Mountain Goblins, Op. 15, No. 1 (Kaski) • An Old Memory, Op. 31, No. 4 (Madetoja) • On High, Op. 98, No. 3 (Melartin) • Prélude, Op. 7, No. 1 (Kaski) • Prélude-Caprice, Op. 84, No. 3 (Palmgren) • Rondoletto, Op. 40, No. 7 (Sibelius) • Scherzo, Op. 6, No. 4 (Merikanto) • The See, Op. 17, No. 12 (Palmgren) • The Sheep's Pola (Kuula) • The Spruce Tree, Op. 75, No. 5 (Sibelius) • Wedding March, Op. 3, No. 2 (Kuula) • Valse, Op. 17, No. 1 (Hannikainen) • Valse, Op. 34, No. 4 (Madetoja) • Valse lente (Merikanto).

SKU: HL.14008027

8.25x11.75x0.063 inches.

Patrick Enfield. Three pieces, 'March', 'Barcarolle' and 'Hornpipe' for descant recorder(s) and piano. Originally composed for performance by school pupils.

Berceuse Des-dur jest utworem niezmiernie subtelnym i wyrafinowanym, co wyra a si przez wahad ow arabesk melodii, przekszta cenie rodków ornamentalnych w warto ci kolorystyczne i konsekwencj techniki wariacyjnej, wyst pujcej w ostinatowej odmianie