SKU: SU.50016420
Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: HL.48025297
UPC: 196288174332.
“Being Russian born I have a strong connection to the ballet scores of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and as a result in theWild Swans, more than in any other work of mine, I allowed myself the freedom to roam through 200 years of musical genres, ranging from Hungarian Operetta through folk music and even including the influences of jazz and popular music,†says Elena Kats-Chernin. The full-length work, which premiered in Sydney in 2003, was written for choreographer Meryl Tankard after the two artists had already worked together for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games, and became one of the composer's greatest successes. Many excerpts in various arrangements have a concert life of their own today - including the world-renowned Eliza Aria. Arranged by the composer for piano trio after the original orchestral version, the ten-minute suite comprises further characteristic pieces of the ballet music: Green Leaf Prelude, Brothers, and Mute Princess.
SKU: HL.14031076
ISBN 9780853604921.
Geoffrey Tankard was a British composer, conductor and highly esteemed educator at the Royal College of Music and later in Bermuda. His seminal work, Pianoforte Technique on an Hour a Day, has remained an touchstone of Piano technical study since its appearance in 1960. In Specimen Answers, Tankard does not attempt to give answers for memorization, but rather to offer some possible answers for consideration.The language is erudite and refreshingly straightforward and any student of these two works would find this volume a welcome guide to understanding the pieces in depth.
