Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert.Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas? hymn. The hymn's message - a plea for the well-being of the Czech people, directed at their patron saint - was immediately understood by the audience.The Bohemian String Quartet performed this single-movement Meditation for the first time on 27 September 1914 - the premiere of the version for string orchestra followed on 22 November 1914, played by the Czech Philharmonic. That same year the piece was published by Fr. A. Urbánek together with arrangements for piano and organ.This first Urtext edition, prepared by the Suk scholar Zdenek Nouza, is published in two scorings, one for string quartet (BA 9583 - study score TP 583) and another for string orchestra (BA 9584).The orchestral version differs in some details and has an added part for double bass. - First Urtext edition - Informative trilingual Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editor - Two versions published in two separate editions / Orchestre A Cordes

Piano [Keyboard / Organ], Percussions optional. Par DVORAK ANTONIN. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

Piano [Keyboard / Organ], Percussions optional. Par NAULAIS JEROME. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

Piano [Keyboard / Organ], Percussions optional. Par ALBINONI TOMASO. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

Note by the composer:'Triple Quartet is for string quartet and two pre-recorded quartets, or three live string quartets with no pre-recording. The piece is in three movements, fast-slow-fast, and is organized harmonically on four dominant chords in minor keys a minor third apart: E minor, G minor, Bb minor, C# minor and then returning to E minor to form a cycle.The first movement goes through this harmonic cycle twice with a section about one minute long on each of the four dominat chords. The result is a kind of variation form. Rhythmically the first movement has the second and third quartet playing interlocking chords while the first quartet plays longer melodies in canon between the first violin and viola against the second violin and cello. The slow movement is more completely contrapuntal with a long slow melody in canon eventually in all 12 voices. It stays in E minor throughout. The third movement resumes the original fast tempo, maintains the harmonic chord cycle but modulates back and forth between keys more rapidly. The final section of the movement is in the initial key of E minor and there the piece finally cadences.? Steve Reich, 1999 / Orchestre A Cordes

Muffat, élève de Lully et Corelli, composé son concerto 'Victoria Maesta' ('victoire triste') en 1689, organiste et musicien de chambre à la Cour de l'archevêque de Salzbourg. Le titre fait référence à la prise de Belgrade au cours de laquelle le frère de l'archevêché a été tué en 1688 - donc la pièce commence avec une marche funèbre solennel en ut mineur, dans la technique du contrepoint élaborée et artistique dans le sens de type adagio de Corelli. / Orchestre A Cordes