Polka Schnell G-Dur. Par ZIEHRER CARL MICHAEL. Die Aufnahme der Polka schnell “Los-lassen” in das Programm des Neujahrskonzertes 1980 der Wiener Philharmoniker war willkommener Anlaß für die Erstellung einer kritischen Ausgabe in Partitur und Stimmen im Rahmen des “Diletto Musicale”./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Edizione critica a cura di Gabriele Dotto e Roger Parker (Vol. 1: XLIV, Vol. 2: VIII). Par DONIZETTI GAETANO. Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, written to a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples on 26 September 1835. It has remained in the repertory without interruption as one of Donizetti’s most popular operas throughout its nearly 200-year history. The edition proposes as the principal text a version of the opera that, for the most part, is as near as possible to that given at the premiere in Naples. However, one of the important new features of the edition is that it includes several fully orchestrated passages that, for unknown reasons, were cancelled very close to the time of the first performance. It also features in the third-act mad scene an obbligato part for the glass harmonica, an instrument that Donizetti had chosen for this extraordinary scene, and drafted in his autograph score, but was then constrained to substitute with a solo flute when the glass harmonica player got into contractual difficulties with the theatre. While the glass harmonica part was considered a mere “musicological curiosity” some decades ago, the critical edition now convincingly argues for its legitimate restoration as part of the composer’s preferred concept. The Sources section of the edition includes a detailed examination of all contemporary sources for the opera. The composer’s autograph score is of course the most important of these, but also of great value is the first printed vocal score of the opera, which in some numbers has a piano reduction prepared by the composer and contains many vocal variants (all reported in the score) that will be a great value to performers. There are also a number of early manuscript copies of the full score, several of which are valuable in outlining the first interpretations of Donizetti’s music. The critical edition restores the original keys, thus maintaining Donizetti’s overall harmonic design, but discusses transpositions that later entered the performing and editorial tradition of the opera. Three transposed pieces – which may have had Donizetti’s approval – will be made available available in the material for hire to theatres. / Date parution : 2022-03-05/ Répertoire / Orchestre

for orchestra. Par LIGETI GYORGY. Das Orchesterstück 'Melodien' habe ich 1971 komponiert. Ich versuchte, die dichte 'Mikropolyphonie' meiner Musiksprache aufzulockern, transparenter zu machen. Im Grunde genommen blieb ich treu zu meinem früheren Stil: die musikalische Form entfaltet sich wie ein ausgespanntes Gewebe in der kontinuierlich weiterfliessenden Zeit, doch verschmelzen die Einzelstimmen nicht mehr (wie in meiner früheren Musik), vielmehr sind sie in ihrer Überlagerung und Verflechtung einzeln durchhörbar. Die Stimmen werden zu individuellen Melodien, mit eigenem Duktus, eigenem Tempo, Rhythmus und intervallischer Struktur. Hört man das Werk zum ersten Male, erscheint es als ein Chaos diskrepanter Melodien - kennt man aber die Musik besser, werden die internen Zusammenhänge, wird das verborgene harmonische Skelett der Form erfassbar. (György Ligeti) In dieser Studienpartitur wird das Werk erstmals in modernem Notensatz verfügbar gemacht. Eine Faksimile-Ausgabe ist weiterhin erhältlich./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Cantate : Texte : James Baldwin, John Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe et Walt Whitman. / Grand Ensemble Contemporain Et Orchestre

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Peterloo is the derisive name given to an incident on 16 August 1819, in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, when an orderly crowd of some 8,000 people met to hear a speech on political reform. On the orders of the magistrates they were interrupted by the Yeomanry, attempting to seize the banners they carried, and to arrest their speaker, Henry Hunt. Cavalry were sent in, eleven people were killed and four hundred injured in the ensuring panic. This overture attempts to portray these happenings musically, but after a lament for the killed and injured, it ends in triumph, in the firm belief that all those who have suffered and died in the cause of unity amongst mankind will not have done so in vain./ Répertoire / Conducteur

(from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith). Par WILLIAMS JOHN. La pleine orchestrale de bataille des héros, le thème sabre laser de la lutte entre Anakin Skywalker et Obi Wan Kenobi à l'apogée de la dernière des préquelles de Star Wars, ' Star Wars III : la revanche des Sith'. Publié dans le cadre de la série Signature de John Williams. / Rép International / Recueil / Conducteur