String quartet no. 3. Par ALAKOTILA TIMO. Timo Alakotila's La cantina (String quartet no. 3, 2013) was commissioned by a distinguished Finnish string quartet Kamus. The title of the quartet in four movements was inspired by the ongoing renovation in the composer's basement (ital. La cantina) after a water damage. The first movement leads from tentative dialogues to a powerful unison. The lyrical s…

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Alban Berg's String Quartet can be considered to be one of the founding works of the Second Viennese School. Already composed in 1910 and first published in 1920, it was the last composition the 25-year-old wrote under the tutelage of Arnold Schoenberg, who admired 'the fullness and unconstraint of his musical language, the strength and sureness of its presentation, its careful working and signifi…

Par DAVIS OLIVER. The composer writes: 'Simon Littlefield wrote the poem Sun stands still in June 2020. On reading it I could immediately see it working well as a song for treble and piano. I recorded a guide vocal and sent the song to the Hi Lo Singers agency. They suggested we record treble Benedict Moriarty, who appears on the recording accompanied by myself on piano. / Date parution : 2022-02-…

La liste des titres comprend : All Right Now ? Back in Black ? Barracuda ? Carry on Wayward Son ? Come As You Are ? Crazy Train ? Don't Fear the Reaper ? Enter Sandman ? Iron Man ? La Bamba ? La Grange ? Layla ? Message in a Bottle ? Mission: Impossible Theme ? Money for Nothing ? Monkey Wrench ? Oh, Pretty Woman ? Rebel, Rebel ? Rhiannon ? Seven Nation Army ? Smoke on the Water ? Sunday Bloody Su…

Kronstorfer Messe. Par BRUCKNER ANTON. This 'Working Day Mass' is intended for Lent. The simple note-against-note harmonies display the boldness of Bruckner's early work [1843/44], which he developed during his years of study in Kronstorf. / Messe / Date parution : 1989-02-01/ Répertoire / Choeur SATB

Par BULLA STEPHEN. This work is based on the 19th century American hymnmelody ‘Resignation’ which is also known as Psalm Tune(Psalm 23) based on the words ‘The Lord Is My Shepherd”. It is in the form of a theme and variations with each ofthe four variations evoking different moods using afragment of the original tune. An evocative and joyful workthat will make a welcome addition to your concert re…

Par VINE CARL. Two piano rehearsal score Carl Vine’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997) is one of three large-scale works composed with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in mind – the others being his first two piano sonatas.  Its composer describes it as ‘a conscious and continuous tribute to the Piano Concerto as a medium and historical entity’, a fact most apparent in the slow movement, with its long mel…