Par HIGGINS GAVIN. Fanfares and Love Songs was commissioned by the National Children's Brass Band of Great Britain for performance on 25th July 2009. Its three movements contrast the extrovert and lyrical qualities of the traditional brass band. The fanfare with which the work opens involves the whole cornet section. The second movement is reflective in mood, beginning somewhat pensively on muted …

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This work consists of two movements. The first part is rather quiet and pastoral in character, written in a gently rocking 12/8 time and expressing the tranquillity of the area around the medieval town of Oudenburg in Belgium. After a beautiful orchestral climax the second section, inspired by the Roman past of Oudenburg, begins. A somewhat oppressive and impending introduct…

Books talk to each other' - Umberto Eco's statement could just as easily apply to music, as Les Citations for Oboe, Harpsichord, Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991, the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise, where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85.…

The Books of 1705-6 and 1724. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This three volume edition is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes (In book 3 - BA6583). It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e. g.…

Becker, Dietrich (1623'1679): Sonata A-Dur for violin, viola da gamba, and b. c., first edition edited by Leonore and Günter von Zadow. Becker numbered among the most important North-German instrumental composers of the second half of the seventeenth century. His works stand in the tradition of Weckmann, Reincken, and Buxtehude. Characteristic of Becker are the passages in which the viola da gamb…

per organo. Par VASKS PETERIS. Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous organ of the Cathedral in Riga where the composer has been living for a long time. Like in almost all his compositions, the basic idea of 'Musica seria' is the personal…

Par CONNOLLY JUSTIN. Sonatina Scherzosa is in five sections: two “scherzando” movements are enclosed by three contrasting “sostenuto” passages: prelude, interlude and postlude. The duration of the work is about 12’ and it was first performed on 8 April 2022, at the Unitarian Church, Brighton, UK, by Chisato Kusunoki. / Date parution : 2024-04-27/ Répertoire / Piano

avec des exemples (Séries complètes) à 2, 3 et 4 parties. Par KOECHLIN CHARLES. Precis Des Règles Du Contrepoint is a book written by Charles Koechlin in five chapters. Focusing on the counterpoint, this volume highlights all the rules related to it. It features both lessons and examples with comments, to help with understanding. The chapters are: I. Definition et Règles generales / Definition and…