Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. Kaija Saariaho’s first work for stage was premiered at the Sibelius Academy in 1981 and not performed again until 2022 when the composer reconstructed the work, including the original tape part which had been lost. It was published for the first time in 2023. The piece is based on T S Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men and features a soprano solo with electronic audio and lighting des…

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 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…

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…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Vocalise was written for The Purcell Composition Prize 1994 and first performed by Sheherazade - Verona Chard (soprano), Denise Dance (flute) and Fiona Clifton-Welker (harp) at the Purcell Room, London on 12 April 1994. Recorded by Korros Ensemble: Nick Ellis (clarinet), Camilla Pay (harp), Eliza Marshall (flute) and released in 2022 through Convivium Records CR071. / Date…

Par FRANCES-HOAD CHERYL. Commissioned by Fenella Humphreys with funding from The Marchus Trust First performed by Fenella Humphreys (violin), Ben Griffiths (double bass), Murray Grainger (accordion) and George Barton (percussion) at the Chiltern Arts Festival in September 2020. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Violon, Contrebasse, Accordéon et Percussion

Par THORVALDSDOTTIR ANNA. This work was commissioned by the New European Ensemble. The World Premiere took place on 7 March 2020 at Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague, The Netherlands. / Date parution : 2022-09-07/ Répertoire / Ensemble