Par BENNETT WILLIAM STERNDALE. Edited by Geoffrey Bush A Piano Sonata, a Suite de Pièces, a Chamber Trio for violin, cello and piano and a Sonata-Duo for cello and piano bear witness to the underrated skills of this Victorian composer and administrator who was an important precursor of the British musical renaissance. First published in 1972, reprinted with corrections 1985./ Répertoire / Divers

Par SCHWEITZER BENJAMIN. The chiaroscuro-technique developed by painters of the Italian renaissance served to intensify contrasts and effects of optical depth. In Klar/Obskur, I tried to transfer the general idea of this technique on the rather unusual instrumentation of two double-reed woodwinds and piano. On the one hand, a clear, well articulated playing is characteristic for these instruments, on the other hand, they have an often underestimated potential of „twilight“: air-sounds and fragile, shady colours have a especially attractive when being produced by double-reed instruments (which are often, and superficially regarded as being less capable of differentiated sounds than flute or clarinet). The piano, too, has a broad bandwidth of possibilities between percussive and delicate playing to complement the woodwinds which, in return, can absorb and continue the fading piano sounds. The beginning introduces the two contrasting elements that form the basic material for the piece: a clear, sharp chord, followed by fragile, dim sounds. The changes between these elements as well as their combination and amalgamation produce an enormous spectrum of colours and gesture. After this „motto-like“ opening follow four quite clearly separated short sections, each of them being characterised by a well-defined texture: a partly almost imperceptible air-sound passage, a short sequence of microintervallic notes, a burst of virtuosity and a recourse to the fragile sounds of the beginning. The second, longer main part consists of three sections merging subtly into each other: a short unisono-passage, marked elastic [federnd], is being dissolved into its basic elements; from these remainders, a confrontation of low, ‚arcane‘ bassoon and piano sounds and a strongly ornamented melodic line of the oboe emerges, leading to a short but powerful climax. The piece is concluded by an extended, relaxed epilogue, containing a short piano solo and a duet of oboe and bassoon and, finally, a quotation of the „elastic“ character of the middle section. Benjamin Schweitzer / Date parution : 2007-11-20/ Répertoire / Hautbois, Basson et Piano

The full score for String Quartet No.3 'Angel's Music' by Bent Sørensen (1988) Premiered by the Arditti String Quartet at the Danish Radio Concert Hall 16 November 1988. Parts available: KP00249The composer writes:'Even when I was writing 'Adieu' I knew that I wished to write 'Angel’s Music'. The title existed in an incomplete form in my mind and gradually more and more ideas and a few outlines became clear. The actual work on 'Angel’s Music' was started in Rome where I spent the autumn of 1987 staying at 'The Danish Academy'. Whether this stay has influenced the quartet or not is impossible to say. however it is true tosay that in the Roman churches I visited I saw countless angels playing in the top of frescoes and altars. Without these angels together with the many crackled-gold paintings in this city and my general fascination with the Italian renaissance painter Fra Angelico (in fact there are only a few paintings by him in Rome but even his name..!) I am not sure my quartet would have been what it is. Anyway I do feel that there is a bit of Italy in the piece. The angels apart there are in the short rhythmic agitating part of the quartet reminiscences of the Italian medieval Trotto dance and in the most expressive part of the piece there are flashes of Puccini-like music. From the very beginning of my work on the quartet the distant extremely muted sound in the high register which opens the piece was on my mind. A sound satiated with a dense heterophonic and polyphonic texture of elegiac melody and vibrating trills. I imagined that 'little songs' (maybe angel songs) could be created in this density these songs constantly echoing themselves. Gradually as this sound got a more and more concrete musical and instrumental form I felt that not only should the 'little songs' be created played and die out in an echo but also that the general pattern of the quartet should give the feeling of music which from the distance is getting closer and

This quartet collection of 13 keyboard, vocal and instrumental pieces covering the Renaissance to the Romantic periods can be played together in harmony by any number or combination of instruments. Woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion can play in like-instrument or mixed instrumentation. It's an all-purpose folio that makes sacred music fun! Contains: Adoramus Te (We Adore Thee) (Palestrina) * Amen (Stainer) * Cherubim Song (Archangelsky) * Chorale (Bach) * Deep River (Anonymous) * Gloria Patri (Purcell) * Go Down, Moses (Anonymous) * God Of Our Fathers (Warren) * Missa Apostolorum (Cavazzoni) * Old Hundredth (Bourgeois) * Onward, Christian Soldiers (Sullivan) * The Quest (Marianlieder) *Shir Hamaalot (Anonymous).

