The Mysteries of Light-Sub-titled 'The Mysteries of Light? the composer states that this work attempts to revive the ancient practice of writing music based on the structure of the Rosary. The most famous example of this is the collection of the Rosary (or Mystery) Sonatas for violin by Heinrich Biber written in the late 17th century. MacMillan?s concerto is based on a set of five meditations introduced by John Paul II in 2002 the Luminous Mysteries. In spite of this rather than being devotional the work proceeds in quasi-dramatic fashion not too distant in concept from a tone poem. Commissioned by Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra on the occasion of the Orchestra?s Centennial and firstperformed with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in April 2011. Performance materials available on hire.

Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1468-Originally a ballet score this 30' work is scored with strings and consists of three movements:'cumnock fair': A 12-minute fantasy based on dance melodies by the 18th-century Cumnock composer John French. The moods range widely from playful rustic archaic ungainly dreamy boisterous stately brutal and grotesque to mysterious and unnerving.'shambards'': Memories of Burnsian folksong are interrupted by new dance tunes built on fragments from the Mad Scene from Act 3 of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor based on the novel by Walter Scott.'shamnation'. Low throbbing in the piano becomes a drumbeat to accompany a fast violin reel using three tunesand following a traditional 8-bar structure. The solo piano part emerges as a counterpoint to the Scottish themes after which the music winds its way through many different keys.

Immobilité sérieuse I ', écrite en 2013, est la première d'une série de pièces pour instrument solo et orchestre à cordes de Sophie Lacaze, Hommage à Erik Satie, ' Immobilité sérieuse I ' est basée sur un motif tiré des ' Vexations ' que Satie avaient composées pour le piano, et qui avaient été créées à New York par John Cage et plusieurs de ses amis pianistes le jour de la naissance de la compositrice,' Pour se jouer 840 fois de suite ce motif, il sera bon de se préparer au préalable, et dans le plus grand silence, par des immobilités sérieuses ', Erik Satie, / Piano Et Orchestre

Edited by Frank MerrickThis is neglected repertoire by an important figure of the early Romantic movement who was a significant influence on Chopin. The contents include Piano Concertos in E flat A flat and E flat scored for strings timps and double woodwind horns and trumpets.First published in 1961.

Dans les mots du compositeur: ' le concerto prend une sorte de polymorphe-malin plaisir au siècle passé ensemble de musique de piano, populaire et classique. ' L'inspiration initiale était dans le vieux piano roll music des années 1920. / Piano Et Orchestre