Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Alexander Goehr
Born: August 10th, 1932
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
'Cities and Thrones and Powers'
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
February 29th, 2012 | Kings College - Cambridge - United Kingdom
Quintet for clarinet and strings
March 13th, 2012 | Wigmore Hall - London - United Kingdom
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News
01/09/2012
Work of the Week - Alexander Goehr: When Adam Fell
To celebrate Alexander Goehr’s 80th birthday year, BBC Radio 3 have commissioned a new orchestral work which will be premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 13th January 2012 at Barbican Hall in London. Oliver Knussen, to whom the work is dedicated, will conduct the work. When ...
12/23/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2012 online
For Schott it is with particular pride that we look forward to the world’s celebrations of Wagner’s bicentenary in 2013. In anticipation of this event, we have been busy adding to our Richard Wagner Complete Edition: new urtext-vocal scores based to the Complete Edition of The Flying Dutchman in ...
09/21/2011
We are very sad to learn of the death of our colleague and friend, Ian Kemp. Ian Kemp, musicologist and biographer, died on 16 September 2011. A graduate of Cambridge University, he was on the editorial staff of Schott Music in the early 60s before a distinguished academic career that took ...
01/20/2011
Alexander Goehr - ultraschall 2011
British composer Alexander Goehr will have a day dedicated to his music at this year's Ultraschall Festival in Berlin. The festival, which has taken place annually since 1999, will present two portrait concerts on the evening of Wednesday 26th January which will feature a cross section ...
12/23/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online
CHORSINFONIK p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...
10/06/2010
Alexander Goehr - Promised End
Leading British composer Alexander Goehr’s fifth opera, Promised End , will receive its world premiere in London on 9th October at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre before embarking on a UK tour. A meditation on Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by James Conway and presented by English ...
07/16/2010
This year Tanglewood's Festival of Contemporary Music features the US Premiere of Alexander Goehr's Since Brass, nor Stone... on August 15. Having earned Goehr a British Composer Award, the work was praised by that panel of judges for its “fresh lyricism, lightness of touch and joy in melodic ...
06/07/2010
Work of the Week - Alexander Goehr: TurmMusik / Tower Music
Throughout a distinguished career spanning nearly 60 years, Alexander Goehr has always been a leading figure in contemporary music, establishing an international reputation and winning numerous awards including a recent British Composer Award for his chamber work Since Brass nor Stone. In ...
04/27/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 3/2010 online
Love Songs Contents: p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premieres: Chaya Czernowin: Lovesong · Jörg Widmann: Liebeslied · Wilfried Hiller: Cappella Sistina · Andrew Norman: The Companion Guide to Rome · Benjamin Schweitzer: Camaieu · Rodion Shchedrin: ...
04/27/2010
London's Wigmore Hall, in partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music, will hold a day long series of events focusing on the music of the esteemed composer Alexander Goehr. Starting at 10am, the day’s three concerts will feature works of instrumental, vocal and chamber music that ...
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