Par DEZAIRE NICO. Le Monde des Ensembles est une série pour instruments à cordes qui permet aux élèves de jouer ensemble dès le début. Des morceaux sont déjà disponibles pour ceux qui connaissent les rudiments du solfège. La série contient des pièces pour violon, alto, violoncelle et piano, et pour duos, trios, orchestres à corde ou autres ensembles. Elle offre au professeur la possibilité de démontrer ludiquement le résultat des leçons avec un ou plusieurs élèves lors d’une audition ou d’un concert. Le Monde des Ensembles s’apparente aux méthodes en deux volumes Le Monde du Violon et Le Monde de l'Alto, mais peut également être utilisé séparément. Notre deuxième concert ! est un recueil de sept courtes pièces tirées des méthodes Le Monde du Violon (vol. 2) et Le Monde de l'Alto (vol. 2) et arrangées pour orchestre à cordes, afin que les débutants puissent jouer avec des musiciens plus avancés. Le niveau des parties débutants est très facile à facile. Les autres jeux sont écrits au niveau facile/intermédiaire. L’instrumentation se compose des parties suivantes : violon (débutant), alto (débutant), violoncelle (débutant), violon 1, violon 2, alto (violon 3 ad lib.), violoncelle 1, contrebasse (violoncelle 2 ad lib.) et piano ad lib. L’ensemble se compose d’une partition et de 11 parties. Les pistes de démonstration sont également disponibles en ligne. Ceux-ci servent d’exemple pour les débutants, particulièrement pour le travail à la maison. / Date parution : 2022-11-04/ Recueil / Orchestre à Cordes

String Quartet Version - Parts)-The composer writes: 'The backdrop for this commission was to complement music by the great Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven’s scores for string quartet are cornucopias of techniques and musicality. They were certainly not meant for pure entertainment. Ending up with Beethoven’s quartet Op. 59 No. 1 as a reference for this piece I even used elements from this quartet in my own composition. Beethoven’s position as a free artist has been of great importance to all following composers. This is of equal inspiration as his music. As a free artist one has to reflect upon our own time and not be afraid of allowing reality affect our work. When I was in the middle of writingthis piece something horrible happened in my neighbourhood. A bomb exploded in Oslo and a killer shot teenagers on an island summer camp. My nation’s reputation as a peaceful country to live in was drastically and forever changed. It was hard to compose. Papers and online media were soon filled with horrible pictures from the events. The lead-coloured skies being a recurring sight. The ambiguity in the title reflects both hope and dread. Beethoven’s light shines through strong and full of life! The piece was commissioned by the Engegård Quartet in 2011 and appears the recording String Quartets vol IV: Schubert-Ratkje-Britten-Haydn. A later piece was composed for string orchestra: 'Tale of Lead and Frozen Light' (2014)'. The composer writes: 'The backdrop for this commission was to complement music by the great Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven’s scores for string quartet are cornucopias of techniques and musicality. They were certainly not meant for pure entertainment. Ending up with Beethoven’s quartet Op. 59 No. 1 as a reference for this piece I even used elements from this quartet in my own composition. Beethoven’s position as a free artist has been of great importance to all following composers. This is of equal inspiration as his music. As a free artist one has to reflect upon our own time and not be afraid of allowing reality affect our work. When I was in the middle of writingthis piece something horrible happened in my neighbourhood. A bomb exploded in Oslo and a killer shot teenagers on an island summer camp. My nation’s reputation as a peaceful country to live in was drastically and forever changed. It was hard to compose. Papers and online media were soon filled with horrible pictures from the events. The lead-coloured skies being a recurring sight. The ambiguity in the title reflects both hope and dread. Beethoven’s light shines through strong and full of life! The piece was commissioned by the Engegård Quartet in 2011 and appears the recording String Quartets vol IV: Schubert-Ratkje-Britten-Haydn. A later piece was composed for string orchestra: 'Tale of Lead and Frozen Light' (2014)'.

