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The Thailand International Composition Festival welcomes Robert Beaser as one of this year’s Guest Composers from July 12 through July 16. Beaser's orchestral work Evening Prayer is performed at Tanglewood by the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra led by Federico Cortese on August 14.
BBC Proms Features World Premiere of Huw Watkins' Violin Concerto
Jul. 08, 2010This summer the BBC Proms features a number of works from the Schott Music, Universal Edition and Faber Music catalogues. On August 17, Huw Watkins’ Violin Concerto is premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Edward Gardner with violinist Alina Ibragimova.
Kurt Weill's Royal Palace at Bard's Summerscape
Jul. 08, 2010On August 22, the Bard Music Festival presents Kurt Weill's opera Royal Palace, with Leon Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra and James Bagwell directing the Bard Festival Chorale.
New Classics in the Holiday Canon from Faber and Alfred Music
Jul. 08, 2010Check out these new ideas for holiday programming now available for performance from Schott/EAM: 13 Christmas arrangements by Gary Fry; selections from the score to the film The Polar Express by Alan Silvestri; and Sasha Johnson Manning's The Manchester Carols featuring text by Carol Ann Duffy.
Morton Subotnick’s Jacob’s Room Premieres at Bregenz Festival
Jul. 08, 2010On August 5, the Bregenz Festival presents the world premiere of Morton Subotnick’s Jacob’s Room, a chamber opera for four singers, four cellos, keyboards and electronics.
Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox in New Chamber Version at London’s Opera Holland Park
Jul. 08, 2010Tobias Picker's adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's story sees a run of nine performances from July 26 through August 14 at England's Opera Holland Park in a new chamber orchestration for seven players.
Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang Arrives on the American Stage
Jul. 08, 2010Franz Schreker's opera Der ferne Klang receives its US premiere staging at Bard's Summerscape on July 30 with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Salzburg Festival Premieres Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysus and Launches "Kontinent Rihm."
Jul. 08, 2010Wolfgang Rihm sees the premiere of his new opera Dionysus at the Salzburg Festival on July 27. The performance is part of an unprecedented composer portrait series titled "Kontinent Rihm" at the Festival from July 27 through August 22.
Bruce MacCombie’s Light Upon the Turning Leaf in World Premiere at Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
Jul. 08, 2010On August 18 the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival on Long Island presents the world premiere of Bruce MacCombie’s new septet Light Upon the Turning Leaf.
On Monday, August 16, The Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music presents the US premiere of Colin Matthews’ orchestral work Turning Point. On July 8 Bernard Rands' "now again"–fragments from Sappho saw its Tanglewood debut at Seiji Ozawa Hall.