Par PEPIN CAMILLE. Ce nonette s'inspire de la série Énergie blanche de Fabienne Verdier. Sur le fond lisse et bleu nuit des toiles viennent contraster des traits de peinture blanche, comme une force opposée. Au fil des tableaux, cette énergie évolue en ondulations nocturnes fluides ou rugueuses, en scintillements légers, en nuages vaporeux ou encore en crépitements. Les toiles semblent emplies de matière en apesanteur et c'est pourquoi j'ai imaginé une musique planante, cherchant un équilibre entre mouvement et immobilité. Pour moi, il se dégage de cette série bicolore l'idée d'une vitalité, d'une force, d'une lumière qui habite le vide infini et lointain du ciel. J'ai recréé cette énergie blanche en aspérités (grains de matière ou frêles touches de lumière) venant perturber ces nappes de bleu vibrant et mystérieux aux valeurs longues et étirées. Mon travail a été d'imaginer des variations de ces deux matière-couleurs grâce à la palette de textures extraordinaire qu'offrent les instruments à cordes. La pièce est ainsi conçue comme un voyage coloré et hypnotique en sept tableaux correspondant chacun à une toile de la série de Verdier. Hors champ est un épisode froid et nocturne au sein duquel de faibles lueurs de lumière tentent à peine de percer l'obscurité de la nuit. Des glissandi inquiétants naissent aux altos et violoncelles en stéréo et présentent le motif qui irriguera toute l'œuvre. La contrebasse émet une pulsation irrégulière et mystérieuse, au loin. Une ondulation douce puis majestueuse s'élève dans Ascendance. Avec l'arrivée des violons, elle traverse la matière sombre en répandant ses faisceaux brillants et lumineux. Turbulence est le lieu des perturbations. L'énergie blanche constituée ici de particules vives et chaotiques se dérègle sans cesse et envahit l'espace. Dans Synchronie I, les violoncelles se partagent le motif fondateur de l'ouvrage en un seul et même souffle, pur et suspendu. Puis, ils s'unissent pour ne former qu'une seule voix et un chant de violon les rejoint. Ce dernier se fait l'annonciateur de lumière durant cette brève accalmie. Mémoires du vent rappelle le début de l'œuvre avec cette palpitation irrégulière de la contrebasse et les glissandi inquiétants des cordes graves. Mais ces mémoires sont aussi l'écho des Turbulences qui se transforment ici en Vortex, dans lequel l'énergie blanche et chaotique devient un véritable tourbillon de lumière liquide. Pour clore la pièce, Synchronie II reprend Synchronie I avec la couleur plus froide et mystérieuse des altos, toujours en stéréo. Les touches de lumière des cordes aiguës s'affaiblissent avant de s'éteindre complètement, au loin. Cette pièce appartient au même cycle que mon quatuor à cordes Feuilles d'eau de Silvacane inspiré par la série du même nom de Fabienne Verdier. Camille Pépin / Date parution : 2022-06-08/ Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

Commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra this concertino was originally conceived as a part of a complete educational concertprogram. Four concertini each featuring a different instrumental family within the chamber orchestra are played in succession to demonstrate the characteristic sounds of those instruments. The music is thematically related but not identical to the Concertino for Chamber Orchestra (parts available on rental from the publisher) which serves as the program's closer demonstrating all of theorchestral sections playing together. This program is suggested by the composer for orchestra concerts however each instrumental concertino can beperformed individually and stands quite effectively on its own as a short chamber recital piece.

Composed in the summer of 1984 Yorkshire Ballad was premiered at the Kansas Bandmasters Association Convention by Claude T. Smith and the Kansan Intercollegiate Band. Since its publication it has become one of the composer'smost popular works and has been arranged for a variety of ensembles. The composer writes “I composed this little piece so that younger players would have the opportunity to play a piece that is more or less in the style of(Grainger's) Irish Tune from County Derry.”

Par JOUBERT CLAUDE-HENRY. 3’00’’ / Niveau : Facile / Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

This fun-to-play dance music is based on a Scottish jig and reel. The two traditional Scottish melodies Highlander’s Jig and Dumfries Place are combined in an intriguing arrangement by Robert D. McCashin. An occasional drone is heard among the rhythmic drive of the supporting instruments giving everyone an exciting role in this tribute to some of the most popular types of Scottish music!

