Cette pièce d'une grande intensité, pour violoncelle et orgue a été écrite en 2000 pour mon cousin François Michel, second violoncelle de l'orchestre de Paris, Etant un hommage au compositeur Olivier Messiaen, on trouve plusieurs allusions à ses plus belles oeuvres, notamment les premières, bien que cette formation en duo, rare, brouille les pistes, Evoquant la séquence grégorienne du jour de Pâqu…

A collection of songs from the greatest performances at the 2005 summer festivals, including Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds and T In The Park, all arranged with full lyrics and Guitar chords. Get your hands around the chords for songs by the unpredictable Babyshambles, the slick and super-stylish Interpol and Futureheads, and such fashion-defying legends as Iggy Pop and Brian Wilson - in fact, just a…

Par CASTAGNET YVES. Cette pièce a été composée en 1995 pour le chœur d’adultes de la maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris. Elle fut créée en la cathédrale sous la direction de mon grand ami Denis Rouger. Le texte de ce motet est constitué des deux dernières strophes de l’hymne latine Verbum supernum composée au xiiie siècle par saint Thomas d’Aquin. En tant que « motet au Saint-Sacrement », ce texte es…

Par TAUZIN BRUNO. Avec pas moins de 150 exercices, cette méthode, intégralement dédiée à la technique de main droite à la basse, comblera aussi bien ceux qui débutent que les bassistes plus avancés. Pour les premiers, ce sera l?occasion de développer une technique de jeu en « buté » à la fois propre et infaillible ; alors que les autres en profiteront pour perfectionner leur main droite afin d?en …

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and leading to the invention of the words utopian scheme and utopian. Utopia pictured an ideal state on an island far from the inhabited world. This idea was the basis of the composition.…

St. Michael. Par BOURGEOIS LOUIS. The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c. 1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and, commissioned by John Calvin, he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms, he made some four-part arrangements, which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later, Bourg…

Symphonie der Tausend. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. All my earlier symphonies are mere preludes to this one. In the other works everything is subjective tragedy, - this one is a huge giver of joy.' (Gustav Mahler) Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No. 8' is a work of exceptions. Seen from the outside, this is true of the forces that are used: with its three choirs, eight soloists and an orchestra of far more than o…

Organ and percussion, one of the most exotic instrumental combinations in modern music, invariably produce delightful sonic effects and contrasts. This also applies to Zsigmond Szathmary's Sense of Rhythm, where this renowned concert organist and performer of contemporary organ music explores the duo format as a vehicle for conversation, conflict and reconciliation in a rich array of shades and hu…

Par BOSVELD JAN. Shortly after the Second World War, a combative movement of Danish, Belgian and Dutch artists chose the cobra snake - extremely dangerous yet considered sacred - as a symbol of their resistance to strict guideliness of form. The name 'Cobra' also happens to contain the first letters of the cities Copenhagen, Brussels ans Amsterdam, from where most of the movement's members came. T…

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, Jacob's Dreams being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Jacob's Dreams. Composed in 1949, Jacob's Dreams is a dance suite, written for Oboe, Violin, Vi…