Par BRYARS GAVIN. “Apart from the ten 5-minute string quartets that I wrote in 1992 as the original version of A Man in a Room, Gambling, there are 8 years between my second and third quartets. Another element which finds its way into the quartet comes from my work with groups from the world of early music, particularly from the experience of writing for a consort of viols …. In several places I a…

Part I-VI. Par EGGERT MORITZ. Hämmerklavier' is a full-length cyclical work. The composer tries casting off the straight-jacket of hide-bound musical traditions, sending the listener on a voyage of discovery and liberation. The 'Hämmer' of the title refers not to the action of the pianoforte nor to Beethoven’s 'Hammerklaviersonate' but to the mental approach required of the performer who needs to …

Music Of Our Time. Par BRYARS GAVIN. String Quartet No. 2 was written in 1990 commissioned by the Huddersfield Festival and the Balanescu Quartet. 'This second quartet is a more relaxed, easy-going piece than the first./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823. In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schil…

Par HARTMANN KARL AMADEUS. / Répertoire / Orchestre

50 Etüden. Par HELLER BARBARA. Barbara Heller opens a new world of etudes by combining finger technique with vocal quality. Pianist and teacher Irina Schwertfeger presents all these studies in progressive order from easy to difficult. This edition is a collection of different studies, containing both diatonic, chromatic and bitonal studies as well as studies using only black keys, and easy triad …

Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The European Hymn is the hymn not only of the European Union but of Europe in a broader sense. The melody has been taken from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1823. In the last movement of this symphony Beethoven set music to the 'Ode to Joy' by Friedrich von Schiller from 1785. This poem sprang from Schil…

arranged for double bass choir. Par BRYARS GAVIN. Written by double bass player Gavin Bryars, this arrangement is one of a series of works for double bass ensemble. Originally scored for viola, cello, double bass and electric guitar, Epilogue from Wonderlawn offers the perfect opportunity to experience the Bryars sound world./ Répertoire / Ensemble de Conterbasse [Minimum 8]

Par SEARLE LESLIE. Two swinging waltzes from the pen of the Englishman Leslie Searle, born in 1937. Easy to play, popular in style, a welcome addition to the repertoire for strings in the well-known Schott series MODERN STRINGS. These compositions may be played by various combinations of instruments, from a string quintet to a string orchestra. Other pieces by Leslie Searle: Ragtimes for String En…

Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Niels Gade (1817-1890), who was born in Copenhagen and spent most of his life there, went to Leipzig in 1843 for further training on a royal scholarship. There he became friends with Robert Schumann and found an eager patron in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. He is regarded as the most important figure of the Danish musical scene in the 19th century. His charming cycle 'Der K…

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Piano