Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Sinfonia Hungarica est une oeuvre de commande pour l’Orchestre d’Harmonie de Kiskunfelegyhaze en Hongrie. Elle est dédiée à Ferenc Jankovski (Directeur de l’Orchestre d’Harmonie), Jozsef Ficsor (Maire de la ville de Kiskunfelegyhaze) et Gabriella Kiss. Cette symphonie en trois mouvements retrace l’histoire de la Hongrie. L’ensemble des trois mouvements s’inspire de la vie de…

Suito Sketches. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. The Landing (“Les bâtisseurs”) - Sword Dance (“La danse du sabre”) - Nightfall by the River (“La rivière à la tombée de la nuit”) - Towards the Future (“Regards vers le futur”) : La ville d'Osaka vit de l’eau et vit avec l’eau. C'est pourquoi on la surnomme « la capitale de l’eau » ( suito, en japonais) depuis les temps anciens. Le sous-titre s’imposait comme…

The great talent of Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) showed very early: At the age of 12, she published her first composition. Georges Bizet, a friend of the family, predicted her great future. After her successful debut as a pianist in Paris in 1877, she began busy concert activities as a solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor in many European countries as well as in the USA and Canada.Although…

auf Texte aus der Bibel. Par HAKIM NAJI. Die Taube (The Dove) was commissioned by ”Kirchenmusik bei St. Anna Augsburg” to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the 'Augsburger Religionsfrieden' (Religious peace of Augsburg). It is based on three biblical verses related to peace : Gen. 8/11, Luk. 1/79, Joh. 14/27. The music is through composed and develops the character of the verses with contrasted s…

Edward Elgar's Salut d'amour is one of those pieces by the British composer that has a particularly haunting melody. Composed in 1888 for his future wife Caroline Alice Roberts, the work became an enormous success early on. There are numerous arrangements - but the only versions for which the autograph manuscripts survive are those for Violin and Piano (HN 1188), Piano solo (HN 1190) and Violoncel…

Chandons Te Deum HWV 281. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Handel composed the 'Te Deum” in B-flat major HWV 281 in 1718 for the future Duke of Chandos, hence its nickname 'Chandos Te Deum”. Here it is called 'Te Deum for Cannons” after the Duke's stately home named Cannons where the first performance took place. The unusual scoring for flute, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, two violins and basso continuo plu…

And Other Songs and Poems. Par CARTER SYDNEY. Songbook to accompany the Lord of the Dance CD CONTENTS Poem: My Believing Bones; Lord of the Dance; Present Tense; Poem: Doubting Tom; Pluck the Rose; Poem: What is Impossible; Poem: Run the Film Backwards; Come, Holy Harlequin; Judas and Mary; Poem: The New Song; Poem: Reversal; Poem: By this Sea; Poem: Robinson Crusoe; Bird of Heaven; After Six and …

Flight into a Hopeful Future. Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Voyage est une pièce en trois parties qui s’enchaînent sans interruption : une ouverture brillante et joyeuse (Joy), un passage central qui expose une mélodie sous la forme d’un choral (Gratitude), et un fi nale optimiste qui décline le courage et l’espoir (Courage and Hope). Voyage porte les prémisses d’un avenir prometteur. / Niveau : 4 / Piè…

'My most important desire and wish was to one day give my experience with the piano over to each pianist, and future young performer. But I have never seen myself as a teacher in the general meaning of the word. Rather I have seen in myself someone who sheds light, one who directs with a small lamp those similar to himself. My intentions may appear presumptuous to some, but it is what I have found…

Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. 55 sonates, 55 pianistes – Édition en 3 volumes: HN 1336 (volume I), HN 1338 (volume II), HN 1340 (volume III) 55 pianistes internationaux célèbres ont pu être convaincus de choisir chacun une sonate pour piano de Haydn, afin de la parrainer en lui conférant ses doigtés personnels – une sorte de «Who’s who» du monde contemporain du piano. Les Éditions G. Henle proposent ici…