Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

Marches 1-5-Pride pomp and circumstance of glorious war! - It is these words from Shakespeare's Othello that the probably best-known work by the English composer Sir Edward William Elgar falls back on: the five marches which are contained in Pomp and Circumstance Marches op. 39.The work was a sensational success from the very beginning especially March No. 1 should be going around in the head of every lover of classical music. At its premiere in 1901 under the composer's direction the audience requested two repeats; in 1902 the words of 'Land of Hope and Glory' were added to the march at the request of Edward VII for his coronation ceremonial. The resulting version is nowperformed every year at the Last Night of the Proms and as English hymn at the Commonwealth Games.Motivated by the success of the first two marches Elgar composed another three which were performed in 1905 1907 and 1930. No. 4 is as euphemistic and formal as No. 1 whereas the others are of a rather melancholy nature.

for chamber orchestra

The very lively three-movement Piano Concerto in G major is characterised with regard to style by jazz influences especially in the first and third movements but by late Romantic and impressionist influences in the middle movement. Ravel himself called it 'a concerto in the truest sense of this generic term: With that I want to say that it has been written in the spirit of the concertos by Mozart and Saint-Saëns.'

Medium Voice And Piano

after the String quartet C# minor op. 36 (1925)

Carmen' is one of the most popular and most frequently performed operas across the globe. Its world premiere was a flop. Nevertheless the opera very quickly gained acceptance at all major theatres bringing in its wake countless arrangements of some particularly beautiful music numbers among them the Carmen Fantasia for violin and orchestra by the Spanish violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate.It was in all probability Bizet's close friend and fellow student Ernest Guiraud who brought 12 numbers of the opera together to form two orchestral suites. The missing singing voices were replaced by instruments as was common practice in such cases. In addition to the two pocketscores full score and orchestral parts are available as hire material.

1878/80 Version Romantic

Violin viola and cello score & parts

aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin zusammengestellt

aus Der Evangelimann

An Orchestral Play

Overture

in the form of a vocal scene

Overture to the Opera

Overture No. 2 for the Opera Fidelio

Laudon

Petar Ralchev's book Balkan Accordion extends the instrument's rhythmic tonal and harmonic spectrum. It contains a diverse range of well-known instrumental pieces songs and dances with a distinct Eastern European flavour and with catchy melodies and rich ornamentation. For each piece the author has written a short introduction on its background and characteristics. The pieces are intermediate level and the notation is clear and easy to read.

Symphonic Poem No. 1

Overture