Lament for the Holy City
This hauntingly beautiful piece is extracted from Rutter's large-scale work Visions. The expressive solo line features long phrases, double stopping in thirds and sixths, and a quasi-improvised section, making it an ideal concert work for advanced violinists.
Carl Dolmetsch and the Recorder Repertoire of the 20th Century
by Andrew Mayes and Colin Brown
This title was first published in 2003. Between 1939 and 1989 the recorder virtuoso Carl Dolmetsch gave 45 concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London, all but a few with harpsichordist Joseph Saxby. The highlight of these concerts was the performance of a specially commissioned work. Many important twentieth-century composers contributed to this corpus of works, including Lennox Berkeley, York Bowen, Arnold Cooke, Gordon Jacob and Edmund Rubbra. This book is the first to explore this repertoire in d...
Christmas Flute Basics is a collection of fun and festive flute repertoire. Leap through the twelve days of Christmas in twelve stages, including Christmas-themed improvisations, warm-ups and studies, and your favourite Christmas tunes with piano accompaniment, or as duets for 2 flutes or flute and clarinet. Each stage wraps together musical and technical elements to help focus your festive playing.
An authoritative account of the 500-year history of the bassoon, with new research findings and dozens of rare illustrations This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years' experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today's bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. He discusses the bassoon's makers, its...
Breeze-Easy Method for Flute, Book II (Breeze-Easy, BK 2)
by Valentine Anzalone
Selected Clarinet Exam Pieces 2008-2013, Grade 6, Score, Part & CD (ABRSM Exam Pieces)
by ABRSM
This CD edition includes the printed music for nine pieces from the ABRSM 20082013 Grade 6 Clarinet syllabus, recordings of all pieces from the syllabus and a playalong practice track for each accompanied piece for this grade. Features printed music for three pieces from each of Lists A, B and C providing a rich and varied repertoire from which to create an exciting programme for an exam or concert. Includes helpful footnotes and syllabus information. CD contains high-quality performances of all...
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