La Peri 2 Pianos

Oscar Strasnoy, invité d?honneur ? du 13 au 22 janvier 2012 ? au Festival de Création musicale de Radio-France (Théâtre du Châtelet), à la fois compositeur, chef d?orchestre et pianiste, est né le 12 novembre 1970 à Buenos-Aires.

Depuis ses études aux Conservatoires de Paris et Francfort, titulaire de nombreuses distinctions, il assume une carrière internationale. Auteur de nombreuses ?uvres scéniques, il a aussi écrit pour son instrument, entre autres, deux volumes intitulés : Bloc-notes d?Ephemera.

Le second propose Sept petites pièces pour deux pianos : Valse, Peri, Rock, Mélodie, Épisode, Pinball, Twist. À cause de sa lecture difficile et des débauches de jeux rythmiques complexes, chaque pianiste doit faire preuve paradoxalement à la fois d?une indépendance totale pour sa partie et d?une sujétion à l?autre. Sans sens inné du rythme : s?abstenir. « Petites pièces » certes, mais de grande exigence technique, permettant toutefois d?enrichir le répertoire pour 2 pianos.

in Lettre d'information de l'Education musicale , Edith Weber

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Fantasie über das Rondo aus der Klaviersonate in A-Dur KV 331 von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Par SAY FAZIL / CETINER YUDUM (Arr.). The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous piano pieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a universal piece for all piano pupils, its opening melody is now even omnipresent as an alienated sinus tone-like mobile phone ring tone. Fazil Say's arrangement, originally created as an effective encore, follows on from this popularity. After the first eight bars have been presented in original form, typical elements of jazz superimposed on the still recognisable classical foundations can be discovered, such as syncopation of the top notes and ornamentation through chromatic blue notes, embedded in the at times frenzied chains of semiquavers. In the spirit of the work's improvisatory character, Say likes to perfom his Alla Turca Jazz in different combinations, for example accompanied by jazz singers of with orchestra. It may appear strange that Fazil Say, who was born in Turkey and - when not on tour - is still resident in that country, does not bring back Mozart's interpretation of genuine Turkish music closer to its own roots, particularly as many of his compositions such as Black Earth or the Violin Sonata are characterised by a subtle amalgamation of the Classical-Romantic tradition, Turkish folk music and elements of jazz. In a further Mozart arrangement, the ballet music Patara premiered in Vienna in 2006, composed on the basis of the Rococo-like theme from the first movement of the same A-major Sonata (wich enjoys almost as great popularity as the Alla Turca theme), Say utilised the connection which was absent in Alla Turca, albeit in the opposite direction. In the ballet music, the piano symbolises Western culture and the Ney flute Oriental culture, communcated atmosperically by austere percussion instrumentation and soprano vocalisation. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Composer Philip Glass returned to composition for chamber ensemble after several years of work for films ballet opera and solo instruments. Four Movements For Two Pianos was commissioned by hislong-time advocate the conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies and pianist Maki Namakawa and after the success of this piece at the Ruhr Piano Festival the pair decided to continue performing as a duo. The piece can belocated more at the classical end of Glass’ compositional spectrum retaining all the propulsive rhythms arpeggiation and repetitiveness that are the hallmarks of the composer’s work. American composerPhilip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music withrepetitive structures.’ His operas among them the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his ownperforming group The Philip Glass Ensemble.

As the 'social anchor' in middle-class homes of the 19th century the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a means of introducing the young to music and entertaining their elders. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument the late internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a 'piano's-eye view' of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United States.

from opus 170 - Edizione a cura di Luca Ciammarughi. Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco composed 52 Greeting Cards for various instruments between 1953 and 1967, collectively catalogued as opus 170, which he developed in a non-systematic manner up to the year before his death. These pieces were conceived as gifts for his interpreters and students, whom the author meant to gratify with these pleasant little vignettes. Composed between 1953 and 1964, the 18 Greeting Cards for piano (17 for piano solo and 1 for two pianos) represent a point of equilibrium between experimentation and tradition. In the same series : Greeting Cards for guitar, critical edition by Frédéric Zigante (NR 141936)/ Répertoire / Piano

Trois po?mes d?Henri Michaux was written for the Zagreb Biennale and first performed there by the orchestra and choir of Radio Zagreb conducted by the composer and Slavko Zlatic on 9 May 1963. It is composed for 20-part choirand an orchestra similar to that of the Symphony of Psalms though without the lower strings of the latter.Lutoslaswski has said that the general outline of the work came to him first and only then did he choose the threepoems. These reflect his Francophile taste: Henri Michaux was born in Belgium in 1899 and later became a painter: the trenchant Le Grand Combat with its onomatopoeic invented words dates form the 1920s; the other two texts which are more philosophic than pictorial form the 1930s. Choir and orchestra need separate conductors even though throughout they alternate more often than they combine.A description of the course of the music itself will bemore useful than any discussion of its technical processes or of its notation. A quiet section of orchestral polyphony which brass sforzandi punctuate with increasing frequency frames the beginning and end of Pens?es. Afterthe choir?s first unaccompanied passage the woodwind have a staccato section over which the female voices singing downward glissandi are superimposed (?Ombre de mondes infimes??). Then the woodwind and both pianos join in alapping ostinato which illustrates the text of the next forte choir entry ?Pens?es la nage merveilleuse?? The climax of the movement comes as these characteristic woodwind figures alternate with the tintinnabulation of agamelan-like ensemble of vibraphone c?leste harp and pianos.

