Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE / NICHOLAS ELLIS CAMILLE (Arr.. Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre began life in 1874 as a song, then as a tone poem for full orchestra, and quickly became one of his most popular works. It conjures a midnight scene where Death himself plays the fiddle, summoning skeletons to dance until dawn. The music brims with wit and theatrical colour: eerie harp strokes mark the hour, a skel…

from String Quartet No.1 Op.11. Par TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH / NICHOLAS ELLIS(Arr.). The slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet is one of his most cherished melodies. Inspired by a Russian folk tune he had heard sung by a house servant, the Andante Cantabile combines heartfelt simplicity with the composer’s gift for lyrical expansion. The movement soon took on a life of its own, admir…

from La Vida Breve. Par DE FALLA MANUEL / ELLIS NICHOLAS (Arr.). Drawn from his early opera La vida breve (1905), de Falla’s Spanish Dance No. 1 has become one of his most celebrated pieces. Bursting with rhythmic fire and Andalusian colour, it captures the spirit of Spanish folk tradition with its driving pulse, passionate melodies, and sudden shifts between delicacy and intensity. In this arrang…

Par WILKINSON GARRY. / Date parution : 2025-12-03/ Répertoire / Orchestre Symphonique

for Solo Eb Tenor Horn and Brass Band. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Saltimbanque has several meanings: artist, magician, acrobat, artisan and even buffoon. Indeed, both corner movements require a lot from the soloist, who will need to perform acrobatic feats here and there. The slow middle section exudes tranquillity, and is dedicated to the memory of Steven Schuurmans, a flugel horn player who passed a…