Par MCCABE JOHN. This work is sub-titled 'Scherzo for soprano, counter-tenor, cello and harpsichord' and is dedicated to the Lydian Ensemble. The words are taken from translations by Robert Kotewall and Norman L. Smith in the Penguin Book of Chinese Verse and are three short poems about rain. The songs are performed as a continuous and very short work, in which thematic material of a scherzando na…

Par WILLS ARTHUR / RATCLIFFE DESMOND / JACKSON FRANCIS. In this collection, the composers have attempted to provide pieces that display the individual tone-colours of the modern organ. Works of this nature are scarce, but their value, particularly for the recital, is considerable. This contrasted set could well be played as a group in one programme. / Niveau : INTERMEDIATE / Recueil / Orgue

Arr. Wil Van Der Beek. Par VON REZNICE EMIL NIKOLAUS. Emil Nikolaus V. Reznicek was born on May 4, 1860. Though he was originally destined for ajudicial career, his nature (that of a true musician)soon pointed him in the direction of music. As anorchestral conductor and a highly regarded musicteacher he made his mark in a number of cities, including Mannheim and Berlin. As a composer hesprang to f…

Bach composed his oratorio for the Feast of the Ascension in Leipzig in 1735. Though this work has the duration of a cantata, the choice of text places it among the oratorios. It combines the biblical account of the Ascension with chorales and free madrigal poems.As in other works which were composed during this same year (e.g. the 'Christmas Oratorio'), Bach reveals a special fondness for colourf…

Arr. Klaas Van Der Woude. Par BARRY JOHN. Along with John Williams, John Barry is probably one of today's greatest composer's of film scores. Dances with Wolves was one of his best with the music reflecting the truly panoramic nature of this Kevin Costner epic. / Niveau : 4 / Musique légère originale / Recueil / Brass Band

La forêt fantastique, ouvrage en deux recueils illustrés, propose 10 pièces pédagogiques destinées aux cours semi-collectifs. Elles sont écrites pour 2 ou 3 élèves harpistes de 1er cycle. Ces pièces utilisent les ressources sonores de l'instrument et ses modes de jeu (sons xylo, pincés, ongle, glissés, sons sifflés, zingage...) et font aussi appel à la voix (poème, voix parlée, chantée). Chaque r…

Spaur-Messe. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The relatively unspectacular nature of the 'Spaur Mass' may be one of the reasons for the fact that writers on music generally refer to it only as a peripheral work, a little sister of Mozart's 'important' church works. With regard to scoring, the 'Spaur Mass' belongs to the category of the 'missa solemnis', but its brevity and its stylistic character belo…

Par JARRELL MICHAEL. Articulée en quatre sections, caractérisées par une longue densification et une brève liquidation pour les deux premières, par une recherche du statique, mémoire ou vestige du mouvant, pour les deux dernières, cette oeuvre retrouve l'austérité et le dépouillement d'une partition comme Eco. 'La couleur du son est donc le grand territoire dont une région est constituée par la ha…

Par BURGMULLER FRIEDRICH. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874) was born into a German musical family- both his father and brother were also well-known composers. Settling in Paris after 1832, his light and intimate playing style won popularity in the sal…

Wq 217. Par BACH CARL PHILIPP EMMANUEL. His Heilig Wq 217 is just 6 minutes long. Bach, however, put all his art into these few minutes, as he himself wrote to his publisher: „ Here I have proved the most daring and hard work . . . It will be my swan song of this nature, and serve to ensure that you do not forget myself too soon after my death“. The work requires an extraordinary instrumentation: …

'Ce pre?lude exprime un intense sentiment de sagesse et d'humilite?, comme si Paul sterne souhaitait retracer la brie?vete? et la vulne?rabilite? de la nature humaine, Cette musique nous projette vers une se?re?nite?, une quie?tude, une de?livrance de l'esprit, La partie soliste arpente le registre me?dium et aigu du hautbois exigeant une gestion soucieuse du phrase? et de la qualite? des attaques…

Par SCHNEBEL DIETER. Ce travail décrit et interprète psychologiquement la routine quotidienne de Pan, le Dieu de bergers et de la nature dans la mythologie grecque : éveil, le désir et la tentation, la chasse et la ecstasy(...). Pourvu que ' Pan ' n'est pas effectuée comme une pièce solo, l'instrument pour l'accompagnement de drone ressemblant en partie peut être librement choisi and ndash - idéal…

Par CASABLANCAS BENET. Albumblatt für Arriaga, commissioned by the Trio Arriaga and lasting some 7:30 minutes, is the composer's fourth contribution to the classical violin, cello and piano ensemble, for which he has a special esteem. The work was written in homage to the composer Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, and at the same time as a token of gratitude and admiration for the Trio Arriaga, to whose me…

Ed. Critica A. Borin. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Casa Ricordi Milano in partnership with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia (Istituto Antonio Vivaldi). Critical edition by Alessandro Borin. The six Concerts op. VI for violin, strings and continuo by Antonio Vivaldi were published in Amsterdam by Roger in 1719. Although the contribution of Vivaldi was probably modest – even to assume that the collection wa…

Spaur-Messe. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The relatively unspectacular nature of the 'Spaur Mass' may be one of the reasons for the fact that writers on music generally refer to it only as a peripheral work, a little sister of Mozart's 'important' church works. With regard to scoring, the 'Spaur Mass' belongs to the category of the 'missa solemnis', but its brevity and its stylistic character belo…