After several years of uncertainty, while we waited for permission to be granted by the various publishers of the original works, this edition has finally made it, much to the satisfaction of the nume...
It was no easy task to compose a little sister to such an older brother as the Tango en skaï. It was written under extreme conditions (taking just a night and a day), and first performed in equally ar...
I am fortunate that this piece no longer needs an introduction - a fact that leaves me with little to write now. At the risk of repeating myself, I would like to point out that it is the archetype of...
I have to admit to a sneaking liking for this Capricorn dream which, for the price of re-tuning your A string to B, will whisk you off to a new but friendly world, very different from our everyday env...
Five short stories in five movements, five climates diametrically opposed to each other, ranging from an impressionist ambience to exotic oriental perfumes (not forgetting the mobile phone incident!),...
These pieces, which have been composed for a wide range of guitar ability, have been at the bock of my mind for the past fifteen years (and three weeks, to be precise). And now they are ready. Neverth...
Although very different from the Tango en skaï, this piece has also brought me a certain measure of fame as a composer, and has been recorded dozens of times. It was originally written for guitar, dou...
As a musician, I found that the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos 'spoke' to me early on and had a profound effect on me. And it is not difficult to recognise the influence of popular Brazilian music (from...
Aria, extr. Bachianas Brasileiras no5 de H. Villa-Lobos. This is exactly the opposite process of Ville d'Avril, because here I began with a complete transcription for guitar ensemble of the original g...
Lille Song. Li'l song, as I pronounce it. This is the little sister to Mambo des nuances and is just as simple. Try it out gently at first and it will soon fall into place. Mambo des nuances. Although...
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Roland Dyens: 3 Saudades No. 1: Dedièe A. Ponce (Guitar solo)
Although this piece could equally well be called 'Homage to Leo Brouwer', its title will be instantly recognised as a paraphrase of the Cuban composer and conductor's own Elogio de la danza (1964). Th...
This, my first concerto, and the work I hold dearest even today, nevertheless cost me not only three months of composition but also several years of doubt and revision. It was first performed in Canne...
Although Rythmaginaires was published before Côté Sud, it is actually my second ensemble piece, and is genuinely written for eight guitars. Having whetted my appetite on Côté Sud a few years earlier,...
This is my first composition for guitar ensemble. At the time, there were few important works in this format, and they hardly sparked off my imagination (they included vague transcriptions of music by...
The sole (official) duet of my output was composed in Denmark, long after its elder brother Côté Sud. The unity of place, as the title suggests, was a determining factor and guided my feet - and my pe...
Following in the footsteps of L'Allusive, this title is a sort of double homage to two musicians who have meant a great deal to me, Leo Brouwer and Leonard Bernstein. The first page includes a distant...
Le Quatuor Accorde. Whatever you do, don't write or pronounce this title 'le quatuor accordÉ' (which means the quartet is in tune). The title refers rather to the well-known sound of the quartet's ope...
Muguets. This piece was composed in the spring and remains one of my favourites (like the lily-of-the-valley of the title). It is a light little waltz with a Parisian perfume, and is dedicated to a Co...
This work was commissioned by the Santo Tirso festival in Portugal, and while it does not drag us inexorably along the shorelines of the dark 'fado' (from the Latin 'fatum', destiny), it does transpor...
Ville d'Avril was premiered on 30 August 1997 as part of the 4th International Summer School in Martigny in eastern France, which I had the honour to direct. It lasts exactly the same length of time a...
Although these three pieces were written at different times, they have been united between two covers because of the unusual anecdotes concerning the circumstances of their composition. (These stories...
After the rigours of composing a concerto for two guitars (such as Concertomaggio), and wanting a change of scene, I have found the most enjoyable activity lies in arranging. So I jumped in feet first...
Traveling Sonata was composed, as one might guess from the title, in moments of wandering throughout my travels (in 2007). Each of the three movements that compose this piece are named after cities in...
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Roland Dyens chose the titles of his works when a composition was nearly finished, 'the icing on the cake', as he liked to say. Air ascendant Terre gives a nod to the elements of Yannick Le Goff and R...
This concerto, commissioned by the German-Canadian Amadeus Duo, is a triple 'omaggio' to Ravel, Sor and the Argentinian Astor Piazzolla. While certain typical characteristics of the three composers ar...
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Nur Tabulatur
It was only in December 1999 that I played, and recorded, this piece five years after having composed it. I have often been asked if it contained any reference to the music of Zappa, an iconoclast of...
I. NOTES INDISCRETES/ II. TRISTE MUSETTE
This piece was composed between Christmas and the first few days of January at the request of my American friend Stephen Robinson, whose idea was to make a recording around the theme of Christmas. As...
