Tagged with 'world premiere'

Work of the Week – Eduard Resatsch: Les Visions du Prince

By Christopher Peter
22 Feb 2026

Portrait of Eduard Resatsch with glasses and a dark turtleneck in the right foreground. The background features a vast cosmic scene with a small silhouette on an asteroid amidst a glowing, blue-violet galaxy.

A musical tribute to humanity: Eduard Resatsch transforms Saint-Exupéry’s "The Little Prince" into an orchestral tapestry of light and shadow. Conducted by Oksana Lyniv, Les Visions du Prince will have its world premiere at the Philharmonie de Paris on February 25, 2026.

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Work of the Week – Edmund Finnis: The Landscape Wakes

By Christopher Peter
1 Feb 2026

Portrait of Edmund Finnis (dark hair, beard, black shirt) against a bright watercolor illustration. Features: hilly landscape at sunrise, winding river, and pink flower meadows. Atmosphere: peaceful morning.

Edmund Finnis: The Landscape Wakes. An orchestral poem about the ceaseless awakening of the world. World premiere Feb 6, 2026, in Milwaukee.

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Work of the Week – Eduard Resatsch: Premonition

By Christopher Peter
25 Jan 2026

The banner features a portrait of composer Eduard Resatsch, a man with dark, wavy hair. It is blended with an artistic illustration: a bright golden beam of light cuts through a nocturnal forest scene and abstract dark blue shadows.

World Premiere in Berlin: Eduard Resatsch’s Premonition shatters the silence on January 29th at the Konzerthaus. A powerful musical journey between dreams and reality, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

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Work of the Week – Anthony Davis: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote

By Christopher Peter
11 Jan 2026

Mixtec-style illustration: Pancho Rabbit and a smiling coyote stand in a desert before a monumental wall with pre-Columbian reliefs. A glowing path leads to a vertical gap in the wall where the sun rises, casting golden light across the orange sky.

Anthony Davis's chamber opera Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote is a binational commission exploring the migrant experience at the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on Duncan Tonatiuh’s award-winning children's book, the opera uses a bilingual animal fable to make themes of hope, exploitation, and family unity musically tangible. The production blends jazz, classical, and Mexican folklore into a contemporary "Animal Farm".

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Work of the Week – Mary Finsterer: Auxilium Christianorum

By Christopher Peter
30 Nov 2025

The composer Mary Finsterer is in a portrait. She is wearing a dark, glossy jacket, and her gaze is directed to the side. The blurred background shows warm orange and green tones, suggesting a nighttime scene with lights.

Mary Finsterer's "Auxilium Christianorum" – A commission for choir and orchestra that reinterprets Bach's chorale. WP Dec 2, 2025 in Melbourne.

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Work of the Week – Noriko Koide: Whale

By Christopher Peter
23 Nov 2025

The composer Noriko Koide is looking to the right in a close-up, framed by dark shadows. She is wearing dark clothing, and her face is partially illuminated by a brightly lit, white window frame on the right side.

Noriko Koide's Whale for orchestra and children. A sonic expedition into the ocean. World Premiere at Nagoya, Nov 24, 2025.

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Work of the Week – Edmund Finnis: Cello Concerto

By Christopher Peter
16 Nov 2025

The composer Edmund Finnis is sitting on a dark wooden chair against a soft blue-green background. He is wearing a dark t-shirt and looking thoughtfully towards the upper right.

World Premiere of Edmund Finnis’s Cello Concerto (Nov 21, 2025) in LA: A new work for Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

Work of the Week – Huang Ruo: The Monkey King

By Christopher Peter
9 Nov 2025

Portrait of composer Huang Ruo in a dark setting. He is seated on a red velvet sofa wearing a grey suit, holding a pencil and looking thoughtful. Crumpled papers lie on the floor in front of him.

The San Francisco Opera is set to present the highly anticipated world premiere of Huang Ruo’s opera The Monkey King (Libretto: David Henry Hwang) on November 14, 2025. Based on the Chinese epic Journey to the West, the work tells the story of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King , who, after a revolt against Heaven, comes to the crucial realization that true power lies in self-enlightenment. The production combines Huang Ruo's innovative "Dimensionalism" aesthetic with elements of Peking opera and visionary puppetry by MacArthur Genius Basil Twist. Directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus and conducted by Carolyn Kuan, The Monkey King is the perfect prelude to the composer's young, strategic partnership with Schott Music.

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