07/03/2009
Joint Project by Jörg Widmann and Anselm Kiefer at the Paris Opéra Bastille
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Opéra Bastille in Paris, Jörg Widmann, together with the Anselm Kiefer, one of the most distinguished European artists, has designed a 'scenic installation' which bears the title "Am Anfang (Au commencement)" ("In the Beginning"). ...
07/01/2009
Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra Sheet music for violin or cello and piano Composed in 1886, the tremolo study 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra' is without doubt Tarrega's best-known piece. It evokes memories of the Moorish citadel located on a hill in the Spanish Granada. Thanks ...
07/01/2009
Joe Duddell - Best of Manchester
Joe Duddell, the Mancunian composer and current Reader in Music at Salford University, has been shortlisted and awarded a special commendation by the 2009 Best of Manchester Awards for his work as the curator, orchestrator and conductor of an innovative new project with the Hallé Orchestra and ...
06/29/2009
Golden Prague Award for Penderecki'Thes "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
In June, the film "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" by Jaroslaw Minkiewicz and Tomasz Baginski has been awarded the Golden Prague Award in category 1 "Music on the television screen". The production by the national Polish broadcasting service is a visualization of the same named seventh ...
06/25/2009
Baroque Folk Music for Recorder
Turlough O'Carolan: 16 Trios Sheet music for 2 soprano recorders and 1 treble recorder Unlike any other, O'Carolan (1670-1738) knew how to combine old Irish music with Italian Baroque music, thus creating a large number of compositions about 200 of which have survived. 16 of them were selected ...
06/24/2009
Andrew Norman: Berlin Prize and further Updates
Andrew Norman at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Andrew Norman has been awarded the prestigious Berlin Prize in Music Composition. Beginning in the fall of 2009, Norman ...
06/22/2009
schott aktuell - the journal 4/2009 online
Remember Schumann... 2010 Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-5: World Premières (selection): Joe Duddell: Orchestrations of Elbow Songs in Manchester, Enjott Schneider: Orgelsinfonie Nr. 9 "Pathétique" in Munich, Jörg Widmann: ...
06/22/2009
Werk der Woche - Mendelssohn/Reimann: "...oder soll es Tod bedeuten?"
2009 marks Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s 200th birthday, and to celebrate, the Ludwigsburger Castle Festival 2009 will present eight songs and a fragment of the romantic Master on June 25th at the Ordensaal at the Residenzschloss. Aribert Reimann arranged these pieces, which draw upon stories ...
06/17/2009
Work of the Week - Christian Jost: Hamlet
On June 21st, Berlin’s Komische Oper celebrates the world premiere of Christian Jost's Hamlet . The "12 musical tableaux after William Shakespeare" are a commission of the Komische Oper. Andreas Homoki, in addition to directing, also designed the set; Carl St. Clair ...
06/17/2009
Charlie Mariano Died at Age 85
Charlie Mariano had fought his cancer for a long time, yet lost the battle on 16 June 2009 at the age of 85. His death is mourned by all who knew him. He had been an active musician as long as he could. The adopted country of the US American who had played with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie was ...
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