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24.08.2020
Newly-discovered choral motet by Camille Saint-Saëns
Bärenreiter is publishing the first edition of Camille Saint-Saëns’ early choral motet “Super flumina Babylonis” right in time for planning for the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death on 16 December 2021. The version written in 1854 with saxophone quartet will be of particular interest, the first ever work to be composed for this scoring. But the versions with large orchestra and, in English, with piano accompaniment are also available now on hire in new editions by Christina M. Stahl, and will be available to purchase in 2021. – (Picture: Eugène Delacroix: The Jews in the Babilonian Captivity. Palais Bourbon, Paris) »more«
12.08.2020
Scartazzini’s orchestral work “Salve” for Basel
“Salve”. You can’t put it more clearly than in the title of Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini’s new orchestral work for the reopening of the renovated Grand Casino in Basel. »more«
12.08.2020
Premiere in Bregenz: Ľubica Čekovská’s “Impresario Dotcom”
Theatre as a reflection of the world: Carlo Goldoni’s “L‘impresario delle Smirne” is a turbulent piece about the opera business. The Bregenz Festival is staging a contemporary version by Ľubica Čekovská and the librettist Laura Olivi in an updated version, adapted to the Corona situation. »more«
20.04.2020
Italian opera as originally intended. The series ”Masterpieces of Italian Opera”
Bärenreiter marks the start of a new series “Masterpieces of Italian Opera” (MIO) commencing with the publication of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s veristic opera Pagliacci, a work which belongs to the core repertoire of opera houses all over the world. At present four volumes will be published but further volumes are envisaged. »more«
06.03.2020
“Incantesimo” by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini in Siegen
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini has been commissioned by the Jena Philharmonic and partner orchestras to compose a short orchestral work relating to Mahler’s music and intellectual world to complement each of Mahler’s ten symphonies. “Incantesimo”, the fourth piece in the cycle, is an orchestral song. »more«
25.11.2019
Gold, silver, purple. Matthias Pintscher completes his “Shirim” cycle
“Splendour” could stand as the heading for Matthias Pintscher’s last composition in his “Shirim” cycle, which now receives its premiere as a complete work. As the fourth part and conclusion of his Shirim cycle, Matthias Pintscher has set the third chapter of the Song of Solomon for baritone, chorus and orchestra. In this, there is mention of splendour, the entrance of King Solomon himself, of the costliness of the treasures and robes, the shimmering gold swords of his accompanying retinue »more«
25.11.2019
Dieter Ammann’s Piano Concerto now in Munich
In the few months since its first performance at the BBC Proms in London, Dieter Ammann’s “Piano Concerto (Gran Toccata)” has already been performed several times – in Taipei, Boston and Helsinki – each time to astonished and enthusiastic audiences. The pianist Andreas Haefliger is soloist and initiator of the concerto. With stupendous virtuosity, he is central to the series of performances of the work. Following the American and Finnish premieres, conductor Susanna Mälkki now conducts the German premiere on 9, 10 and 12 January 2020 with the Munich Philharmonic. (photo: Dieter Ammann and Andreas Haefliger after the world premiere in August in the Royal Albert Hall, London; photo: Chris Christodoulou) »more«
