Hjärtats Nycklar is a Chamber Opera composed by Peter Bruun with libretto by Ylva Eggehorn(Martin Lönnebo).

Saariaho’s L’armour De Loin is an opera in five acts and was premiered in Salzburg in August 2000 with additional productions being staged at the theatre Bern in Switzerland. The story is based on the life ofPrince of Bleye one of the first great troubadours of the 12th century and follows his glowing passion for a woman from the East of whom he has only heard is the central theme of the li…

The masters of funk Tower of Power are as relevant and active today as ever before. This hit from the '70s features a moderate tempo groove with an occasional 7/8 measure thrown in for kicks. Paul's arrangement for mature bandsalso includes an optional open section for any soloist.

These three pieces form a very short instrumental opera based on the life of James Reid a bagpiper in Prince Charlie's Jacobite army who was captured by the English in 1746 and executed after a judge had classified the bagpipes as a weapon. This piece is a string trio version of Sketches from a Bagpiper's Album (1984) for clarinet and piano scored for Violin Cello and Viola. Duration: c…

Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism though there is a darker more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino played by the Viola but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistful melancholy that carries o…

An energetic and passionate piece from the Norwegian composer Christian Sinding. This piece is scored for Violin and Orchestra.

Three Interludes For Orchestra by Benet Casablancas was commissioned by Fundación Autor and the Spanish Association of Symphonic Orchestras (AEOS) for its World Premiere in the 2012-2013 season.The score consists of three movements – Pastorale (Tranquillo) Scherzo (Con moto) and Memento e Corale (Lentissimo Ampio e tenuto) – and has an approximate duration of 14 minutes. The spacious…

For Franco Cesarini who was born in a country where the majestic Alps dominates all horizons mountains are a natural part of life. This majesty is reflected by the words of Alan Hovhaness: ???Mountains are symbolic meeting places of the material and spiritual world.??? In seven successive parts Cesarini has alternated moments of reality and matter with moments of intangible spiritualism.

Written in the year 1775, Mozart's lively violin concerti manifest the young composer's astonishing maturity and command of his craft. An incredible fluency of musical speech ? richness of texture and sheer beauty of melodic line pervade this music (Veims, The Concertos). Indeed, the concerti are the composer's earliest compositions that have maintained a secure position in the world's repertoire.…

In Full Score. With Mozart's cadenzas for Nos. 17-19-Republication from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Werke (Breitkopf And Hartel 1878-79). With Mozart's cadenzas for Nos.17-19.

Programme Note This short one-movement quartet is a kind of modernization of the 14th century French motets a cadeau to this weird and fantastic music whose abstract and almost deprecatory introvert expression appears unaccountably modern and incredibly ancient at the same time. MOTET is a sober cool treatise on rhythm and statics depicted in a Gothic crypt-like atmosphere. The almost complet…

Symphonie Mathis Der Mahler

This thrilling new fanfare by Brian Balmages will set the stage for your entire concert. The audience is taken back to the time of the Roman Empire with the sounds of the parades that preceded the chariot races.

From the blockbuster film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams reprises a few earlier themes along with dynamic new material. The memorable March of the Resistance is fittingly dramatic and powerful, and is prominent at key moments in the movie.