Symétrie

The Piano Concerto in B minor op. 3 (MoszWV 160) was composed during his time in Berlin at the Neue Akademie der Tonkunst where Moszkowski became a teacher in 1872 while he was still a student. Togeth...

John Milton's "Paradise lost" begins with the vision of Satan and his fainted angels in the burning lake of Hell after their vertiginous fall into the great Abyss. It is only after a few chapters that...

Subtitled as a "dramatic monologue", Ariadne Theseo (Ariadne's letter to Theseus) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, should be seen as echoing Claudio Monteverdi's famous Lamento d'Arianna. It is writte...

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...

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...

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...

In 1792, the political upheavals in Paris came along with an aesthetic revolution. Artists demonstrated a deliberate, at times opportunistic, attempt to turn their backs on the melodic refinements and...

Though listed in all d'Indy catalogues and biographies, the Italian Symphony had long remained unpublished. D'Indy was just 18 when he wrote these lines. When he obtained his French literature "Baccal...

Far from being an isolated work in Max d'Ollone's production, Hymne belongs with L'Été, Sous-Bois and Pendant la tempête to a set of four chorus written in the particular context of the competition fo...

Far from being an isolated work in Max d'Ollone's production, L'Été (Summer) belongs with Hymne, Dans la tempête and Sous-Bois to a set of four chorus written in the particular context of the competit...

Far from being an isolated work in Max d'Ollone's production, Sous-Bois (Underwood) belongs with L'Été, Hymne and Dans la tempête to a set of four chorus written in the particular context of the compe...

Far from being an isolated work in Max d'Ollone's production, Pendant la tempête belongs with L'Été, Hymne and Sous-Bois to a set of four chorus written in the particular context of the competition fo...

During the French Revolution, the Consulate and the Empire, Méhul may have been the only major French composer to fully understand and assimilate the latest perfections of the music in his times. Taug...

Created on 9 March 1873 at the Concert national, the Symphonie romantique by Victorin Joncières enjoyed a real success. The 33-year-old composer was well-known for his dramatic works given at the Théâ...

This 4th Symphony was most probably created on 24 February 1857 at the Société des concerts du Conservatoire, as they announced as part of the programm a "new symphony" by Reber. The previous ones wer...

Around 1939, Max d'Ollone orchestrated Sposalizio, a piano piece from the second set of Franz Liszt's Years of pilgrimage (1858). It is his only known orchestration. The original work was inspired by...

When Azémia ou Les Sauvages is created at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris on May 3rd, 1787, the opéra comique is a genre in full development, fostered by the uprising publishing industry, the travellin...

The first thing that stands out in the overture is the instrumentation, which includes two harps and a celeste. We hear these instruments, in an andante in 3/8, for 22 of the first 24 bars. Their timb...

The first thing that stands out in the overture is the instrumentation, which includes two harps and a celeste. We hear these instruments, in an andante in 3/8, for 22 of the first 24 bars. Their timb...

Confronting the night is probably the first time a child feels destabilised. The familiar outlines of the bedroom fade away into the darkness, the comforting face of the mother disappears behind the d...

Details: Percussionist 1: glockenspiel (sounds 2 octaves above) spring drum medium-large small water-tam tam Percussionist 2: xylophone (sounds 1 octave above) metal chimes 3 wood blocks (very low, me...

Details: Percussionist 1: glockenspiel (sounds 2 octaves above) spring drum medium-large small water-tam tam Percussionist 2: xylophone (sounds 1 octave above) metal chimes 3 wood blocks (very low, me...

This piece is an emanation of the Concerto for trombone and orchestra, La Chute de Lucifer (Lucifer's Fall) La Chute de Lucifer. It uses its main thematic elements and reorga­nize them, particularly t...