for 3 sopranos and baroque instruments. Par PECOU THIERRY. For me, as someone who considers myself far removed from Christian spirituality and closer to the concept of Immanence than to any form of Transcendence, it was obvious to me that I would not compose a Miserere comparable to Alesandro Scarlatti’s Lamentazioni. It was also my wish to theatricalise the subject matter, following pagan rituals…

Or Organ. Par ROESGEN-CHAMPION MARGUERITE. Born in Geneva of a jeweller father (and excellent flautist) and singer mother, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894-1976) was one of those rare women who reconciled family life (in 1926, she settled in Paris with her husband, a philately merchant) with a professional activity devoted to music. Her abundant output graced all genres, with a predilection for s…

for soprano and piano. Par CASKEN JOHN. Chansons de Verlaine were completed in 2006. The third song, Colloque sentimental, was written in 2003 for Alison Smart and Katharine Durran’s New French Song project. It was as a result of having written one short song to words by Verlaine that I subsequently decided to set two further poems to make a group of three. All three were also set by Debussy: L’…

C Major. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. In Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, a piano trio provides the soloists – a first in the history of music. Beethoven’s treatment of the trio is pioneering: he does not apply a typical piano trio setting in contrast to the orchestra, but varies his treatment of the solo parts, allowing each instrument to play alone with the orchestra (particularly the cello), using two…

Fairy Tale Suite Op. 44. Par BACKER-GRONDAHL AGATHE. Agathe Backer Grøndahl is primarily known as an accomplished Norwegian pianist, but her brilliant compositions have received little attention to date. The ‘fairytale suite‘ I Blaafjellet, Op. 44, consists of six virtuoso piano movements of great originality and beauty, inspired by Norwegian mythical creatures. First-ever Urtext edition, edited b…

Grand Prix - Sangbogen is the first book to be dedicated to the world's biggest music competition, the Grand Prix - also known as the Eurovision.Edited and written by Jakob Faurholt, Finn Gravesen and Henrik Smith-Sivertsen, this book is packed with photos, anecdotes and information about the artists who have taken part in the competition over the years, with facts about the individual songs that …

Kait Kerrigan (words) and Brian Lowdermilk (music) have been hailed as 'the most important young writers in musical theatre today.? This songbook collects 17 of their works from their shows The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, Henry and Mudge, The Woman Upstairs, Republic, and Tales from the Bad Years. In addition, the book includes an introduction about the pair and notes about each …

Par GORILLAZ. Murdoch, Russel, 2D and Noodles return with another groundbreaking adventure into the animated, anti-celebrity world of Gorillaz with their second album, arranged here for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Jamie Hewlett's animated stars continue to scale the dizzy heights of virtual celebrity, with an album that has proved to be packed to the limits with hits. With the infamous Grey Album pro…

Par DOBRZYNSKI IGNACY FELIKS. Dobrzynski’s Two Mazurkas are worthy of pianists’ attention. Despite the considerable simplification of means and the use of a conventional form, the composer succeeded in creating miniatures not devoid of charm, elegance and a certain unpretentious freshness. Their performance does not require advanced skill, so they may represent valuable additions to the repertoire…

The magic continues: Valentina, the little witch, and her friend Chebby the Fox have returned, bringing with them many things for the little musicians to discover and to learn in Vol. 2 of the recorder method Flötenzauber. Following up on the first volume, the method has been designed carefully and in a manner suitable for children, gradually involving the right hand and extending the tonal range …

Par YE XIAOGANG. 'Datura was commissioned by Accessible Contemporary Music and was written in a unique way. I composed the piece in installments over the summer of 2006 and emailed them to Seth Boustead who forwarded them on to the ensemble. In this unique way of working I was able to have time between each installment to think about what would come next and to get feedback from the performers abo…