10/30/2008

Alexander Goehr - World Premiere

Alexander Goehr’s new work, Overture , which was written for the Countess of Munster Trust to celebrate its 50th anniversary, will receive its world premiere, directed by John Wallace, on Sunday 2nd November at a private concert in Glyndebourne.  The new work, which is scored for two ...

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08/11/2008

"Starry Sky" - Piano Concerto for the Olympic Games 2008

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing was one of the most closely guarded secrets of this mega sports event. What exactly was on the programme was unknown to almost everybody before the ceremony began. Almost 4 billion viewers throughout the world watched the ceremony during which the ...

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08/06/2008

Lang Lang performs Xiaogang Ye's New Piano Concerto at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Celebrated Chinese pianist Lang Lang will perform the world premiere of a new piano concerto by his countryman Xiaogang Ye at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The title of the work translates literally as Music of Our Time , though an official translation will be announced during ...

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03/06/2008

Alexander Goehr - World Premiere

The critically acclaimed Nash Ensemble will be giving the world première of Alexander Goehr’s Quintet for clarinet and s trings on the 12th March 2008 at Wigmore Hall in London. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3, the new work will follow in the success of Goehr’s 75th birthday ...

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06/14/2007

schott aktuell - the journal 4/2007 online

  Download complete issue (PDF 1.2 MB)   Summer Music Festivals Issue Contents: p. 2-5: Schott Composers at Summer Music Festivals, Carl Orff - Herbert Willi - Krzysztof Penderecki - Heinz Holliger ...

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04/27/2007

schott aktuell 3/2007 online

    Download complete issue (PDF, 3 MB)   Contents: pp. 2-3: World Premières, e.g. Peter Maxwell Davies: Das Rauschende der Farbe - Enjott Schneider: Hiob - Huw Watkins: In my craft ...

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01/17/2007

Huw Watkins signs with Ferus artist management

As a performer, Huw Watkins is now represented by Ferus. Ferus was established in 2005 by Matt Fretton, who has previously worked for Askonas Holt and Harrison Parrott. Ferus offers personalised artist management for a number of musicians, including Alina Ibragimova, with whom Huw has already worked ...

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12/16/2004

NMC Releases two Tippett CD's

To mark Tippett’s centenary year, NMC will be releasing two new CD’s. The magisterial 1993 disc of Symphonies 2 and 4 was the last Tippett was to conduct,  and remains his only commercial recording of any of the symphonies.  Originally issued with BBC Music Magazine , the new booklet ...

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