Par BIGAND EMMANUEL. La science est aujourd'hui capable de comprendre l'effet de la musique sur le cerveau, c'est-à -dire qu'il est possible de suivre le parcours du son, de l'oreille jusqu'au cerveau, et de voir Grâce à  l'IRM, les effets que les sons produisent. On se rend compte que la musique modifie les mécanismes biochimiques du cerveau: elle active, par exemple, la production de dopamine, u…

Thomas Pawlowski (Auteur), Anne Serroy (Sous la direction de) - Relié – 4 novembre 2020 - Pour la première fois, un institut de sondage a défini et classé quelles sont les 1000 chansons francophones préférées des Français. Les sondés, un panel de 1000 Français représentatifs de la population, ont pu choisir parmi 3000 chansons quelles étaient leurs chansons francophones préférées. Les chansons pro…

Par STANCZYK MARCIN. In the mid-twentieth century, Wladyslaw Strzeminski painted a series of solaristic pictures entitled Powidoki swiatla (?Afterimages of light?), illustrating the optical impressions triggered by gazing at the sun. They can be observed when we look at the sun and then suddenly turn our eyes to a white sheet of paper. We then see a reflection of the light ? a trail in blue, contr…

2 Solo Sopranos, 2 Solo Altos, 3 Solo Tenors, 2 Solo Basses, Mixed Choir and Orchestra. Par MONTEVERDI CLAUDIO. Scholarly-critical Urtext edition orientated towards performance practice. Detailed critical commentary (Eng) in the full score. Movements 10, 13 and 14 are included in their original high clef in the appendix of the full score. These movements are also available with Piano reduction as …

Par ROBIN YANN. Orchestration : 1(picc.FlA.FlB).1.2(2clB.1clcB).1(cbn) / 1.1.1.1 / 2perc / hp / 2pno / 3.0.2.2.0 / Ircam Observation The electronic sections of this work were produced at Ircam. Electronic Music Design: Robin Meier Triades is a work in concertante form for solo double bass, an ensemble of twenty-one musicians and live electronics. This piece belongs to a larger cycle for double…

Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis based on a libretto by Peter Kien, ambiguously termed in the prologue as 'a kind of opera', was composed in the ghetto Terezín in 1943/44 and is considered one of the 'milestones of intellectual resistance' in Terezín and far beyond. The libretto takes a firm stand on the political situation in life by using the means of a mystery play. In the tradition of …

Full Score. Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès' The Tempest, one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years, is available for the first time as a beautifully produced, limited-edition full score. Featuring the stunning image 'Octopus' by artist Claire Burbridge, this unique cased edition includes colour plates of exclusive images from Ades' original handwritten score and sketches. Each c…

Tragédie-opéra Drame héroïque en trois actes. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s most popular opera “Orphée et Euridice” was performed in 1774 in Paris to sensational success. This new adaption followed the original Viennese version with Italian text that was first performed in 1762 under the direction of the composer in the Burgtheater. For the Paris version Gluck changed …

Par SZYMANOWSKI KAROL. (VII) The Polish idiom appeared in Szymanowskis music in 1920, foreshadowing the beginning of a new period of creativity, later called nationalistic. Before this idiom was realised and such compositions typical of the Polish style as the ballet Harnasie, the Mazurkas, Stabat Mater, Fourth Symphony and Second Violin Concerto had been written, the change in musical thinking an…