Par JANACEK LEOS. Leos Janacek, almost seventy years old, characterised the wind sextet he had just finished as 'a kind of memory of youth' in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite Youth was written in the summer of 1924, prompted by the composer's need to take stock on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Janacek also heard the Parisian ensemble Societe moderne des instruments a vent several times in Salzburg and Brno. He expanded the classic quintet scoring by the addition of a bass clarinet. Janacek referred to an earlier part of his life in this work not only by quoting a theme from March of the Blue Boys, but particularly through his general freshness ofexpression, astute humour and use of form which adhered to the classical style. The piece was enthusiastically received by both critics and the public and appeared in print as early as 1925 issued by the Prague publisher Hudebni matice. Wind sextet in the classical style Urtext based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos Janacek New foreword by Jiri Zahradka (Cz/Eng/Ger)/ Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent

On Motifs From Richard Wagner'S 'Ring Des Nibelungen'. Par SONNTAG GOTTFRIED. Gottfried Sonntag, un musicien militaire en à Bayreuth, créé une marche (concert) de certains des motifs musicaux centrales de la ' Ring '. En ces jours, il s'agissait de manière fréquente, de faire de la musique de scène plus accessible à un plus large public ou de l'exploitation de sa popularité. En outre, Richard Wagner a exprimé son approbation des arrangements de ses oeuvres pour la bande de vent./ Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent