Barcarolle N02 Op. 41

SKU: PR.11641139S

UPC: 680160682119.

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.48181579

UPC: 888680906085. 9.0x12.0x0.063 inches.

“French composer, conductor and teacher, Jules Semler-Collery (1902-1988) studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won many prizes. He became well-known as a composer and his works remain popular to this day, including his Barcarolle and Bacchanalian Songs for Tuba, Double Bass, Bass Saxhorn or Brass Trombone and Piano. Semler-Collery's success as a composer has been proven by the inclusion of many of his compositions in the list of compulsory works at the Paris Conservatoire. The two movements of Barcarolle and Bacchanalian Song, adaptable for a variety of bass instruments, reflect their titles by use of a variety of musical features. Suitable for advanced Tuba, Double Bass, Bass Saxhorn and Bass Trombone players, Semler-Collery's Barcarolle and Bacchanalian Song is an exciting addition to the bass instrument's repertoire.”.

SKU: BT.ALHE22751

French.

Barcarolles No.7 - No.9; Impromptus No.4 and No.5; Nocturnes No.9 and No.10

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.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.