09/24/2008

Work of the Week - Thomas Larcher: Die Nacht der Verlorenen

  On September 30, Thomas Larcher’s new work for baritone and ensemble Die Nacht der Verlorenen will be premiered at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall with Matthias Goerne as the soloist. It has been a longstanding wish for Goerne to give the première of a Larcher work composed ...

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08/18/2008

Joe Duddell – Featured Composer at the Presteigne Festival 2008

The twenty-sixth Presteigne Festival begins on Thursday 21st August with Joe Duddell as composer-in-residence.  Presteigne has a long-held tradition of commissioning and performing new music and this summer there be no less than seven works by festival regular Duddell including a world premiere. ...

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02/25/2008

Work of the Week - Toru Takemitsu: Tree Line

Trees play a central role in the life and work of Toru Takemitsu. The Japanese composer named his first daughter Maki ('pine tree') and he wrote his well known 'Music for Trees'  as early as 1961. A row of acacias lining the slope  in front of his study inspired ...

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02/04/2008

Midori Performs Takemitsu at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater

World renowned violinist Midori performs Toru Takemitsu's Between Tides at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater on Wednesday, February 13 at 8:00 PM. Performing the work with cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Marc-André Hamelin, Midori comments on the inspiration provided by Takemitsu's work: ...

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