for piano quartet. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turned out. 2010 is a Chopin year, and I made this pair of nocturnes into a little tribute, after playing through and listening to most of his output. Never before had I composed under these drugged conditions – the musical dimensions were enormously exaggerated, with each interval and each phrase being elongated out of all proportion, and the whole few minutes filling the whole of time and space. The orchestration, for piano quartet, was influenced by the very neo-classical feel of the chamber version of the concertos, and the harmonic language very much the result of pondering Chopin’s very individual take on J.S Bach. They are dedicated to James MacMillan and Amelia Freedman respectively. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2010)/ Répertoire / Piano, Violon, Alto et Violoncelle

Par VASKS PETERIS. Durée: 30', Format: New Edition portrait/ Répertoire / Violon, Alto, Violoncelle et Piano

Les 'traces perdues' Quatuor avec piano sont basés sur les traces de lointains trio avec piano dans lequel le violoncelle avait été remplacé par un alto, un fait qui est très inhabituel pour le genre. Alors que la première version était destinée pour un concert à Hambourg en mémoire de son professeur de composition ancien György Ligeti, décédé en 2006, le titre anglais de la nouvelle version en instrumentation standard peut-être aussi être sens littéral : une recherche lointaine de traces et un hommage mis en musique. / Violon, Alto, Violoncelle Et Piano