Par DVORAK ANTONIN. L’âge d’or de la sérénade se situe à l’époque de Mozart, mais ce genre connut un nouvel élan de popularité au 19e siècle, avec Brahms. Joyeux et détendu, l’opus 22 de Dvorák fut composé en 1875 au cours d’une période très heureuse pour le compositeur, tant sur le plan professionnel que privé. Cette composition en cinq mouvements est marquée de son empreinte personnelle par l’in…

Par GALLIANO RICHARD. J'ai composé cette suite avec l'idée d'évoquer une 'histoire imaginaire' dans laquelle le tuba tiendrait le rôle du 'personnage principal'. L'ensemble des cordes dresse, tout au long de l'oeuvre, un décor tantôt 'impressionniste' (Miroir, La Partition déchirée), tantôt purement 'rythmique' (L'étrange Promeneur, La Toupie). Dans le dernier mouvement, le tuba dialogue, pour n…

Par GARCIA JOSE MAURICIO NUNES. Garcia, born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, and priest and music director at the cathedral there, is still hardly known. Among his spiritual works are four settings of the Mass for the Dead. The present „Missa dos Defunktos“ was commissioned by the Portuguese King Dom Joao VI in the memory of Queen Maria I, who died in 1816. The composition, in the key of D minor, shows…

Par GARCIA JOSE MAURICIO NUNES. Garcia, born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, and priest and music director at the cathedral there, is still hardly known. Among his spiritual works are four settings of the Mass for the Dead. The present „Missa dos Defunktos“ was commissioned by the Portuguese King Dom Joao VI in the memory of Queen Maria I, who died in 1816. The composition, in the key of D minor, shows…

Par GARCIA JOSE MAURICIO NUNES. Garcia, born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, and priest and music director at the cathedral there, is still hardly known. Among his spiritual works are four settings of the Mass for the Dead. The present „Missa dos Defunktos“ was commissioned by the Portuguese King Dom Joao VI in the memory of Queen Maria I, who died in 1816. The composition, in the key of D minor, shows…

Par GARCIA JOSE MAURICIO NUNES. Garcia, born in 1767 in Rio de Janeiro, and priest and music director at the cathedral there, is still hardly known. Among his spiritual works are four settings of the Mass for the Dead. The present „Missa dos Defunktos“ was commissioned by the Portuguese King Dom Joao VI in the memory of Queen Maria I, who died in 1816. The composition, in the key of D minor, shows…