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03/04/2013
Work of the Week - György Ligeti: Concerto for violin and orchestra
György Ligeti's Concerto for violin and orchestra, composed in 1990, stands in the tradition of grand, virtuosic violin concertos. Written at the request of violinist Saschko Gawriloff, the original concerto was cast in three movements but was reworked into five by the composer in 1992. ...
03/04/2013
Alexander Raskatov and Victor Kissine celebrate 60th birthdays
We offer our warm congratulations to Belaieff composers Alexander Raskatov and Victor Kissine this month, who will both celebrate 60th birthdays. It is through our close relationship with Belaieff that we have gotten to know and esteem these two Russian composers. Alexander Raskatov , born ...
03/02/2013
Christian Jost: World Première of Chamber Opera "Heart Sutra" in Taipei
On 2 March Christian Jost's new chamber opera Heart Sutra is receiving its world première at the National Concert Hall in Taiwan's capital Taipei. The libretto by Joyce Chiou is based on the poem "The Love of a Falling Leaf" and the short story "Heart Sutra" by Chinese-American ...
03/01/2013
Butz: Flötenzirkus 3 - Edition with CD - The third and last volume of this successful tutorial book contains about 80 pieces ... Step inside and welcome to our new recorder circus! Following the very positive reception of the first volume of the "Recorder ...
02/27/2013
A celebration of the Hagia Sofia
Naji Hakim: Hagia Sofia - Sheet music for Organ - With this composition Naji Hakim pays tribute to one of the most famous churches: Hagia Sofia of Istanbul. The work is based on the medieval antiphon "Crucem sanctam subiit" and is articulated in four harmonic and ...
02/27/2013
Larry Porter: Piano Rags - Sheet music for piano - Larry Porter, American jazz musician and composer, wrote "Piano Rags" out of love for ragtime and as literature for his piano students. In writing these pieces, it was the composer's aim to come up with something ...
02/25/2013
Work of the Week - Ludger Vollmer: Lola rennt
Following the success of his adaptation of Gegen die Wand from film to opera, Ludger Vollmer’s recent opera Lola rennt (" Run Lola Run "), based on Tom Tykwer’s film by the same name, will premiere at Theater am Bismarckplatz in Regensburg, Germany on 28 February 2013. Tykwer’s ...
02/23/2013
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2013 online
Heinz Holliger’s new song cycle Lunea, setting 23 sentences of Nikolaus Lenau and premiering in Zurich on 21 March 2013 with baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber, has us thinking about lieder, the magical connection between poetry and music and its enduring vitality in the ...
02/20/2013
A journey full of light and joy
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Last Door of Light - study score - This piece deals with individual and communal vulnerability, especially in relation to the problem of climate change. However, this theme is not a completely negative one: Maxwell Davies claims we must all enter ...
02/20/2013
Sally Groves awarded Leslie Boosey Award
Sally Groves, Creative Director of Schott London, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Leslie Boosey Award by the Royal Philharmonic Society. The award will be presented on stage at a BBC Symphony Orchestra concert on 12 April 2013 at the Barbican Centre, London by conductor Sir Andrew ...
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