Par PART ARVO. Fratres (original setting for violin and piano) was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered on August 17th, 1980 at that very place (violin: Gidon Kremer, piano: Elena Kremer). Composed in Pärt's very own 'Tintinnabuli'-style, this piece allows many different settings because it is not bound to a specific tone color. 'The highest virtue of music, for me, lies outside of …

Score commissioned by Mr. Keith H. Yoo to accompany the exhibition of Photography 'De Ma Fenetre' by Korean artist Ahae, held at the Jardin des Tuileries, Musee du Louvre, June 27th - August 26th 2012 and premiered at a Gala dinner in the exhibition pavillion on June 25th 2012. / Quatuor A Cordes Et Piano

Tonalité : B-Dur -. Par HOMILIUS GOTTFRIED AUGUST. Motetten, Psalmen, deutsch - Verwendung / Anlässe: L Hautbois und Dank - Langue : Allemand/Anglais / Mottet / Répertoire / Basse Continue

Es-Dur. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. Two complete settings of the Requiem by Johann Adolf Hasse are extant. Hasse composed the Requiem in C major on the death of the Elector Friedrich August 11 of Saxony. Only a few weeks later his son the elector Friedrich Christian also died. Presumably for this reason Hasse wrote the Requiem in D flat, and because of the shortage of time he used the Sanctus and Agnu…

17 songs from Swift's 2020 surprise release of piano and guitar tunes which she wrote and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. 1. August [Taylor Swift] 2. Betty [Taylor Swift] 3. cardigan [Taylor Swift] 4. Epiphany [Taylor Swift] 5. Exile [Taylor Swift] 6. Hoax [Taylor Swift] 7. Illicit Affairs [Taylor Swift] 8. Invisible String [Taylor Swift] 9. The Lakes [Taylor Swif…

The opera Nais was premiered on 22 April 1749 at the Academie royale in the Palais-Royal, Paris, in celebration of the signing of the so-called Treaty of Aachen. It was revived again in August 1764 shortly before Rameau's death and achieved great success as the 'opera of peace', even though it did not appear in print during the composer's lifetime.In numerous arias Rameau provides his singers ampl…

Saariaho's L'armour De Loin is an opera in five acts and was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000, with additional productions being staged at the theatre Bern in Switzerland. The story is based on the life of Prince of Bleye , one of the first great troubadours of the 12th century, and follows his glowing passion for a woman from the East of whom he has only heard is the central theme of the libr…

Conducteur avec couverture rigide. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. Gade dated the cantata „Zion“ op. 49 (named “concert piece” in the first edition) on 16 September 1874; the premiere took place on 30 August 1876 during a festival in Birmingham. In Gade’s understanding “Zion” forms “a kind of trilogy” together with the cantatas „Kalanus“ and “The Crusader“ which centres around the “longing for the true l…

Par VACCAI NICOLA. Nicola Vaccai was born in Tolentino, Italy, on March 15th, 1790; he died on August 5th or 6th, 1848, in Pesaro (located on the Adriatic), the town in which he had grown up and to which he retired in 1844. He was successful as a singing teacher and opera composer, though he was eclipsed in the latter field by his rival, Bellini. He is known today primarily as the author of the pr…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. These four songs are taken from A Birthday Hansel Op.92 which was written at the special wish of Her Majesty The Queen for her mother's seventy-fifth birthday, 4th August 1975. All of the songs are wonderfully flowing and expressive and are arranged for High Voice with Piano Accompaniment. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Chant et Piano