per organo. Par VASKS PETERIS. Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous organ of the Cathedral in Riga where the composer has been living for a long time. Like in almost all his compositions, the basic idea of 'Canto di forza' is the person…

Vienna version 1781. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. Gluck Iphigenie auf Tauris (Vienna version 1781) (Vocal Score) Music drama in four acts Following upon the great success of “Iphigénie en Tauride”, Gluck arranged the popular drama of human passions, guilt and unconditional friendship once again for Vienna’s Burgtheater, where it was premièred in 1781. Especially remarkable is the masterly orche…

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. Memento Mori is a work for Orchestra from celebrated Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe. The piece features some hauntingly beautiful melodies and striking tonal contrasts. The work is said to be inspired by a visit to Easter Island, famous for its great stone heads, monuments that can be seen as both an example of the indomitable nature of the human spirit and as part of i…

Tarik O'Regan's Mass Observation was commissioned for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Jerry Blackstone, conductor, thanks to support from the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Choral Commissioning Fund and the Barbara Abramoff Levy Fund. Composer's note: Mass Observation is a meditation on the histories of our varied ambivalent relationships with surveillance in its myriad guises. The use …

Par MEYER RICHARD. Written as a metaphor for the hardship and isolation caused by the 2020 pandemic, this dramatic tone poem is a testament to courage and the undaunted nature of the human spirit. The piece follows the voyage of a ship and its crew to the open sea and into a devastating storm resulting in the separation of the crew and its ultimate reunion. The memorable melodies and stirring harm…

Peteris Vasks occupe une position particulière dans le cercle des compositeurs baltes. Il n'est pas seulement le compositeur le plus important et populaire jamais à sortir de la Lettonie, il parle toujours à ses auditeurs avec une intensité fervente qui semble pointer vers quelque chose de supérieur. Cet aspect supérieur est sans doute quelque chose qui se dresse au-dessus du monde de l'humanité, …