Surtout connu comme compositeur d'opéra, Donizetti est néanmoins le représentant italien le plus important du quatuor à cordes genre. Alors que les premiers quatuors peuvent encore être considérés comme des expériences de la jeune compositeur avec une forme stricte classique, lepièces intermédiaires et sont ultérieurement une l'expression sans équivoque de son maturité esprit musical / Musique De Chambre

Par ANDERSON JULIAN. The Comedy of Change was commissioned by the Rambert Dance Company and Het Concertgebouw, for Asko/Schönberg. The UK premiere took place as a ballet choreographed by Mark Baldwin at the Theatre Royal Plymouth by Rambert Dance Company, conducted by Paul Hoskins on 16 September 2009. Duration is 23 minutes and the score is in C. A Large size conducting score and instrumental parts are available for hire on request. / Scores / Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre

Version with Piano and String Quartet - Parts)-A song cycle for baritone voice string quartet and piano. The composer writes: 'Naarasäiti (The Lustful Mother) is about becoming a mother an experience in which sexuality combines in a natural way with the birth of a new life. The texts of the cycle are from the collections of poems Äitejä tyttäriä (Árbeeadni The Time of the Lustful Mother 2013) and Kylmä kumppani (Galbma rádna My Cold Companion 1999) by two contemporary Sámi poets Rauni Magga Lukkari and Rose-Marie Huuva. The poems’ primitive matriarchal beat is present throughout in the music: a dark earthy solo viola accompanies the baritone while the sizzling sparkling strings erupt at times in powerfultextures'. Score available: WH33187 A song cycle for baritone voice string quartet and piano. The composer writes: 'Naarasäiti (The Lustful Mother) is about becoming a mother an experience in which sexuality combines in a natural way with the birth of a new life. The texts of the cycle are from the collections of poems Äitejä tyttäriä (Árbeeadni The Time of the Lustful Mother 2013) and Kylmä kumppani (Galbma rádna My Cold Companion 1999) by two contemporary Sámi poets Rauni Magga Lukkari and Rose-Marie Huuva. The poems’ primitive matriarchal beat is present throughout in the music: a dark earthy solo viola accompanies the baritone while the sizzling sparkling strings erupt at times in powerfultextures'. Score available: WH33187