Contemporary Violin Studies. Par KNOX GARTH. 'Often in a humoristic manner and always with musical expression in focus, these eight pieces are perfect for every violinist to practice playing techniques and to enhance the enthusiasm to experiment and the joy of playing.' (Carolin Widmann) 'This collection of concert studies for violin explores what are often referred to as “extended techniques”. These are for the most part techniques which are already present in classical music in a secondary role, but which have now, through continuous development, come to occupy a musical place of primary importance. Each of the studies concentrates on a single technique, investigating how it works technically, and exploring its musical possibilities. They are called “Spaces” because as well as being concert pieces, they are intended to open up spaces for exploration, discussion and improvisation around these techniques. They are also intended to be enjoyable to play, to work on and to listen to. Far from being an esoteric handbook of complex techniques reserved for contemporary music specialists, these “Spaces” are designed to help all violinists to explore, in a playful and imaginative way, the possibilities of their instrument and to discover some sounds and techniques that will have very tangible positive effects on their playing of all styles of music. We can all extend our techniques by opening up the space around them and taking them to their limits. The Violin Spaces are dedicated to Diamanda Dramm, whose talent, enthusiasm, suggestions and feedback were an enormous help to me in the construction of these ”Spaces”.' (Garth Knox) / Niveau : 5 / Etude / Violon

Description The 12th of November 2014 was a day of glory for the Rosetta mission: after a ten-year journey in space, the Philae lander ' a minuscule robot whose job was to gather scientific data ' set down on the comet Churi to analyse the composition of the soil and evolution of its structure when the shooting star approaches the Sun. This technical prowess also produced photos. Contemplating them could only inspire Allain Gaussin, a follower of spectral music and very keen on astrophysics. How might one translate the intensity of the impressions felt by the viewer of these aerospace photos' Philae, for solo Violin, chooses to make contrasts collide: the smooth and the rough, the bright and the dark, the bounce and the static. As always, Gaussin seeks to explore the particularities of Violin playing: suddenly arise in turn a fervent motif ' this exponential crescendo obtained by means of bow momentum ', harmonic constellations of spiccato demisemiquavers, then a series of repeated notes on the instrument's open third string, which are finally softened by rolled bowing. As a veritable 'astromusician', the composer embarks on the conquest of new sound spaces.

Dans cette série peu de livres, résultant de plusieurs années d'expérience, dans l'enseignement des points les plus essentiels dans l'étude des Rudiments de la musique ont été présentées dans aussi concise et pratique un formulaire est compatible avec rigueur. / Divers