04/25/2013

schott aktuell - the journal 3/2013 online

ULTIMATE WAGNER 2013 marks the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, with performances of his music in virtually every opera house around the world. For over 150 years, Schott has been considered the leading publisher for Wagner editions; from 1859 onwards, the composer entrusted his stage ...

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04/25/2013

Now available from WERGO

György Ligeti: Volumina - Works for Organ - Dominik Susteck: organ - Although György Ligeti composed only three works for the organ – “ Volumina”, “Harmonies“, and “Coulée” – these pieces mark significant stages in the course of his compositional development; more importantly, ...

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03/04/2013

Work of the Week - György Ligeti: Concerto for violin and orchestra

György Ligeti's Concerto for violin and orchestra, composed in 1990, stands in the tradition of grand, virtuosic violin concertos. Written at the request of violinist Saschko Gawriloff, the original concerto was cast in three movements but was reworked into five by the composer in 1992. ...

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02/14/2013

Schott Grammy Award Winners

With the 2013 Grammy Awards officially in the books, we are especially thrilled to note these award-winning recordings featuring music from the Schott family: Music for Viola  (2012) György Ligeti: ...

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01/14/2013

Los Angeles Philharmonic Presents Focus on Peter Eötvös

The venerable Los Angeles Philharmonic hosts a weeklong residency with Peter Eötvös, January 15-20, 2013. Dubbed Focus on Peter Eötvös , the residency is headlined by the world premiere of Eötvös’ new concerto for violin and orchestra DoReMi with Midori, and a Green Umbrella concert staging ...

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01/07/2013

A guide to Gerald Barry's music

This week, as part of his popular blog on contemporary music, Tom Service offers us a guide to the work of Irish composer Gerald Barry.  Highlighting the intensity, razor sharp edges and unpredictability of Barry's music, Service takes us through the composer's career from the 1970s ...

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12/29/2012

Quirky and Entertaining

György Ligeti: 2 Preludes and Interlude from "Le Grand Macabre" - Sheet music for car horns and door bells -  Ligeti's two-act opera in four scenes, 'Le Grand Macabre', is intense, brilliant music theatre between parody and grave seriousness, between folly and wisdom. ...

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11/01/2012

Now available from WERGO

György Ligeti: Études pour piano - performed by the pianist Thomas Hell - In 1985 György Ligeti produced an entire volume of piano etudes, to which he added two further volumes in the following sixteen years . Quite a few people in New Music circles then reacted with a ...

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10/18/2012

Conlon Nancarrow: Centenary on 27 October 2012

Samuel Conlon Nancarrow, born in Texarkana on the border between Texas and Arkansas, could have pursued a completely normal career. After leaving school, he studied the trumpet and music theory at the Conservatoire in Cincinnati and continued with studies in conducting and counterpoint in Boston ...

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09/07/2012

Ligeti's Melodien, Lontano, in New York, California

Two seminal orchestral works of the 20th century by György Ligeti make appearances on concert programs in the US this month. The Slee Sinfonietta presents Melodien  on September 24 at the Lippes Concert Hall in Buffalo, NY, led by Robert Trevino. On the west coast, the University of the Pacific ...

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