Format : Sheet music + CD
SKU: HL.14008425
ISBN 9780711933545.
Davies's feeling for the potency and bravura of the clarinet goes back to works of the 1960s; his concerto for the instrument is predictably a big, ranging piece, in two linked movements. The first, fast with a brief slow introduction, has the soloist in propulsive melodic flights slipping over into florid runs, but it is a virtuoso piece for the orchestra, especially for the marimba and pair of horns. The Adagio that follows is in the spare, cold, birdcall-riven style of other recent Davies slow movements, exploiting first the clarinet's low register and then, at its climax, the instrument's high extremes. A cadenza leads to the coda, where Davies introduces a Scots tune, previously hinted at, with which he brings the work to an end in F sharp major. Clarinet part with piano reduction of the orchestral score.
SKU: KJ.W64CLE
ISBN 9780849771781.
Designed for musicians who have completed any second level method, this book features scales, thirds, and arpeggios; technique, articulation, and melodious etudes; plus excerpts from the classical repertoire and full-band chorales in 16 major and minor keys. With emphasis placed on specific musicianship skills, plus options for students at various levels of ability, this book goes above and beyond technique books of the past.
SKU: CF.BPS48
ISBN 9780825864339. UPC: 798408064334. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Bb major.
Using the basic melodic shape of Silent Night, Sean O'Loughlin has written a lively piece that goes in a quite different, more up-to-date direction than the familiar, reflective Carol. The noise makers of the percussion section are given a lively role to play, and the introduction, by the low brass, of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, in the middle of the piece, creates a somewhat ironic twist in this amusing re-imagining of a classic carol.
SKU: FJ.B1639S
English.
Christmas goes to the opera in this clever and fun arrangement! George Bizet's classic opera gets a seasonal makeover in this mash-up that combines themes from Carmen with numerous holiday favorites. Musical, educational and hilarious, this work is sure to have your students and audience crying Bravo!
About FJH Young Band
Appropriate for middle school and smaller high school groups. Second clarinets usually stay below the break. Parts are written with more independence, and instrumentation increases slightly. There is still adequate doubling in the lower voices. Grades 2 - 2.5
SKU: HL.49009811
ISBN 9783795766368. UPC: 841886013667. 5.25x7.5x0.276 inches.
In November 1781 Mozart, in a letter to his father, mentioned the composition of this Serenade: 'I wrote this music for St Theresa's Day [15 October] • for Frau von Hickl's sister, or rather the sister-in-law of Herr von Hickl, court painter. But the chief reason why I composed it was in order to let Herr von Strack, who goes there every day, hear something of my composition; so I wrote it rather carefully.' I. Allegro maestoso • II. Menuetto I • III. Adagio • IV. Menuetto II • V. Allegro.
