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Madonna of Silence is far from the quiet piece implied by the title. Indeed, it reflects the inner turbulence of Michelangelo's extraordinary drawing Madonna del Silenzio on which the work is based. M...

Madonna of Silence is far from the quiet piece implied by the title. Indeed, it reflects the inner turbulence of Michelangelo's extraordinary drawing Madonna del Silenzio on which the work is based. M...

In 2008, at the suggestion of the trumpet player Otto Sauter and in intensive collaboration with him, Mikis Theodorakis composed the four-movement Rhapsody for trumpet and orchestra. The world premier...

In 2008, at the suggestion of the trumpet player Otto Sauter and in intensive collaboration with him, Mikis Theodorakis composed the four-movement Rhapsody for trumpet and orchestra. The world premier...

Jazz war für Bernd Alois Zimmermann eine 'musikalische Wesensverfassung', ein 'Kunstzweig sui generis.' Das Trompetenkonzert mit seinen Big Band-Allusionen der 50er Jahre vereint die Kategorien der Ja...

In this double concerto the Violin and Viola represent both aspects of a Janus-faced being: monolithic chordal blocks (in the second movement culminating in C major!) versus delicate melodic lines spr...

Casken's inspired double concerto for violin and viola makes reference to John Donne poem depicting two lovers on the bank of a river with their hands entwined. The dialogue between soloists is organi...

Casken's inspired double concerto for violin and viola makes reference to John Donne poem depicting two lovers on the bank of a river with their hands entwined. The dialogue between soloists is organi...

My Violin Concerto is scored for a Classical-sized orchestra, with the addition of a harp and celeste, and lasts around 17 minutes. Although the work sets out to explore the lyrical characteristics of...

My Violin Concerto is scored for a Classical-sized orchestra, with the addition of a harp and celeste, and lasts around 17 minutes. Although the work sets out to explore the lyrical characteristics of...

Julian Anderson's new Violin Concerto - his first ever concerto - extends the conventional exploration of relationships to the spacial. Beginning off stage, the soloist's physical location changes thr...

Julian Anderson's new Violin Concerto - his first ever concerto - extends the conventional exploration of relationships to the spacial. Beginning off stage, the soloist's physical location changes thr...

Sur le même accord (about a single chord) is - as the subtitle suggests - a nocturne-like work. Although in one mouvement, at its centre are two expressive sections, which alternate with more rapid wr...

Sur le même accord (about a single chord) is - as the subtitle suggests - a nocturne-like work. Although in one mouvement, at its centre are two expressive sections, which alternate with more rapid wr...

Written for the Hilliard Ensemble and the strings of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, the composer sets two texts from St. Columba about the power of the human voice. The work is divided into two part...