04/09/2013
Work of the Week Kamran Ince: Judgment of Midas
On 12 April 2013 the Helene Zelazo Center for the Arts in Milwaukee will premiere Kamran Ince’s opera Judgment of Midas . Created jointly by Present Music and the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, the production will be presented in a semi-staged version conducted by the composer and stage directed ...
04/08/2013
Alexander Rosenblatt: Wagneriana - Sheet music for piano - The Wagneriana has the overture from Tannhäuser, The Ride of the Valkyries, Isoldes Liebestod, Lohengrin, the Wedding March and the overture from The Flying Dutchman. With the themes from The Ride of the Valkyries, ...
04/05/2013
Ellen Mayer: Djembé - World of Percussion - Go on a musical journey into the world of rhythm and emotion! The new volume of the "World of Percussion" series focuses on the Djembé. As a central instrument in traditional rhythms, dances and songs, the Djembé opens ...
04/03/2013
Charming miniatures by Gershwin
George Gershwin: 3 Preludes - Sheet music for flute - The melodies from George Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess', from orchestral pieces like 'Rhapsody in Blue' or 'An American in Paris' - we all know them! Inspired by Frédéric Chopin's 24 Préludes, the young Gershwin began ...
04/02/2013
Work of the Week - Igor Stravinsky: Symphonie en ut
On 4 April 2013 the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen will present a ballet production of Igor Stravinsky's Symphonie en ut ('Symphony in C'). After sixty years of absence, the New York City Ballet returns to Copenhagen to revive the legendary choreography created by close Stravinsky-collaborator ...
03/27/2013
Hans-Günter Heumann: The Pianotainer - Sheet music for piano - Ragtime is essentially a style of piano music that emerged in the American Midwest in about 1880. Imitating rhythms played on the banjo, it was one of the forerunners of jazz and remains one of the classic forms ...
03/27/2013
Watkins Opera Nominated for Olivier Award
Music Theatre Wales’ double-bill featuring In the Locked Room by Schott composer Huw Watkins has been nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. The Olivier Awards are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre and are recognised internationally as Britain’s most ...
03/25/2013
Alice in Wonderland as symphonic score for ballet
Alexander Rosenblatt: Alice in Wonderland - Sheet music for two pianos - In 1991 Alexander Rosenblatt composed a symphonic score for ballet Alice’s adventures in Wonderland after Lewis Carroll. These two humoristic pieces combine popular melodies by other composers ...
03/22/2013
Work of the Week - Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
On 22 March 2013, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb will present the first night of their new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin in a staging by Kurt Josef Schildknecht, with designer Rudolf Rischer, and conductor Nikša Bareza. In honour of Wagner’s bicentenary, Schott is currently ...
03/20/2013
Urtext Edition of Wagner's "Tristan"
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Vocal score - Tristan und Isolde, one of Wagner's ten great operas, initially is published as vocal score based on the Complete Edition. Performance directions by the singer Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld are incorporated in the vocal score ...
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