Concerto Mediterraneo

SKU: BO.EAS0019

SKU: FG.55011-372-5

ISBN 9790550113725.

Images of the sea figure prominently throughout my life and memories: from holidays on the Atlantic coast during my Canadian childhood to my current Baltic home, and the imagined, only later experienced Mediterranean of my ancestral heritage. As an immigrant (son of an immigrant) bound to two northern countries, the sea is emblematic of my twin homelands, from the expanses of water surrounding them to those separating them. A Mari usque ad Mare. The sea is also an enduring image of the unknown, of expanses unexplored, of the raw power of nature and, for too many currently, of terror holding a hope of refuge - or the pain of loss.
Such disparate ideas were captured for me in the seascapes of the New York painter MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom I met in 2008 during a residency on the Gulf of Mexico. Her vast, abstract, nearly monochromatic depictions of imaginary seas in wildly varying moods were the catalyst for a concerto where the piano is frequently far from a hero battling a collective, but rather acts as a channel for elemental forces surging up from the orchestra, floating - sometimes barely so - on its constantly shifting surface. There are few themes to speak of, beyond a handful of iconic ideas that periodically cycle upward. Rather, the piano's material is largely an ornamentation of the more primal rhythmic and harmonic impulses from the orchestra below - a poetic interpretation, if you will, of the more immediate experience of facing the vastness of some unknown body of water.
The title Nameless Seas is borrowed from one of Thielhelm's exhibitions, as are those of the four movements, which are bridged together into two halves of roughly equal weight - one rhapsodic and free, the other more single-minded and direct, separated only by a short breath. The opening movement, Nocturne, is predominantly calm, if brooding, darkness and light alternating throughout. Lyrical arabesques sparkle over gently lapping cross-currents in the strings and mirrored timpani, the piano's full power only rarely deployed. The waves gradually build, drawing in the full orchestra for a meeting of forces in Land and Sea, a brighter, more warmly lyrical scene that unfolds in series of dreamlike, sometimes even nostalgic visions, which for me carry strong memories of sitting on rocks above surging Atlantic waves. The third movement, Wake, is a fast, perpetual-motion texture of glinting, darting rhythms and sudden shafts of light, with a prominent part for the steel drums, limning the piano's quicksilver figurations. An ecstatic climax crashes into a solo cadenza that grows progressively calmer and more introspective rather than virtuosic. Much of the tension finally releases into Unclaimed Waters, a drifting, meditative seascape in which the piano is progressively engulfed by a series of ever-taller waves, ultimately dissolving into a tolling, rippling continuum of sound.
It has been a great privilege to realize such a long-held dream as this piece, and to write it for not one, but two great pianists. Risto-Matti Marin and Angela Hewitt, both of whose friendship and support have been unfailing and humbling, share the dedication. Nameless Seas was commissioned by the PianoEspoo festival and Canada's National Arts Centre, with the premieres in Ottawa and Helsinki led by Hannu Lintu and Olari Elts. Thanks are due also to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund, whose generous grant provided me with much-needed time, and Escape to Create in Seaside, Florida, the source to which I returned to do a large part of the work.

SKU: SU.00220236

The complete Violin I & II parts [CD-ROM] for the 53 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 10: Bach, Handel and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: ARNE The Masque of Comus, Overture; C. P. E. BACH Magnificat, Sinfonia in D, Sinfonia in Eb, Sinfonia in F; J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1-6, Christmas Oratorio, Concerto for Violin in A Minor, Concerto for Violin in E Major, Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet), Magnificat in D Major, Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Orchestral Suites 1-4; BOCCHERINI Sinfonia, Op. 22, No. 1, Symphony No. 23 in D Minor, Op. 37, No. 3; CIMAROSA Il Matrimonio Segreto, Overture; DITTERSDORF Symphonies 1-6; GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Don Juan Ballet Suite, Iphigenia in Aulis Overture, Orfeo ed Euridice Overture, Paris and Helena Ballet Suite; HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, Julius Caesar, Messiah (Mozart version), Messiah (Prout version), Saul Overture, Water Music, Xerxes; HÉROLD Zampa Overture; LULLY Ballet Suite (Mottl); MÉHUL Joseph Overture; PAISIELLO Barber of Seville Overture; RAMEAU Ballet Suite from Platèe, Castor and Pollux Suite, Sixth Concert (Suite) Visit for more information

