What a glorious sight: GPS enabled Burns app launched on the bard’s birthday

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Magnus Orr

A new app is launched today on iTunes dedicated to Scotland’s famous poet, Robert Burns. The app presents the life and work of Robert Burns in a new context and has been divided into five main sections: Quotes, Locations, Works, Timeline and Characters. Together they provide a great resource to discover more about Robert Burns.

• Find out quotes for different occasions.
• Discover the nearest Burns’ landmarks, wherever you are in the World.
• Have some of Burns greatest works at your fingertips!
• Use the timeline to find key dates.
• Learn more about the characters in Burns’ life and works.
• The Robert Burns app is an ongoing project with new content added on a regular basis.

The app was developed by Momedia and a group of dedicated Burns fans – it is their ambition over time to include every significant location associated with Burns in order to provide a valuable resource for enthusiasts seeking to explore where the poet and his friends and family played out their lives”. All feedback and insight greatly appreciated.

Special thanks: Robert Brown, former curator of Irvine Robert Burns Museum for helping compile content for this guide. Grace Brown for work compiling information on characters.

Available on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robert-burns/id489279949?mt=8

New App Launch: Liszt Piano Collection

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Momedia

Download the collection of major piano sheet music by Franz Liszt. Build your music library with the practical resource to explore, reference and learn music.

Features:

Music scores contained within the app – no further downloads.
Excellent viewing with full page sheet music browser.
Easy page turn with one swipe.
Zoom in either landscape or portrait mode.
Universal app works on iPhone or iPad.
Uses high resolution images for extra clarity.
The price includes over 2,300 pages of sheet music for piano by Liszt.

Create your own repertoire list – spend more time playing! Explore the wonderful music of Liszt with this recently launched app – Liszt Piano. The app features a library of 213 works by one of the World’s finest piano composers.

The core function of this app is to display sheet music for the piano. With a back-lit display and excellent contrast, an iPad or iPhone makes a perfect partner. Music is displayed full screen with ‘zoom’ and ‘page swipe’ – to enlarge detail and flick pages. Say goodbye to shifting through dusty manuscripts – with one tap music is brilliantly displayed onscreen – bringing classical music to a new generation.

No gimmicks, just a great way to display sheet music – with a modern twist: social media links for sharing tips and connecting with other users. High-resolution music images are embedded within the app, so only one download is required for the complete library.

List of sheet music by Liszt included in App

Liszt Piano – is produced by Momedia, a company based in the UK specialising in creative digital media and events.

Liszt Piano – a practical resource to explore Liszt’s musical scores is available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/liszt-piano/id494105992?mt=8

Momedia – helping explore, reference and learn music.

Richard Goode returns to Scotland

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Momedia

American pianist Richard Goode’s concert in Perth Concert Hall on Friday 3 February is the only chance for music lovers to see the world famous performer in Scotland this year, and is the first time he has performed in the country since 2006.

Acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of classical and romantic music, New York born Goode has played with the very top orchestras and conductors. His 2011/12 season includes recitals at London’s Royal Festival and Wigmore halls, in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, in Madrid and in Budapest.

He won many Scottish fans as Artist in Residence at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2004 and 2006.

Richard Goode is co-artistic director with Perth audience favourite Mitsuko Uchida of the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont (USA).

The 3 February programme features spectacular works of romantic music by Chopin and Schumann.

Creative director of classical music for Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, James Waters said: “Richard Goode is well known to Scottish audiences through his unforgettable performances at the Edinburgh International Festival over many years. He is truly one of the great artists of today and it is an honour to welcome him to Perth Concert Hall.”

Tickets and information for the above concerts and all of Horsecross Arts January to April programme are available from Box Office on 01738 621031, visit: www.horsecross.co.uk.

