Live At Rosalie And Alva'S. En explorant des compositions originales et en organisant des standards de jazz, nouvelle Ouest Guitar Quartet créé eux-mêmes comme un groupe de jazz notable lorsqu'ils étaient tous les étudiants en musique à l'University of Southern California, sous la direction du guitariste Pat Kelley. Depuis que le groupe a commencé en 2003, ils ont effectué dans des endroits importants tout au long de l'USA, le Canada, le Japon, le Europe et a travaillé avec les guitaristes tels que Pat Metheny, Joe Diorio et Bruce Forman. / Jazz - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Irvine Arditti who is an extraordinary violinist a specialist for contemporary music and the leader of the phenomenal Arditti Quartet worked together with the composer and conductor Robert HP Platz to produce this book on contemporary violin technique. It presents detailed explanations of the technical possibilities of the violin for performers and composers. This publication takes into account the virtuosity of a new generation of soloists. These are soloists who with their exceptional ability have succeeded in paving the way for a greater understanding of classical and contemporary music. The chapters on bowing techniques vibrato pizzicato glissando flageolet tablatures rhythm and electronic sound production are illustrated with numerous musical examples and diagrams. Particularly helpful is the accompanying DVD where Arditti demonstrates and explains the described techniques. Chapters on the basics of violin technique and on Irvine Arditti’s personal experience with notable composers make the book equally interesting for non-violinists.The authorsIrvine Arditti born in London in 1953 became the Principal Concert Master of the London Symphony Orchestra at the age of 25. He left the orchestra in 1980 to devote his time to his quartet. In recent decades Irvine Arditti has premiered a large number of important works many of which were written for him. Amongst them are the violin concertos by Xenakis Hosokawa and Ligeti Ferneyhough’s Terrain and Sciarrino’s Le Stagioni Artificiali. As well as having recorded over 180 CDs with the Arditti Quartet Arditti has built an impressive catalogue of solo recordings. His recording of Cage’s Freeman Etudes for Solo Violin has made musical history.Robert HP Platz born in Baden-Baden Germany in 1951 has conducted premieres of over 300 works with renowned orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg and worked with composers such as Hosokawa Huber Scelsi Stockhausen and Xenakis. Platz is also a composer. Since 1989 his compositions comprise associative connected parts of a diary-like continuous complete work. Since 1990 he teaches composition as well as performance practice regarding contemporary music at the University of Maastricht.

Silver was expertly composed by Thomas Simaku. First published in 1995 Silver was commissioned by the New London Children's Choir with funds provided by the RalphVaughan Williams Trust. The piece received its debut performance in Spring 1996 at John's Smith Square performed by the New London Children's Choir and conducted by Ronald Corp.For over a decade Albanian-bornBritish composer Thomas Simaku’s music has been reaching audiences all over Europe and the USA winning a number of prestigious awards such as the Serocki International Prize AHRC Fellowship DAAD Award as wellas an Honourable Mention at the Musical Personalities International Competition. Many notable performances include among others those given by Kreutzer Quartet English Northern Philharmonia European Union ChamberOrchestra the New London Orchestra Amsterdam New Music Ensemble Tokyo Phonosphere Musicale Capricorn Ensemble Norwegian Medieval Trio and the Austrian 'Ticom' Ensemble.Simaku’s stylecombines avant-gardism and modality in his own way often with a deeply convincing inner strength structural integrity and impressive character.

Par SPEARS GREGORY. The Tower and the Garden is a setting of three poems for choir and string quartet. The texts juxtapose the dangers of technological hubris (the tower) and the need for a place of refuge (the garden) in a world threatened by war and ecological disaster. Each text suggest ways in which Catholic thought and imagery might challenge the status quo. The first text, poem 80 from the collection “Cables to the Ace,” was written by Trappist monk and social activist Thomas Merton. It is an eschatological meditation on the garden of Gethsemane, where Christ’s disciples slept on the eve of his crucifixion. Merton compares their slumber to society’s indifference to the destruction of our natural world by potentially dangerous new technologies and war. The second text was written by poet and Catholic activist Denise Levertov. It is a meditation on the Tower of Babel and the tendency for technology in the information and nuclear age to serve only its own growth and to potentially destroy our lives in the bargain. The third poem, written by Keith Garebian, is an homage to queer filmmaker Derek Jarman and his cottage garden at Dungeness on the English coast. Situated precariously between a towering nuclear power plant and the sea, the garden was Jarman’s austere refuge during the final months of his struggle with AIDS. While an atheist and highly critical of the church, Derek Jarman was intrigued by the role religious and hagiographic narratives could play in his filmic indictments of Thatcher-era Britain. This is most notable in his film The Garden, which was shot on location in Dungeness. – Gregory Spears / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Chœur Mixte SATB et Quatuor à Cordes

Commande du duo germano-canadien Amadeus Guitar Duo, Concertomaggio est un triple omaggio à Ravel, Sor et à l'argentin Astor Piazzolla. Si certains éléments caractéristiques de l'écriture de ces trois compositeurs demeurent très lisibles dans chacun des mouvements qui lui rend hommage, il est toutefois notable que le second de ces mouvements, tout en citant l'une des plus célèbres études de Fernando Sor, s'enrichit, en contrepoint, d'extraits des hymnes allemand et canadien, clins d'oeil respectifs aux dédicataires de l'oeuvre. Ainsi, le deuxième mouvement s'ouvre sur les premières mesures de l'Adagio du Kaiserquartett de Haydn, lequel s'efface bientôt à la faveur des dernières notes du somptueux O Canada de Calixa Lavallée laissant enfin entrer la guitare et ses louanges catalanes. N'appartenant à aucune autre école que celle de l'émotion et du plaisir partagé et toujours en quête de cette balance idéale entre l'orchestre et les guitares, l'inclassable Concertomaggio - très classique mais si contemporain à la fois - ne ressemblerait-il pas, somme toute à un bref et heureux voyage dans l'espace et le temps, tout simplement ' R.D.Auteur : DYENS RolandDiscipline/Instrument : 2 guitares et orchestreSupport : PartitionStyle/Genre : classiqueDate de parution : janv.-00