New Consonant Music

28/02/2024

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Michel Lysight's Prometium for clarinet and saxophone is reaseased.

Promethium for clarinet and baritone saxophone is a piece belonging to the series of duets illustrating a metal by Belgian composer Michel Lysight.

14/06/2023

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Michel Lysight's Concerto for Trumpet is available in our catalogue, as is its piano reduction.

Structured in three movements, its writing calls for great technical virtuosity on the part of the performers, but this virtuosity is never an end in itself; it is solely at the service of musical expression.

03/06/2023

Anna Heller plays new consonant music by Krzystof Knittel. Prelude Nr. 1 from the piano cycle "Preludes pour piano". Krzystof about this music: "During marti...

15/05/2023

Home Recording by Mireille Gleizes

30/03/2023

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Four Seasons by Michel Lysight, for accordion, violin, violoncello, contrabass and piano is just released!

Four Seasons for accordion, violin, violoncello, contrabass and piano by Belgian composer Michel Lysight.

24/02/2023

'Michael J. Evans: Two Sketches of D.C.' by Mireille Gleizes is on https://on.soundcloud.com/r61JV

Mireille Gleizes Home recordings

23/01/2023

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Trois Croquis for instrument and clarinet choir (with sax ad lib.) receives a brand new version with material at reduced price.

Composed for violin and piano in 1990 as a compulsory piece for the Charles De Bériot Competition, Trois Croquis is one of Michel Lysight's most frequently performed works, which has led him to produce many, many versions, first transcribing the violin part for many other instruments, then orchestr...

19/12/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Michel Lysight's Rhapsody for clarinet and string orchestra is out. Both orchestral and piano reduction versions have just been released!

Composed in 2021 at the request of the great clarinettist Ronald Van Spaendonck, Rhapsody is a work of great virtuosity. Written in one movement, it is structured in three parts ABA'.

16/12/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Michel Lysight's Concerto for Contrabass and String Orchestra has just been released! Have a look on our website.

At the beginning of the first movement, the Concerto for Contrabass builds a rhythmic ostinato on which the theme A played by the soloist will develop.

15/12/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Vacariana for piano by Gilberto Mendes, a fantastic early work by the great Brazilian master.

Variations on a folk theme (based on research by Mário de Andrade on Brazilian folk themes). This work was rediscovered by Antonio Eduardo during academic investigations and premiered by him.

12/12/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: Symphony No. 3 by Michel Lysight for string orchestra. A fantastic work in four movements commissioned by the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia.

Composed in 2017, Symphony No. 3 was commissioned by the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the work's dedicatee. The work is in four movements.

01/11/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Fuga Dupla' for piano solo has just been released! Composed by Brazilian treasure Gilberto Mendes, it is an exercise in fugue that incorporates harmonic and sonic gestures inherited from Prokofiev and Hindemith styles.

We thank pianist Antonio Eduardo, who back in 1997 discovered this piece as a pencil sketch during his academic research. The score is now available on the official website:

Something like a fugue of free expression, by Brazilian composer Gilberto Mendes

14/10/2022

Fantastic Anna Heller plays Vadim Orda.

Anna Heller plays the Piece in E flat major from the piano cycle by Vadim Orda "The Seven pieces for Piano". New consonant music. This is diatonic music in w...

29/09/2022

💥 CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Petite symphonie d'entre-temps' for symphonic orchestra has just been released! Alfonso Guerra brings us to a time between seasons, when it is neither cold or hot, when the night encounters the day collapsing in a golden hour.

The world premiere took place at Real Conservatorio Superior de Música "Victoria Eugenia" de Granada (Spain) on 26 April 2018. The score is now available in PDF format on the official website:

Entre-temps symbolizes a time between seasons, when it is neither cold nor hot, when evening is not a transition but a whole night.

04/08/2022

'Thanks Mr. Reich' for piano solo by Italian composer Marco (🇮🇹) is a brilliant tribute to one of the leading exponents of in music, the American composer Steve Reich.

Marco has recently recorded a Hindemith programme for ABC Classics, the opera 'Il Ritratto' by G. Braga and the complete recordings of 'English Songs' by F.P. Tosti, among many others. The score is available for purchase in hard copy on the official website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wlwgOXA9y8&feature=emb_logo

Anna Sutyagina plays minimal new piano music by Italian composer Marco Moresco - Thanks Mr. ReichYou can read more about Marco here and learn about new conso...

27/04/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Vivo e trionfante' for wind quintet has just been released! Inspired by the motto spring has sprung, Alfonso Guerra invites you to celebrate life in bright colour after this lively and easy-going piece. 🌷 🌻

The world premiere took place at the Gothic room of the Brussels Town Hall in Belgium, on 6 March 2019 by Quintette EtCaetera. The score is now available in PDF format on the official website: https://www.newconsonantmusic.com/product/vivo-e-trionfante/

Vivo e Trionfante for wind quintet was composed in 2019 inspired by the nostalgia and the memory of Andalusia.

24/04/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Tenson' for clarinet trio, wind trio or string trio, has just been released! Michel Lysight comes back with a three-movement work inspired by a medieval poetic genre from the troubadour tradition, based on dialogue and discussion.