Richard Goode

in recital

Fri 3 Feb: 7.30pm | Perth Concert Hall
Schumann Kinderszenen Op.15
Schumann Kreisleriana Op.16
Chopin        Nocturne in E-flat major Op.55 No.2
Chopin        Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor Op.39
Chopin        Waltz in A-flat major Op.64 No.3
Chopin        Waltz in C-sharp minor Op.64 No.2
Chopin        Waltz in F major Op.34 No.3
Chopin        Ballade No.3 in A-flat major Op.47

App launch: Chopin Polonaises

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Magnus Orr

Extend your piano sheet music library with the full collection of Chopin’s polonaises – with this practical resource to explore, reference and learn music.

Features:

Music scores contained within the app – no further downloads.
Excellent viewing with full page sheet music browser.
Easy page turn with one swipe.
Zoom in either landscape or portrait mode.
Universal app works on iPhone or iPad.
Uses high resolution images for extra clarity.
Create your own repertoire list – spend more time playing!

Includes:

Polonaise in G minor, B.1
Grande fantaisie sur des airs polonais, Op.13
Polonaise in B-flat minor, B.13
Andante spianto et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22
Polonaises, Op.26
Introduction et polonaise brillante, Op.3
Polonaise in G-flat major, B.36
Polonaises, Op.40
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op.44
Polonaise in A-flat major, B.5
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
Polonaise in G-sharp minor, B.6
Polonaise-fantaise, Op.61
Polonaises, Op.71

Rather than download each piece – the sheet music is indexed and embedded within the app – so you spend less time sorting music and more time playing!

Available on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopin-polonaises/id491296785?mt=8

Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is regarded as one the greatest Polish composers and one of the very finest composers for the piano. A major figure in nineteenth-centry classical music and the Romantic Period, Chopin was one of a very small group of child prodigies, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn.

Chopin composed his first polonaise at the age of seven, and he greatly developed the style over the course of his creative career. As in the case of the nocturnes, Chopin perfected an existing form. Among the best known polonaises are the “Military” Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1, and the “Heroic” or “Drum” Polonaise in A♭, Op. 53 – both are included in this app.

The polonaise is a processional dance in triple time, the hallmark rhythm of which comprises an eighth note and two sixteenths, followed by four eighth notes. Liszt felt that “this dance is designed above all to draw attention to the men and to gain admiration for their beauty, their fine arts, their martial and courteous appearance.”

For Chopin, however, these compositions are the finest expression of his nostalgic grief with respect to the struggles of his homeland. Chopin composed nine polonaises before leaving Poland. It is only later, in France, that his genius matured. “His seven later examples are thrilling in their splendour, rancour, and instrumental invention.”

Momedia – helping explore, reference and learn music.

New App Launch: Chopin Mazurkas

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Magnus Orr

iphone app - Chopin Mazurkas - sheet music An easy to use sheet music app featuring Frédérick Chopin’s mazurkas.

High- resolution music images are embedded within the app, so only one download is required to save the sheet music for Chopin’s nocturnes. Music is listed in the main index which includes a search function. You can also save music on your own repertoire list.

The mazurka (in Polish, mazurek) is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with accent on the third or second beat.

The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow machine kujawiak, and the fast oberek. The mazurek is always found to have either a triplet, trill, dotted eighth note (quaver) pair, or an ordinary eighth note pair before two quarter notes (crotchets). In the 19th century, the dance became popular in many ballrooms in different parts of Europe. The Polish national anthem has a mazurek rhythm but is too slow to be considered a mazurek. There are many Polish versions of the mazurek but the most notable one is the mazurka.

Chopin first started composing mazurkas in 1825, with a number composed in 1830, the year of the November Uprising, a Polish rebellion against the Russian government. Chopin continued composing them until 1849, the year of his death. The stylistic and musical characteristics of Chopin’s mazurkas differ from the traditional variety because Chopin in effect created a completely separate and new genre of mazurka all his own. For example, he used classical techniques in his mazurkas, including counterpoint and fugue. By including more chromaticism and harmony in the mazurkas, he made them more technically interesting than the traditional dances.

