06/17/2013
Work of the Week - Fazil Say: Goethe-Lieder
On 23 June 2013, Fazil Say’s Goethe-Lieder for soprano and orchestra will be premiered by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and soloist Norma Nahoun at Liederhalle Stuttgart. The performance will be conducted by Michael Hofstetter. Setting a selection of contrasting poems from Goethe’s ...
06/13/2013
It took more than 25 years (1848-1874) for Wagner to complete his monumental four-part opera cycle most commonly known as ‘The Ring Cycle’. In his multiple roles as composer, librettist, director as well as architect, organizer and builder of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre, Wagner succeeded ...
06/10/2013
Work of the Week - Hannah Lash: Total Internal Reflection
This month, Hannah Lash receives performances across the US as many major summer festivals get under way. Lash, who was recently named Assistant Professor of Composition at the Yale School of Music, will receive the world premiere of her new string quartet, Total Internal Reflection , ...
06/07/2013
Der erste Notenband von Julia Hülsmann
Hülsmann: Piano Songs - Noten für Klavier - These 15 pieces show what makes up current jazz in Germany: melodies free of clichés and exciting grooves, moving between classical and modern music without fearing contact. Julia Hülsmann ranks among the best-known German ...
06/06/2013
Now also for Android devices! Stay tuned with our tuning fork app for iOS and Android devices. The app includes various concert pitches. The tuning fork is easy to use. Just select a frequency by swiping with your finger and tap the screen or shake your device. The generated ...
06/06/2013
MIF Announces Steve Martland Tribute Concert
Manchester International Festival has announced a special tribute concert to the life and works of composer Steve Martland (1954-2013) on 14 July 2013. Martland, who had been commissioned for the 2015 Festival, had a longstanding relationship with MIF. To honor his achievements in the cutting-edge ...
06/03/2013
New: Schott Pluscore® Play-Along
An Innovation for Musicians on the iPad - A unique play-along app for solo instruments with adaptable accompaniments - Music presented to suit your needs The app offers sheet music that can be set to the individual needs of the musician. You can add page ...
06/03/2013
Tributes to Steve Martland (1954-2013)
"… I must have had all kinds of experiences with him about how to be critical in music, which is a very difficult and strange word, because we both were … outspoken… left-wing or even anarchist is probably better. And I think that this is philosophically speaking probably a very difficult ...
06/03/2013
Work of the Week - Michael Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
On 8 June 2013, Britten Sinfonia with conductor and Schott composer Ryan Wigglesworth will perform Michael Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli as part of the Aldeburgh Festival. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival Society to mark the tercentenary of Arcangelo ...
06/03/2013
Mark Andre: Piano Music - Tomoko Hemmi, Yukiko Sugawara: piano- The piano works of Mark Andre are founded on his intensive examination of the fleeting phenomenon of sound reverberation and decay. Although he grew up with the piano and it has remained his most trusted instrument, ...
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New iPad App
Schott Pluscore®
Play-Along
A unique play-along app for solo instruments with adaptable accompaniments -
It offers sheet music that can be set to the individual needs of the musician.