Par NEWTON ABBY. Aujourd'hui le violoncelle est habituellement considéré comme un instrument classique, mais la fin XVIIe au début du XIXe siècle, il a été utilisé dans des ensembles folkloriques à fournir des rythmes faibles, conduites danse tunes et à rendre haunting airs écossais. Au sein de la Renaissance de la musique folklorique du passé quarante ans il y a eu un mouvement petit mais dédié à restaurer la richesse unique du violoncelle à la musique traditionnelle et Newton Abby a été à l'avant-garde de ce mouvement. Abby a été profondément impliqué avec la musique écossaise depuis, voyageant à et d'effectuer, en Ecosse, plusieurs fois. Les airs, les planxties et les bobines, cet ouvrage proviennent de sources traditionnelles et contemporaines, y compris le violoneux du XVIIIe siècle Neil Gow, harper Turlough O'Carolan, Daithi Sproule, David Hornung, Alasdair Fraser, Ronnie Aimes et autres. Tous les 19 de la mélodie sont écrites pour violoncelle solo avec corde symboles inclus sur la plupart des airs pour un instrument d'accompagnement. Le texte comprend également des notes de l'auteur sur l'origine de chaque morceau. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Scottish - Transcribed Solos / Recueil / Violoncelle

For use in lessons or for your first concert performances - Easy Concert Pieces for Cello contains easy pieces from the Renaissance to the modern era which have been carefully selected according to technical and musical demands. This volume is a perfect addition to cello lessons. Along with arrangements of well-known pieces like Beethoven's Ode to Joy, there are also a lot of new pieces to discover. The accompanying CD contains recordings of all pieces. / Violoncelle Et Piano

The present volume contains a selection of very easy recital pieces for violoncello and piano which can be played in the first position after 1-2 years of cello lessons. The selected pieces are original works from the Renaissance period to the present day: from the Baroque minuet, the classical sonatina or the Romantic character piece to contemporary music and tango, blues or pop. The pieces are suitable for individual, group and chamber music lessons, for practising on one's own and especially for the first auditions, concerts or competitions. A musical journey through 500 years of cello music! / Violoncelle Et Piano

Par JARRELL MICHAEL. Articulée en quatre sections, caractérisées par une longue densification et une brève liquidation pour les deux premières, par une recherche du statique, mémoire ou vestige du mouvant, pour les deux dernières, cette oeuvre retrouve l'austérité et le dépouillement d'une partition comme Eco. 'La couleur du son est donc le grand territoire dont une région est constituée par la hauteur du son. Cette dernière n'est rien d'autre que la couleur du son mesuré dans une direction', écrit Schoenberg à la fin de son Traité d'harmonie. Assonance IV cisèle la réverbération d'un son dans une tessiture et modifie la nature d'un timbre ou d'une couleur par une transformation harmonique, conférant à l'intervalle une fonction structurelle, timbrique et contrapuntique, au sens du contrepoint renaissant note contre note. Prolongeant les premières Assonances, la partition alterne gestes instrumentaux et suspension transparente, éthérée: pervertir le son vivant pris dans l'écho d'un processus électronique, le pétrifier, le fossiliser, mais aussi animer cet écho, la trace du vivant: 'le mort n'est pas nécessairement mort', explique Jarrell. Ainsi, chaque section articule de manière perceptible un principe d'écriture dominant: la figure, conjugaison du geste du tuba ou de l'alto et des possibilités inhérentes à ce geste, et les figurations rapides dans la première, les superpositions de temps différents et les notes polaires de la deuxième, la langueur du chant de l'instrumentiste dans l'instrument et les lignes mélodiques de la troisième, la stabilité harmonique et la désagrégation des figurations rapide irrémédiablement absorbées dans un souffle du tuba et une ponctuation percussive de l'alto dans la quatrième. Laurent Feneyrou, extrait du livret du disque Accord / contemporain / Répertoire / Alto, Tuba et Electronique