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03/28/2012
World première: H · K · H by Heinz Holliger in Bern
Heinz Holliger H · K · H Le – sung for 10 speakers and three percussionists (2011) nach mit : n : ach : knulp : by Händl Klaus (Ger.) 16'30'' • 30 March 2012 · Bern (CH) Kunstmuseum zone expérimentale – Ensemble for contemporary music Basel Conductor Marcus ...
02/23/2012
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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 ...
03/22/2011
Heinz Holliger: In Profile at Kings Place, London
From Wednesday 22nd March, Kings Place, one of London's newest concert spaces, will celebrate the music of eminent Swiss composer and oboist Heinz Holliger in a concert series curated by Christopher Richter. Over four concerts, each with its own descriptive ...
08/23/2010
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Dance! p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-9: World Premières: Tobias Picker: Awakenings · Benjamin Schweitzer: nach Hause · Toshio Hosokawa: Sternlose Nacht · Gustav Mahler / Yoel Gamzou: Symphonie Nr. 10 · Fazil Say: Trompetenkonzert · Howard Shore: Ruin and Memory ...
03/29/2010
Work of the Week - Heinz Holliger: Gesänge der Frühe
On Good Friday, 2nd April, a concert to celebrate 200 years since Schumann’s birth by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn with the renowned SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble will feature Heinz Holliger’s Gesänge der Frühe at the Beethoven Hall in Bonn, Germany. The work, which takes it title and ...
08/04/2009
Jörg Widmann and Heinz Holliger at Lucerne Festival
As Composer-in-residence at this year’s Lucerne Festival, Jörg Widmann has been commissioned to write a new Oboe concerto for the legendary oboe player, conductor and composer Heinz Holliger. The world premiere will take place on 13th August with George Benjamin conducting the Mahler Chamber ...
08/03/2009
Work of the Week - Heinz Holliger: (S)irat(ó)
On the occasion of Heinz Holliger’s 70th birthday earlier this year, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer will presents his orchestral work (S)irat(ó) at the BBC Proms on 4th August. The piece was composed between summer 1992 and spring 1993 and was commissioned ...
07/17/2009
There is a great deal to enjoy in the contemporary music being presented across this year's Summer Festivals. Among many other key events, we would like to recommend the legendary BBC Proms where our composers are particularly strongly featured with works by Casken, Goehr, Holliger, Hookawa, Martland, ...
05/06/2009
"My entire relation to music is such that I always try to go to the limits", Heinz Holliger once said. The ever restless Swiss composer, oboist and internationally acknowledged conductor turns 70 on 21 May. After studying composition with Sándor Veress and Pierre Boulez, Holliger found a ...
04/27/2009
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Shakespeare in Music Contents: p. 3: Editorial · Contents pp. 4-7: World Premieres: Christian Jost: Hamlet in Berlin, Kenneth Hesketh: PatterSongs in Liverpool, Rodion Shchedrin: Lithuanian Saga in Vilnius, Jörg Widmann: Dubairische Tänze in Berlin etc. pp. 8-9: First ...
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