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SKU: SU.00220228

The complete Flute and Piccolo parts [CD-ROM] for the 53 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 10: Bach, Handel and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: ARNE The Masque of Comus, Overture; C. P. E. BACH Magnificat, Sinfonia in D, Sinfonia in Eb, Sinfonia in F; J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1-6, Christmas Oratorio, Concerto for Violin in A Minor, Concerto for Violin in E Major, Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet), Magnificat in D Major, Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Orchestral Suites 1-4; BOCCHERINI Sinfonia, Op. 22, No. 1, Symphony No. 23 in D Minor, Op. 37, No. 3; CIMAROSA Il Matrimonio Segreto, Overture; DITTERSDORF Symphonies 1-6; GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Don Juan Ballet Suite, Iphigenia in Aulis Overture, Orfeo ed Euridice Overture, Paris and Helena Ballet Suite; HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, Julius Caesar, Messiah (Mozart version), Messiah (Prout version), Saul Overture, Water Music, Xerxes; HÉROLD Zampa Overture; LULLY Ballet Suite (Mottl); MÉHUL Joseph Overture; PAISIELLO Barber of Seville Overture; RAMEAU Ballet Suite from Platèe, Castor and Pollux Suite, Sixth Concert (Suite) Visit for more information

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SKU: SU.00220240

The complete Harp, Keyboard and auxiliary parts [CD-ROM] for the 53 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 10: Bach, Handel and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: ARNE The Masque of Comus, Overture; C. P. E. BACH Magnificat, Sinfonia in D, Sinfonia in Eb, Sinfonia in F; J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1-6, Christmas Oratorio, Concerto for Violin in A Minor, Concerto for Violin in E Major, Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet), Magnificat in D Major, Mass in B Minor, St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, Orchestral Suites 1-4; BOCCHERINI Sinfonia, Op. 22, No. 1, Symphony No. 23 in D Minor, Op. 37, No. 3; CIMAROSA Il Matrimonio Segreto, Overture; DITTERSDORF Symphonies 1-6; GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Don Juan Ballet Suite, Iphigenia in Aulis Overture, Orfeo ed Euridice Overture, Paris and Helena Ballet Suite; HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, Julius Caesar, Messiah (Mozart version), Messiah (Prout version), Saul Overture, Water Music, Xerxes; HÉROLD Zampa Overture; LULLY Ballet Suite (Mottl); MÉHUL Joseph Overture; PAISIELLO Barber of Seville Overture; RAMEAU Ballet Suite from Platèe, Castor and Pollux Suite, Sixth Concert (Suite) Visit for more information

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SKU: BR.PB-4870-07

World premiere: Saarbrucken, December 18, 1972

ISBN 9790004206676. 6.5 x 9 inches.

World premiere Saarbrucken, December 18, 1972 World permiere Saarbrucken, December 18, 1972


Rhapsodia (Andante con Moto)
Scherzo (Allegro con brio)
Aria (Andante tranquillo)
Rondo (Allegro molto)

Apeiron (das Unbegrenzte) ist ein Versuch geistige Erfahrungen Riten Mysterienerlebnisse in einem uberkonfessionellen geistigen Stuck in musikalischen Zusammenhang zu bringen. Grundmaterialien sind Fragmente des gregorianischen und protestantischen Chorals byzantinische Anawathmoi Antiphone und liturgisches Drama Suren aus dem Koran; Gesange aus dem Veda Parayana die Hymne an Arunachala-Siva Musik des tibetanischen Buddhismus Worte Gebetsformeln Anweisungen zu geistigen Exerzitien und anderes mehr.0x0BDas Stuck ist als Weiterentwicklung meiner vor drei Jahren entstandenen standenen Arbeit METEORON zu verstehen. Waren es dort ausschliesslich byzantinische Hymnen zu Pentekoste die elektronisch verarbeitet wurden so liegt bei Apeiron neben ungleich umfassenderen Materialien doch eine andere Grundkonzeption vor auf die es mir vor allem ankommt: vielfaltig sich aussernde Erscheinungsformen in ihrer Divergenz miteinander zu verbinden und zu einem gemeinsamen Urgrund zuruckzufuhren. Ich mochte eine solche Attitude nicht als esoterische Geheimniskramerei sondern ganz einfach als religiose Grundhaltung verstanden wissen.0x0BDer eigentliche kompositorische Vorgang besteht in der Sublimierung des Vorgefundenen und in der Klangtransformation (vokal instrumental) mit elektronischen und live-elektronischen Mitteln. (Gunther Becker).

SKU: BT.EMBZ14690SET

9x12 inches.

