Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Only eleven of the over one hundred symphonies by Joseph Haydn are composed in a minor key. Written in the early 1770s, the Symphony Hob.I:52 in C minor bears some similarities to the slightly earlier Symphony in E minor Hob.I:44 (?Mourning?, BA 10988), not only because they both are composed in a minor key but also because they both feature a pair of horns tuned at different pit…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt received a commission to compose this work from the Agenzia Romana per la preparazione del Giubileo, that was, the body responsible for the organisation of the Holy Year 2000 in Rome. Pärt was asked to write a work to be performed by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Pärt was inspired by the story of the martyrdom of Saint Cecilia and he…

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Libretto with German, English, French and Italian text. Piano reduction by Carl Goetz. Libretto with German, English, French and Italian text. Piano reduction by Carl Goetz./ Répertoire / Livret d'Opéra

in Full Score. Par WEBER CARL MARIA VON. First performed in Berlin in 1821, Der Freischütz is recognized as the wellspring of German Romantic opera. It was immensely influential in subject matter, atmosphere, orchestration, and other aspects on all later German operatic writing, and it is still quite popular. The composition of Der Freischütz occupied Weber for an unusually long time. He started i…

Par BYRNE DAVID. Dans cette somme consacrée à  la fabrique de la musique, David Byrne analyse son évolution acoustique, technologique, économique, sociale et politique. . . A ses yeux, faire de la musique est un plaisir. Quels que soient les contextes et les formes qui pourront émerger, nous trouverons toujours un moyen de nous y accorder au mieux. Qu'est-ce que la musique ' Elle était autrefois u…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert’s popular German Mass of 1827 follows in the footsteps of Michael Haydn’s work Deutsches Hochamt by turning to a German translation of the Ordinary mass. Its homophonic texture and largely syllabic setting of the words make it more accessible to lay choruses than Schubert’s masses in Latin, an advantage reinforced by its diatonic melodic writing and constantly sl…

Souls Of The Righteous. Par BYRD WILLIAM. SSATB unaccompanied Latin and English Texts Edited by E H Fellowes/ Répertoire / SATB a Cappella

Par PEGLER HEIDI / KEMP N.J.. The ability to sing in foreign languages is a much-needed skill for singers, but few vocal training resources tackle this aspect comprehensively in one book. With this in mind, ABRSM examiners and professional singers Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp have written The language of song, a graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully select…

Kantate Zum Neujahrstag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. This cantata was first performed in Leipzig on New Year’s Day 1726. It belongs to a small group of compositions which were composed between Advent 1725 and mid-January 1726 and whose text were written by the same author. There is no reference to the New Year in connection with the circumcision and naming of Jesus in this “afternoon worship servic…

Dialogo À 8. Aus: Italienische Madrigale. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. text possibly by Heinrich Schütz/ Répertoire / Choeur SATB/SATB