Elena Kats-Chernin: Intermediate Sheet Music

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...

Mezmer für Streichquartett ist eine Adaption des letzten Satzes von ReCollecting ASTORoids, einer früheren Orchestersuite von Kats-Chernin. Die vom Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Auftrag gegebene Kom...

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...

With these pieces, the composer follows up on the successful piano volume 'Book of Rags for Piano' (BHI 102716). They are enjoyable rags with surprising twists off the well-known rag form. The bassoon...

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...

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 li...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

I am Cello is one of several solo pieces by means of which the Australian-based composer remained in contact with her interpreters all over the world during the time of the coronavirus pandemic, compo...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

Mit der Schriftstellerin Joanna Murray-Smith arbeitete Elena Kats-Chernin mehrfach zusammen, zuletzt bei der TV-Seifenoper The Divorce. A Nostalgic Piece wurde ursprünglich als Bühnenmusik für das The...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

Composer's note: 'This piece (originally for cello and piano) was written for an exhibition devoted to artists suffering schizophrenia in 2006. At the base of the piece is a 4-chord progression, very...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: 'Dieses Stück wurde 2006 (für Violoncello und Klavier) für eine Ausstellung geschrieben, die Künstlern gewidmet war, die an Schizophrenie leiden. Grundlange des Stücks ist e...

Die Komponistin zählt Green Leaf Prelude zu ihren liebsten Stücken und hat es für unterschiedlichste Besetzungen eingerichtet. Original handelt es sich um dem Beginn der Ballettmusik Wild Swans von 20...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

While composing Joy in a Minor Key I attempted to achieve a fleeting, light, poetic, almost never "touching the ground" quality. The piece is written in my favourite form of rondo waltz with a coda,'...

When I came to Sydney from Russia in 1975 with my sister and parents, we took only a few belongings with us, including beautiful hand-embroidered bed linen. It was so valuable that we never used it. O...

I wrote Naive Waltz in the early 90s for a dance piece called "Zeche 2" in Bochum, Germany. It was one of a few waltzes in that production and the only one to survive the passing of time,' says Elena...

In 2006 Kylie Kwong who is the ambassador for the Fair Trade Association of Australia and NZ asked me to write a piece for Fair Trade event, she asked for something earthy and poetic and she told me a...