Musicland est spécialisée dans la publication de la musique ensemble de chaîne depuis sa création en 1987. Une grande partie de sa production est de oeuvres spécialement composée pour le bénéfice des jeunes cordistes, mais elle a également accessibles des oeuvres du passé qui ont été injustement négligé. / Ensemble A Cordes

Via Della Fortuna by Sadie Harrison. Written in 2013 especially for the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Donatus Katkus.6; for String OrchestraWorld premiere: 25th April 2013 St. Katharine'sChurch Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra conducted by Donatus Katkus.UK premiere: 10th May 2013 Cardiff Millennium Centre Vale of Glamorgan Festival.I - Casa di Caccia Antica (The House of the AncientHunt)II - Casa degli Amorini Dorati (The House of the Golden Cupids)III - Casa del poeta tragico (The House of the tragic poet)IV - Return to the Casa di Caccia Antica and northwards to Lithuania and the Amber Road(Gintaro Kelias)The piece is in four short movements each taking its title from one of the houses that line the main streets in Pompeii. Borrowing Mussorgsky's 'Promenade' from Pictures at an Exhibition the piece has twowalkers (violas) who take the listener with them onto the Via Della Fortuna then lead them from house to house. Several amber objects were found within the houses linking Pompeii with Lithuania. The lastmovement returns to the House of the Ancient Hunt then heads northwards along the Gintaro Kelias. The jubilant closing music refers to an earlier work (Geda's Weavings) based on Lithuanian folksongs.

Bring the excitement of traditional Latin dance to the string orchestra with this collection. Explore the 'clave,' or rhythmic groove styles, such as the Merengue, Tango, Mambo, and others in a flexible format. All instruments have the melody, a harmony part, and an accompaniment/bass line. Easy hand percussion parts are included for the string players to perform or the optional drumset part can be used. The use of piano and guitar is recommended for authenticity but not necessary. All text appears in both English and Spanish. / Orchestre A Cordes

Par NEBBULA PATRICK. / Date parution : 2023-03-21/ Répertoire / Ensemble à Cordes

Largo In Homage to B.A.C.H. was commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival 2013 and Music Director Paul Goodwin to whom the work is dedicated.COMPOSER NOTE:My very first idea was to use the BACH initials as a basis for the work - not as the melodic motif often used by composers but rather as a harmonic structure. This is possible because in the German musical tradition B stands for B flat and H for B natural. This led to the thought that there would be four short sections each led by a different soloist forming an emotional journey: Lamentoso (mournful) Ardente (fervent) Inquieto (restless) and Sereno (peaceful).TheDouble Bass leads the first section B. Lamentoso (B flat major). The Cello leads the next A. Ardente (A major) faster and higher in pitch to reflect the change of mood and when the Viola soloist urgently interrupts in C. Inquieto (C major) the scene is set for a big climax. In the final section H. Sereno (B minor) the mood persuaded by the Violin soloist quietens and eventually leads to a brief quote from the famous chorale from the St. Matthew Passion O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden which ends the work in calm and peace with a 'tierce de Picardie'.In turn each soloist carries the linear activity as protagonist on this emotional journey and the accompaniment to each section is dominated by the ?tonality? indicated. But there is also a mysterious ?misty? overlay only dissipating after the Viola?s tempestuous climax. The cluster of notes that makes up this ?mist? is formed from the octatonic scale in each case incorporating notes of the triad of the relative section to determine its tonality (B flat major C major etc).Each section therefore uses only the notes of the octatonic scale1 associated with it - until the Viola begins to incorporate a chromatic scale2 - and it is only in the final section that the familiar diatonic scale 3 appears and the mist is dissipated. Therefore although the overall feeling of

Czech Song And Dance-Easy music for string groups. Playstrings provides an enjoyable and varied repertoire for young string orchestras carefully structured in two levels. The ‘Easy’ level does not normally exceed Grade 2 in difficultywith most parts playable in first position while the ‘Moderately Easy’ level includes some parts of around Grade 3 standard. At easy level alternative parts are provided so that the absence of viola or a double bassdoes not prevent the piece from being performed. Available in score or sets of instrumental parts. There are over 30 titles covering a wide range of styles including classical pieces folk tunes and Christmas collections.Playstrings is an ideal introduction to orchestral playing for young string players. Set of 19 parts contains: 4 x Violin 1 4 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3 2 x Viola 3 x Cello 2 x Double Bass/Cello 2.

This warm and melodic score by Alexandre Desplat and its stunning film earned the Oscar as well as many other honors. Movie and music lovers were captivated with the depth and richness of the film and the emotional musical backdrop that accompanied its poignant story. Larry Moore's version for string orchestra is ideal for pops programming.