Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Gavin Bryars
Born: January 16th, 1943
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
String Quartet No. 1
June 7th, 2012 | Semperoper - Dresden - Germany
Alaric I or II
June 10th, 2012 | RNCM Concert Hall - Manchester - United Kingdom
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News
04/23/2012
schott aktuell - the journal 3/2012 online
A featured theme in this years Salzburg Whitsun Festival is ‘Queen Cleopatra’. The legendary, beautiful Queen, shrouded in mystery has been the subject of literature and arts. Rodion Shchedrin chose the scene of Cleopatra’s death from her dramatic life for a work commissioned by the festival. This ...
04/20/2012
The full schedule for the 2012 BBC Proms was announced at the Proms annual press conference yesterday evening and a wide selection of works from the Schott catalogue have been programmed throughout the festival which runs from 13th July until 8th August 2012. The First Night of the Proms on ...
04/12/2012
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster, Gavin Bryars' classic work for ensemble and tape will be performed by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble on 13th April in Birmingham and 15th April in London. A special 72 minute version of the work that was first prepared by ...
04/03/2012
Gavin Bryars’ The Sinking of the Titanic in Tribute Concerts Worldwide
Ensembles around the world honor the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy this month with performances of Gavin Bryars’ elegiac work, The Sinking of the Titanic . Two performances in the US, by the JACK Quartet at the University of Denver, and the Wordless Music Series in New York, pay tribute ...
02/23/2012
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2012 online
Hymns and their close relations odes and dithyrambs provide artistic expression for mankind’s desire to celebrate and sublimate existence, liberating us from the limitations of everyday existence and lifting us towards universal and even transcendental principles. In ancient times, the hymn ...
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) ...
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