Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Grazyna Bacewicz realised at a very early age that her main purpose in life was to compose music. Already during the 1920s, as a student of Lódz Conservatoire, as part of her lessons in harmony and counterpoint, she made attempts at composing, in which she tried to resolve nagging technical problems and impart an artistically satisfying form to them. She grew up in an atmosphere of anti-romantic tumult and the emerging neoclassical style. She assimilated the main attributes of that current in a natural way: the need to forge logical formal constructs based on new harmonic principles, not determined by the major–minor system, and also a freedom in the shaping of textures, a fixed element of which was the combining of homophony with more or less strict polyphonic forms. One example of such a strategy is the String Quartet from her student years, signed with the date 1929–1930, which the composer did not include in her official catalogue of works. In the first movement (Allegro moderato), one can distinguish two principal subjects, served in the form of the incomplete exposition of a fugue. The chromaticised first subject, with its strongly highlighted head motif, appears in the cello, with an answer coming four bars later in the first violin. After a short bridge, the first violin intones the second subject, of a different character (dolce), and the answer appears a bar later and an octave lower in the viola. Both subjects can be heard also in the closing coda, and the space between them is filled by counterpoints based largely on ostinato figures of various sorts – a technique that Bacewicz would hone to perfection in her later work. The middle fughetta (Molto adagio), with a subject stated just once, and in only three parts (cello, first violin, viola), acts as an intermezzo. The third movement (Allegro molto moderato) is a double fugue with strongly contrasting subjects. The first subject, in the form of a chromaticised melodic continuum, exposed by the cello, is initially shown with the traditional arrangement retained (answered by the viola and second violin at a fifth, and by the first violin an octave above). The second subject (energico) is a structure shaped by the opening repetition of a motif of perfect fifths, then octaves combined with staccato-tremolo figurations. As the work unfolds, the two subjects appear simultaneously in original and inverted form, coming together in the closing Cadenza in a uniform idea crowned by strong (fff) chords repeated towards the end. - Malgorzata Gasiorowska/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmonically free band of voices: 'The pure as a source, not pleasing”! After a melodically dominating episode and a continuation of the 'swinging tone-motion from the beginning”, a thematically solidified section follows. It is met by a second, more extensive melodic episode, followed by a 'nightly scene”. Coming full circle, the opening music of the piece finds its continuation, leading into a lament – first articulated by the ensemble, then finally as 'the viola's long, forlorn search for the melody symbolizing a farewell.”/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par SALLINEN AULIS. This celebratory duet was composed for the outgoing and incoming directors of the 2023 Naantali Festival to perform. Lasting around eight minutes, the piece is in a single, continuous movement comprised of contrasting episodes and is an ideal addition to a concert programme or for use in teaching. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Violon et Violoncelle

for Viola. Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 holiday favorites!/ Recueil / Alto

Jouer des duos est un excellent moyen d'apprendre à jouer dans un cadre de musique de chambre, et cette collection unique donne aux étudiants l'occasion de le faire avec quelqu'un d'autre qui joue un instrument à cordes, ce qui rend les combinaisons d'instruments qui peuvent être utilisés presque illimitées.Emballé avec 31 duos dans une variété de styles, compatibles Duets for Strings est parfait pour une utilisation en milieu scolaire avec des élèves qui sont particulièrement désireux de jouer de la musique avec leurs amis. Leur flexibilité rend ces duos un must-have pour tout joueur de chaîne. / 2 Altos

Ces quatuors Mini sont adaptés pour des leçons en groupe et des concerts. Il n'y a pas premier, deuxième, violonistes troisième, ou quatrième, tous - de couleur différente - les pièces sont égaux. Commutation des rôles est bien sûr une excellente idée! Un CD d'accompagnement, avec des pistes de démonstration de tous les morceaux, est inclus afin que les élèves puissent pratiquer à la maison et même effectuer à vos amis et famille. / Quatuor De Violons / 28 pages / niveau : Très Facile - Facile / Partition + Cd

Arrangement: Saurer Marcel. Par SAURER MARCEL. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes (2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle)