For Soprano Saxophone and Organ accompaniment.'Peter Abelard was a medieval philosopher poet and musician born in France in 1079. He taught at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris lodging with Canon Fulbert whoadmired hiswork. In time he also became tutor to Fulbert's beautiful seventeen-yearoldniece Helo se.Abelard and Helo se began a passionate love affair (Dance of Peter and Helo se) which resulted in a son Astrolabe.For thesake of Abelard's position they married secretly and Canon Fulbert waspresent at their marriage. But Fulbert later reacted furiously to news that Abelard hadsent Helo se to a convent believing that he had abandoned her infavour of his owncareer. In revenge he had Abelard castrated (Revenge of Canon Fulbert).After his mutilation Abelard became a monk and he and Helo se remained constantcorrespondents for the remainder of his life. Hecomposed a hymnbook for Helo se who by then was Abbess of the convent of the Paraclete. Among the hymns was avisionary poem of the New Jerusalem set to a beautiful melody in the Dorian mode O Quanta Qualia.On his death in1142 his remains were taken to the Paraclete at Helo se's request andher body was later laid to rest in the same tomb. Finally their remains were taken toParis and in 1817 they were buried together in one sepulchre (InParadisum).Peter Abelard documented much of his own story in a number of writings includingthe Historia Calamitatum Mearum (The story of mytroubles).'             - James Whitbourn

Sébastien Paindestre pianiste et compositeur de Jazz chevronné revisite le répertoire de Radiohead avec sa propre formation Jazz ?Amnesiac quartet? depuis 2007 avec laquelle il a parcouru la France sur les plus grandes scènes...Il rencontre en 2012 Radiohead et Thom Yorke à Bercy et sort le deuxième album ?tribute to Radiohead vol.2? en 2013.Il collabore et se produit avec de nombreux musiciens de Jazz internationaux et des compositeurs de musique contemporaine comme Jacques Lejeune (G.R.M) et écrit pour le cinéma des musiques sur des films inédits de Georges Méliès (Studio Canal).Cette Pièce ?Round' Radiohead? dédié au saxophoniste Nicolas Prost est le fruit de son parcours musical et des passerelles entre le rock, le Jazz et la musique classique... / Saxophone Alto Et Piano