Par MILHAUD DARIUS. Second of the series of ; Four Faces by Darius Milhaud, II. The Wisconsonian is a short piece for Alto and Piano. Easy to play, it requires some technique of the instrument and some theory knowledge to read in different keys. The book includes the parts for Viola and Piano and for Viola only. The music is cheerful and quite fast, with the Viola part playing mainly semisquavers alternating up and down every two bars. It is supposed to represent an American girl coming from Wisconsin. She is part of the four faces with: I. The Californian girl, II. The Wisconsonian and IV. The Parisian girl. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a French modernist composer and a teacher. He was also part of the Les Six and was strongly influenced by Jazz. His opus list ended at 443./ Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Third of the series of “Quatre Visages” by Darius Milhaud III. La Bruxelloise is a short piece for Alto and Piano. Easy to play it still requires some technique of the instrument and some theory knowledge to read in different keys. The book includes the parts for Viola and Piano and for Viola only. The music quite slow is really delicate and is supposed to represent a Belgian girl coming from Brussels. She is part of the four faces with: I. The Californian girl II. The Wisconsonian and IV. The Parisian girl. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a French modernist composer and a teacher. Hewas also part of Les Six and was strongly influenced by Jazz. His opus list ended at 443.

Along with the Stamitz concerto Hoffmeister‘s Viola Concerto is the most important audition piece for Viola players. Yet it has been handed down in a complicated source tradition surviving ina single contemporary manuscript covered with many layers of markings. Our Piano reduction reconstructs for the first time the earliest textual layer in this source thereby coming as close as possible toHoffmeister‘s actual intentions. The reconstructed original is accompanied by a detailed critical commentary. Fingering and bowing marks have been added by no less a musician than Kim Kashkashian!

L'alto souvent décrié à tort retrouve ici ses lettres de noblesse, Sa tessiture grave et chaude vient envelopper, dans ce poème d'hiver, le piano mélancolique, Paul Sterne installe un dialogue complice entre les deux instruments qui se mêlent graduellement l'un à l'autre et lentement le duo sans qu'aucun ne marque sa prédominance, nous livre une parfaite osmose, tendre et rêveuse,Patrick Alliotte, Chanteur, écrivain, / Alto Et Piano

Par HUSSEIN NICOLAS. Composée en 2016 et dédiée à Agnès Domergue et Éléonore Sandron. Conducteur (5 p.) et partie d'alto (2 p.) / Niveau : Avancé / contemporain / Répertoire / Alto et Piano