Kaija Saariaho?s Offrande was written as a wedding gift for Marianna Karttunen et Nicolas Saint-Bris in 2014. The first public performance took place on 13 February 2017 at La Maison de la Radio France, Paris, as part of the Festival Présences, dedicated to the composer?s music, and was given by Anssi Karttunen, violoncello and Olivier Latry, organ.

Cantilena Choralis. Par SCHROEDER HERMANN. Ce peu de travail était composé à la suggestion de l'organiste belge Jef Anseeuw, qui a effectué la première mondiale à la Kerk Heilig-Hart à Izegem sur 25 septembre 1982 avec Lieven Vanderwalle sur le violoncelle. La pièce commence avec une paraphrase du motif initial ' Salve Regina ', ce qui est intonated par le violoncelle dans le registre faible. Le violoncelle joue ensuite la mélodie entière de la chanson. L'accompagnement de l'orgue décent est limitée à quelques intermèdes courts dans lequel des motifs de la mélodie grégorienne, comme dans un prélude choral classique, sont jouées à l'avance de manière imitative. La composition lyrique, méditative est idéale pour les services ou les concerts et peut être combinée comme un morceau d'introduction à la composition de l'orgue à grande échelle 'Salve Regina' de l'antienne Schröder' Marianische' (ED 4538)./ Répertoire / Violoncelle et Orgue

Par COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SAMUEL. The period of composition (ca. 1893) for the Suite de Pièces for violin and piano or violin and organ was especially productive for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) in the realm of chamber music. Unpublished works include a piano quintet, clarinet sonata, nonet, piano trio, and a piano sonata. It is notable that the different versions of the Suite for piano and organ are so contrasting. Typically, pieces in this genre that exist in versions for piano and organ have little that separate them in terms of musical content. However, Coleridge-Taylor not only approaches each keyboard instrument quite differently but conceived the violin part with notable melodic differences. This can be considered exceptional as they were both issued by the same publisher within a close timeframe. Coleridge-Taylor would have been very familiar with the organ from his early church experience as a boy in addition to studies at the Royal College of Music with Walter Alcock. His writing is consistently idiomatic for the instrument. The few registrational directions in the first edition, assuming they are by Coleridge-Taylor, demonstrate an understanding of the need to balance the organ part with the violin part so that the organ is not too loud. Rather than numbering the manuals I and II, with II being the quieter manual, the score indicates Swell and Choir but there is no requirement for the Great to be used. There are also extended sections where no manual indication is given at all. Whether the registration markings were made by Coleridge-Taylor or an editor at Schott is unclear but the indication for a Choir manual suggests not so much the need for an organ of three manuals but an instrument with a range of foundational colours for writing that is often accompanimental in nature. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Violon et Orgue

Neufassung
Edition : piano reduction with solo part
Instrumentation : cello and orchestra
Date of Composition: 1934/51
Duration : 18'
Date of Publications : 29/10/1987
Number of Pages : 32