Intermediate Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

For 'Eastwind', Jean-François Michel was cleverly inspired by the rich Balkan or Eastern European musical folklore, which was introduced by the gypsies in countless variations wherever they settled. T...

A day like many others with special and sometimes unique moments and feelings: a spiritual calling which touches you deeply; an exciting encounter that you're anxiously waiting for; a grey sky that re...

One aspect when writing for brass quintet that has always interested me has been all the available color and timbre possibilities. My first brass quintet, Four Sketches (BIM ENS48 - 1990), explored a...

The title of this work, K-1, refers to the Japanese martial art of the same name. I am not a fan of these sports, but when Steve Rosse - known for his powerful tuba playing - asked me to write somethi...

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under...

Der Titel ist Programm - turbulent und rasant

In this exciting set of originals, Frackenpohl uses a distinctive combination of classic and contemporary forms, styles, meters and tonalities to feature the idiomatic strengths of experienced brass p...

This work is an ode to community, expressing all the power that can arise, when one spends time together with familiar people: from euphoric feelings of happiness and joy, to relaxed chilling and sere...

Stage Clear is an energetic opening piece for any festive occasion. The piece contains a melody with a bold heroic character that appears in different variations; a lyrical middle section; and a brill...

There is a magic in all beginnings - even Göthe recognized that there is something magical to be found in the new. This reflection is also the source of inspiration for the piece "Something new to bel...

Farmer's Tuba was written for tuba player Josef Hofer in 2012. The composer Martin Scharnagl wanted to tailor this solo to his friend and band colleague from the formation VIERA BLECH. The result is a...

Peteris Vasks supports the solo part with a string orchestra accompaniment, employing a warm, sonorous tone that is particularly effective during the slow movements. The two central movements pose exc...

Judith Butler defines 'precarity' as the unequal distribution of precariousness. These are precarious times, in which access to safe clean water is an endangered human right, increasingly under siege...

Appassionata ('in the old style') is a homage to Beethoven, taking the theme of the Piano Sonata op 23, no 57, and presents a passionate and dramatic duo of five minutes' duration. It was composed for...

Appassionata ('in the old style') is a homage to Beethoven, taking the theme of the Piano Sonata op 23, no 57, and presents a passionate and dramatic duo of five minutes' duration. It was composed for...

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, sh...

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, sh...

The Cello Sonata Op. 6 was composed over an apparently frequently interrupted period of three years, an extraordinarily long time for Strauss's early creative phase. The compositional process spawned...