Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, was premiered at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2021 in a production directed by Simon Stone. Set at a wedding, the drama centres around the repercussions of a school shooting that took place ten years earlier. The Original Finnish Libretto was written by Sofi Oksanan, from which the opera’s Multilingual Libretto was created by Aleksi…

Par THORVALDSDOTTIR ANNA. What Things Become was written for the Dream House Quartet which consists specifically of two pianos and two electric guitars. It was first performed in the United States in 2022. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / 2 Guitares Electriques et 2 Pianos

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. A five-minute solo organ work commissioned by Simon Hogan. First performed on 15th July 2023 at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, by Simon Hogan. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Orgue

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. This arrangement of Prospero's Vision, for tenor and string quartet, was first performed in August 2019 during the Creative Dialogue Workshop at the SIbelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. The text is from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes et Ténor

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. The two violin duets entitled Danse des Flocons were first written by the composer for her daughter Aliisa, who at the time was seven years old and an aspiring violinist. The titular flocons (flakes) refer both to snow - and Aliisa’s middle name Neige - and to pollen raining from the trees in the spring and summer. Danse des Flocons I & II are arranged here for string orchestra…

Par DESSNER BRYCE. Bryce Dessner’s Impermanence is an hour-long piece for dance scored for string quartet, commissioned by the Australian String Quartet and Sydney Dance Company. It features the song Another World by Anohni and premiered in Sydney, Australia in 2021. / Date parution : 2024-06-01/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par REID ELLEN. Desiderium is a short solo violin piece first performed by Pekka Kuusisto in Los Angeles, California. Dedicated to the violinist’s late brother, the composer notes, “This work is inspired by family: the warmth of the highs, the anguish of the lows, the whole world.” / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Violon

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. This version of Kaija Saariaho’s Quatre Instants for chamber orchestra is an arrangement of the composer’s own Quatre Instants for soprano and orchestra (2002). The first performance took place on 14 February 2017 in Paris, as part of the Radio France Festival Présences 2017, given by Marisol Montalvo (soprano) with the Secession Orchestra. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Réperto…

Par WHITBOURN JAMES. The Seven Heavens explores the life of C. S. Lewis in the planets of the Middle Ages. Composed in 2014 for SATB choir and orchestra. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / SATB et Orchestre

Par REID ELLEN. Commissioned by violinist Jennifer Koh for her Alone Together micro commissions project this miniature for solo violin is a lovely addition to the canon. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Violon

Par LUTHER ADAMS JOHN. The Light Within for ensemble is a companion piece to The Light That Fills the World, the harmonic colours of this new piece are more complex and mercurial than those of its outward-looking predecessor. Within this more introspective sonic space, the light changes more quickly, embracing darker hues and deeper shadows. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Ensemble de C…

Par SALONEN ESA-PEKKA. One of the few modern concertos to have already gained its place in the repertoire. Attention grabbing and thought provoking. Recording here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7MHEfWgUTpLfqCFSpzYqCv?si=c8b5aefb52ff4ce9 / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Violon

Par REID ELLEN. Tiresias, the Blind Prophet of Thebes, is on a walk, and along comes Orlando, the title character from Virginia Woolf's novel. Orlando, who is of noble birth, has only recently been changed - inexplicably - during seven mysterious days of unbroken sleep - from a man to a woman, and is crossing this plane heading from Constantinople back to England, his homeland. Tiresias assumes th…