Mixed duet

...que no haya salida (...that there is no way out) strictly pursues the idea of the network, where all the corridors can join. «...There is no centre, no periphery, even no exit, because potentially infinite...» (Umberto Eco). Read more

October 15, 1985 French trumpet player Roger Delmotte played the premiere of Aubade, accompanied by the composer on the carillon of the International Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. This piece for trumpet and carillon (or marimba)... Read more

The work begins on a tonal introduction with broken chords after which a quasi romantic melody evolves, suggesting reveries. A chromatic contrapuntal section follows, which shows different acoustical elements of the two instruments and their... Read more

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple,... Read more

The little Suite for flute and guitar is further testimony of his high quality of musicianship and skillful writing. At any level of difficulty, Richard Lane knew how to create an adaptive artistic dimension, and this Suite clearly demonstrates how... Read more

Richard Lane's melodic gifts, his fresh harmonies and hard-to-describe "American" sounds are evident in this charming work. He uses idiomatic double stops on the viola d'amore very successfully and with the strings playing "con sordino," the overall... Read more

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his characteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple,... Read more

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple,... Read more

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple,... Read more

This is a two-movement piece: a short prelude in 4/4, followed by a scherzo in 12/8. The main concept of the work places two instrumental groups in musical combat that is sometimes dramatic and violent (" Lignes Rouges en Obliques" = "Red diagonal... Read more

These dances for tuba and accordion are inspired by the unique atmosphere of Balkan popular music, namely its lively nature, use of compound rhythms as well as the melancholic and nostalgic character. In three tonal movements, the dances highlight... Read more

The piece starts with rhythms and finger drummings on the soundboard of the guitar. Then, within a long meditation, the heart starts to beat, interrupted by silences. The tension culminates into a sequence full of life and movements, followed by... Read more

The Concerto Tonalités is a work in three movements which calls upon the complete technical resources of the trumpet player. The concertante accompaniment by timpani continues a half a millenium of the common history of these two instruments. Read more

Unadorned, unaffected and therefore deeply moving, the Cantique des créatures de Saint François d’Assise (Song of the Creatures of St Francis of Assisi) called for a musical approach which observed its Franciscan spirit of extreme asceticism. While... Read more

The Sonata for flute and violoncello (1984) was commissioned by the Armenian Ministry of Culture. The first performance was given by the principals of the Armenian Symphony Orchestra during the Congress of the Armenian Composers Union.
The... Read more