Par DE HAAN JACOB. Sbandiamo ! est une oeuvre joyeuse qui fait swinguer ! Son titre fait référence à la rencontre d’orchestres d’harmonie qui regroupe chaque année des orchestres de toute l’Italie dans la ville médiévale de Gubbio en Ombrie (Italie). Là, sur la Piazza Grande, l’oeuvre a été créée sous la direction du compositeur avec une ensemble d’environ 250 musiciens. Une introduction grandiose avec de la percussion festive est suivie d’un thème entraînant, alternant entre des rythmes de pop et de marche. Puis, on retrouve le thème d’ouverture dans la forme d’une marcia cantabile, et l’oeuvre est menée à sa fin grandiose et captivante. / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Date parution : 1905-07-10/ Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

for large ensemble. Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. One of the movements in Scorched (arrangements of seventeen tunes by John Scofield for jazz trio and orchestra) has a coda, which repeats a dense, two-bar tag which sounded like it could be developed. Snapshots starts off by revealing bits of each of the two bars (with episodes placed in-between). The full two bars of music are then revealed at the end of the piece. Snapshots is a tribute to Olly [Oliver Knussen] on his 50th birthday. Mark-Anthony Turnage/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Musique de Chambre

Par HESKETH KENNETH. In Danceries , by Kenneth Hesketh, the melodies themselves are a mixture of old and new. Where the old occurs it has been adapted in mood and composition and is often interspersed with completely new material. The contemporary harmonies and rhythms bring a breath of new into these themes and add drama to the suite. The first movement, Lull Me Beyond Thee , is gentle and lilting, almost a barcarole, this movement is very much a reverie. The original tune had the name Poor Robin's Maggot , a rather disconcerting title. Maggot, however, in seventeenth-century parlance meant whim or fancy. The second, Catching of Quails , is a colourful, buoyant scherzo on an original melody. The thematic material is shuttled around the band to contrast with full-blooded tuttis. The last few bars fade to almost nothing, before a final surprise! My Lady's Rest is a tender pavane, also on an original melody, with Moorish leanings. Beautiful solo passages, expressive contrapuntal writing and warm tuttis provide an opportunity to show off the most lyrical of playing. The final movement, Quodling's Delight is a clever combination of the 17th century melody, Goddesses , with an original contrasting melody, creating a rousing and exuberant finale to the work. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Brass Band

Edizione Critica A Cura Di Claudio Toscani. Par PERGOLESI GIOVANNI BATTISTA. EDIZIONE NAZIONALE DELLE OPERE DI GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI (Casa Ricordi in collaborazione con la Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi) Based on the anonymous recasting of a libretto derived in turn from La fede tradita e vendicata by Francesco Silvani (1705), Il prigionier superbo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was first performed on 5 September 1733 at the Teatro di San Bartolomeo in Naples. With this opera – his second dramma serio for San Bartolomeo in less than two years – the young composer (who had already acquired considerable professional stature in the city’s theatres, churches, and aristocratic circles) reprised a perennially popular subject centered aroundthe dramatic conflict between filial piety and devotion to one’s betrothed. Inserted between the opera’s three acts were the intermezzi of La serva padrona, which would soon go on to take all of Europe by storm. The primary source for this edition is a manuscript copy of the score currently housed in the Conservatorio di Musica “San Pietro a Majella” in Naples and prepared by Giuseppe Sigismondo, who was quite probably working from the now-lost autograph. Two other significant manuscript copies of the score also housed in Naples (respectively in the Biblioteca Oratoriana dei Girolamini and the aforementioned conservatory) were consulted, along with a number of manuscript copies of individual arias. The edition is furnished with a historical introduction, which traces the libretto’s complicated literary lineage and illustrates the circumstances of the opera’s commission, genesis, premiere, and subsequent history: and a critical apparatus containing detailed source descriptions and critical notes for both the text and the music. An earlier version of the last movement of the Sinfonia, and an aria for the third act whose text does not appear in the original printed libretto, are provided as appendices. / Date parution : 1905-07-09/ Répertoire / Solistes, Choeur et Orchestre

Par BROSSE DIRK. Das sinfonische Gedicht El Golpe Fatal zeichnet in musikalisch ausdrucksstarken Bildern einen lateinamerikanischen Stierkampf, eine corrida de torros nach. Von der feierlichen Eröffnung der corrida, über den verhängnisvollen Schlag bis hin zur Ehrenrunde des siegreichen Matadors kann der Zuhörer den Verlauf dieses spannenden Zweikampfes verfolgen. El Gople Fatal, eine höchst anspruchsvolle Komposition, ist für jedes Orchester eine echte Herausforderung. / Niveau : 6 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Saga of Haakon the Good reflektiert das Leben von König Haakon I von Norwegen (um 920-961). Jeder der vier Sätze dieses Werkes hat etwas Besonderes zu bieten - von ausdrucksvollen Lento-Passagen bis zu dynamischen rhythmischen Abschnitten und vielen spannenden Soli. The Saga of Haakon the Good war bereits Pflichtstuück bei den British National Brass Band Championships 2008. Wahrhaft meisterlich! / Niveau : 5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Brass Band

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Saga of Haakon the Good reflektiert das Leben von König Haakon I von Norwegen (um 920-961). Jeder der vier Sätze dieses Werkes hat etwas Besonderes zu bieten - von ausdrucksvollen Lento-Passagen bis zu dynamischen rhythmischen Abschnitten und vielen spannenden Soli. Wahrhaft meisterlich! / Niveau : 5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie