SKU: ST.H407
ISBN 9790220219153.
1st perf (1, 3 and 4): Ian Pace, Cheltenham Town Hall, 16 November 1998 (Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts Series). 1st perf (2): Michael Finnissy, Small Hall, Union of Composers, Moscow, 28 November 1997. 1st perf (5): Joanna MacGregor, Young Composers' Award Workshop, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 27 November 1991 1st broadcast perf (5): Michael Finnissy, Sofia New Music Festival, October 1996 (Radio Bulgaria) The presence of a major new composer on the musical scene was signalled by the premiere of Morgan Hayes' Viscid at the 1997 Park Lane Group Young Artists Concert Series. Critics responded warmly to its colour, vitality, and strong individuality. The same qualities are found in Five Distressed Surfaces, a collection of fascinating character studies that also reflect the composer's skills as a pianist and improvisor. Though not intended to be played as a suite, the individual pieces are linked by a concern with visual, plastic and even tactile sources of inspiration, and by a quietly disruptive humour.
... Morgan Hayes' piano works, Flaking Yellow Stucco and Le Lardon, were elegantly explosive in [Stephen] Gutman's performances.
SKU: BT.DHP-0910298-070
ISBN 9789043134224. International.
Kees Schoonenbeek schreef een werk voor saxofoonkwintet dat voor veel speelplezier zorgt - zoals de titel Pleasure for Five al zegt!Spielspaß für fünf Saxophone: 1x Sopransaxophon, 2x Altsaxophon, 1x Tenor- und 1x Baritonsaxophon.
SKU: PR.514019910
UPC: 680160227884.
SKU: SU.50019910
Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: HL.1242590
UPC: 196288151425. 9.0x12.0x0.042 inches.
SKU: BT.SCHBB3000508
Woodwind Quintet (Score & parts). Glanert, D.
SKU: PR.114417970
UPC: 680160638741. 9 x 12 inches. Texts from Pierrot Lunaire by Albert Giraud, German by Otto Erich Hartleben; English by C.E. Cooper.
As part of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute's celebration of the 75th anniversary of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Kraft was asked to write for the same Pierrot ensemble, choosing text from the 29 unused poems of Albert Giraud's original cycle. Kraft set about writing movements based on Feerie, Mein Bruder, Harlequinade, and Selbstmord, with musical Interludes separating the movements, along with an extended Fantasmagoria preceding the concluding Selbstmord. In homage to Schoenberg, Kraft modified his own seven-tone environment to the master's 12-tone pallette, also using Schoenberg's speaking/singing style in the vocal line. Each of the first three movements was premiered at the Institute over successive years, 1988 through 1990. Selbstmord would premiere in Boston in 1991 by Musica Viva. Kraft also created an orchestration of the work over a five year period, 1990-1994. (Available on rental.).
SKU: PR.11441797S
UPC: 680160638765. 9 x 12 inches. Texts from Pierrot Lunaire by Albert Giraud, German by Otto Erich Hartleben; English by C.E. Cooper.
SKU: SU.50024500
Copyright 1991. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: HL.48182012
UPC: 888680905873. 9.0x12.0x0.048 inches.
“On the summits (Sur les cimes) by Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) is a very enjoyable piece for F Horn and Piano which lasts 7 minutes. Difficult to play, it requires the mastering of techniques such as the glissando, the lip trill and the mute. Also challenging because of its cadenza part, it was composed in one movement which features five sections. Eugène Bozza won different prizes at the Conservatoire de Paris such as the First Prizes for the Violin, conducting and composition, as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He composed several operas, chamber works and ballets among others.â€.
SKU: PR.16400222S
UPC: 680160037841.
This work follows my Quartet No. 1 by five years. In terms of style and aesthetic aim, however, it seems light years away. Where the first work, a 28-minute, four-movement piece, took aim at cosmic conflicts and heroic resolutions, the present work is intended as a kind of divertissment. Harbor Music lasts a mere eleven minutes, is cast in a single movement with six sections, and should leave both performers and listeners with a feeling of good humor and affection. The title comes from my experience as a guest in the magnificent city of Sydney, Australia. One of its most attractive features is its unique system of ferry boats: the city is laid out around a large, multi-channeled harbor, with destinations more easily approached by water than by land. Consequently, inhabitants of Sydney get around on small, people-friendly boats that come and go from the central docks at Circular Quay. During a week's visit in 1991, I must have boarded these boats at least a dozen times, always bound for a new location - the resort town of Manley, or the Zoo at Taronga Park, or the shopping district at Darling Harbour. In casting about for a form for my second string quartet, a kind of loose rondo came to mind. Each new destination would be approached from the same starting-out point (although there are subtle variations in the repeating theme; it's always in a new key, and the texture is never the same). The result, I hope, is a sense of constant new information presented with introductory frames of a more familiar nature. The embarkation theme, which begins the piece, is a sort of bi-tonal fanfare in which the violins are in G major and the viola and cello are in B-flat major. It is bold, eager, and forward-looking. The first voyage maintains this bi-tonality, beginning as a 9/8 due for second violin and viola in a kind of rocking motion -much as a boat produces when reaching the deeper water in the harbor. A sweet, nostalgic theme emerges over this rocking accompaniment. This music is developed somewhat, then transforms quickly into a much faster and lighter episode, filled with rising and falling scales (again, in differing keys). A scherzando interlude in short notes and changing meters provides contrast, and the episode ends with a reprise of the scales. The second embarkation follows, this time in A major/C major. It leads quickly into a very warm and slow theme, in wide-leaping intervals for the viola. This section is interrupted twice by solo cadenzas for the cello, suggesting distant boat-horns in major thirds. The end of the episode becomes a transition, with boat-horns leading into the final appearance of the embarkation music, this time in trills and tremolos instead of sharply accented chords. The nostalgic theme of the first episode makes a final appearance, serving now as a coda. The rocking motion continues, in a lullaby fashion, leaving us drowsy and satisfied on our homeward journey. Harbor Music was written for the Cavani Quartet, and is dedicated to Richard J. Bogomolny. Commissioned by his employees at First National Supermarkets as a gift, it represents a thank you from many of the people (including this composer) who have benefitted from his vision and generosity. An ardent advocate of chamber music (and a cellist himself), Mr. Bogomolny has for many years been Chairman of the Board of Chamber Music America. -- Dan Welcher.
SKU: FJ.FJH2157
ISBN 9781569399712. UPC: 674398229499. English.
This set of five short movements is a synthesis of classical, popular, and jazz idioms. The title Wind Songs was chosen to reflect the gentle, ephemeral quality of the music. Pianists should strive for a delicate, non-percussive approach to the music. Originally published in 1991, this 18-minute suite has stood the test of time and can be programmed in its entirety. Students are encouraged to listen to the recording available on Edwin McLean's CD Don't Say Goodbye.Â.