Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity - BWV 51 - C major. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The original occasion for the composition of Cantata BWV 51 is not known. The unusual festive scoring with trumpet and solo soprano, and the virtuoso demands of these parts seem to indicate a special occasion, such as New Year, a town council election or the birthday of a prominent person. Bach only added the …

Par GRIEG EDVARD. Grieg Holberg Suite (From Holberg\'s Time) Op.40 (Full Score) Suite in the Olden Style for String Orchestra To celebrate the 200th birthday of the playwright Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), a statue was erected in his honour in 1884. Edvard Grieg, who, like Holberg, was born in Bergen, was commissioned to write an open-air cantata for the ceremony. But he also refers to Holberg in …

Kurtág's newest orchestral work, the Petite musique solennelle, was commissioned by the Lucerne Festival on the occasion of Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday. It was first performed on 23 August 2015 by the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra under the direction of Matthias. This orchestral score was first published March 2016. Duration 7'30'. / Orchestre

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Festive Overture was composed in 1954 to commemorate the 37th birthday of the October Revolution of 1917. With this overture Shostakovich shows his brighter side, in contrast to his melancholy 10th symphony written in the previous year. The premiere of this piece took place on November 6, 1954 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Shostakovich makes great use of different th…

Sheet Music Edition. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time and as he reaches his 75th birthday in 2009 he remains prolific. The sonata for violin and piano was written for the virtuoso violinist, Ilya Gringolts and first performed at the St Magnus Festival in Orkney in 2008. The work is principally concerned wit…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The Hanover Wind Symphony, New Jersey, USA was founded in 1984 by its conductor Peter Boor. He commissioned HANOVER FESTIVAL to celebrate the band’s 15th Birthday and the first performance took place on October 27th 1999. The piece starts with a solemn brass fanfare. Woodwinds join in and the music subsides into an expressive chorale. A climax is reached and the fanfare returns.…

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. For a 70th birthday tribute to the distinguished Swiss conductor Paul Sacher, Mstislav Rostropovich hit on the idea of inviting twelve of Sacher's friends to collaborate in writing a set a variations based on his name. This piece is Benjamin Britten's contibution to the work./ Répertoire / Violoncelle

für Klaviertrio. Par SHCHEDRIN RODION. Performed at the composer's 70th birthday concert at the Wigmore Hall, these pieces for Piano trio are testament to Shchedrin's breaking of the common perception of Russian composers, being very cheerful./ Répertoire / Violon, Violoncelle et Piano

Ergänzt Und Herausgegeben Von Robert D. Levin. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS / LEVIN ROBERT D.. Mozart’s Mass in C minor K. 427, the “Große Messe, ” is a torso – a circumstance which, in view of the monumentality of the work, is truly unfortunate. The American musicologist and internationally acclaimed concert pianist, Robert D. Levin has reconstructed and completed the Mass, which occupies an outst…