03/09/2009

OREL Foundation Launches Website Dedicated to Revival of Composers' Music Once Banned by the Nazis

Last month the OREL Foundation, spearheaded by the leadership of James Conlon, launched its new website devoted to 20th-century composers whose music was banned during the years of Nazi oppression in Europe. The website, www.orelfoundation.org , provides biographical, bibliographical and media-related ...

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12/17/2007

schott aktuell - the journal 1/2008 online

Download complete issue (PDF, 1.4 MB)   21 st Century Violin & Viola Concertos Contents:  p. 2-5: World Premieres: John Casken: Blue Medusa in Manchester - Peter Eötvös: Levitation ...

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10/22/2007

Work of the Week - Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funebre

From 22 to 24 October, Britten Sinfonia presents its programme “Transfigured Nights” which will include Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto funebre for violin and strings. Performances will take place at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, Norwich Cathedral and the Queen Elizabeth ...

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10/11/2007

Karl Amadeus Hartmann features in Britten Sinfonia Season and CD launch

Britten Sonfonia’s season launch kicks off on Monday 22 nd October with the outstanding 22-year old Russion violinist Alina Ibragimova directing the orchestra. The programme, which features Hartmann’s Concerto Funèbre alongside music by Bach and Schoenberg, highlights Ibragimova’s ...

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09/13/2007

Wolfgang Fortner: 100th Anniversary of birth

12 October 2007 marks the 100th birthday of Wolfgang Fortner, a composer whose comprehensive oeuvre includes operas, ballets, orchestral, chamber and vocal music, and who, as a teacher, influenced a whole generation of composers. Among his students were Hans Werner Henze, Rudolf Kelterborn, Arghyris ...

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