Schott partitions piano

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade perfomer's certificate)

Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts Society for Leif Oves Andnes who gave the first performance. They are attractive and not too difficult, clearly stamped with Turnage`s lyrical style.

Petits morceaux mélodiques, destinés à aider les débutants de tous âges à mieux coordonner leurs mains ensemble et à approfondir leurs connaissances des notes et des structures rythmiques.

Listening Matters offers more than 70 sets of questions on musical perception. These have been designed by two former chief examiners in music for London Examination to help students prepare for the L...

This short solo piano piece is a variation on a theme by Rameau. Casken has created in this work a broad Gaelic sound world along with sultry Debussian colours.The piece was written for the British pi...

Ces Trois miniatures japonaises place le pianiste devant un nouveau défi car chacune d'elle développe de manière raffinée et concentrée une technique différente.

It is quite essential from the very start to arouse the musical imagination of the young pupil. The problem of teaching dynamics, phrasing, variety of touch, is greatly simplified, because the active...

A quartet of paintings by the American Mark Tobey that displays expanses of white in various shades provides the inspiration for this solo piano work. The images from the paintings are translated into...

This short piano work is one of Hesketh's most successful, taken from his opera The Overcoat - it would be an ideal opener to any recital programme.

Dans sa notice de programme, Hesketh définit un concetto (angl. 'conceit') comme une démarche métaphorique appliquée à toute ou une partie d'une œuvre poétique, dont elle permet une meilleure compréhe...

Watkins' 'Four Inventions' evolved from the composer's conversations with writer Rhett Griffiths who commissioned the work about his poem 'The Sibling Solution'. The poem is included with the publicat...

Le Vieux Sourd (The Old Deaf One) was Debussy's nickname for Beethoven. The piece is a setting of Auld Lang Syne which Beethoven also arranged.Gerald Barry (2012)

Written at the same time as the composer's Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal), Bryars' Ramble on Cortona is the first piece the composer has penned for solo piano in his esteemed career. Like his piano...

Le titre de l'œuvre se réfère au poème 'Ode to a Nightingale' (Ode à un rossignol) de John Keats. Des images évocatrices du poème sont librement associées afin de suggérer les gestes musicaux et leurs...

Cette pièce mélancolique pour piano solo s'inspire d'un film sur un vol en montgolfière au-dessus des Alpes. Un sentiment de paix emmène interprète et public dans un voyage de mélodies planantes et d'...

Nocturne is a highly emotive piece for solo piano exploring the full expressive range of the instrument. The piece's lyrical melodic lines and rich harmonies make this an attractive addition to any pe...

Inspirée par la voix chantée d'un ami du compositeur, cette pièce est une œuvre pour piano solo à la fois lyrique et émouvante. 'Song for Iker', qui explore toute une gamme de couleurs et de sensibili...

Dreaming is another beautiful and atmospheric work for solo piano from the pianist and composer John Skiba. Flowing textures and resonant harmonies make this highly idiomatic piece a welcome addition...

My piece is subtitled 'Homage to Haydn'. Why? Because it is modelled on Haydn's Variations in F minor/major. But modelled does not imply pastiche or imitation. From Brahms onwards (if not before) ther...