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…

Domine, refugium factus es nobis. Par SCHANDERL HANS. Kurt Suttner, editor of the “carus novus” series, has written as follows in the foreword to the printed edition of Schanderl’s setting of Psalm 90: The seven verses of Psalm 90 contrast the eternity of God with the transitoriness of man. This contrast is symbolized in the composition by the majestic, slow-moving basic pulse of the music, and by…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. This addition to the Curnow Music Press GREAT FOUNDATIONS SERIES of pre-Grade 1 publications is accessible to young musicians who have been playing for just a few weeks. A simple, repetitive theme with flashy, but very easy percussion writing ensures that you can have THE CHARIOTEERS ready to perform in time for the concert, even if you have “precious little” rehearsal time. Th…

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…

Par LEMAITRE DOMINIQUE. La contemplation des nuages est à l’origine de cette pièce et plus précisément leur caractéristique première : le mouvement perpétuel de masses vaporeuses aux contours flous et instables car la nature même des nuages est de l’ordre de l’insaisissable. C’est pourquoi l’imaginaire lié aux nuages répond également aux rêveries autour du lointain, de l’infini, de l’indéterminé e…

Dans une démarche et par une écriture très personnelles, David Dupire s'interroge sur la nature, au piano, de la poésie de l'interprétation, plus que jamais menacée à l'heure actuelle. / Livre

Par HINDEMITH PAUL. The work of Paul Hindemith is encyclopedic in nature. From the outset, he worked in all musical genres and devised several of his musical ideas and projects not as individual, self-contained works but as work cycles with different functional relationships. These contrasting pieces complement each other if experienced as part of the overall structure. Hindemith himself not only …

Par GALLET LOUIS / POIRSON PAUL. Passé à la postérité avec ses opéras, comme Manon (1884), Werther (1892) ou Don Quichotte (1910), Jules Massenet (1842-1912) a également composé au début de sa carrière quatre opérettes, connues jusqu’à présent seulement par leur titre. Représentée pour la première fois en mars 1874, L’Adorable Belboul fut longtemps considérée comme perdue, voire détruite à la dema…

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 / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Concert Pieces from the Clarinet Method. Par BAERMANN CARL. The clarinet method op. 63 by Carl Baermann from 1867 is still a standard work in classical clarinet education today. The thoroughly revised new edition aims at reviewing the educational concept, which is still valid today, for modern lessons, adjusting the music and texts, and sensibly complementing the teaching contents. The editor who …