MATHESON - LE SEINE FOR SOLO ENGLISH HORN

MATHESON - LE SEINE FOR SOLO ENGLISH HORNInspired by Joan Mitchells expressionist painting La Seine, James Mathesons work parallels the painting in its wildly energetic exploration of texture. Matheson covers much ground within 4 minutes, and this is at times a study in tremolos between contrasting fingerings for one pitch, creating timbral intensity. La Seine was commissioned by the Albany Symphony for its English hornist Nathan Fossner, and has also been transcribed by the composer for

augmented symmetric scales

creating drum sounds by subtractive synthesis

new minor keys and chords

and the composer offers detailed rehearsal suggestions designed to streamline preparation

All in all

By following this book

The accompanying online audio contains demo tracks for every example in the book

Artist Composer Publisher Hal Leonard Series Pages Language Instrument Category Choral SubCategory1 SubCategory2 Medium CD ISBN13 884088884680 ISBN13 00013099 Dimensions 127x127

One of the most 'real' writings I have read during my 35 years in music education

Artist Composer Publisher Hal Leonard Series Broadway Singer's Edition Pages 88(07) Language Instrument Piano|Vocal Category Songbooks SubCategory1 Stage & Screen SubCategory2 Medium Softcover/CD ISBN13 9781476821269 ISBN13 1476821267|00013489 Dimensions 304x228

The two volumes also contain over 800 musical examples

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