Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1: Op 53. Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold is one Britain’s best-loved composers. In 1948 he composed a very short suite for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - entitled simply To Youth. Seven years later he took To Youth and made some fairly major revisions, including a complete new movement, and the Little Suite for Orchestra was born. The Little Suite for Orchestra follows a very similar pattern to the later suites for brass band, starting with a bold, strident Prelude, which strangely ends quietly before a lovely, lilting, Dance composed in 3/8 time. Finally a rollicking and militaristic March brings the suite to a conclusion. This arrangement for brass band by Robin Norman is sure tobecome a classic in the brass band repertoire. / Niveau : 4 / Pièce de concert / Date parution : 1905-06-30/ Répertoire / Brass Band

The seven pieces in this volume are excerpted from two ballet suites composed by Dave Brubeck. Struttin' and Doing the Charleston are from the four-movement set Glances. Also included are five selections from Points on Jazz: Prelude * Scherzo * Rag * Waltz * A la Turk. Brubeck himself describes Glances as my most Milhaud-inspired work, a tribute to the French composer with whom Dave studied composition. Points on Jazz was commissioned by the American Ballet Theatre and the cover of this incredible collection features Dave at the piano surrounded by the dancers. See also Seriously Brubeck (ELM02027).

Collection Le Pupitre (LP24) Harpsichord work - Volume 4, LP.24 by Francois Couperin is the fourth in a series of 4 volumes of suites for Harpsichord. Published in 1930, three years before Couperin's death, when he was very ill, this volume initially presented some small mistakes and some white pages. It features seven Ordres, from the 20th to the 27th, with a total of 43 pieces. For upper-intermediate players, this volume was edited by Kenneth Gilbert. François Couperin was a very famous French composer who played the Harpsichord, the Organ. Coming from a famous family of musicians, he was nicknamed 'Couperin le Grand' (Couperin the Great).

Par COUPERIN FRANCOIS / GILBERT. Harpsichord work - Volume 4, LP. 24 by Francois Couperin is the fourth in a series of 4 volumes of suites for Harpsichord. Published in 1930, three years before Couperin 's death, when he was very ill, this volume initially presented some small mistakes and some white pages. It features seven Ordres, from the 20th to the 27th, with a total of 43 pieces. For upper-intermediate players, this volume was edited by Kenneth Gilbert. François Couperin was a very famous French composer who played the Harpsichord, the Organ. Coming from a famous family of musicians, he was nicknamed ; Couperin le Grand ('Couperin the Great')./ Répertoire / Clavecin

Par CARISSIMI GIACOMO. La Bibliothèque de Rochester, dans l'Etat de New-York, conserve sous la cote Vault M 1490 B 113 le manuscrit suivant: Recueil de Pièces choisies à une et deux flûtes C. Babel C. Babell 1698 Ces vingt-sept suites et sonates pour la flûte à bec, pour la plupart anglaises, ont été rassemblées par le bassoniste Charles Babell, dont l'activité est attestée de 1697 à 1714 au Queen's Theatre de Haymarket, ainsi qu'à celui de Drury Lane. Hawkins assure qu'il y aurait tenu le basson jusqu'à l'âge de quatre-vingts ans. Son fils William nous a laissé des Concertos in seven parts (opus 3, Londres, 1730) pour une ou deux flûtes à bec et cordes. La sonate de Carissimi, éditée ici pour la première fois, est la vingtième de ce recueil. Carissimi n'a pas laissé d'oeuvre instrumentale, et celle-ci semble bien être inédite. Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) a mené l'essentiel de sa carrière à Rome, comme maître de chapelle à l'église San Appolinare. A partir de 1656 il entra par ailleurs au service de la reine Christine de Suède en exil. Ses oeuvres - en particulier ses oratorios et ses cantates - ont suscité l'admiration de l'Europe entière. A travers ses activités de pédagogue et de compositeur, il a profondément influencé les générations suivantes, et on trouve son empreinte chez Charpentier, Alessandro Scarlatti, et même chez Haendel. Pierre Boragno / classique / Date parution : 2006-01-23/ Répertoire / Flûte à Bec et Basse Continue