Mark-Anthony Turnage: spartiti difficile

Commissioned by Craig Ogden and the Cheltenham Music Festival, with funds generously provided by Paul Miron, Peter & Veronica Lofthouse and the Cheltenham Festival Society. Air with Variations was fir...

Turnage's fourth string quartet, Winter's Edge was premiered by the Piatti Quartet at the Klarafestival, Brussels. Co-commissioned by the Quartet, the Wigmore Hall and Flagey ASBL, they gave the UK pr...

Die Seven Pint-Sized Pieces können sowohl als Ganzes, 7-sätziges Werk wie auch einzelne Stücke daraus oder als Kombination jeglicher Stücke aufgeführt werden. Das Set startet mit Nostalgia, einem emot...

Das Stück wurde von dem IMS Prussia Cove aus Anlass des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Open Chamber Music' in Auftrag gegeben, das von der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung gegründet wurde. Komponiert wurde...

Das Stück wurde von dem IMS Prussia Cove aus Anlass des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Open Chamber Music' in Auftrag gegeben, das von der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung gegründet wurde. Komponiert wurde...

Mark Anthony Turnage, who celebrates his 50th birthday this summer, composed On Opened Ground for one of the world's most celebrated viola soloists, Yuri Bashmet, and the Cleveland Orchestra. The titl...

3 Lullabies for Violoncello and Piano.

These are the latest example of the little pieces Turnage has always composed for friends and personal occasions. More intimate and tender than his orchestral statements, these small works are immedia...

Kai' was written in memory of Kai Scheffler, principal cellist and a key member of the Ensemble Modern in Germany, who died tragically young in 1989. The 18 minute work is in four continuous movements...

Emotions from intense anger to morbid despair are conveyed through this powerful vocal work depicting the viewpoints of poets from the Great War. Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'The Torn Fields' sets the word...

Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts Society for Leif Oves Andnes who gave the first performance. They are attractive and not too difficult, clearly stamped with Turnage`s lyrical style.

An Invention on 'Solitude' is typical of much of the music Turnage has written for chamber ensembles: in contrast to the flamboyant contrasts and dangerous edge to his orchestral music, this is quiet,...

This short trio combines angular lines and troubling chromaticism to create a highly effective piece of mood music with an empty, eerie feel to it. A beautiful and poignant work in memory of the celli...