Offertorium Zum Ostersonntag. Par EBERLIN JOHANN ERNST. Eberlin’s programmatic setting of the offertory “Terra tremuit” was written for the festive liturgy of Easter Sunday at Salzburg Cathedral, which in the 17th and 18th centuries was a center of the cultivation of the polyphonic offertory. Verses 9 and 10 of Psalm 76 [Vulgata 75], with their vivid description of the earth trembling and falling …

Camille Saint-Saëns
Le Carnaval des animaux
Ernst-Günter Heinemann (Editeur)
Edition Urtext, reliure paperback
pour flûte (piccolo), clarinette (Si bémol/Ut), harmonica de verre, xylophone, piano I, piano II, violon I, violon II, alto, violoncelle, contrebasse
Conçu en tant que pièce humoristique de circonstance à l’occasion du concert de Carnaval de son ami le violoncelli…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt wrote the prayer of peace 'Da pacem Domine' to fulfil a commission from Jordi Savall. He began to set this ninth-century Gregorian antiphon two days after the Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004 as his personal tribute to the victims. Since then Da pacem Domine has been performed every year in Spain to commemorate the victims of this terrorist attack. Even while originally co…

En grec, syn signifie ' union ', et aesthesis ' sensation '. La synesthésie est un phénomène neurologique qui associe plusieurs sens. Certains compositeurs célèbres, comme Alexandre Skriabine, en étaient victimes et voyaient à l'écoute de différents sons des changements dans la perception des couleurs. Aussi, au-delà de la correspondance entre les sens, j'ai souhaité imaginer une oeuvre qui pourra…

Commissioned by Gavin Bryars' long-standing collaborators, ensemble Aventa, and with a libretto by author and poet Marilyn Bowering, Bryars' Marilyn Forever examines the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, and her intellectual and emotional relationships with death and love.Often seen as a victim, fantasy and sex object, the character of Monroe is fleshed out in this chamber opera: 'We are given through…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This three-movement symphony musically depicts the history of Hungary. Key historical figures, wars and other important events from this country inspired all three movements. The first movement depicts Atilla, the King of the Huns, and is characterised by fear, threat and aggression. The second movement focuses on Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian State and the final movem…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Condacum’ was composed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Arts Council in the Belgian district of Kontich, the home town of the composer Jan Van der Roost. It is an interesting composition in which the history of this Belgian community is depicted in sound. The opening reminds one of the advance of the Roman army, whilst the dynamic development is full of vitaliy…

Ce livre n'est pas un polar comme les autres, même si aucun des composants - classiques du genre - n'y manque : coupable et victime, flic et détective amateur, témoins hauts en couleur, sur fond de suspense savamment dosé. Cependant, le mariage de ces incontournables ingrédients est totalement inattendu : la victime n'en est pas vraiment une, le coupable n'a rien du tueur en série ou du maniaque d…

Par ANDERSON JULIAN. A collection of eight engagingly quirky miniatures from 1997, Julian Anderson’s Poetry Nearing Silence was inspired by the work of artist Tom Phillips. The highly contrasted, often bizarre juxtapositions of Phillips’s The Heart of a Humument – whichsees him ‘treating’ an obscure late Victorian novel by selecting certain words and phrases, and then painting over the rest of eac…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This piece depicts the refined beauty of the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset. These are the best times to view the Canyon with the sun low in the sky casting shadows that give depth and form to the vast panorama. Angel’s Gate is one of the many named rock formations in the canyon. The composer has tried to depict the sights and sounds of dawn, birdsong in the early morning sk…