This is the study score for Simon Holt's An Icicle Of Moon a work for Orchestra...(+)
This is the study score for Simon Holt's An Icicle Of Moon a work for Orchestra. The piece was commissioned by Bamberger Symphoniker and its first performance was on 31st October 2014 at theJoseph-Keilberth-Saal Bamberg. A full performance of the work lasts around 6 1/2 minutes. The title of this work is taken from a phrase from a poem by Federico Garc a Lorca.
Nebelheim Und Sonnenland is a fourteen-minute continuous suite for Orchestra of ...(+)
Nebelheim Und Sonnenland is a fourteen-minute continuous suite for Orchestra of material from Hans Werner Henze's last operatic work 'Gisela!' (2010).This piece was arranged by distinguishedconductor and interpreter of Henze's music Jobst Liebrecht and was first performed in Berlin in November 2013.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Aeriality Orchestra for Orchestra.Written for the Iceland...(+)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Aeriality Orchestra for Orchestra.Written for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and premiered in the new Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Center HARPA on 24 November 2011 by IcelandSymphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov.Duration: 13 minutes
For Orchestra-Commissioned by: Nederlands Dans Theater Den Haag Carolina Perfor...(+)
For Orchestra-Commissioned by: Nederlands Dans Theater Den Haag Carolina Performing Arts at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MUSIC • CENTER / Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County The Norwegian Operaand Ballet Oslo First performance 4 October 2012 at Lucent Dans Theater Den Haag by Nederlands Dans Theater and Residentie Orkest conducted by Andrew Grams. Choreography by Medhi Walerski.
A Vision was written for the tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson and commissioned by the...(+)
A Vision was written for the tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson and commissioned by the London Mozart Players. The first performance was at the Gregynog Festival in June 1991. Geoffrey Burgon has set 7 poems of John Clare (1793-1846)and the poems that Burgon has chosen were all written whilst Clare was in Northampton Asylum. The work is scored for tenor and string orchestra. There is a prominent part for solo violin which reflects Clareâs love of thatinstrument and upon which he would play folk tunes and dances.
Full Score-The first feature film collaboration between Peter Greenaway and Mich...(+)
Full Score-The first feature film collaboration between Peter Greenaway and Michael Nyman made in 1983 following a major series of short/independent films they made together - including The Falls and A Walk throughH. A draughtsman is commissioned by a landowner in the late 17th century to make 12 drawings of his property. Every note of the score was derived from the music of Purcell and was written for the Michael NymanBand. This concert suite which was made in 2001 and first performed in Hanover was specially revised for an all-Nyman concert given by the composer and the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall Londonin June 2003. Written for Orchestra and Harpsichord the suite lasts approximately 16 minutes.
Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestr...(+)
Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Musical Director James Levine and given its first performance on 22nd February 2007 at Symphony Hall Boston USA by the cellist Anssi Karttunen with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Sarastre.
Chamber Concerto No 1 was written in the winter of 1961-62. It is scored for obo...(+)
Chamber Concerto No 1 was written in the winter of 1961-62. It is scored for oboe clarinet bassoon horn trumpet trombone violin viola and cello. It is dedicated to Robin and Margaret Orr and was commissioned by theUniversity of Glasgow.
This work was commissioned by the BBC (Scotland) and the Saltire Society to comm...(+)
This work was commissioned by the BBC (Scotland) and the Saltire Society to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of Beethoven. The first performance was by the BBC Scottish Orchestra 1970 conducted by James Loughran.
Commissioned jointly for Colin Currie by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest...(+)
Commissioned jointly for Colin Currie by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. First performance on 14th May 2008 at Symphony Hall Birmingham by Colin Currie (percussion) and the City ofBirmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.NOTE FOR PERFORMANCEIn table top the unpitched solo percussion part in the 9th movement the scoring was initially left open. The present full score showsa suggested instrumentation which was devised by Colin Currie in conjunction with the composer. Soloists should attempt to match the timbres used but should not feel constrained by the exact choice ofinstruments.COMPOSERâS NOTEThe percussion instruments used in a table of noises in some ways represent the odd things that were on my great uncle Ashâs parlour table that fascinated me as a child. There is even abottle; there was always a milk bottle with the silver top pushed in surrounded by other essentials for his life. From birth he was quite severely handicapped in one of his legs and couldnât walk too far without his trusty crutch.He kept everything he needed within armâs length. In the list of instruments for the solo part thereâs everything from deep log drum sounds to very high metallic chime sounds. Wood glass metal and a whistle. Mostlysmall-scale things with a large gong behind used sparingly. I think that we managed to keep below 30 instruments in all which I was keen to do. I didnât want scores of things that are only played once they have to earn theirkeep. I didnât want to use a marimba but thought that trying to make the xylophone sound in a more expressive way would be more of a challenge. The percussionist sits for much of the time on a Cajon a flamenco instrument which isessentially a wooden box. The player hits the front of the box in various ways rather as you play a conga. There are guitar strings inside and bells to add to the overall colour. I would like to thank Colin Currie for the
Full Score-Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to ‘Dido and Aeneas’ is a prolo...(+)
Full Score-Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to ‘Dido and Aeneas’ is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recountsthe love of Dido Queen of Carthage for the Trojan hero Aeneas and her despair when he abandons her. This edition of the work is scored for SATB String section and Harpsichord.
A Cold Spring by Helen Grime for Chamber Ensemble of Ten Players.Commissioned by...(+)
A Cold Spring by Helen Grime for Chamber Ensemble of Ten Players.Commissioned by Aldeburgh Music with funds provided by the Sue Knussen Composers Fund and the following individuals through BirminghamContemporary Music Groupâs Sound Investment scheme.First performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen on 20 June 2009 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall.
Love from a Stranger was a 'thriller' starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone b...(+)
Love from a Stranger was a 'thriller' starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone based on an Agatha Christie short story Philomel Cottage. As well as Britten's score the film also included excerpts from Grieg'sPeer Gynt music and a contemporary dance band. Not all of the present score was used - No. 3 Brighton was omitted and cuts were made in nos. 5 and 6. In the latter a savage cut deleted the references to themusic of the other numbers in bars 13-20 including the trombone's scale which alludes to a scene in which a child practices the piano unseen. Britten was not happy with the way his music was used and this was to remain hisonly work for the commercial cinema composed in 1936.