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Suntory Hall Presents Chamber Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi and Joji Yuasa
Sep. 18, 2020On September 18, Suntory Hall presented a concert of chamber music by Toshi Ichiyanagi and Joji Yuasa that highlighted the evolution of their work over several decades. This concert was …
A Rediscovered Choral Motet by Camille Saint-Saëns
Sep. 18, 2020Fittingly coinciding with the commemorative year in 2021 to mark the 100th anniversary of Camille Saint-Saëns’s death, a rediscovered choral work by the composer will be published for the very …
World Premiere of Philipp Maintz's Organ Concerto, de figuris
Sep. 18, 2020Philipp Maintz’s de figuris, a concerto for organ and large orchestra, draws its inspiration from the “Apocalipsis cum figuris”, Albrecht Dürer’s depiction of the apocalypse in fourteen scenes of …
Luke Bedford's Through His Teeth Premieres at Germany's Meiningen Staatstheater
Sep. 18, 2020On September 25, Luke Bedford's chamber opera Through His Teeth for three singers and eight players, will be premiered at the Meiningen Staatstheater in Germany. With a libretto …
Arvo Pärt Celebrates 85 Years
Sep. 18, 2020Arvo Pärt said, "Music is a friend, understanding, emphatic, forgiving, comforting, a cloth to dry the tears of sadness, a source of tears of joy, but also a painful thorn …
Alvin Singleton Named Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition Amidst a Flurry of Performances
Sep. 18, 2020Alvin Singleton has been named the Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition at Ithaca College for the 2020-21 academic year. The Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition is a position awarded …
At Aranjuez, The Music of Joaquín Rodrigo Unites Us From Afar
Sep. 18, 2020On September 11, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, led by Enrique García Asensio, performed an all-Rodrigo concert in the Plaza of the glorious Royal Palace of Aranjuez. The performance was livestreamed by RTVE and included …
Aurora Orchestra Gives the World Premiere of Richard Ayres's No. 52 at the Proms
Sep. 18, 2020On September 10, the Aurora Orchestra, under the baton of Nicholas Collon, gave the world premiere of Richard Ayre's No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven, …
Hub New Music and Hannah Lash Perform The Nature of Breaking in Livestream Concerts
Sep. 18, 2020Ashmont Hill Chamber Music in Boston presented the virtual premiere performance of Hannah Lash's The Nature of Breaking following the cancellation of the scheduled live performance of that work on …
Thomas Adès's Dawn–a Flexible Work for the COVID Era–Premiered at the 2020 BBC Proms
Sep. 18, 2020Thomas Adès's Dawn – Chacony for orchestra at any distance was premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle on August 30 at the Royal Albert Hall. The …