02/18/2013
Wealth may be yours, wisdom too ...
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Proverb - Full score - „Wealth may be yours, wisdom too, and you may have beauty, but if pride touch them, all will turn to dross“ is the message of this beautiful tiny piece that Maxwell Davies wrote for the small chorus of his St Magnus Festival, ...
02/14/2013
With the 2013 Grammy Awards officially in the books, we are especially thrilled to note these award-winning recordings featuring music from the Schott family: Music for Viola (2012) György Ligeti: ...
02/13/2013
Wagner Work of the Month: The Ride of the Valkyries
Strings shimmer in energetic tremolos; the violins, violas and cellos seem to challenge each other to duel. Is this the theme to Mission Impossible ? No, there is the horn with the melody and suddenly everything is clear: It's Wagner! "The Ride of the ...
02/11/2013
Work of the Week - Krzysztof Penderecki: The Devils of Loudun
2013 is well known to be the bicentenary year of both Wagner and Verdi and the centenary of Benjamin Britten, but it is also an important year for celebrated contemporary composer Krzysztof Penderecki who turns 80 in November. And Penderecki has yet another reason to celebrate: the first ...
02/11/2013
Gavin Bryars wrote his Cadman Requiem in 1989 in memory of his friend and sound engineer Bill Cadman, who was killed tragically in the Pam Am air crash over Lockerbie, Scotland the year before. Bryars sets only two of the traditional liturgical texts in his Requiem , and following with ...
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02/07/2013
New Piece from Hesketh and Pheonix Dance Theatre
The Repetition of Change , a new collaboration between composer Kenneth Hesketh, Phoenix Dance Theatre, and Psappha, opened on Wednesday night, 6 February at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Set to Hesketh's specially commissioned work Forms Entangled, Shapes Collided , which ...
02/06/2013
Astral Artists of Philadelphia Presents Alvin Singleton’s Sweet Chariot
The Philadelphia-based classical music presenter and advocacy group Astral Artists have commissioned a new work from Alvin Singleton which premieres on their February 16 program entitled "Inspired by the Spiritual. " Singleton’s new work, Sweet Chariot , is inspired by the spritual ...
02/06/2013
Lei Liang’s Bamboo Lights Premieres in Boston; Portrait in Georgia, Residency in California
Lei Liang is in the spotlight this month with the world premiere of his Bamboo Lights as part of Boston-based Callithumpian Consort's Lei Liang portrait concert, another portrait concert event at Georgia State University, and a composer residency at the University of California, Davis. Scored ...
02/06/2013
"Huw Watkins Day" at Wigmore Hall!
London’s Wigmore Hall presents " Huw Watkins Day" on February 9. Sought-after composer, pianist, and chamber musician, Huw Watkins is a gifted communicator whose music has been known to draw an audience to the edge of their seats. Watkins enjoys a long-standing relationship with Wigmore ...
02/06/2013
Naxos Releases Alexander Goehr Orchestral Portrait Album
Naxos releases a new album of music by Schott composer Alexander Goehr in February 2013. Oliver Knussen leads both the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta in new recordings of Goehr’s When Adam Fell, Pastorals and Marching to Carcassonne with pianist Peter Serkin as soloist. ...
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This new app is the ideal trainer for rehearsing opera arias and other repetoire. It offers sheet music that can be set to the individual needs of the singer and includes an adaptable audio version.