Infinity and Beyond

Par SPARKE PHILIP. La seconde moitié du XXe siècle a été marquée par le début de l?exploration de l?espace. Depuis les premiers pas de Neil Armstrong sur la lune en 1969, ces aventures dans l?espace ont stimulé l?imagination de tous et ont donné naissance à de nombreux films, livres et séries télévisées de science-fiction. Infinity and Beyond. . . (?L?infini et au-delà. . . ?) s?inspire des extraordinaires musiques de films de compositeurs tels que John Williams et Jerry Goldsmith ; ces derniers ayant, pour ainsi dire, inventé un style que l?on pourrait appeler ?space music? (?musique de l?espace?). / Niveau : 1 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par PART ARVO. Pärt's take on the Te Deum text, also known as the Ambrosian Hymn, employs his signature tintinnabuli style of composition. The melodic lines, as well as their harmonies, strictly follow the rhythms of the text, resulting in heightened importance given to the text itself and an unconventional setting. For advanced players and vocalists. The liturgical text of the Te Deum consists of immutable truths. I am reminded of the sense of immeasurable serenity imparted by a mountain panorama. Swiss artist Martin Ruf once told me that he can distinguish over twenty shades of blue in the mountains when the air is clear. His words immediately turned into sound; I began tohear those blue mountains. I wished only to convey a mood, a mood that could be infinite in time, by delicately removing one piece - one particle of time - out of the flow of infinity. I had to draw this music gently out of silence and emptiness. The work Te Deum was a quest for something evanescent, something long lost or not yet found, the quest for something believed to be non-existent, but so real that it exists not only within us but beyond our being as well. (Arvo Pärt)/ Répertoire / Choeur SSAA/TTBB/SATB, Piano Préparé, Orchestre à