Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold's 'Clarinet Concerto #2, Op. 115', was dedicated to Benny Goodman, and first performed by him as part of the 'Red Rocks Music Festival' with the Denver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brian Priestman on 17 August 1974. The third movement, known affectionately as 'The Pre-Goodman Rag', is an outrageous ragtime parody with a hauntingly wistful middle section. The w…

auf Texte aus der Bibel. Par HAKIM NAJI. Die Taube (The Dove) was commissioned by ”Kirchenmusik bei St. Anna Augsburg” to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the 'Augsburger Religionsfrieden' (Religious peace of Augsburg). It is based on three biblical verses related to peace : Gen. 8/11, Luk. 1/79, Joh. 14/27. The music is through composed and develops the character of the verses with contrasted s…

Par KNUSSEN OLIVER. '. . .a sumptuous piece, clotted with color, dense with incident, yet also transparent in its deisgn: it lets you know where you are.'Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, 7 August 1991/ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par MIRANDA LIN-MANUEL. Play 10 favourites from the critically acclaimed musical Hamilton. This collection features carefully-crafted piano solo arrangements from the music penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Including Burn, Helpless and My Shot, all the pieces are fun to play and faithful to the original performances. The show debuted on Broadway in August 2015 to unprecedented advanced box office sal…

Kantaten I-Iii. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. ?A widely-accepted form for the Christmas Oratorio is to perform parts I?III exclusively. In their concentration on the actual Christmas story they form a rounded whole. The present edition is conceived especially for this kind of performance. ? [Singen und Musizieren im Gottesdienst, Juli/August 2000] / Oratorio / Répertoire / Solistes SATB, Choeur SATB…

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

Par REGER MAX. Die Drei Chören (The Three Choirs) op. 6 are hardly mentioned in the young Reger's correspondence. The only meaningful reference is Reger's announcement to his London publisher George Augener on August 1, 1892: 'I will send the choruses op. 6 ? which your son liked very much ? to you tomorrow morning [...]'. George Augener had spent five weeks from undergoing treatment in Wiesbaden …

Par JANACEK LEOS. Janácek's 2nd String Quartet, Intimate Letters, is regarded as a highlight of the modern string quartet literature. It was written during the composer’s last year of life, between 29 January and 19 February 1928, inspired by the ageing Janáèek's exceptional love for Kamila Stösslová. The Moravian Quartet devoted themselves to this impressive work; Janácek attended a total of thre…

Par SWERTS PIET. Chain was composed between June and August 2000 as the test piece for the 2002 European Brass Band Championship. The composer’s idea was to compose a one-movement piece - a work that starts mysteriously and develops in various directions. As his basic material, he chose a figure that is the abbreviation of the European Brass Band Championship: EBBC. This figure is developed in a c…

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…