Concerto "Souvenance" Orchestra - Sheet Music

SKU: ET.VN13B

ISBN 9790207017505.

When one remembers François Rauber, the first words which come to memory are elegance and sensitivity.
His charming and imaginative use of musical colors expresses totally the love he had for that art.
His violin concerto, lively, bouncing and singing, has been dedicated to the memory of Jacques Brel, the famous Belgian song singer, for whom François Rauber wrote most of the orchestrations.
These feelings have convinced me to play that work, of which the title ‘Souvenance’ recalls moments of great shared friendship.
Jean-Pierre Wallez

François Rauber named the three movements to rhyme with "Souvenance": I. Criance (moaning) II. Aimance (loving), III. Grinçance (creaking)


The Concerto "Souvenance" was first performed on November 13, 1992, by Jean-Pierre Wallez and the Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie at the Royal Theatre of Mons (Belgium).


This work has been recorded on CD (also available from Editions Bim):
"François Rauber, 4 Concertos" [2002]:
Concerto for piano and orchestra (1985) (Editions Bim), soloist Damien Nédonchelle;
Concerto "Souvenance" for violin and orchestra (1992) (Editions Bim), soloist: Jean-Pierre Wallez;
Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1968), soloist: Jacques Tys;
Concerto "Humeurs" (1989) for trumpet and orchestra (Editions Bim), soloist: Guy Touvron.
With musicians of the Paris Opera Orchestra (concertmaster Alain Kouznetzoff), conducted by François Rauber. MAN 5057 (HMCD 83).