Kaija Saariaho

Echo!

Écho! was commissioned by l?OpÉra national de Paris andLes Jeunes Solistes. The world premiere performance took place on 16th May 2008 at the l?AmphithÉtre Bastille, Paris, France, given by Les Jeunes Solistes. fifteen Strathspeys, reproduced from 1000 Fiddle Tunes. sion of Rhythm Flashes, Interval Flashes, and Pattern Flashes are guaranteed to teach students how to think and plan quickly!Der FreischÜtz are ready for reappraisal today as similarly exhilarating exercises in Romantic violin technique. As an example of Sarasate?s equally successful and more purely lyrical ?salon? style of composition, his Rêverie, Op. 4 is also included here. 1980. The band pulled together and rebounded to the top of the charts with new front man, Brian Johnson and the watershed album, Back in Black. Through it all, AC/DC continues their quest to build a legion of new fans in the 21st century. INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BOOK... Dave Evans, original singer for AC/DC Tommy Redd, guitarist with the band, Nantucket Keith Emerson, renowned keyboardist/synthesist for the band, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Kirk Dyer, tour Manager for Cheap Trick for 25 years Perry Cooper, The late Atlantic Records executive and friend of the band Raymond Windlow, former Australian roadie and friend of the band?s Julius Grafton, former Australian lighting technician, now owner of CX magazine and Juliusmedia College in Melbourne Kelly Shaefer, lead singer for Big Machine Don Williams, fan in England who appears in an AC/DC video 'Pyro' Pete Cappadocia, pyro technician for AC/DC since 1982 Rick Brewster, guitarist for the Australian band, The Angels Mike Andy, tour Manager for AC/DC for four world tours from 1985-1995And so the music arrives at its emotional heart through a simple melody (present in other forms throughout the work) announced by solo cello at the very top of its register, against a quiet backdrop of horns and strings. A solo oboe enters, with cello in canonic reply, and all the time the music builds in texture and intensity, now with tubular bells joining in the joyful and optimistic conclusion..

Includes a 32-page music book containing a solo chart for each song containing the melody line and chord changes for proper improvisational playing of each song; plus a concert lead sheet giving the overall 'roadmap' for each piece, printed on high-quality ivory paper; and two compact discs containing the complete performance of these jazz combos in digitally mastered stereo; a digital stereo version of each piece minus the soloist; and a special -20% slow-tempo version of each accompaniment for practice purposes.