Tributes - Album For Strings (1994-95) by Per Nørgård. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk I: FOUR OBSERVATIONS – FROM AN INFINTE RAPPORT – hommage a Bartok (1995) II: OUT OF THIS WORLD – hommage a Lutoslawski (1994) III: VOYAGE INTO THE BROKEN SCREEN - hommage a Sibelius (1995). Programme note “TRIBUTES – album for strings” (1994-95) includes three hommages which might also be performed separately.The shared point of departure was the hommage to three major composers of the 20th century – Bartok Lutoslawski and Sibelius.In FOUR OBSERVATIONS the hommage is to Bartok (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death 1995). Hungarian Radio asked me to write a piece in his honor but apart from the very last unison string figure which is - I think - very Bartokian the work in no way intends to evoke even less to imitate the musical style of the great Hungarian master. This would be an act of impudence against a composer who was such an exceptionally integrated personality and who has himself shown (in 'Mikrokosmos') the worthy way to pay a personal tribute to highly respected colleagues: In 'Hommage á J.S.B.' and 'Hommage à R. Sch.' Bela Bartok composes in his own manner but lets the music reflect some qualities of the said composers as perceived in Bartok's mind. In a similar way my 'Observations from an infinite Rapport' reflects as well the timeless proportions of the 'golden section' - which seem to have inspired Bartok so much - in his great respect for perceptive structural patterns. 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' was composed at the request of a group of Lutoslawski's friends as a symbol of parting to a great composer and a noble man. The title quotes a poem by Yunus Emre the Turkish 14th century poet. The opening line of the poem 'Biz dünyadan' reads as follows in English translation: 'We are on the way out of this world we

With Critical Report. Par BARTOK BELA. The Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition is a joint project of G. Henle Publishers, Munich and Edition Musica Budapest. The volume at hand was edited by Klára Móricz. By publishing Concerto for Orchestra the score for one of Bartók’s truly importantorchestra works is now available. The well readable introduction describes the genesis of this work that Bartók wrote during the last part of his life under special circumstances. The critical commentary contains documents the process of compositionin detail, and also transcriptions of the extensive sketches. / Móricz, Klára / Répertoire / Orchestre

Pantomime in einem Akt nach dem Libretto von Menyhért Lengyel. Par BARTOK BELA. In the Mandarin he finally breaks with the romantic tradition and also turns away from the artistic endeavours typical of the turn of the century. The pantomime refl ects for the fi rst time what Bartók had learnt from folk music, refined into a personal expression, an individual phraseology. He consciously settles a score with the ideology and the style of his youth.' György Kroó/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Allegro barbaro est la troisième oeuvre concertante que j'ai destinée aux percussions. Ici, l'instrumentarium est majoritairement composé de peaux, évoquant tout autant certaines grandes pages de Iannis Xenakis que les solos de batterie dans le jazz ou dans la pop. Tous les sons émis par le soliste sont de hauteur indéterminée. Je voulais en effet concentrer mon attention sur l'énergie, sur les dynamiques et sur le rythme. Tout à tour mélodique (dans le début de l'oeuvre), obstinée (par l'usage fréquent de notes répétées), répétitive (par exemple dans la section dévolue aux temple-blocks), martiale (dans un solo de caisse-claire à la fin de l'oeuvre), la matière est en perpétuel mouvement, l'orchestre agissant comme un prolongement sonore de la partie principale. En effet, l'harmonie est neutralisée, la relation entre soliste et orchestre reposant sur la verticalité. L'oeuvre emprunte son titre à une courte pièce de Bela Bartok, elle fait référence à l'aspect 'art brut' voire 'art brutal' de cette miniature du compositeur hongrois. Commande de Radio France et du Tonkünstler-Orchester Niderösterreich, Allegro barbaro est dédié à Colin Currie. Bruno Mantovani / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Répertoire / Concerto pour percussions et orchestre