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The virtuoso fiddler Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840) did not just impress his audience with his enormous technical skill, but also with his unusual expressive play, which aimed directly at the feelings...

Festival hymn with introductory fanfare for SATB, brass ensemble (4 trumpets, 2 trombones or 2 horns, bass trombone and optional tuba), timpani, percussion and organ. An alternative orchestral accompa...

This is a beautiful setting of an evocative poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the symbolization of hope as a bird. Quartel offers soaring melodic lines, rich harmonies, and a fluttering strings ac...

With a text by the composer, this is beautiful piece about optimism, companionship, and the belief that 'all will be well'. Todd's gentle melodies are supported by delicate, pulsing piano, energetic,...

The three anthems * HWV 252–254 were composed in 1717 and 1718. George Frideric Handel composed them for Cannons, a princely estate near London. The works are also known as the "Chandos Anthems," name...

Solo clarinet, solo vibraphone 1st instrumental group: V, bassoon, trumpet 2nd instrumental group: viola, euphonium, trombone 3rd instrumental group: cello, alto flute, tenor saxophone 4. Instrumental...

Suk’s Rural Serenade for Piano is a work from the composer’s youth. Suk returned to it in the final months of his life and arranged it for a small instrumental ensemble (two clarinets, three violins,...

Though Silvestrov's 'Elegy' for cello and two tam-tams continues the series of his earlier elegy compositions in some ways, it is here given a whole new shape, with the cello being accompanied by two...

Soli SSAT, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Laude were short mediaeval devotional songs to the Virgin Mary, and Gavin Bryars has kept to the pure, lyrical style of the originals. Following the successful publication of Bryars' first and second...

Composed for the 90th birthday of György Kurtág, the only five-minute trio is characterized by a condensed, contemporary spirit of playing. The change between piccolo and alto flute, magical sound sur...

Solo-Trompete (C oder B), Flöte, 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner, Fagott und Kontrafagott

Klarinette, Horn, Fagott, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass

Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the va...

Many Oberkrainer bands have accomplished accordionists in their ranks. This solo piece gives them the opportunity to take center stage. Heinz Gerlach wrote this composition, which has become an absolu...

This work, composed in 1940, is titled according to the unspecified instrumentation. The first ('To Begin') and last movements ('End') of this piece are to be played on household 'objects' that could...