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04/02/2012
Don't Step on the Regenwurm: Thomas Larcher's 'Poems'
Thomas Larcher: Poems - Sheet music for piano - 'Poems' is a cycle consisting of twelve pieces for piano. The pieces were composed to be also suitable for performance by children, the demands for each piece vary considerably. Some of the pieces are very easy, for ...
03/24/2012
World première: Splinters by Thomas Larcher in London
Sometimes it is necessary to decide on the title of a work before having even begun to compose the music. Ideas wander around the mind, musical material, a formal concept, a scent, sounds and sights... The composition is begun and the ideas somehow materialise on paper and then in real audible ...
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 ...
02/21/2012
Thomas Larcher at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Thomas Larcher has been anounced as composer-in-residence at the 2012 West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Taking place in Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland, the annual festival welcomes some of Europe's finest chamber musicians for 9 days of concerts, talks and masterclasses from 29th June. Composer/pianist ...
11/10/2011
World première: Piano Quintet by Thomas Larcher at Wigmore Hall
Thomas Larcher Piano Quintet (2011) Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, Konzerthaus Wien and Konzerthaus Dortmund • 12 Nov 2011 · London (UK) Wigmore Hall Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano Belcea Quartet ...
11/09/2011
Wigmore Hall Presents Thomas Larcher Composer Focus
On Saturday, November 12, composer Thomas Larcher is the subject of a day-long composer portrait held at London’s Wigmore Hall. The event, celebrating Larcher’s chamber and solo music, is comprised of three concerts and an open conversation on Larcher’s music between the composer and British music ...
10/24/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 6/2011 online
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA As orchestras continue to focus on innovation in the concert hall, chamber orchestra repertoire is increasingly becoming a fixture in concert programming. Perhaps one reason for this is clear: a smaller, more nimble ensemble opens up endless possibilities for alternative ...
10/06/2011
Sound and Sense - Thomas Larcher and Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer Thomas Larcher returns to London after the world premiere of his double concerto earlier this year at the BBC proms to speak at the Notes and Letters literature festival taking place at Kings Place from 7th October. Also in the same festival Sir Peter Maxwell Davies will be on stage ...
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, ...
08/16/2011
World Première: Thomas Larcher's Double Concerto at the BBC Proms
Thomas Larcher Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (2011) Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the Vienna Konzerthaus and first performed at the BBC Proms on August 18, 2011. 22’ • 18 Aug 2011 · London (UK) Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms 2011 Viktoria Mullova, violin Matthew ...
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