Conte lyrique en un acte pour soliste, choeur d'enfants et ensemble instrumental.Livret de Jean-Luc Tardieu d'après le conte de Maurice Druon.Musique de Henri Sauguet.Illustrations de Roland Sabatier.Il était une fois...Tistou qui s'endort pendant l'école, fait son éducation à 'l'école de la vie?. Une leçon de jardinage lui révèle qu'il a les 'pouces verts? : à leur contact, les graines fleurissent instantanément. Au cours d'autres leçons d'ordre, de misère, de maladie, il met à profit son don à l'hôpital, à la prison et transforme sa ville en Mirepoil-les-fleurs. Choqué par la guerre que se livrent les Vas-y et les Va-t'en (qui se disputent le pétrole d'un bout de désert parce que 'le pétrole est indispensable à la guerre?), il met en oeuvre le pouvoir de ses pouces et la guerre cessera quand les canons lanceront des fleurs.CD inclus. / Voix

Following Schumann?s first evidently unsuccessful attempt at composing a 'Sonata' - he only had the opening movement published under the title 'Allegro in b minor' - he tried once again in 1833. It is a well-knownfact that this sonata was composed while he was in close contact with Clara Wieck who was thirteen at the time. Individual motifs from it can be found later in Clara?s work; but by the same token individual figures can be foundin the sonata which point to Clara?s ?Pièces caractéristiques? op. 5. In addition Schumann used an almost literal adaptation of his song ?To Anna? for the second movement. We have included this in the appendix of ouredition and in so doing show the roots of this composition.

There are seven songs and an instrumental interlude making all together an entertainment that provides opportunity for very simple stage action and dancing: nothing at all elaborate is needed in the way of scenery and costumes.The voices are in unison throughout and their part is always doubled by instruments which should make it relatively easy for quite young children to learn their way into Davies's delightful tunes. The references to Hoy areincidental and could possibly be adapted to suit the locality of a particular performance. In any event most of these tall stories and rhymes will appeal to children everywhere.Set of instrumental parts (8 descant recorderparts 4 tuned percussion parts and 4 unpitched percussion parts).

A Simple and effective setting of a poem by Thomas Hardy mostly in unison with some elementary two-part singing. Ideal for a school choir.