Concerto for String Orchestra - the magnum opus of Grayna Bacewicz (1909-1969) the outstanding composer and violinist - was composed in 1948 and at once became one of the most frequently performed works of this Polish artist. This masterpieceof neoclassicism fascinates as much by its invention and virtuosic briliance as its harmonious combination of formal elements of a traditional nature with new tonal ideas. The form of the three-movement Concerto oscillates between that of the baroqueconcerto grosso and the early classical sonata cycle. The neoclassical tendency is evident above all in the articulation of the musical structure in keeping with the rigours of periodicity and the manner of developing thematic threads derived fromthem while the concertato character of particular movements and the generally linear texture indicate baroque connections. The first movement (Allegro) - in the form of an early classical sonata allegro - begins with a subject with energeticfigurations emblematic for the whole piece and based on a constant pendulum-like semiquaver movement anchored securely on D. It is precisely because of the nature of this subject that Bacewiczs work has been compared to the Brandenburg Concertosby Jan Sebastian Bach The second movement (Andante) while retaining its concertato charakter is at the same time an example of the composers ability to create emotionally serene lyrical moods and her sense of cantilena derived from the spiritof romantic song (a motto-subject presented at the beginning by cello solo). In this movement it is both the process of evolution and the instrumental colouring which constitute the constructional agents forming here a self-containedvalue. In thethird movement (Vivo) the composer returns to her favourite type of music understood as an expression of pure motion in the form of figural motives with infinite transformational possibilities. The spontaneity of the music the constant mutabilityof the tonal situations and the sophisticated acerbic harmonies - as Witold Lutosawski described them - form a colourful mosaic built in the structural skeleton of a sonata rondo. Concerto for String Orchestra is not only proof of thestylizing tendency of the composer but also of an unerring intuition concerning the technical and expressive possibilities inherent in a string instruments ensemble. [Magorzata Gsiorowska translated by Ewa Cholewka]

For String Trio (Score and Parts)-One of the most exciting composers of his generation Jonathan Cole was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 1999.Marble Arch 4 30 is piece about encounters: the encounters of three equal instruments coming together from different angles and the encounter suggested by the title.

Ecrit pour commémorer le 150e anniversaire de l'adresse de Gettysburg, cette pièce est une pièce maîtresse garanti pour n'importe quel concert orchestre. Ce travail original d'imagination pour orchestre à cordes, narrateur et percussion exprime le drame émotionnel et patriotique intense des mots les plus célèbres de Lincoln, y compris les événements menant à la parole. Rappelant plusieurs mélodies époque de la guerre civile, la musique vient compléter une richement descriptives possibilités narration offrande d'impliquer des conférenciers invités au concert et culmine dans une finale émouvante qui amènera le public à ses pieds. / Orchestre A Cordes

The magnificent interweaving of harmonies and dialogue-like Voices in Handel’s For Unto Us A Child Is Born make it a perfect addition to the festive choral repertoire. German-born British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel originally composed this piece in 1741 for the English-language oratorio Messiah which eventually became one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. As the last song of Scene 3 of Part I of the oratorio which addresses Isaiah's specific prophecy about the virgin birth of a Messiah For Unto Us A Child Is Born tells the news of Christmas thebirth of a son in Isaiah’s words as found in the Scripture (Isaiah 9:6). The delicate familiar theme is introduced by the Sopranos and taken up by their counter-voices the Tenors later the same dialog is given over to the Altos and Basses. The tutti culminates in 'Wonderful' 'Counselor' 'The Mighty God' 'The Everlasting Father' and 'The Prince of Peace'.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

The Miniature String Quartet is redolent of the English countryside. It has been the first String quartet of at least two generations of String players.David Stone is a contemporary composer widely known for his works for student musicians and ensembles. He was a master at Charterhouse at one time a producer at the BBC and Music Director of the Godalming Operatic Society then Director of the School of Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He began to compose works for young musicians when he found a dearth of suitable teaching material for his own students.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Primo Encores is a collection of folk songs classical themes rounds and original compositions arranged in such a way as to be extremely versatile in meeting the need of the beginning level string orchestra. Eachinstrument has the melody line as well as additional harmony lines. By using all the parts a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of Piano any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Commissioned by the Scottish Ensemble first performed on 15th December 2008 at Queen’s Cross Church Aberdeen. Programme note   'This short work is about conflict – expressed here by the clash of opposing musical forces. One ‘force’ an ‘arioso’ is based around the harmonic field of E and is  melodic tonal straightforward and at times emotional. It is mainly led by the first  violin. The other ‘force’ led by the double bass is strongly discordant [at first a  single note F latergradually growing to a giant cluster]. It is essentially chordal  [non-melodic] static suffocating inexorable and impersonal. Its only contrast is  getting louder or getting softer getting denser or less dense. The interruption of the opening ‘arioso’ by a single note F on the double bass is at first not very threatening and the reaction to it is one of surprise. Later as the threat increases so the reaction becomes stronger; at first one of irritation then anger. A passionate outburst on the violins follows which falls on deaf ears. Then a solo violin solo viola and solo cello all appeal in turn: still no response. Finally only fragments of the original ‘arioso’ are heard before dying away. Whereas near the