Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

By Women Composers. Par . L'anthologie 22 Nocturnes pour Chopin est le résultat de la recherche internationale #CallToWomenComposers destinée à trouver des compositrices talentueuses n'ayant jamais été publiées, et comprend 22 œuvres pour piano s'inspirant des Nocturnes de Chopin. Lancée à l'automne 2022, plus de 80 partitions pour piano ont été soumises anonymement au comité de sélection et seize…

If there's one thing that practically all guitarists have experienced at one time or another, it's the disappointment that comes from not being able to play something. This is nothing new, of course, and there's only one way through it - practice, practice, practice! The only problem is that sometimes it's difficult to know exactly what to practice. That's where this book comes in. Written with th…

auf Texte aus der Bibel. Par HAKIM NAJI. Die Taube (The Dove) was commissioned by ”Kirchenmusik bei St. Anna Augsburg” to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the 'Augsburger Religionsfrieden' (Religious peace of Augsburg). It is based on three biblical verses related to peace : Gen. 8/11, Luk. 1/79, Joh. 14/27. The music is through composed and develops the character of the verses with contrasted s…

The Original First and Second Books Including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature. THE FIRST BOOK OF SONGS
I. Unquiet thoughts
II. Who ever thinks or hopes of love
III. My thoughts are wing'd with hopes
IV. If my complaints could passions move
V. Can she excuse my wrongs'
VI. Now, O now, I needs must part
VII. Dear, if you change
VIII. Burst forth, my tea…

These well-known words seem endlessly fruitful for the composer and conjure up such lovely images which strike each of us in our own way. For me it was the beauty of the language with its flower imagery which made me want to set the words with richly warm harmony and to temper that with gently imitative refrains. The important element in approaching the performance of this carol is the blend and b…

Dich preist, Allmächtiger. Par LORTZING ALBERT. Aujourd’hui, le compositeur Albert Lortzing est surtout connu pour ses opéras-comiques comme Zar und Zimmermann (le tsar et le charpentier) ou Der Waffenschmied (l’armurier). Mais il a aussi écrit de la musique sacrée. En 1822, sous l’influence des représentations des grandes œuvres symphoniques avec chœur lors du festival de la musique du Bas-Rhin, …