Cantilena was commissioned by the London Chamber Music Society to celebrate their move to King's Place in October 2008. First performed by Nicholas Daniel and members of the Chilingirian Quartet at King’s Place London on 5th October 2008. The work is a short lyrical piece where an outsider [the oboe] joins the group [a string trio] and adds to their dialogue. At first the newcomer is treated with a mixture of suspicion and agitation but eventually is made welcome. The oboe is invited to share the musical theme that has been established which he then proceeds to embellish and adorn. He leads the harmonic changes that result in the theme being heard in manydifferent keys. He then introduces a new theme. The excitement grows and leads to a climax. A peaceful coda re-establishes the original theme and all ends harmoniously among the integrated quartet.

Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism though there is a darker more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino played by the Viola but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistful melancholy that carries over into the following Intermezzo a song-like episode containing some of the most virtuosic writing in the work. The last movement is a theme and six variations with a fugal ending. The theme is ballad-like with a suggestion of 18th-century elegance. Modality creeps into thesecond Adagio variation and there is rhythmic exhilaration in the succeeding Presto. What can be admired in this attractive quartet is its conciseness. This String Quartet was his first major composition of any kind.

After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozartâ??s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II â?? in full score and individual parts. Included are the â??Early Viennese Quartetsâ? from 1773 K. 168â??173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composerâ??s father Leopold however suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation thereby producing a new assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition! After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozartâ??s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II â?? in full score and individual parts. Included are the â??Early Viennese Quartetsâ? from 1773 K. 168â??173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composerâ??s father Leopold however suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation thereby producing a new assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition!

'Quartet In C Minor' is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is similar in style to Dvorak in its lyricism though there is a darker more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino played by the viola but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistful melancholy that carries over into the following Intermezzo a song-like episode containing some of the most virtuosic writing in the work. The last movement is a theme and six variations with a fugal ending. The theme is ballad-like with a suggestion of 18th-century elegance. Modalitycreeps into the second Adagio variation and there is rhythmic exhilaration in the succeeding Presto. What can be admired in this attractive quartet is its conciseness. This String Quartet was his first major composition of any kind.

Schubertâ??s composition of a new string quartet begun in December 1820 was alas never to get beyond the first movement the heavily reworked autograph breaks off at the outset of the second movement. But the fragmentary work that later came into the hands of Johannes Brahms from Schubertâ??s estate delighted its new owner so much after its premiere in 1867 that Brahms had the first movement published three years later as Schubertâ??s â??Posthumous Workâ? â?? thus paving the way into audiencesâ?? hearts for this little gem. Schubertâ??s autograph manuscript features such numerous divergences in dynamics and articulation that editor Egon Voss suspects it to be one of Schubertâ??s experiments withvariations. This is why in his Urtext edition he proceeds with extreme restraint in issuing additions and changes with respect to parallel passages ¬â?? thus making Schubertâ??s diversity of ideas comprehensible for performing musicians. For all who want a peek inside Schubertâ??s workshop the few measures of the second movement are included as a bonus! Schubertâ??s composition of a new string quartet begun in December 1820 was alas never to get beyond the first movement the heavily reworked autograph breaks off at the outset of the second movement. But the fragmentary work that later came into the hands of Johannes Brahms from Schubertâ??s estate delighted its new owner so much after its premiere in 1867 that Brahms had the first movement published three years later as Schubertâ??s â??Posthumous Workâ? â?? thus paving the way into audiencesâ?? hearts for this little gem. Schubertâ??s autograph manuscript features such numerous divergences in dynamics and articulation that editor Egon Voss suspects it to be one of Schubertâ??s experiments withvariations. This is why in his Urtext edition he proceeds with extreme restraint in issuing additions and changes with respect to parallel passages ¬â?? thus making Schubertâ??s diversity of ideas comprehensible for performing musicians. For all who want a peek inside Schubertâ??s workshop the few measures of the second movement are included as a bonus!

