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. ...
Eighth Symphony op. 148
MVSR3410
Composer James Barnes about on his
Eighth Symphony (8th Symphony) - "Symphony for Wangen", op. 148:
In 2013 I had the pleasure of coming to Wangen im Allgäu and meeting with Tobias Zinser, the ...
Dance Variants
MVSR2965
James Barnes componeerde zijn "Dance Variants op. 146" ter gelegenheid van het 40-jarige jubileum van de Honolulu Wind Symphony op Hawaï. Het werk combineert de beide compositievormen van de typische A-B-A-structuur en de variaties. In ...
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
Ik schreef "Threnody" (klaaglied) ter herinnering aan een goede oude vriend, de saxofonist Thomas Liley. Wij kenden ons al sinds de schooltijd, studeerden samen aan de universiteit en hebben zelfs in hetzelfde dansorkest gespeeld. Later ...
Bayerisches Osterfest
MVSR2695
"Bayerisches Osterfest" (Bavarian Easter Festival) is een compositie die in opdracht werd geschreven voor de Bishop Ireton High School Band, het blaasorkest van een katholieke privéschool in Virginia (VS). De orkestleider Randall Eyles ...
Goldene Kameraden
MVSR2696
"Goldene Kameraden" heb ik voor het jubileum "50 Jahre Musikverlag Rundel" gecomponeerd. De titel heeft enerzijds natuurlijk betrekking op het gouden jubileum van het bedrijf en mijn vrienden die daar werken – en anderzijds is ...
Alpine Holiday
MVSR2675
"Alpine Holiday" is een grootste ouverture voor een blaasorkest die door de Kantonal-Musikverband uit Bern (Zwitserland) in opdracht werd gegeven als voorspeelstuk 1e klas voor de wedstrijd van 2014. De compositie begint met een uitgebreid ...
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 ...
Sixth Symphony, Op. 130
SMC925
This symphony, commissioned by and dedicated to Roy Holder and his wonderful Lake Braddock High School Band, is both shorter and simpler to play than the composer's other symphonies, but it loses nothing in terms of integrity or profundity. ...
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 ...
James Barnes
James Barnes werd op 9 september 1949 in Hobart in de Amerikaanse staat Oklahoma geboren. Na zijn studie compositie en muziektheorie aan de universiteit van Kansas verkreeg hij in 1974 de Bachelor of Music en in 1975 de Master of Music. Hij ...