Par CAMPO REGIS. Peu importe les tensions qui traversent Street-Art de Re´gis Campo, interpre´te´ ici par l'ensemble TM+ sous la direction de Laurent Cuniot : tension entre discours musical savant et formes populaires, entre sophistication des modes de jeu et spontane´ite´ de l'expression, et qu'il he´rite peut-e^tre d'un compositeur comme Ennio Morricone, dont l'influence l'a durablement marque´.…

This comprehensive collection is the best one-volume source available on the topic, with a mix of familiar recital standards and intriguing material awaiting discovery. Includes composers from c. 1900 into the 21st century. Some songs make their first published appearance in American Art Song: Gian Carlo Menotti's moving 'The Old Man's Song,? Michael Tilson Thomas' inspired 'Grace,? dedicated to L…

Maja S. K. Ratkje's A Dismantled Ode To The Moral Value Of Art for 6 Part Chorus.It was performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein at a concert to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall it appears in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Hitler celebrated his birthdays with it and the government of Rhodesia made it their anthem. And the prisoners in German concentration camps played it. It als…

Arctic Funk might just as well have been a flashing sequel to a scene from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Popular music but with a difference as indicated by the title. The work's quiet section temporarily soothes down the heated passion of its two corner movements but everywhere else action is required throughout. The work was commissioned in 1991 by Troms' Brass. Situated just above the …

Danzón Cubano était composée à l'automne 1942, comme un morceau d'anniversaire pour célébrer le 20e anniversaire de la Ligue de compositeurs. Dans sa forme originale pour deux pianos, il a d'abord joué par Leonard Bernstein et Aaron Copland à un concert de témoigner de l'hôtel de ville and la ndash- and la fiche - salut à la Ligue de compositeurs and rdquo- and ndash - en décembre 1942. Cette band…

The show-stopping song from West Side Story presented here as a separate song sheet and arranged for Piano Voice and Guitar.

Au XXe siècle de nombreux compositeurs dont George Gershwin et Leonard Bernstein ont enrichi leur langage musical avec des éléments de jazz. Jazzotic Flight (mot-valise anglais contraction de jazz et exotic) est un voyage musical autour du monde.Trois points d'escale sont prévus : l'un sur le sol africain l'autre en Inde et le dernier en Amérique Latine. Les éléments de jazz tissent un lien e…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Stepstones est une commande de l’Harmonie Victoria Téiteng de Tétange (Luxembourg) pour la célébration de son 125e anniversaire. Le compositeur inclut des références musicales à deux musiciens, notamment au compositeur d’opéra Gioachino Rossini, qui est mort 25 ans avant la fondation cette harmonie, et au légendaire chef et compositeur Leonard Bernstein, né 25 ans après sa c…

The Nash Ensemble commissioned Richard Rodney Bennett to write Sonata After Syrinx for Flute Viola and Harp. The work was inspired by Debussy's Syrinx for Solo Flute and the score directs that Sonata After Syrinx should always be preceded by a performance of the Debussy work. Composer performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and many awa…

Symphony No.5 Op.50 was composed by Carl Nielsen in 1922. Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) was a Danish musician often seen as his country’s greatest composer. While his operas and songs have become embedded in the cultural heritage of his native Denmark internationally he is better known for his symphonies and concertos – distinguished by his prominent use of Brass instruments and dramatic …

The composer says: For years, my fellow guitarists have been asking me to compose a solo classical guitar piece that reflects that most American of musical styles'the blues. Their prodding was the motivation for Periwinkle Memories; the inspiration for the piece, however, really came from a maestro of extraordinary skill, and a teacher of even more extraordinary patience, Elias Barreiro, my guita…

This comprehensive collection is the best one-volume source available on the topic, with a mix of familiar recital standards and intriguing material awaiting discovery. Includes composers from c. 1900 into the 21st century. Some songs make their first published appearance in American Art Song: Gian Carlo Menotti's moving 'The Old Man's Song,? Michael Tilson Thomas' inspired 'Grace,? dedicated to L…

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Je…

Par BERIO LUCIANO. Published in a new oblong study score, Berio's 1968 tribute to Leonard Bernstein and the 125th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic is a masterwork of contemporary composition. Most famously, the third movement exemplifies the concept of meta music, in which a quote from Mahler is used to surround and encompass further quotes from several other composers./ Répertoire / 8 Voi…

Par BOULANGER NADIA. Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces for Viola and Piano Posterity has retained of Nadia Boulanger only her gifts as a virtuoso of the piano and organ, her skill as a conductor (of vocal ensemble and orchestra) and most of all, her incredible charisma as a teacher. For nearly sixty years, 'Mademoiselle' made the most of her famous Wednesdays, bringing rigour and passion to the tra…