Par LEVINAS MICHAEL. En 1996, Concertation m'avait permis de réaliser une polyphonie de sons tournants évoluant harmoniquement selon le principe d'un choral. Le spatialisateur de l'Ircam permet de superposer des trames (ou des lignes) chantées par quatre voix. Ces trames se propagent et tournent dans l'espace à des vitesses multiples créant ainsi des effets de Doppler et des entrelacements polyphoniques. Ces faisceaux colorés par la percussion et la flûte évoluent selon une trajectoire qui reproduit une relation de 'tonique à dominante'. Il en résulte simultanément une impression de sur place et de cheminement harmonique. Dans Les Lettres enlacées V, en revanche, le principe formel de la pièce naît d'une écriture polyphonique en spirale. La pièce procède par la reproduction en continuelle transposition d'échelles modales qui parcourent les registres des instruments du grave à l'aigu, ou bien de l'aigu au grave selon un système d'altérations asymétriques. Sont aussi utilisés des mouvements contraires. Ainsi, une échelle qui se déroule dans un registre grave va être reproduite une octave au-dessus en subissant une 'altération' similaire à l'effet de Doppler que j'avais utilisé dans Concertation. La genèse du mouvement mélodique provient de cette simulation de l'évolution de l'échelle modale dans l'espace. Le principe de la transposition limitée implicite dans l'altération, dans le temps et dans l'espace de ces échelles constitue une forme giratoire, c'est-à-dire une structure de modulation qui ramène dans le temps à l'échelle modale du début de la pièce. Forme fermée ? Forme giratoire ? La trame harmonique est constituée non seulement par l'échelle modale reproduite à tous les registres des instruments, mais procède aussi d'un mouvement de spirale infinie provoqué par une technique acoustique d'octaviation et de relais. Cette trame harmonique est à la fois statique et mobile. Elle résulte simultanément de la spirale infinie et de l'altération des échelles quand elles passent d'un registre à l'autre. J'ai écrit une suite de pièces sous le titre Les Lettres enlacées. Ce titre traduit la technique d'écriture utilisée pour les cordes. Elle se réfère au chevauchement, à la superposition, au croisement de deux voix d'un seul et même instrument à cordes. L'instrumentiste joue une mélodie en canon de micro-intervalles sur deux cordes simultanément, chaque ligne 'poursuivant' l'autre par une sorte de dédoublement en micro-intervalles. Les figures mélodiques issues de ces modes de jeu peuvent être considérées comme de faux glissandi ou encore comme des effets globaux et paradoxaux obtenus par cette polyphonie en lettres croisées. Dans ce quintette, j'ai rapproché ces lignes mélodiques en faux glissandi des échelles modales altérées. Cette parenté constitue elle aussi la trame évolutive de la pièce dans le temps. La conception du quintette suit une période de composition exclusivement consacrée, depuis Concertation, aux instruments acoustiques et plus précisément aux instruments à cordes. Ce travail m'a amené à réfléchir sur des musiques formelles éloignées de la rencontre avec le modèle narratif. Mais le rôle de l'altération des échelles, la relation entre ces altérations et le temps musical, le concept de transposition limitée, la polyphonie en spirale infinie, les superpositions des mêmes échelles sous forme conjointes et disjointes, m'ouvrent des perspectives dans le domaine de l'invention musicale, qui ne se limitent pas à la pure abstraction de la forme ou à la matérialité de l'organisation du timbre. M.L. / contemporain / Répertoire / Quintette à Cordes

Ma Fiancée, Une Fontaine Close, Une Source Scellée?. Par MURAIL TRISTAN. French/ Répertoire / Alto

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Par DVORAK ANTONIN. The profound impression it makes on us is due in part to the sequence of variations on a death motif that seems to have been borrowed from the beginning of the second Kyrie from Bach's Mass in B minor. Written in 1890, it was commissioned by the publisher Novello for the Birmingham Music Festival and premiered there under the direction of the composer on 9 October 1891. For this performance, Dvorák used a copy of the score which he had personally examined and which later served as the engraver's copy. The Dvorák scholar Klaus Döge succeeded in tracking down its location and evaluating this important source for the first time. It contains the 'Fassung letzter Hand' and, moreover, offers valuable insights into Dvorák's conducting workshop. It served as the principal source for the Breitkopf Urtext edition./ Répertoire / Alto

Par CAFARO PASQUALE. Pasquale Cafaro, born in S. Pietro in Galantina in 1715; he was directed by his family to 'scientific' studies (science of law) but soon abandoned them for musical ones. He then entered the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini as a son at the age of 18, almost as an adult. His main teacher was one of the greatest musicians of the 18th century, Leonardo Leo, who immediately recognized the young man's talent. He remained at the 'Pietà' for a long time as a pupil first and then as a mastricello; finally, on the master's death, he deservedly succeeded him. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Soprano, Alto, Cordes et Basse Continue