for Orchestra Full Score. Par PENG-PENG GONG. “In celebration of the 40th anniversary of China-U.S. diplomatic relations and in hope to support the promotion of Chinese culture abroad, Peng-Peng Gong's (b. 1992) Tenth Symphony, subtitled 'Peking Fantasy' (Op. 55) was co-commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017. The world premiere of the 2018 origin…

Cantata for Trinity Sunday. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding BWV 176 Cantata for Trinity Sunday This cantata for Trinity Sunday is the first of two such extant cantatas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach after his Leipzig appointment in 1723. This cantata is also the last in a group of nine for successive post-paschal feasts composed by Bach, apparently within a few we…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. Picture a day like this is the fourth collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp, whose acclaimed partnership produced Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence, and Into the Little Hill. The opera – “a kind of Alice in Wonderland, but for adults”, says Crimp – lasts just over an hour and is cast in seven scenes. It is scored for five voices (S-S-MS-CT-Bar) and…

Score Parties. Par WILLIAMS JOHN / VINSON JOHNNIE (Arr.). The final installment of the storied Star Wars saga brings us another masterful score from John Williams. Here's a terrific medley scored for flexible instrumentation that features favorite themes from the earlier films along with dramatic new material./ Répertoire / 5 Parties Flexibles Cordes en option

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. Brahms? elegy Nänie op. 82, based on the poem by Friedrich von Schiller, was composed in 1880/81 following the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, whom Brahms greatly admired. In contrast with the poem, Brahms? Nänie ends full of hope: after earthly decline, beauty can live on in art. As in his Deutsches Requiem op. 45, in Nänie Brahms creates a musical connection between m…

Cantata for the Second Day of Christmas. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Telemann composed “ Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu Christ ” (TvWV 1:612) for his cantata cycle of 1710–11. Although scored without Brass Instruments or Timpani, the brilliant, festive mood of the second day of Christmas prevails. The opening chorale and the final chorus form a frame for the four solo arias of the main section (ATB). Here…

Hob.XX:2. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross (Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) (Hob. XX:2) Oratorio (Vocal Version) The original orchestral version of 'The Seven Last Words' (Hob. XX:1A), probably composed in 1785/86, was later arranged by Haydn into an oratorio, probably in 1795/96. It is scored for SATB soloists, mixed chorus (SATB) and or…

Premiered in London in 1733, Handel's 'magic opera? 'Orlando? is based on a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capeci that derives indirectly from Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem 'Orlando furioso?.This subject was very popular at the time and was frequently set to music, e.g. by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Agostino Steffani and Joseph Haydn. The title role of Orlando is the last one that Handel wrote for the cele…

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony #2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The…