Duo Caron
Encyclopedia
Duo Caron is a classical music
group who transcribed and performed great orchestral works for two pianos and piano four hands.
, Canada
), siblings pianists Josee and Martin Caron have lived in Montreal
for number of years. They started collaborating under the name Duo CARON in 1990, mostly arranging and playing orchestral works for two pianos and piano duet. The originality of this project has earned them numerous concert appearances such as National and International Festivals.
Premieres
Alan Belkin
’s Petite Suite for two pianos, commissioned by the Duo Caron was premiered by Duo Caron in Montreal’s Claude-Champagne Concert Hall (June 1996). In 1998, The Quebec International Duo-Piano Festival commissioned to Martin CARON a George Gershwin
’s transcription for two pianos eight hands, Strike up the Band
, premiered at the Gala Concert, pour terminer l'événement de façon spectaculaire.
Released in 2009, CD British Music for Piano four Hands includes two Martin Caron’s new arrangements of Paul McCartney’s works. American Record Guide
qualified this CD as a « wonderful release ». L’Avantage quote « Précision remarquable » about the interpretation of William Walton
’s Music for Children. Their recordings include a CD of post-Romantic works and another of works by Tchaikovsky.
Their recordings are broadcasted on CBC
, SRC, Radio Classique CJPX, CKUA Radio Network Edmonton, RTBF Radio Musiq’3 - Belgium.
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
group who transcribed and performed great orchestral works for two pianos and piano four hands.
Biography
Born in Rimouski (QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
), siblings pianists Josee and Martin Caron have lived in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
for number of years. They started collaborating under the name Duo CARON in 1990, mostly arranging and playing orchestral works for two pianos and piano duet. The originality of this project has earned them numerous concert appearances such as National and International Festivals.
Premieres
Alan Belkin
Alan Belkin
Alan Belkin is a Canadian composer, organist, pianist as well as a pedagogue.- Biography :Alan Belkin was born in Montreal, July 5, 1951. He began piano studies with Philip Cohen, then he studied organ with Dom André Laberge and with Bernard Lagacé...
’s Petite Suite for two pianos, commissioned by the Duo Caron was premiered by Duo Caron in Montreal’s Claude-Champagne Concert Hall (June 1996). In 1998, The Quebec International Duo-Piano Festival commissioned to Martin CARON a George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
’s transcription for two pianos eight hands, Strike up the Band
Strike Up The Band
Strike Up the Band may refer to:* Strike Up the Band , a 1927 Broadway musical with music by George and Ira Gershwin* "Strike Up the Band" , a song from the musical...
, premiered at the Gala Concert, pour terminer l'événement de façon spectaculaire.
Released in 2009, CD British Music for Piano four Hands includes two Martin Caron’s new arrangements of Paul McCartney’s works. American Record Guide
American Record Guide
The American Record Guide is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935.Since 1992, with the incorporation of the Musical America editorial functions into ARG, it started covering concerts, musicians, ensembles and orchestras in the US.The magazine prides...
qualified this CD as a « wonderful release ». L’Avantage quote « Précision remarquable » about the interpretation of William Walton
William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton OM was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera...
’s Music for Children. Their recordings include a CD of post-Romantic works and another of works by Tchaikovsky.
Their recordings are broadcasted on CBC
CBC.ca
CBC.ca is the English-language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was introduced in 1996. Under its previous names, the CBC's online service first went live in 1993....
, SRC, Radio Classique CJPX, CKUA Radio Network Edmonton, RTBF Radio Musiq’3 - Belgium.
For Two Pianos‚ Four Hands
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) : Symphony no 4 in A Major Italian
- Modest MussorgskyModest MussorgskyModest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
(1839–1881): Night on Bald MountainNight on Bald MountainNight on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists in, at least, two versions—a seldom performed 1867 version or a later and very popular "fantasy for orchestra" arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Night on the Bare Mountain , based on the vocal score of the "Dream Vision...
‚ symphonic poem - Arnold SchoenbergArnold SchoenbergArnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...
(1874–1951):Transfigured Night op. 4 for string sextet (Verklärte Nacht)
- Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
(1864–1949):- Don JuanDon JuanDon Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...
op, 20‚ symphonic poem - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, symphonic poem (Till Eulenspiegel)
- Metamorphoses, study for 23 solo strings (Metamorphosen)
- Don Juan
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
(1840–1893): Symphony no. 4 in F minor‚ op. 36
- Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
(1813–1883): OvertureOvertureOverture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...
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For Piano Duet
- Sir Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
(1857–1934): Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op. 47Introduction and Allegro (Elgar)Sir Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, was composed in 1905 for performance in an all-Elgar concert by the newly formed London Symphony Orchestra. Scored for string quartet and string orchestra, Elgar composed it to show off the players' virtuosity. Though initial critical... - Sir Ralph Vaughan WilliamsRalph Vaughan WilliamsRalph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
(1872–1958): Overture from the Opera The WaspsThe Wasps (Vaughan Williams)The Wasps is incidental music composed by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909. It was written for a production of Aristophanes' The Wasps at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was Vaughan Williams' first of only two forays into incidental music...
For Four Pianos‚ Eight Pianists
- Sergei RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninoffSergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
(1873–1943): The Isle of the Dead op. 29‚ symphonic poem - Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
(1840–1893): Symphony no. 4 in F minor‚ op. 36
For Piano Duet
- Sir Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
(1942- ?):- A Leaf for Piano solo
- Appaloosa-Meditation‚ Orchestral Suite
Discography
- 1992 - Transcriptions for Two Pianos Four Hands (Société Nouvelle d’Enregistrement, SNE-582-CD)
- 1995 - Tchaikovsky for Four Hands (ATMA Classique, ACD 2-2102)
- 2009 - British Music for Piano Four Hands (XXI-21 Productions Inc., XXI-CD 2 1603)
External links
- Official WebSite
- Duo Caron entry in Catalogue of Canadian Instrumental Music part of CCIM
- Rimouski, Que entry in The Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada. It is available online, at no cost. The Canadian Encyclopedia is available in both English and French and includes some 14,000 articles in each language on a wide variety of subjects including history, popular culture, events, people,...
/ The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - Josée et Martin Caron from Schoenberg Archives