Symétrie

This piece was written for Denis Comtet who gave its first-ever performance at Paris Notre-Dame Cathedral on January 3rd, 2015. The contiguous piece is nonetheless articulated in 5 clearly defined par...

This piece was written for Denis Comtet who gave its first-ever performance at Paris Notre-Dame Cathedral on January 3rd, 2015. The contiguous piece is nonetheless articulated in 5 clearly defined par...

This score in two parts - Prologue and Epilogue -, with a specific libretto and requiring a staging, was commissioned by the Mozarteum University in Salzburg to provide a framework for the production...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Ivanhoé belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de R...

Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens' production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia's Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of...

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...

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...

My first contact with Brazil was Salvador de Bahia. From the beginning of my stay, the capital of the State of Bahia generated two emotional shocks. Walking through its historic center quickly led me...

The mandala, a medium used primarily for Buddhist meditation, is a diagram painted or traced on the ground with grains of rice or coloured powders, giving it an ephemeral character. As a symbol of the...

My first contact with Brazil was Salvador de Bahia. From the beginning of my stay, the capital of the State of Bahia generated two emotional shocks. Walking through its historic center quickly led me...

The mandala, a medium used primarily for Buddhist meditation, is a diagram painted or traced on the ground with grains of rice or coloured powders, giving it an ephemeral character. As a symbol of the...

During my stay in Argentina, particularly in Buenos Aires, I attended a tango show. My seat was in the front row. Being so close to the dancers and musicians gave me an intense feeling that I hadn't e...

During my stay in Argentina, particularly in Buenos Aires, I attended a tango show. My seat was in the front row. Being so close to the dancers and musicians gave me an intense feeling that I hadn't e...

Details: 1 solo violin, 1 first violin and 2 sections (4 violins 1), 1 second violin and 2 sections (4 violins 2), 4 violas, 3 cellos, 1 double bass, percussion (glockenspiel, vibraphone, tam-tam, bon...

The present Laudate Dominum RV 614 is written for solo soprano and alto, mixed chorus, 2 violins, 2 horns and organ continuo though Vivaldi usually writes his music for four string parts (2 violins, v...

The present Laudate Dominum RV 614 is written for solo soprano and alto, mixed chorus, 2 violins, 2 horns and organ continuo though Vivaldi usually writes his music for four string parts (2 violins, v...

The present Laudate Dominum RV 614 is written for solo soprano and alto, mixed chorus, 2 violins, 2 horns and organ continuo though Vivaldi usually writes his music for four string parts (2 violins, v...

Details: 1 flute (petite flûte), 1 flute, 1 flute (alto flute), 1 oboe, 1 oboe d'amore (English horn), 1 clarinet, 1 basset horn, 1 bass clarinet, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, percussioni...

Missa Deo gratias - for children choir, mixed choir, two organs, two trumpets, two trombones and percussions - was premiered on Sunday, June 25, 2000, at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in the pres...

The performance of the Coronation Mass and the Requiem for the inauguration of the Mozart monument in Salzburg in September 1842, was conducted by Sigismund Neukomm (Salzburg, 1778-Paris, 1858), a tod...

The performance of the Coronation Mass and the Requiem for the inauguration of the Mozart monument in Salzburg in September 1842, was conducted by Sigismund Neukomm (Salzburg, 1778-Paris, 1858), a tod...

Details: 3 flutes (1st and 2nd playing the small flute), 1 oboe, 1 oboe d'amore, 1 English horn, 1 clarinet, 1 basset horn, 1 contrabassoon clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,...

With Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck stood against more than a century and a half of Italian tradition and became the unavoidable figure of the history of opera. In collaboration with Calzabigi, he refused t...

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...

Hérold's second, and last, symphony, the 2nd Symphony in D major, was composed in Naples in May 1814. In a letter to his mother, the composer writes: "Many greetings to Mr. Méhul. I have just written...