From the Opera The Great Gatsby-New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera The Great Gatsby with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Among the highlights of theproduction are the fourteen Gatsby Songs written in the energetic dance style of the 1920s with sparklingly witty lyrics by Murray Horwitz. Contents: By the Shore Kind of in Love Funny NewFeeling A Saturday Night To-Do I'm Leavin' It All to You I Could End Up Loving You Tonight Dreaming of You Blowing a Bundle on You I Can't Believe It Remember the Old Days I'm Doin' Fine Cool Who Can Say Strange.New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera The Great Gatsby with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Among the highlights of theproduction are the fourteen Gatsby Songs written in the energetic dance style of the 1920s with sparklingly witty lyrics by Murray Horwitz. Contents: By the Shore Kind of in Love Funny NewFeeling A Saturday Night To-Do I'm Leavin' It All to You I Could End Up Loving You Tonight Dreaming of You Blowing a Bundle on You I Can't Believe It Remember the Old DaysI'm Doin' Fine Cool Who Can Say Strange.

No. 2 - How the Soul Speaks to God-This piece comes from Ecstatic Meditations which includes Effortlessly Love Flows How the Soul Speaks to God I Cannot Dance O Lord and How God Answers the Soul. For double mixed chorus a cappella. This is the second movement of Kernis' Ecstatic Meditations which includes Effortlessly Love Flows How the Soul Speaks to God I Cannot Dance O Lord and How God Answers theSoul . Ecstatic Meditations was composed in 1999 for Philip Brunelle and the Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers and Choir. Like all of Kernis' music it ‘bears the unmistakable stamp of a wildly fertile musicalimagination…with rich poetic imagery.’ The text is by Mechthild of Magdeburg translated by Jane Hirshfield. Named one of 75 ‘American Masterpieces of Choral Music’ by the National Endowment for the Arts.

For flute and orchestra (piano reduction).

Score and Parts-Quintet for Winds was composed in 1978 for the Aulos Quintet on commission from the Naumburg Foundation. The piece especially emphasizes mixtures and doublings. Duration c. 23 minutes. Quintet For Winds was composed in the summer of 1978 for the Aulos Quintet on commission for the Naumburg Foundation. The piece has been performed by many groups most notably the Emmanuel Wind Quintet who have performedit over 40 times and gave the first New York performance in 1980. The piece especially emphasises mixtures and doublings and maintains a classically simple surface. Scored for Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon and Horn.

These choruses are from the composer's three-act opera Tess which is based on Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. All three are from Act II: Winter is White Arise and Come Let Us Chime (Wedding Song). These choruses are from the composer's three-act opera Tess which is based on Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. All three are from Act II which begins on a dairy farm on a May morning in late 19thcentury England. I. Winter is White Angel Clare a budding gentleman farmer sings this song with his Harp for a gathering at the dairy. (the text is adapted from the Hardy poem 'The Seasons of HerYear.') II. Arise Act II iopens with dairymaids and men singing this chorus as they prepare for the day's work. (The text for the outer sections is based on a folksong quoted in the novel; the mkiddlesectiopn employs the Hardy poem 'Gallant's Song.') III. Come Let Us Chime (Wedding Song) Tess a country girl who came to the dairy to escape her dark past accapts Clare's proposal of marriage. Theyembrace the curtain falls and the wedding chorus is heard offstage. During the last few bars the curtain rises on the next scene - Tess and Clare in theur honeymoon cottage. (The text is by the composer.)

Instrumentation: 2 Violin 2 Violoncello 2 Violas 1 Double Bass Written over a single week in May 1932 this Sextet is for two Violins two Violas and two Cellos - plus optional Double Bass. The rebellious Martinu absorbed many influences throughout an interesting life spent living in hisnative Czechoslovakia then France Spain Italy the U.S. and Switzerland.

Sheet Music. Frammenti (fragments) was extracted from Husa's 'Concerto for Organ And Orchestra'. The Concerto was commissioned as part of the Michelson-Morley Centennial Celebration commemorating the history experiment that marked the birthof modern physics. Husa took light as his theme specifically: 'sunlight constantly surrounding us creating powerful images colours and shades in the sky and on the earth.'

Score and Parts-This tribute to Franz Schubert contains only a brief fragment actually written by the composer. The rest of the work describes Schubert's journey to the next world his awareness of the still-to-be-explored ideas of his musicallanguage and the completion of a fugue assigned to him shortly before his death on November 19 1928. The work is a National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Commission composed for the Atlanta Chamber Players the Da CapoChamber Players and Voices of Change.Scored for Piano Quartet this is a poignant memorial to Franz Schubert who died on this day.

(Piano Reduction). This extraordinary tour-de-force by one of America's most respected composers was commissioned especially for the 60th birthday of Walfrid Kujala (flutist/piccoloist with the Chicago Symphony) by his students and friends. Duration ca. 16 minutes. This extraordinary tour-de-force by one of America's most respected composers was commissioned especially for the 60th birthday of Walfrid Kujala (flutist/piccoloist with the Chicago Symphony) by his students and friends.

These choral settings were adapted from the original Chopin settings for solo voice and piano. Original keys and accompaniments have been retained and new English lyrics are provided. Available: Mixed Chorus ('The Wish' 'Reverie' 'Drinking Song') Men's Chorus ('The Bridegroom' 'The Ring') Women's Chorus ('Spring Song' 'The Handsome Lad').

The Songs of Jake Heggie - Book 1-An amazing collection of witty and romantic songs from the hit RCA Victor recording featuring Ren?e Fleming Sylvia McNair Frederica von Stade Jennifer Larmore and Carol Vaness. All songs are in their original keys. An amazing collection of witty and romantic songs from the hit RCA Victor recording featuring Renée Fleming Sylvia McNair Frederica von Stade Jennifer Larmore and Carol Vaness. All songs are in their original keys for Sopranoand Piano.

Score and Parts-For Clarinet and String Quartet. This fascinating one-movement work was premiered and recorded by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Duration ca. 16 minutes.

Score-Full Score.

Score-Full Score.

For unaccompanied violin. For unaccompanied violin.

To Be Played in One Movement (1987)-Five pieces to be played as one movement.

For chorus and orchestra. Full score-Commisioned by the San Francisco Symphony in 1981 to celebrate the inaugural season of the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall Harmonium sets the texts of John Donne ( Negative Love ) and Emily Dickinson ( Because ICould Not Stop for Death and Wild Nights ). Orchestral parts available on rental. Duration ca. 35 minutes.For chorus and orchestra. Settings of texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson.

Score and Parts-For trombone and orchestra (piano reduction). Trombone/Piano reduction of the work for Trombone and Orchestra. Arranged by Robert G. Waddell and the composer.

For Soprano and Piano. Text from Le Occasioni by Eugenio Montale.

Score-Foxtrot for Orchestra.