Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Gavin Bryars
Born: January 16th, 1943
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
La La La Human Steps
February 10th, 2012 | Halifax, NS - Canada
La La La Human Steps
February 10th, 2012 | Halifax, NS - Canada
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News
02/08/2012
Gavin Bryars: Five Songs from Northern Seas - Sheet music for voice and piano - Gavin Bryars has returned once again to the poetry of George Bruce and the Five Songs from Northern Seas are dedicated to his memory in his centenary year. Bryars describes the four ...
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 ...
12/12/2011
Gavin Bryars at Spitalfields Festival
Gavin Bryars will be performing with his "circus band" at Shoreditch Church as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival on 13th December 2011. "Mercy & Grand: The Tom Waits Project" brings together ten songs by Tom Waits, two by Kurt Weill, a sea shanty, a hymn, a couple ...
10/05/2011
Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Gavin Bryars - BIPED
Gavin Bryars’ classic ballet BIPED was commissioned as a new work by the world famous choreographer Merce Cunningham in 1999. Since then, the dance work has been performed by the company all over the world. Following the chorographer’s death in 2009 the Merce Cunningham Dance Company ...
09/27/2011
Work of the Week - Tatjana Komarova: Dialogische Essenzen
On Monday 3rd October the world premiere of Tatjana Komarova’s new double concerto Dialogische Essenzen will be presented at the final concert of the 10th Kronberg Academy’s Cello Festival. This very special event will bring soloists Tomoko Akasaka (viola) and Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) ...
09/19/2011
Work of the Week - Gavin Bryars: The War in Heaven
18 years after its first performance, Gavin Bryars' epic work for solo soprano and male alto, chorus, semi chorus and orchestra, The War in Heaven , will receive its Dutch premiere at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw on 23rd September. Conductor Brad Lubman, the Radio Kamer Filharmonie and the ...
09/19/2011
Bernard Rands’ Preludes in US Premiere with Gloria Cheng
Pianist Gloria Cheng performs the US premiere of Bernard Rands’ Preludes, at The Colburn School on September 20 as part of the 2011/12 Piano Spheres season. Premiered by Robert Levin at the 2007 Ruhr International Piano Festival in Germany, Preludes was a joint commission between Maria and ...
09/05/2011
Work of the Week - Toshio Hosokawa: Autumn Wind
For many years, Toshio Hosokawa has been one of the central figures on the international music scene receiving numerous commissions and performances around the world. On Sunday 11th of September, Hosokawa’s latest work, Autumn Wind for shakuhachi and orchestra will receive its world premiere ...
08/24/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 5/2011 online
Stage Animals Scientists estimate that there are 1,367,555 animal species currently known on earth. Insects and spiders constitute the largest group by far with a total exceeding a million different species. The figure is somewhat more modest in the world of theatre, or to be more precise, ...
04/14/2011
A week-long immersion in the sonic world of composer Gavin Bryars begins this evening on the New York classical music station WQXR 105.9 FM. The festival features introductions by Bryars himself to over 40 of his seminal works, exclusive private and unreleased live recordings, archival ...
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