Par SMITH PAUL. A standalone work for SATB choir and SATB solo quartet, painting a picture of the different characters of a dream. This movement is both comforting and confusing, and is inspired by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. A New World is a musical story across five movements with texts by authors from Cicero and Ovid to George William Russel; from nursery rhymes to war poets. The mus…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Out of the Darkness, Into the Light is about optimism. All of us experience disappointments in our lives, such failed relationships or the loss of loved ones, but the indomitability of the human spirit allows us to overcome such set backs and get through the darker moments. For some, faith and religion may be the answer, but this piece is more about the internal strength that we…

Kammeroper Nr. 2. Par RIHM WOLFGANG. Chamber opera does not mean “little opera.” On the same scale as chamber music is to the symphony, it is rather the other way of talking onstage. The movable apparatus permits sophisticated voice-leading. A large ensemble demands simple conception to achieve the complexity it perhaps intends; this can be formulated more sharply and nuanced in a chamber ensemble…

for four male voices. Par BRYARS GAVIN. Glorious Hill may be performed by a male choir. Text by Pico della Mirandola (1463-1497) from De Hominis Dignitate. Glorious Hill was commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and first performed by them at its summer Festival of Voices in Lewes, Sussex, in August 1988. It was the first piece I wrote for the ensemble and I focused on the singers' unique abilit…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Out of the Darkness, Into the Light is about optimism. All of us experience disappointments in our lives, such failed relationships or the loss of loved ones, but the indomitability of the human spirit allows us to overcome such set backs and get through the darker moments. For some, faith and religion may be the answer, but this piece is more about the internal strength that we…

for Ji-nashi Shakuhachi (in D and A) and Double Choir. Par PANUFNIK ROXANNE. In 2005, ji-nashi shakuhachi player Kiku Day approached me to write a piece for her, as part of her mission to increase the use of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) in Western classical music. When she played to me, its warmth and huskiness seemed so spookily like a human voice that I decided an a cappella double cho…

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. A suite whose movements always deliver something other than what they seem to promise. But throughout, the two instruments and respectively their players act like two people in very specific situations: I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; the initially earnest, solitary cantilena intensifies creating expectation. Suddenly II.: the violin sounds. Its movin…

It's not just another day at the Tiny Bit of Heaven Motel in Bethlehem (actually a stable behind a small Inn), which is run completely by animals. Annie Lamb is a reporter for The Bethlehem Chronicle and snooping around for clues regarding Caesar's Census. However she---along with the others---is about to have a life-changing night. Major Moo runs a tip-top motel, accompanied by Miss Dovie (Front …

Par SCHUMANN CLARA. Clara Schumanns Briefe An Hermann Härtel Und Richard Und Helene Schöne / Date parution : 1997-02-20/ Répertoire / Divers

Ähnlich wie Schumanns 'Konzertstück für vier Hörner' op. 86 (HN 1138) entstand auch Saint-Saëns' 'Morceau de Concert' mit der Idee, die technischen Möglichkeiten einer neuen Ventilhorn-Konstruktion auszureizen. In diesem Falle gab der französische Hornist Henri Chaussier den Anstoß. Er hatte ein neuartiges ?Cor omnitonique' entwickelt und wollte mit Saint-Saëns' Komposition die Vorzüge seines Inst…

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Eine fatale Handverletzung verhinderte Robert Schumanns Karriere als Klaviervirtuose und brachte ihn dazu, sich ganz dem Komponieren zuzuwenden. Der oft schwermuütige Komponist schrieb Orchesterwerke sowie Kammer- und Vokalmusik, den größten Teil seines Oeuvres machen jedoch Klavierwerke aus. Henk Hogestein wählte daraus die beruühmte Rêverie aus dem Album…

Par SCHULTE KRISCHAN. Die Textbasis Für Robert Schumanns Lieder Für Solostimmen/ Recueil / Divers

Par DILWORTH ROLLO. Historically, the arts have always fulfilled the dual roles of responding to change while at the same time creating change. Weather is a poem that gives voice to the voiceless, especially those who have been and continue to be marginalized because of difference. It responds to and reflects realities that are both culturally specific and humanly universal. Professor Claudia Rank…