The world premiere took place in the USA on 26 September 2021, as part of the Sound Waves Music Festival, by the ensemble Plumeria Winds. The score is now available in PDF and hard copy on the official website: https://www.newconsonantmusic.com/product/tenson/

Tenson by Michel Lysight (2019) for clarinet trio or wind trio or string trio

03/04/2022

'Variaçoès Frère Jacques' by Henrique de Curitiba is a work of the highest virtuosity on the theme of the famous French song, echoing throughout the refrains of Brazilian folk music in the style of Villa-Lobos.

Also known as Henrique Morozowicz, this Polish Brazilian composer has written more than 150 works, mainly for orchestra, ensemble, piano and voice. The score is available for purchase in hard copy and PDF format on the official website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eleD--Kps

Provided to YouTube by Believe SASVariaçoès "Frère Jacques" · Mireille GleizesSit Down and Listen℗ Alain Van KerckhovenReleased on: 2007-03-28Composer: Henri...

28/02/2022

CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Homage to Hovhaness' for piano solo has just been released! Dedicated to François Mardirossian, this piece is not a pastiche of Alan Hovhaness’ style, but rather a sign of Michel Lysight's admiration for the music of this great composer.

The world premiere took place at the Superspectives Festival 2021 in France, and the score is now available on the official website: https://www.newconsonantmusic.com/product/homage-to-hovhaness/

Michel Lysight's Cinq Nouveaux Croquis are short, highly melodic pieces available in numerous instrumental versions accessible to music schools but also intended for professionals who will find plenty of material to express their musicality.

25/02/2022

Alexander Gugel, Ukrainian composer

Home Recording by Mireille Gleizes

06/02/2022

Calling all piano teachers out there! 'Nine Easy Pieces' are accessible to young pianists, although their poetry and expressivity would interest professional performers. Primarily intended for the concert hall, they include many technical aspects to help students develop their inner musicality. 🎹

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Nine Easy Pieces, by Belgian composer Michel Lysight are accessible to young pianists, although their poetry and expressivity would interest professional per...

25/01/2022

🥁 The students from Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles are paying tribute to Michel Lysight and former colleagues in a concert organised by Ucpcrb, which will take place on Tuesday 1st February at Auditorium Joseph Jongen (Rue du Chêne 17, Brussels). Reservations on the following link: http://www.conservatoire.be/evenements/?fbclid=IwAR17LMDJ9YOr9odukHflIGyvFtlagL5HVPX5yaYS04Z81lzGIfkkKSmXgzA -spectacles_les-oeuvres-des-compositeurs-du-conservatoire

La saison 21/22 de nos spectacles et concerts s’annonce sous le signe de l’espoir, de la rencontre véritable, de l’échange entre des artistes qui ne rêvent que de retrouver leur public et… vous !

16/12/2021

'Fantasia Litorânea' by Brazilian composer Almeida (🇧🇷) invites to meditate in a post-tonal language. "Ao amigo Antonio Eduardo, grande pianista e imenso artista, minha amizade e admiração."

Recording and manuscript of this piece can be found on the video by Instituto Piano Brasileiro - IPB below. The score is available for purchase in hard copy on the official website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw_TUzBAUuE

Apoie o IPB: https://catarse.me/institutopianobrasileiroBecome a backer: https://www.patreon.com/BrazilianPianoInstituteFantasia litorânea, de Almeida Prado,...

14/11/2021

💡 In case you have ever wondered from where the movement comes from, here is an essay by Pierre-André Boland that might be of your interest.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6865714230218276864 (English translation by Dafydd Bullock)

"New Consonant Music hopes instead that each composer might scatter in the air something of resonance and charm, something truly of himself, whatever the...

12/11/2021

CATALOGUE UPDATE: 'Cinq Nouveaux Croquis' for instrument and piano has just been released! Michel Lysight comes back with the same formula and the experience of more than one hundred works composed since 'Trois Croquis', one of the most performed scores.

This new opus resumes the idea of short and highly melodic pieces, available in several instrumental versions according to the specific timbres and registers: https://www.newconsonantmusic.com/product/cinq-nouveaux-croquis/

Michel Lysight's Cinq Nouveaux Croquis are short, highly melodic pieces available in numerous instrumental versions accessible to music schools but also intended for professionals who will find plenty of material to express their musicality.

08/11/2021

🎹 There is no better time in the year to release 'Trois Préludes de Novembre' by Jean-Pierre de Baets, three short, easy and expressive pieces for piano solo. The recording is now available on SoundCloud, beautifully performed by Mireille Gleizes as part of a series of .

To find out more, check out the official website and stay tunned to our social media channels!

👉 https://soundcloud.com/newconsonantmusic/sets/trois-preludes-de-novembre

Mireille Gleizes Home recordings

21/07/2021

🇧🇪 To commemorate Belgian National Day, here is a selection of some of the most representative works by Belgian composers, including M. Lysight, F. Devreese, B. Bukinckx, E. Clapuyt, J. Piret and F. van Rossum.

is not only internationally known for its beers, chocolate and fries, but also for its great composers, and we are very lucky to have many of them in our catalog.

👉 https://soundcloud.com/newconsonantmusic/sets/belgian-national-day-2020

To commemorate Belgian National Day, here is a selection of works by very well-known Belgian composers.

04/07/2021

Our old friend, the French composer Dominique Dupraz passed away yesterday, Friday 3rd July in Paris. He was and remains one of the pillars of our catalogue. We will miss so much his bright smile and his immense kindness.