Noche De Estrellas

Noche de Paz - Franz Gruber

A creative reimagining of the classic carol Silent Night in the relaxing Brazilian style of Bossa Nova. Warm and mellow harmonies, deceptive chord movements and Latin percussion provide an excellent education in ethnic rhythms and sounds. Broaden your band's diversity with this tranquil arrangement of a Christmas classic.

Nocturnal Dances

Nocturnal Dances - Robert W. Smith

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Nocturne

Nocturne - Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin

Nocturne - Ernest Young

Nocturne - Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne - Nikolai Tcherepnin

Nocturne - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky is best known for his purely instrumental compositions. However, we must not underestimate him as a composer of operas. Many of his operas such as Pique Dame and Eugene Onegin are still performed regularly throughout the world. Eugene Onegin (also called Jevgeny Onegin), composed in 1877-1878, was not called an opera by Tchaikovsky himself, but "lyric scenes". The work is entirely dominated by lyricism. However, there are two moments that contrast sharply with this lyricism: two ball scenes, for which Tchaikovsky wrote a waltz and a polonaise.After opening with a less well-known allegro dansant, this arrangement features the aforementioned waltz, which can beconsidered a beautiful Russian equivalent of the Faust Waltz by Charles Gounod. In the opera, this waltz is actually played by a military band. The arrangement concludes with the pompous polonaise (also mentioned above) which opens the last act: the ideal music to characterize high aristocracy in the salon of a palace in St. Petersburg.

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