Mozart's works for Piano duet form the first highlight of this genre which later is only achieved by Franz Schubert. The two early sonatas from the Salzburg period which are particularly suited for music teaching in secondary schools are opposed to three effective compositions from his Viennese period. The present volume also contains the sonata KV 19d the authenticity of which is not confirmed as well as two fragmentary movements dated from Mozart's last years of life KV 357. Robert D. Levin has completed them true to style for practical use taking the limitations of the keyboards of the Mozart Pianos and the composer's personal style into account unlike as in the first edition of ca. 1860. In the appendix there are the two fantasias KV 594 and 608 originally composed for mechanical organ adapted from the earliest arrangements for piano duet published a few years after Mozart's death. In this edition the music text is published in the form of a score for the first time.

Confessions Of Time (1999) for Recitation Double SATB Choir 2 Pianos 3 Percussions and 4 Double Basses by Andy Pape. Texts about time by Peter Høegh and Augustinus Programnote: Jeg har valgt at basere Confessions of Time på to forskellige tekster der begge handler om tiden. En moderne tekst hentet fra Peter Høegs De måske egnede og en gammel tekst som jeg har fundet i Augustins Bekendelser skrevet i årene 397-401 e.Kr. Selv om de er skrevet med ca. 1600 års mellemrum siger de næsten det samme. Augustins tekst har jeg villet give et skær afnoget gammelt og fjernt og derfor synges den på latin (det sprog som Augustin også skrev på). I kontrast hertil reciteres - altså tales - Peter Høegs tekst som er på dansk og meget ligefrem og nutidens tekster får således lov til at belyse hinanden.Både Peter Høeg og Augustin taler om hvad evigheden er hvad tid er. Et spørgsmål som jeg finder er vigtigt at standse op og tænke over i disse tider hvor vi har så travlt med at få tiden til at gå som om tiden er noget der bare skal overstås. Men dermed glemmer vi nu’et. Det er en almindelig opfattelse at evigheden er det at leve evigt for altid. Men Peter Høeg og Augustin siger begge at evigheden er tiden her og nu - det nu som hele tiden bliver til fortid og som derfor er så svær at indfange. Min hensigt med værket har været at belyse tiden gennem musikken hvilket på én gang er et banalt og halsbrækkende projekt for en komponist. Banalt fordi musik er tid og halsbrækkende fordi det r umuligt at give et klart svar på hvad tid er fordi vi - og musikken - lever i tiden; det svarer til at spørge en fisk om hvad vand er. Og derfor er dette værk også et eksperiment.Musikalsk har jeg haft den

Per Nørgård's Lila for Chamber Ensemble.The composer writes of his work: Lila is a Sanskrit word for playing with the elements and I chose it as the title of the chamber work I composed in 1972 because its coolly systematic play (with overtones and undertones in the infinity sequences and a spectrum of Golden Sections in the rhythms) is characteristic of the period just before I wrote my Third Symphony (1973-75).The work was given its first performance in Venice in the Teatro La Fenice on 9th September 1972 alongside Kagel’s Anagram from which Lila borrowed its instrumentation since it wascommissioned for a first performance by the Prisma Ensemble along with Anagram with Tamas Vetö to whom it is dedicated conducting. Ensemble: 4 percussionists (gong 3 tam-tams crotales glockenspiel tubular bells celesta vibraphone xylophone) 2 pianos 2 harps flute (as well as flute in G and piccolo) B flat clarinet (and bass clarinet).

Complete Piano Sonatas Volume II-Franz Joseph Haydn was a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the Piano trio and his contributions to musical form haveearned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'. At the time of his death aged 77 he was one of the most celebrated composers in Europe.Franz Joseph Haydn: Complete PianoSonatas Volume II includes 18 sonatas for solo Piano. This Urtext Edition is an authoritative edition with accurate editorial content and as close to the composer's intentions as possible.

Series: Simply Series Category: Piano Collection Format: Book Instrument: Piano Level: Easy Piano Simply Classical is a collection of arias, rondos, sonatina movements, string quartet movements, symphonic themes, and other famous works from the Classical period of music history. These selections have been carefully arranged by Mary K. Sallee for Easy Piano, making them accessible to pianists of all ages. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering, pedaling and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles: Ludwig van Beethoven: Ecossaise, from The Ruins of Athens * Für Elise * German Dance, from Twelve German Dances, WoO 13 * Minuet in G Major * Moonlight Sonata * Ode to Joy, from Symphony No. 9 * Rondo a capriccio (“Rage over a Lost Penny”) * Theme from the “Pastoral” Symphony * Turkish March, from The Ruins of Athens * Variations on a Theme from the “Eroica” Symphony Muzio Clementi: Sonatina No. 1 (Allegro), from Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 * Sonatina No. 1 (Andante), from Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 Franz Joseph Haydn: Gypsy Rondo * Theme from the Cello Concerto in D Major * Theme from the “Kaiser” String Quartet * Theme from the “London” Symphony * Theme from the “Surprise” Symphony Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from The Magic Flute * Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro) * Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni * Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae solennes de confessore * Menuetto, from Don Giovanni * Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata No. 11, K. 331