Symétrie

The title of this piece comes from the magnificent great Gregorian antiphon Salve Regina, probably written in the 11th century that has been since inspiring musicians for almost a thousand years. This...

Oldham's setting of the Laudes creaturarum was composed in 1961 as a result of a commission from the Spode Music Week, a festival with workshops, founded in 1954 and still in existence. During those w...

This edition of the Variations on a theme by Gluck is based on the sole existent source, that is, the edition published during the composer's lifetime by Gambaro of Paris. The opening theme, on which...

This edition of the Sonata in G major, Op. 46, No. 1, is based on that of the Trois Sonates pour le Pianoforte (Three Sonatas for Pianoforte) published in 1804 by Breitkopf & Härtel. With the exceptio...

This edition of the Sonata in B flat major, Op. 46, No. 2, is based on that of the Trois Sonates pour le Pianoforte (Three Sonatas for Pianoforte) published in 1804 by Breitkopf & Härtel. With the exc...

This edition of the Sonata in E major, Op. 46, No. 3, is based on that of the Trois Sonates pour le Pianoforte (Three Sonatas for Pianoforte) published in 1804 by Breitkopf & Härtel. With the exceptio...

This edition of the work entitled Fantaisie sur un thème de Frescobaldi (Fantasia on a theme by Frescobaldi), composed around 1800, is based on the sole surviving source, namely the manuscript Ms 1206...

This edition of the 57 Variations on a theme by Grétry is based on the sole existing source, namely, the edition published by Zetter in Paris in 1824 under the title Étude de Piano ou 57 Variations su...

This Sonata was initially conceived (in 1995) for solo cello. It rapidly proved unplayable in this form. In 1996 it was entirely recast for two cellos. This was not simply a matter of transcribing it,...

Last but one of his twelve operas, Les Comédiens ambulans [sic], is a two-act opéra-comique, first performed on 28 December 1798 at the Théâtre Feydeau, with the composer himself in the orchestra, acc...

Natalie, or La Famille russe (the Russian family), is an opera in three acts to a libretto by Jean-Henry Guy. It was first produced on 30th July 1816, with only five further performances, at the Acadé...

Last but one of his twelve operas, Les Comédiens ambulans [sic], is a two-act opéra-comique, first performed on 28 December 1798 at the Théâtre Feydeau, with the composer himself in the orchestra, acc...

Adapted by Philippe Desriaux from Metastasio's work, Démophon's libretto isn't a mere translation of the original text, but rather a paraphrase preserving its poetic sense. Many modifications occurred...

Le Colporteur ou L'Enfant du bûcheron (The Peddler or The Lumberjack's Son) is the second of Onslow's three operas; it was composed in 1826 and first performed at the Opéra-Comique on 22 November 1827...

Natalie, or La Famille russe (the Russian family), is an opera in three acts to a libretto by Jean-Henry Guy. It was first produced on 30th July 1816, with only five further performances, at the Acadé...

An enigmatic female presence is swirling in a dark and worried volubility, with short and sharp sentences: this first half of Florence Delay's poem "Ghost" is like a suppressed cry of anguish, whose r...

Born in 1968, Aurelio Porfiri is an Italian composer, conductor, organist and author. He has been the substitute organist of the Vatican City Vicariate in saint Peter's Basilica, as well as many other...

This complete cycle is entirely based on the Matins of Holy Thursday according to the Roman rite. It is meant to be performed in concert, but is also suitable for liturgical use (or para-liturgical)....

I wrote this piece in 1995 for the adult choir of the Notre-Dame's choir school. It was first performed at the cathedral under the baton of my great friend Denis Rouger. The lyrics of this motet come...

For a catholic Breton like Jean Cras, it was only but natural to write a mass. To choose this "very special genre", an a cappella mass, was the result from his particular technical and aesthetic pursu...

As an occasional piece this toast celebrates Henry Barraud's (1900-1997) career, a composer and friend native from Bordeaux. As a music director of the French radio broadcasting system and then of the...

I wrote this melody for choir and piano in 2006 on the poem by Charles Baudelaire. It is somewhat of an exception, as all my other vocal works are based on sacred texts. It was premiered by the choir...

The Kit-Musique cycle is made up of open scores offering solo singers or ensembles the chance to perform a piece that involves a degree of randomness, (re)composition, invention or improvisation, gest...