12/24/2009

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2010 online

The Tragic Muse in Opera Contents: p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premières: Peter Eötvös: Die Tragödie des Teufels in Munich (D) · Carl Orff: Gisei - Das Opfer in Darmstadt (D) · Aribert Reimann: Medea in Vienna (A) · Gavin Bryars:  The third light in Antwerp ...

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08/27/2009

Bohuslav Martinu - 50th Anniversary of Death on 28 August 2009

Bohuslaw Martinu was born in Bohemia in 1890 and lived through the shattering times of the first half of the twentieth century. In the face of upheaval and the loss of his homeland, Martinu remained a cheerful, versatile man full of energy and creativity. Martinu’s career began on a fairly unpromising ...

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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:  Oboenkonzert in Lucerne, ...

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03/09/2009

OREL Foundation Launches Website Dedicated to Revival of Composers' Music Once Banned by the Nazis

Last month the OREL Foundation, spearheaded by the leadership of James Conlon, launched its new website devoted to 20th-century composers whose music was banned during the years of Nazi oppression in Europe. The website, www.orelfoundation.org , provides biographical, bibliographical and media-related ...

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10/30/2008

schott aktuell - the journal 6/2008 online

Krzysztof Penderecki 75 · String Quartet plus Contents: pp. 2-5: Krzysztof Penderecki 75 pp. 6-9: World premières, Richard Ayres Nr. 43 in Amsterdam, Rodion Shchedrin: Beethovens Heiligenstädter Testament in Munnich, Ludger Vollmer: Gegen die Wand in Bremen etc. pp. ...

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09/17/2007

Work of the Week - Bohuslav Martinu: Slzy noze

On 21 September, Berlin's Konzerthaus is the site for the opening night of several short operas by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu.  The evening is entitled  Le raid merveilleux and featured is the one act opera Slzy noze or "The Tears of the Knife".  In this production, by Cornelia ...

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12/12/2006

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2007 online

  Download Issue as PDF (1.8 MB)   Contents:  p. 2-4: World premières,  Gavin Bryars:  Nothing like the Sun  - Tatjana Komarova:  Triple Concerto  - Kenneth Hesketh:  Ein Lichtspiel - Jörg Widmann: Armonica ...

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