Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Cette pièce de musique de chambre, composée en 1907?1908, marque une rupture non seulement dans l??uvre de Schönberg, mais aussi plus largement dans l?histoire moderne de la musique. Le système tonal majeur/mineur qui s?imposait depuis des siècles est, au fil des quatre mouvements, abandonné de manière toujours plus sensible au profit d?une atonalité libre. Cette rupture avec la tradition musico-historique va de pair avec un autre coup porté aux conventions: Schönberg introduit dans les deux derniers mouvements une voix de soprano pour mettre en musique deux poèmes de Stefan George. Avec la transition vers l?atonalité, Schönberg ouvre la voie à un nouveau langage musical, qui aboutira peu de temps après au dodécaphonisme. Pas de doute: son Second quatuor à cordes a marqué le cours de l?histoire de la musique. La nouvelle édition Henle a été réalisée par Ullrich Scheideler, spécialiste de Schönberg, sur la base des recherches les plus récentes. La partition Urtext Henle présente ce «classique de la modernité» dans une nouvelle gravure, très généreusement mise en page. / Date parution : 2022-06-14/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes et Soprano

The original version of this setting of the well-known traditional English folk song was completed in 1974, and was commissioned by Rachel McMillan College of Education (where Gregson was a lecturer at the time) for its Music Department choir (female voices). It then had the somewhat unusual instrumentation of spinet, flute and string quartet. In 2017 Gregson made a revision for performance and publication in a new version for upper voices and piano / Ssa Et Piano

Par SAARIAHO KAIJA. This arrangement of Die Aussicht, for soprano and string quartet, was first performed in August 2019 during the Creative Dialogue Workshop at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. / Date parution : 2022-07-20/ Répertoire / Soprano et Quatuor à Cordes

Based on a chorale motif from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass, the composer has developed the beautiful melody into a free-standing anthem. Optional String Quartet or Ensemble available. Duration: ca. 3:30. / Choeur Mixte Et Quatuor A Cordes

Lully, Lullay was written at the request of Philip Reed, music director of the Bury St Edmunds Bach Choir, which gave the first performance on 17 December 2011 at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk. Inspired by the familiar medieval text of the Coventry Carol , it is sung a cappella and invokes the sense of a lullaby through its metre and lilting melody. The fragility and bittersweet tonality of the opening verse is reflected in the continuous interaction between the tonic and dominant keys and resolving dissonances. This develops into broader passages of increased range and dynamics during the second and third verses, where the melody is passed between the upper and lower voices, clearly invoking the poignancy of the text. The last verse returns to the original theme with subtle harmonic changes and a reflective final cadence. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Harriet Wybor was born in Leeds in 1986 and read music as an undergraduate at Durham University, followed by an M.A. in composition with Martyn Harry and António Pinho Vargas. Harriet's main compositional interests are sacred and secular contemporary choral and chamber music, and the relationship between music and time. Her work reflects a wide range of influences from renaissance choral music and medieval texts to 20th-century literature and art. Harriet has had works performed by the Northern Sinfonia (conducted by H K Gruber), Psappha, the Allegri String Quartet, St John's College Choir, Durham, the Bury St Edmunds Bach Choir and the Fishburn Band - broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Listen to the Band . After graduating from Durham University, Harriet continued her studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she read for an LL.M. in innovation, technology and the law. She has subsequently pursued a career in music publishing where she works in copyright and composes in her spare time. / Choeur SATB

Par PART ARVO. It takes 75 minutes to relate the story of the Passion according to the Latin of St John's Gospel; Pärt uses solo singers for the roles of Pilate and Christ, and a group of four soloists (soprano, counter tenor, tenor and bass) for the Evangelist, together with a small chorus. Understatement is all: the instrumental accompaniment is confined to a quartet of woodwind and strings that underpins the Evangelist quartet, and an organ to support the remaining singers. Each distinct group has its own scraps of melodic material, which are constantly varied and repeated. Everything proceeds in rhythmic unison, so that the effect js ritualistic and highly austere. (Andrew Clements, Financial Times, 12. 6. 1986) Arvo Pärts 'Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem' relates the story of the Passion according to the Latin of St John's Gospel./ Répertoire / Solistes, SATB Choeur et 4 Instruments

Cet arrangement de Die Aussicht, pour soprano et quatuor à cordes, a été interprété pour la première fois en août 2019 lors de l\'atelier Creative Dialogue à l\'Académie Sibelius, à Helsinki, en Finlande. / Partitions classique / Vocale - chorale / Choeur et ensemble vocal / CHESTER MUSIC