Par CEUNEN FILIP. The Flood (L?Inondation) est une commande de la société musicale Maris Sonores de Biddinghuizen, aux Pays-Bas, à l?occasion de son 55e anniversaire. Dans cette ?uvre haute en couleurs, le nom de la société est habilement tissé dans la musique ? « Maris Sonores » signifiant « les sons de la mer » ? avec des cliquetis de clés dans les saxophones, des effets de vent dans les cuivres…

Par PAUSET BRICE. Il existe, de la main de Roland Barthes, une suite de huit feuillets portant le titre éminemment programmatique de Vita Nova. Ce texte, ou plutôt ces esquisses patiemment ajustées ont le ton d'un mot d'ordre intime, presque Pascalien (Pascal est d'ailleurs cité explicitement dans le texte). La première phrase (le monde comme objet contradictoire de spectacle et d'indifférence) es…

Par SPEARS GREGORY. The Tower and the Garden is a setting of three poems for choir and string quartet. The texts juxtapose the dangers of technological hubris (the tower) and the need for a place of refuge (the garden) in a world threatened by war and ecological disaster. Each text suggest ways in which Catholic thought and imagery might challenge the status quo. The first text, poem 80 from the …

Many of the melodies in this book are more than nine hundred years old; yet these pieces are as vibrant, as exciting, and as seductive as they were centuries ago. This music is fun to play. It’s addictive. You will find yourself humming it, and you’ll come back to play these pieces again and again. Each piece in this collection has its own powerful personality. Many of the Cantigas have an indefin…

20 Progressive pieces with Piano Accompaniment. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Philip Sparke’s Skilful Solos is the second volume of a progressive series of solo books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician. Following on from the first book in the series Starter Solos this collection generally contains longer pieces suitable for the developing young musician. Specifically tail…

Par BENNETT WILLIAM STERNDALE. Edited by Geoffrey Bush A Piano Sonata, a Suite de Pièces, a Chamber Trio for violin, cello and piano and a Sonata-Duo for cello and piano bear witness to the underrated skills of this Victorian composer and administrator who was an important precursor of the British musical renaissance. First published in 1972, reprinted with corrections 1985./ Répertoire / Divers

Cette oeuvre chorale gravement belle, dédiée à la victime de l'accident d'avion de Lockerbie de 1988, est en cinq sections et seulement deux des textes traditionnels requiem-' Kyrie ' et ' Agnus Dei ' - avec l'ajout de ' In Paradisum ' définit à partir de l'ordre de l'enterrement. Entre ces mouvements traditionnels proviennent des deux autres sections, l'une à l'aide de paraphrase de Bède le vénér…

The last movement Bodrum from the sonata Dört ?ehir (Four Cities) is a fast, swinging walk through the popular entertainment district of Bodrum. Available here in a single edition for piano. / Piano

This work features all of your school district's string orchestras at once and was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Freeport, Illinois orchestra program. The piece combines elementary, middle school, and high school string orchestras each playing age-appropriate material, making for the perfect closer to an 'All-City,' multi-level concert. During the course of this energetic rondo…