The title Still Life, whilst being a term borrowed from painting, refers to the two temporal states of the piece, status and motion, which are juxtaposed and superimposed throughout.The static section...
A trade mark of the Australian composer Percy Grainger are his elaborate and artistic, sometimes 'groovy' folk-song arrangements. A well-known example is 'Shepherd's Hey', a traditional English tune t...
Exercises for brass instruments, solo and ensemble with occasional timpani.
Based on the English folkong The Duke of Marlborough. The first thime heard (behind platform) it typifies memories of long-past wars - vague, far-off, poetic. The second time (on platform) it typifies...
Cette composition pour huit cuivres au titre curieux est un morceau de divertissement qui témoigne de l'originalité et du sens de l'humour de Jean Françaix. Même si l'astre du jour n'apparaît pas auto...