Concerto for Flute and Piano
MVSR30371. Allegro 2. The Deadly Butterfly (Solo Instrument: Alto Flute) 3. Rondo Info
Malaguena
SMC966
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1895, Ernesto Lecuona is arguably Cuba's greatest serious composer. He was a gifted pianist who wrote hundreds of songs and piano works before he died in 1963. Most of his music is composed in a rich, authentic Cuban style. ...
Dance Variants
MVSR2965
James Barnes composa sa "Dance Variants" op. 146 à l’occasion du 40ème anniversaire de l’orchestre symphonique d’Honolulu (Hawaï). L’œuvre combine les deux formes de composition de la structure ...
Symphonic Requiem
SMC940
I. Prologue - The Hornet's Nest (Shiloh, April 1862)
II. Marye's Heights (Fredericksburg, December 1862)
III. Longstreet's Assault (The Third Day at Gettysburg, July 1863)
IV. Apotheosis (Appomattox, ...
Threnody
MVSR3405
J'ai écrit "Threnody" (Klagelied) en mémoire de l'un de mes anciens amis, le saxophoniste Thomas Liley. Nous nous connaissions depuis l'école, étions ensemble à l'Université et avons ...
Bayerisches Osterfest
MVSR2695
"Bayerisches Osterfest" (Bavarian Easter Festival) est une composition commandée pour le Bishop Ireton High School Band, l'orchestre à vent d'une école privée catholique en Virginie (USA). Le chef ...
Goldene Kameraden
MVSR2696
J'ai composé "Goldene Kameraden" pour l'anniversaire des "50 ans du Musikverlag Rundel". Le titre fait naturellement référence au jubilé d'or de la société et de mes amis qui y ...
Alpine Holiday
MVSR2675
Commandée par l'Association cantonale bernoise de musique (Suisse) comme morceau imposé de 1ère classe pour son concours de 2014. "Alpine Holiday" est une grande ouverture pour orchestre à vent. La ...
A Prayer for Higashi Nihon
COMS-85065
Commissioned in 2011 by the Zushi High School in Kanagawa, Japan for their 90th year establishment commemoration.
"It is very different in some ways: very sad at the beginning, then a little 'daylight' in the middle before the 'dark clouds' ...
Escenas de los Aztecas
LM550
The Aztecas created a very sophisticated civilization and economy in the area now known as Mexico City.
Much like the Romans of an earlier time, the Aztecs were great mathematicians, enineers and soldiers. They built monumental structures, ...
Scarlet and Silver Jubilee
SMC918
James Barnes created this new eight minute work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Its sub-title “A Vegas style overture for band” tells us what the composer had in ...
Arioso, Op. 127
SMC917
During more than thirty years of teaching at the university of Kansas, James Barnes has enjoyed working with many graduate students. One of the most exceptional of these was Naoya Takizawa, who came to KU from Tokyo, Japan in 1995. After a couple ...
Tchaikovsky Suite
SMC836
"Tchaikocsky Suite" by James Barnes is taken from Tchaikovsky's "Album for the Young", op. 39 for piano solo. Every effort has been made by the arranger to make this setting sound as much as possible like the orchestral music of ...
Yama Midori
SMC832
Yama Midori (Green Mountains) was commissioned to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Zushi High School in Kanagawa, Japan by that school's excellent high school band. It is a light overture employing broad melodies and a jazzy harmonic ...
James Barnes
James Barnes est né le 9 septembre 1949 à Hobart en Oklahoma (États-Unis). Après des études de composition et de théorie musicale à l’Université du Kansas, il obtint un baccalauréat en musique en 1974 et une maîtrise en musique en 1975. Il étudia ...