This splendidly instrumented work successfully combines 20th-century musical language with the antique elements deriving from its theme - for example, in the first movement we immediately find an ancient Greek asymmetrical rhythm. The second movement takes us on an adventurous journey to those astonishing geological wonders, the Meteoras the third movement presents a picture of the Delphic dancers, in its title the fourth movement indicates the form used in it, which preserves the unity between the thousands-of-years-old building and its contrasting environment, echoing to the music of the bouzouki. In the suite the composer expertly exploits the possibilities of instrumentationoffered by the wind orchestra, this extremely effective work can be a rewarding concert piece for any ensemble. (Recorded by Mirasound on CD 'Salute from Hungary' wwm 500.009 for World Wind Music label - www.worldwindmusic.nl ).

Dieses Werk von István Bogár ist eines der ungarischen Stücke für Blasorchester, welches in den letzten Jahrzehnten international einen großen Erfolg erntete. Es entstand im Auftrag des Ungarischen Rundfunks, seine Erstaufführung fand 1982 statt. Das grossartig instrumentierte Werk vereint erfolgreich die musikalische Sprache des 20. Jahrhunderts mit den vom Thema vorgegebenen, antiken Elementen. Ein Beispiel hierzu ist gleich im ersten Satz ‚Thessaloniki' ein altgriechischer, asymmetrischer Rhythmus. Der zweite Satz führt uns zu einem verblüffenden geologischen Wunder, den Meteoren, im dritten Satz wird das Bild der Delphi-Tänzer gezeichnet. Im vierten Teil (‚Athen') wird diegebrauchte Form schon im Titel angekündigt: Diese verewigt die kontrastierende Einheit der mehrere Jahrtausend alten Akropolis und ihr von Bouzouki-Musik lautes Umfeld (‚Plaka'). Der Komponist nutzt in der Suite die vom Blasorchester vermittelten Instrumentierungsmöglichkeiten meisterhaft aus.

Thessaloniki (danse de Macédoine) • Meteora • Delphi (danse antique) • Athènes (Acropolis, le quartier Plaka) En composant son oeuvre Hellas, le compositeur hongrois, István Bogár, a renoué avec ses racines grecques. La superbe trame orchestrale combine le langage musical du XXe siècle avec des éléments de la musique grecque antique. Les quatre mouvements sont techniquement exigeants et exploitent toutes les possibilités d’une formation vent. Une oeuvre enrichissante !

Un brano dalla splendida strumentazione, composto anche per ricordare le origini in parte greche del compositore, che abbina al linguaggio musicale del XX° secolo elementi antichi. I quattro movimenti Thessaloniki (Danza proveniente dalla Macedonia), Meteora, Delphi (Antica danza) e Athens compongono insieme un brano da concerto esigente ma allo stesso tempo molto gratificante.

SKU: FG.55011-324-4

ISBN 9790550113244.

Quadri Morandi (2014) ties together two essential themes of Kai Niminen's (b. 1953) compositional style: guitar and a subject inspired by Italy. The strong presence of the guitar in his works is natural since he is in an actively performing guitarist himself, and guitar works indeed play a significant role in his oeuvre. Moreover, he has written plenty of orchestral music; for instance two symphonies, numerous concertos, and chamber music. In the field of Finnish music he is a composer who can be characterized as free from any specific school or style. In his musical language, free tonal in essence, one can detect traces of Impressionism, Neoromanticism and even Expressionism at times, but he is also willing to employ more recent 20th-century stylistic devices. Nieminen has mentioned that he finds himself very similar to Japanese Toru Takemitsu both musically and in thought.

Mediterannean culture and Italy especially have been close to Nieminen's heart ever since he first visited the country and appeared in the jury of the international Fernando Sor guitar competition in 1981. He has composed a great number of works which refer to Italian landscapes or artists. The work Quadri Morandi (Morandi's pictures) is written in four movements. It has at its centre the painter Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), who is known as a master of still lifes and landscapes painted in a plain manner and is subdued colours. Their atmosphere typically reflects a calm spirit. This is the third guitar work that nieminen has written for Kleemola.

It is easy to find a counterpart for the encaptivating realm of Morandi's art in Nieminen's clear and pure expression. The titles and expression markings also include several references to Morandi. For example, in the opening movement Prelude the words la Natura morta (still life) appear as an additional note on the chord sequence following the freely flowing opening section. At the end of the movement one can hear rhythmic motif coloured with flageolets that repeats the syllables of the painter's name: Gior-gio Moran-di. A similar motif can be heard at the end of the second movement Quasi cadenza. The tranquilly breathing third movement Paesaggio (landscape) creates an illusion of landscape by imitating the echo of monastery bells (come campane del monastero) and at the same time refers to il monaco (the monk), the name by which Morandi was often called. The final movement Ritratto (Portrait) is the most extensive of all the movements and can be seen, with its recurring motifs, as a reflection of the stable yet subtly varying elements of Morandi's art. The work ends with the rhythmic motif that once more echoes Morandi's name, like signature.