All sheet music is embedded within the app.
Available on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopin-mazurkas/id490715841?mt=8

Forthcoming app launch: Chopin Nocturnes

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Magnus Orr

This sheet music app features Frédérick Chopin’s nocturne compositions.

The core function of the app is to display sheet music. With a back-lit display an iPad or iPhone makes an excellent sheet music viewer. Music is displayed full screen with ‘zoom’ and ‘page swipe’ – to enlarge detail and flick pages.

A nocturne (from the French which meant nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus) is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the 18th century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party and then laid aside. Sometimes it carried the Italian equivalent, notturno, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s quadraphonic Notturno in D, K.286. At this time, the piece was not necessarily evocative of the night, but might merely be intended for performance at night, much like a serenade. Although Chopin did not invent the nocturne, he popularized and expanded on it, building on the form developed by Irish composer John Field.

All sheet music is embedded within the app.

New app celebrates the work of Chopin

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Magnus Orr

Download the complete collection of piano sheet music by Frédéric François Chopin. Build your music library - with this practical resource to explore, reference and learn music.

Features:
• Music scores contained within the app – no further downloads.
• Excellent viewing with full page sheet music browser.
• Easy page turn with one swipe.
• Zoom in either landscape or portrait mode.
• Universal app works on iPhone or iPad.
• Uses high resolution images for extra clarity.
• Create your own repertoire list – for quick access.

The price includes over 1,300 pages of sheet music for piano by Chopin.

Rather than download each piece – the sheet music is indexed and embedded within the app – so you spend less time sorting music and more time playing!

Music is displayed full screen with ‘zoom’ and ‘page swipe’ – to enlarge detail and change pages. Say goodbye to shifting through dusty manuscripts – with one tap music is brilliantly displayed onscreen – bringing classical music to a new generation.

No gimmicks, just a great way to display sheet music – with a nod to modernity: social media links for sharing tips and connecting with other users. High-resolution music images are all included within the app, so only one download is required for the complete library.

Frédéric Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is one of the most famous, influential, and admired composers and virtuoso pianists of the Romantic era. A major figure in nineteenth-centry classical music and the Romantic Period, Chopin was one of a very small group of child prodigies, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn.

Chopin’s legacy consists almost entirely of works for the piano. The instrument was everything to him, and he found previously undreamt of levels of subtlety and expression within its keys. He was acknowledged as a virtuoso, but one who had a very distinctive style, concentrating on delicacy of touch and extreme variations of dynamics and color. He was singularly gifted in the realm of melody, and was also a key figure in the popularizing of the polonaise, mazurka and other dance rhythms which was to lead many later composers to study closely the music of their own countries. Chopin’s music is often mercurial, and can move from the dreaminess of the nocturnes to the fire and spirit of the ballades and polonaises, the elegance and dash of his waltzes to the brutal emotional realism of his sonatas. His output was relatively slim, and of his orchestral works only the two piano concertos have held their place in the popular repertoire, but the diversity and variety of his keyboard achievements, and the phenomenal technical challenges set by his solo pieces, have given him a special place in the development of music.

Chopin Piano – is produced by Momedia, a company based in the UK specialising in creative digital media and events.

Chopin Piano – download the complete collection of piano sheet music by Frédéric François Chopin: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chopin-piano/

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Bagpipe sheet music app

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Magnus Orr

Pipefest 1 is the World’s first bagpipe sheet music app! With sheet music for 100 pipe tunes in a searchable index – the app is a great resource for pipers.

Features:
• A collection of one hundred traditional and popular pipe tunes.
• All tunes embedded within app – no further downloading.
• Tunes indexed by time signature and difficulty.
• Search function to help quickly find tunes.

Benefits:
• An app relevant to pipers
• Convenient way to store and learn tunes
• Tunes can be displayed immediately with just a couple of taps!
• Easy to use when out and about

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