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Ojai Music Festival Features Music of Frank Zappa Performed by Ensemble Modern
Jun. 09, 2010On June 11 the Ojai Music Festival presents a full day of the music of Frank Zappa, including both an afternoon symposium session and an evening-length concert of his music with the Ensemble Modern conducted by Brad Lubman.
New Works by Douglas J. Cuomo Heard Across New York City and on PBS
Jun. 08, 2010On June 8 Mary Rowell and Geoffrey Burleson performed the New York Premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's A Far Playground at Merkin Concert Hall as part of the Tribeca New Music Festival. Later this month Shem Guibbory and Rex Benincasa debut Cuomo's Slowly She Turned at Joe's Pub in downtown Manhattan.
Mode Records Releases Chaya Czernowin's Maim
Jun. 08, 2010Chaya Czernowin’s Maim [water] is now available on Mode Records. Written for orchestra, a quintet of soloists including prominent tubax, and electronics, the title piece is performed on the recording by Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Johannes Kalitzke with live electronics by ExperimentalStudio des SWR.
Repertoire in Focus: David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus
Jun. 08, 2010British composer David Fanshawe's African Sanctus is an unorthodox setting of the Latin Mass harmonized with traditional African music recorded by the composer on his extraordinary journeys along the Nile river. In this repertoire focus, we'd like to tell you more about this work's fascinating history.
George Benjamin Featured as 2010 Ojai Music Festival Music Director; Into the Little Hill in West Coast Premiere
Jun. 08, 2010George Benjamin assumes the position of Music Director for the 2010 Ojai Music Festival as he leads several ensembles including the Ensemble Modern through performances of his own works and others throughout the festival. Benjamin also leads the Ensemble Modern in the West Coast premiere of his chamber opera Into the Little Hill.
Matthias Pintscher Leads The Cleveland Orchestra In Johannes-Maria Staud's On Comparative Meteorology
Jun. 08, 2010On June 5 The Cleveland Orchestra celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellow program with a free concert featuring four works commissioned by the orchestra throughout the fellowship program's history. Matthias Pintscher led the orchestra through the concert that included Johannes-Maria Staud's On Comparative Meteorology.
Visit Schott/EAM at OPERA America and The League of American Orchestras Conferences
Jun. 08, 2010OPERA America and The League of American Orchestras hold their annual conferences in Los Angeles and Atlanta, respectively, this month. If you're lucky enough to make it to conference, we invite you to stop by the Schott/EAM exhibit to speak with us about our music or just browse our perusal scores, recordings and other promotional materials on our composers. We look forward to seeing you.
Praise for Operas by Picker, Reimann, Rihm, Ligeti, and Maw
Jun. 08, 2010György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Tobias Picker's Emmeline, Wolfgang Rihm's Proserpina and Aribert Reimann's Medea graced opera stages this season in brand new productions to widespread critical and popular acclaim. Nicholas Maw's Sophie's Choice, in a new DVD from the Royal Opera House production of 2002, has also garnered high praise. Read on for a review digest on each.
Repertoire in Focus: Another Side of Nino Rota
May. 05, 2010This month The Miami Symphony Orchestra and conductor Eduardo Marturet perform Nino Rota's The Leopard. Best known for his many films scores for some of the greatest films of the 20th century, Rota also left behind a legacy comprised of unique, inventive and insightful concert works across all classical genres.
György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre Caps the New York Philharmonic Season at Lincoln Center
May. 05, 2010Le Grand Macabre, György Ligeti's only opera, sees its New York premiere by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert on May 27 directed by Douglas Fitch at Avery Fisher Hall.