Elena Kats-Chernin: Intermediate Sheet Music

Grand Rag is part of a project in which 67 composers each composed a piece for solo musicians of ANAM (Australian National Academy of Music) in 2021. Elena Kats-Chernin wrote her piece in close collab...

Tangos, like ragtimes and waltzes, are an integral part of Elena Kats-Chernin's music, always in a new and varied form. In it, the composer allusively combines her present time with the classical trad...

Russian Rag is one of Elena Kats-Chernins most famous pieces. It was arranged by her for various instrumentations and was used, among other things, as film music in the clay animation film Mary & Max....

Tangos, like ragtimes and waltzes, are an integral part of Elena Kats-Chernin's music, always in a new and varied form. In it, the composer allusively combines her present time with the classical trad...

Tangos gehören, wie Ragtimes oder Walzer, in immer neu variierter Form zum festen Bestandteil von Elena Kats-Chernins Musik. Anspielungsreich verbindet die Komponistin darin ihre Gegenwart mit der kla...

Blue Rose is based on two folk melodies which have been freely developed. It uses uneven beats and bars which creates a rocking feeling that is somewhat reminiscent of Balkan music. The title refers t...

Mit fulminanter, kraftvoller Dynamik werden die entstehenden Klangfelder ausgelotet.

Mit fulminanter, kraftvoller Dynamik werden die entstehenden Klangfelder ausgelotet.

Der Titel bezieht sich auf das Material, aus dem moderne Querflöten gefertigt werden. Silver Poetry war ursprünglich Teil einer 12-sätzigen Suite zu Ehren dieses Instruments, geschrieben für die mit d...

Kaum zu glauben, dass diese zarte musikalische Schönheit ursprünglich für die Eröffnungsfeierlichkeiten einer Rugby-Weltmeisterschaft geschrieben wurde ... Mehr noch als in ihren anderen Bearbeitungen...

Composer's Notes:Green Leaf Prelude (February 2004)This is a transcription of one of the pieces from the Wild Swans ballet score. Wild Swans was commissioned by Australian Ballet choreographed by Mery...

Nach dem Erfolg ihres Klavieralbums Piano Village legt Elena Kats-Chernin jetzt einen neuen Band vor: unsent love letters ist eine Hommage an das exzentrische Genie Erik Satie. In Saties Pariser Wohnu...

Little Piece of Gossip was commissioned by Geoffrey Morris and was created in close communication between composer and guitarist. It explores instrument-specific questions such as: "How do percussive...

The rhapsodic, almost ten-minute piece draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall darkly overcast mood. The 'ballad' of the title develops, after a melancholy...

The rhapsodic piece of almost ten minutes draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall dark, overcast mood. The Ballade (ballad) of the title develops, after a...

The 10-minute piece was written in 2006 for the Berlin Philharmonic's education/dance project 'Modern Times', three years after the orchestra had caused a sensation with 'Rhythm Is It!'. Purple Silenc...

The 10-minute piece was written in 2006 for the Berlin Philharmonic's education/dance project 'Modern Times', three years after the orchestra had caused a sensation with 'Rhythm Is It!'. Purple Silenc...

Being Russian born I have a strong connection to the ballet scores of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and as a result in the Wild Swans, more than in any other work of mine, I allowed myself th...

Dieses Album versammelt eine Reihe kurzer Stücke der Komponistin in Fassungen für Violine und Klavier. Unter ihnen Hits wie Russian Rag, Slicked Back Tango, Naive Waltz oder Peggy's Minute Rag, oft en...

Mezmer for string quartet is an adaptation of the last movement of Re-Collecting ASTORoids, an earlier suite for orchestra from Kats-Chernin. Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the suit...

Melancholische Tangos sind eine Spezialität von Elena Kats-Chernin. Silver Pearls ist ein lebhafteres Exemplar, bewahrt aber poetisch-transparenten Charakter. Auf der CD Blue Silence (Vexations840 120...

The rhapsodic piece of almost ten minutes draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall dark, overcast mood. The Ballade (ballad) of the title develops, after a...

Elena Kats-Chernin wrote Afterwards for the 18th birthday of a young acquaintance, Guy Knopke, who had just started playing the bassoon. The title refers to the new adventures and changes that can lie...

“The notes have space around them in this piece, a little bit like dust over the keys. The title refers to roses delivered to a loved one, they are packed in a box and have a beautiful glow, very tend...

“The notes have space around them in this piece, a little bit like dust over the keys. The title refers to roses delivered to a loved one, they are packed in a box and have a beautiful glow, very tend...