Il Y A Un Firmament

SKU: OU.9780193368675

ISBN 9780193368675. 12 x 8 inches.

For SATB (with divisions) and trumpet The Spacious Firmament 2: Yet we who neither burn nor shine is a sequel to The Spacious Firmament. Both pieces may be performed separately, but The Spacious Firmament should always come first if they are programmed together (perhaps either side of an interval).

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SKU: BR.EB-9258

ISBN 9790004185582. 9 x 12 inches.

Spherical: What a wonderful word. Spherical, magical, shimmering, kaleidoscopic, spectral. These were my associations. Only when researching this piece did I notice that sphere derives from the Greek hull or ball. It was used in antiquity to designate the firmament, imagined as a hollow sphere. Pythagoras assumed that the movements of the spheres or heavenly bodies created tones with pitches depending on their distances and velocities. Then I came across a text by Stefan Zweig, which, besides the idea of the firmament in constant motion, is perfectly consistent with Canto sferico (song of the spheres). Art knows no more beautiful moment than when it may show the excessive in its symmetry, in those spherically sounding seconds, when at the blink of an eye dissonance dissolves into primal blissful harmony: the more ghastly the rupture, so much the more powerful this collapse, so much the more effervescent the consonance of the plunging streams. (Manuela Kerer, 2017).

SKU: HL.14042925

Freehand Etude by James Weeks in memoriam John Cage for three performers. Freehand Etude by James Weeks in memoriam John Cage for three performers.

SKU: XC.ISO2107

UPC: 812598037616. 9 x 12 inches.

George Sweet has such a wonderful harmonic palette you just can't help but enjoy his music. Full of hope, and a little sadness, it has everything in a piece that we get from life. Inspired by the woods surrounding the composer's home, Fernwood is a magical and personal piece.

SKU: HL.14008921

ISBN 9780711965515. English-Spanish.

Zarzuela in three acts. Lyrics by Serafin Adame Y and Adolfo Torrado.