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05/21/2012
Jean Françaix Centenary on 23 May 2012
Jean Françaix’ declared motto of always having aimed to create ’musique pour faire plaisir’ partially conceals the great variability and frequent inscrutability of the music created by this composer, born in Le Mans in 1912. Françaix ...
05/21/2012
Work of the Week - Christian Jost: DnA
What is the DNA of love? A question Christian Jost examines in his new work DnA – Six Images of Love - which will receive its world premiere on 24 May at Oper Graz, one of the biggest opera house in Austria. The new ...
05/20/2012
What's the DnA of Dido 'n Aeneas?
It is a truly exceptional dance project which is going to be presented by the Opera Graz in late May. Choreographer Darrel Toulon has chosen Christian Jost as the composer who performs a balancing act of baroque and jazz music: ...
05/15/2012
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
Ferrari - Quarterly German Record Critics’ Award 2/2012 - Award for WERGO-CD - Again a WERGO-CDs has been awarded the quarterly German Record Critics’ Award: “ JETZT– oder wahrscheinlich ist dies ...
05/14/2012
Work of the Week - Enjott Schneider: At the Edge of Time
The Beijing Modern Music Festival 2012 opens on 19 May with the Chinese premiere of At the Edge of Time - Reflections on Mozart's Requiem KV 626 by Enjott Schneider who has been named as the festival’s Composer in Residence. ...
05/11/2012
Ulrike Warnecke: Classical Music for Children - Sheet music for clarinet - 'Classical Music for Children' encourages pupils to enjoy four centuries of music history. It introduces clarinet pupils to the beauty ...
05/10/2012
Schott composers on focus at the Canberra Music Festival
On 11th May 2012, the 8th Canberra International Music Festival opens with the promise of over 30 concerts featuring music by composers from around the world in a range of venues of cultural and architectural importance. The festival ...
05/09/2012
World Première: De natura sonoris no. 3 by Krzysztof Penderecki in Copenhagen
During the 1960s, Krzysztof Penderecki dedicated himself to the extension of the expressive possibilities of the orchestra. Compositions such as Anaklasis , Polymorphia and St. Luke's Passion became milestones in the music ...
