Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Fleurs de neige is an arrangement for string quartet of the last section of Neiges for eight cellos (1998), a five movement work inspired by the shimmers, structural symmetries, and mutations of snow. Exploring textures of interwoven harmonic trills, the work was arranged in 2013 specifically for the Meta4 string quartet. / Date parution : 2024-06-01/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Co…

Par DAVIS OLIVER. The Bute Cello Duets by Oliver Davis come from his 2020 album Solace, recorded at the height of the Covid lockdown. They were originally recorded by cellists Katherine Jenkinson and Nicholas Holland. / Date parution : 2024-06-01/ Recueil / Violoncelle Duet

Film Works on Piano. Par PORTMAN RACHEL. Avec Beyond the Screen, Rachel Portman a rassemblé certaines de ses musiques de film les plus prisées pour piano solo. Elle parle de son piano comme étant son meilleur ami et précise même : 'Je passe toute la journée avec mon piano, quasiment tous les jours. Je pense que je suis probablement pianiste dans l'âme'. Les pièces miniatures pour piano constituent…

Par BELL IAIN . A monodrama encapsulating the compassion, grief, hope and terror of those living through the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The Man With Night Sweats was commissioned by Nigel Foster and the London Song Festival and premiered by Nathan Gunn and Nigel Foster at the London Song Festival in December, 2020. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano

Par WEIR JUDITH. Composed as a test piece for the 60th St Albans International Organ Festival in 2023. Inspired by the story of Saint Alban, a simple, plainchant-like melody representing the martyr’s cloak gradually comes to the foreground, culminating in triumphant, fervent sounds of beatification. Although originally conceived for a 3-manual organ, the piece can be adapted for a smaller or large…

Par ELIAS BRIAN. I Saw a Peacock by Brian Elias is a set of six songs for baritone and piano, commissioned by Wigmore Hall and premiered by James Newby and Joseph Middleton. Of particular interest to the composer was the eponymous poem; though generally anthologised as a nursery rhyme, it contains apocalyptic and almost biblical imagery. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Baryton et Piano

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Lullaby was composed in 2018 following the passing of composer Oliver Knussen and is dedicated to his memory. It was premiered in 2019 by Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Violoncelle

(chamber version). Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. The flute concerto Aile du Songe was first composed in 2001, commissioned by the Flanders Festival, the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This 2022 arrangement is for flute and chamber orchestra / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Orchestre de Chambre et Flûte

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…