The Sword in the Stone (L?épée dans la pierre) est un conte musical dont l?action se situe en Angleterre au temps du légendaire roi Arthur. La musique est passionnante et chevaleresque à l?image des héros qu?elle dépeint. The Sword in the Stone s?adresse aux Orchestres Juniors et/ou aux formations incomplètes.

This composition was commissioned by the Musique Municipale d’Ingwiller for the occasion of their 150th anniversary. The source of inspiration for this work was the municipality of Ingwiller in the French region Alsace. The title of the work refers to the many buildings there that are made of red sandstone and to the ‘Schlembe’ a train connecting Ingwiller with Bouxwiller for sixty years…