04/21/2011

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2011 online

21ST CENTURY CELLO CONCERTOS If you ask cellists about the special character of their instrument, they will above all enthuse about the cello’s extensive range and wide dynamic spectrum, taking in the sonorous ’masculine’ tone of the bass and the luminously bright timbre in the highest parts ...

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03/14/2011

Work of the Week - Dieter Schnebel: "behütet..." - Psalm 121

The Salzburg Biennale celebrates its second anniversary this year with four weekends in March dedicated to composers. The third of these weekends, March 18th through March 20th, is dedicated to Dieter Schnebel. On March 19th in Salzburg’s Christuskirche, the Schola Heidelberg choir, conducted ...

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02/28/2011

“Initiale”: First recording of the complete vocal works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann with Anna Prohaska

With the new WERGO production 'Initiale– Lieder und frühe Kammermusik' (‘Initals – Songs and Early Chamber Music’), the complete vocal works by the composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann are now available as a recording for the first time. The eleven songs were all interpreted by the renowned ...

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11/29/2010

Highlights from the radio concert series “musikFabrik im WDR”

WERGO and the musikFabrik announce the release of highlights from its “musikFabrik im WDR” radio concert series. This edition of thematically arranged programs will provide an exciting foray into recent music history and comprises seven CDs. Premieres of works by Mark Andre, Jonathan Harvey or Rebecca ...

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11/08/2010

Work of the Week - Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten

On the 9th of November the opening night of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's epic opera Die Soldaten will take place in Amsterdam’s Muziektheater. The acclaimed production directed by Willy Decker was first seen in Dresden before being performed in Tokyo will be presented to the Amsterdam audience ...

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10/28/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 6/2010 online

PURE ORCHESTRA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-5: World premieres: Toshio Hosokawa: danses imaginaires II · Douglas Cuomo: Black Diamond Express Train to Hell · Bernard Rands: Three Pieces for Piano · Nino Rota: Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra · Enjott Schneider: ...

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10/14/2010

Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Music Featured in New Ballet at Grand Canadian Ballet

The music of Bernd Alois Zimmermann is heard on the stage of the Grand Canadian Ballet in Montreal this month as the company stages the ballet Leonce and Lena with choreography by Christian Spuck. Set to the music of Zimmermann’s Un “petit rein” and his Suite from Das Gelb und das Grün and ...

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02/19/2010

schott aktuell - the journal 2/2010 online

Cityscapes in Music Contents: p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premieres: Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony in Dortmund (D) · Victor Kissine: Post-Scriptum in San Francisco, CA · Alvin Singleton: Almost a Boogie in Brookline, MA · Peteris Vasks: Credo in Bremen (D) ...

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09/07/2009

Work of the Week - Paul Hindemith: Im Kampf mit dem Berge

At the transart2009 festival in Bolzano, Italy and the Festival Klangspuren in Schwaz, Austria; the International Ensemble Modern Academy conducted by Franck Ollu will be performing Paul Hindemith’s film score Im Kampf mit dem Berge alongside Arnold Fanck’s alpine epic of the same name which ...

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07/17/2009

BBC Proms 2009

There is a great deal to enjoy in the contemporary music being presented across this year's Summer Festivals. Among many other key events, we would like to recommend the legendary BBC Proms where our composers are particularly strongly featured with works by Casken, Goehr, Holliger, Hookawa, Martland, ...

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