Kalmus Symphonic Pops

The music of Michel Legrand possesses an inherent loveliness that is enhanced by the harmonic touch of Mike Lewis. Exquisitely beautiful, this is from the film "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort." It is an...

Lush, vibrant, and beautiful, this arrangement of the theme from the film Summer of '42 will be the perfect addition to your program. Instrumentation: 3.1+EH.2+BCl.2: 4.3.3.1: Timp:Perc(2): Str (9-8-7...

Originally composed for piano, this orchestration from Lecuona's celebrated Andalucia Suite by Morton Gould is a sure crowd-pleaser! Instrumentation: 2(1st dPicc).2.2.2: 4Sax(AATB): 2.3.2.1: Timp.Perc...

Spanish conductor and composer Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) was dedicated to writing zarzuelas, the populist Spanish genre of lyric-dramatic one-act operas popular at the end of the 19th century and b...

Andalucia Suite consists of six individual compositions. Included are the immortal Malaguena and the equally beautiful Andalucia, known as the The Breeze and I. Both Malaguena and Andalucia are comple...

Originally composed for piano, this orchestration from Lecuona's celebrated Andalucia Suite by Morton Gould is a sure crowd-pleaser! Instrumentation: 2(1st dPicc).2.2.2: 4Sax(AATB): 2.3.2.1: Timp.Perc...

Also known as "FARE THEE WELL" and "10,000 MILES", THE TURTLE DOVE is an English folk ballad. First published in John Payne Collier's A Book of Roxburghe Ballads in 1710, the song depicts the farewell...

Pasquinade (Caprice), Op. 59/RO 189 was composed for piano in the mid-1850s (c. 1855-1856) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), the pioneering American pianist-composer whose works blend European v...

Pasquinade (Caprice), Op. 59/RO 189 was composed for piano in the mid-1850s (c. 1855-1856) by Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), the pioneering American pianist-composer whose works blend European v...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Morton Gould, equally comfortable in the worlds of both "serious" and "light" music, presented his symphonettes (an Americanization of the term "sinfonietta," much like k...

Morton Gould, equally comfortable in the worlds of both "serious" and "light" music, presented his symphonettes (an Americanization of the term "sinfonietta," much like k...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Morton Gould (1913-1996) began writing and arranging African-American spirituals for "string choir" in the 1940s, and these were the first of his orchestral works to enter the repertoire. Gould prefer...

Lush, vibrant, and beautiful, this arrangement of the theme from the film Summer of '42 will be the perfect addition to your program. Instrumentation: 3.1+EH.2+BCl.2: 4.3.3.1: Timp:Perc(2): Str (9-8-7...

The "Guaracha" is the Third Movement from Mr. Gould's fourth Symphonette, LATIN AMERICAN SYMPHONETTE, which is in four movements - Rhumba, Tango, Guaracha, and Conga. The "Guaracha," relatively speaki...

This was a major success for this brilliant Brazilian composer. This treatment is filled with the harmonic surprises that make Mike Lewis' work so wonderful. Instrumentation: 2.1+EH.1+BCl.2: 2.2.0.0:...

This full-throated Brazilian Bossa is a toe-tapper all the way through! Brazilian Fantasy is the perfect addition to any summer pops concert. Feature the orchestra with rhythm section accompaniment in...

The "Guaracha" is the Third Movement from Mr. Gould's fourth Symphonette, LATIN AMERICAN SYMPHONETTE, which is in four movements - Rhumba, Tango, Guaracha, and Conga. The "Guaracha," relatively speaki...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) began work on SHEPHERD'S HEY in 1908 for piano solo, published for the first time in 1911. Based on an English Morris Dance, the melody was collected by Cecil J. Sharp from...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) began work on SHEPHERD'S HEY in 1908 for piano solo, published for the first time in 1911. Based on an English Morris Dance, the melody was collected by Cecil J. Sharp from...

The song La Paloma (The Dove) was written by Spanish Basque composer Sebastián Yradier (1809-1865) around 1860 after he had visited Cuba. After its publication in 1879, it quickly became popular, not...