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Schott/EAM Now North American Agent for Faber Music

Jul. 02, 2008

We are proud to announce that as of July 1, 2008, Schott/EAM is the sole North American agent for the classical music catalogue of Faber Music Ltd. One of the world's leading classical music publishing houses, Faber Music boasts a distinguished roster of composers including Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Jonathan Harvey, George Benjamin and Benjamin Britten.

Founded in 1965 to publish the music of Benjamin Britten, Faber Music's philosophy of identifying and supporting outstanding composers has remained central to its ethos and aims, shown in recent years by the additions of Tansy Davies, Torsten Rasch and Howard Goodall to its list. Said Norman Ryan, Vice President of Composers and Repertoire for Schott Music Corporation and EAMDC:

We are thrilled to begin this new association with Faber Music. Many of the most compelling voices in contemporary British and Australian music are associated with the distinguished firm and the house continues to expand in exciting directions, most recently with the signing of Jonny Greenwood. We look forward to a long and fruitful creative partnership with Faber Music Ltd.

The complete list of Faber Music composers now represented by Schott/EAMDC includes: Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, Malcolm Arnold, George Benjamin, Benjamin Britten, Tansy Davies, Carl Davis, Howard Goodall, Jonny Greenwood, Jonathan Harvey, Matthew Hindson, Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Nicholas Maw, Paul McCartney, Torsten Rasch, Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine, Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Woolrich. For more details on the composers and their music please visit: www.fabermusic.com

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Highlights from the Faber Music Catalogue

Thomas Adès (*1971)
By the time Adès became the youngest ever recipient of the Grawemeyer Award at 29 (for Asyla in 2000), he was already well established on the world stage. Sir Simon Rattle has long been an advocate of his music, most recently jointly commissioning Tevot (2007) for the Berliner Philharmoniker with Carnegie Hall where Adès has held the R and B Debs Composer Chair during the 2007/8 season. In Seven Days, a multi-media piano concerto, was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Southbank Centre, London, and his second opera, The Tempest (2003-4), a commission from The Royal Opera in London, received its US premiere at Santa Fe Opera. Adès was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1999-2008. He is represented as conductor and pianist by IMG Artists and is an exclusive artist with EMI Classics.

Key works:
Asyla (1997)
For large orchestra
3(2 pic, bfl).3(2ca, 1bob).3(bcl, cbcl).3(cbsn) - 4.3.3(ptpt).3.1 - 6 perc - 2 keybds/pno/cel - hp - str
25'

The Tempest (2003-4)
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Meredith Oakes, after Shakespeare
For S, Mz, CT, 4T, 2Bar, 2B-Bar, SATB chorus
3(2pic).3(ca).3(A+bcl).3(cbsn) - 433(btrbn)1 - timp - 3 perc - pno.hp - str
122'

In Seven Days (2007-8)
Concerto for Piano with Moving Image (video installation by Tal Rosner)
3(afl, 2pic).3.3.3(cbsn) - 4331 - timp - 4 perc - str
30'

Julian Anderson (*1960)
Following a commission from the BBC for The Stations of the Sun, and three years as the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Composer-in-Association (2002-5), Anderson leapt into the limelight in the US as The Cleveland Orchestra's Daniel Lewis Young Composer Fellow from 2005-7 and Fanny Mason Professor of Music at Harvard from 2004-7. He had the honor of writing a new choral/orchestral commission, Alleluia, for the re-opening of London's Royal Festival Hall in 2007, the same year in which two complete CDs of his music were released on the Ondine and NMC labels. He is Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra's "Music of Today" series and is Professor of Composition and Composer-in-Residence at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.

Key works:
The Stations of the Sun (1998)
For orchestra
3(2pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbsn) - 4331 - timp - 4perc - pno(cel) - hp - str
17'

Book of Hours (2006)
For 19 players and live electronics
2(2pic, afl)1.2(Ebcl, bcl).1(cbsn) - 1.1(tpt in D).1.0 - pno(cel) - hp - sampler trigger keyboard - synth - 1 or 2 computers, mixing desk, 6 loudspeakers - 2perc - str
22'

Heaven is Shy of Earth (2006)
For mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra
Text: Latin Mass/Emily Dickinson
4(2pic).3(ca).4(Ebcl, Acl, bcl).3(cbsn) - 4.3(flghn).3.1 - 4 perc - hp.pno(cel) - keybd - str
30'

George Benjamin (*1960)
George Benjamin's music is immediately recognizable by its clarity and precision. A pupil of Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod, he achieved prominence in the UK when at the age of 20, Ringed by the Flat Horizon was performed at the BBC Proms. In the US, he has a longstanding relationship with Tanglewood and in 1992 was Artistic Director of the San Francisco Symphony's "Wet Ink" Festival. To mark his 40th birthday, the London Symphony Orchestra gave a year-long retrospective of his music, "By George", which included the premiere of Palimpsests conducted by Pierre Boulez. More recently, his first opera, Into the Little Hill has received universal acclaim (the US premiere was at the Lincoln Center Festival, 2007). He is currently writing a work for piano and orchestra for long-time friend and supporter Pierre-Laurent Aimard and The Cleveland Orchestra. He is represented as a conductor by Askonas Holt.

Key works:
At First Light (1982)
For chamber orchestra of 14 players
1(afl+pic).1.1(bcl).1(cbsn) - 1.1(ptpt)1.0 - 1perc - pno(cel) - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db
20'

Palimpsests (1999-2002)
For orchestra
4(pic+afl).0.4(acl, 2bcl).0.cbsn - 3.4.btpt.tenor-bass trbn.btrbn.1 - 3perc - pno(cel) - 2 hp - 5.0.3.0.8
21'

Into the Little Hill (2005-6)
A lyric tale in two parts for soprano, contralto and ensemble of 15 players
Libretto (EN) by Martin Crimp
Fl(pic+bfl), 2 basset hn.cbcl - 2 cnts.ten trbn - cimbalom(1perc) - 2vln.2vla.2vlc.db
40'

Benjamin Britten (19131976)
Benjamin Britten's place in the history of 20th-century music is wholly assured and his entire output - from the great operas such as Death in Venice and Owen Wingrave to solo pieces such as the three cello suites written for Rostropovich and the three church parables, Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son - is firmly established in the repertoire. Faber publishes these late works along with some early works, which for many years remained unpublished, including the ballet Plymouth Town, the opera Paul Bunyan and The Rescue of Penelope.

Key works:
Death in Venice (1973)
Opera in two acts based on the short story by Thomas Mann
Libretto: Myfanwy Piper (English)
Singers: CT, T, B-Bar, SATB chorus (with some small solo roles)
2(pic).2.2(bcl).2 - 2221 - timp - 5perc - pno.hp - str (6.4.3.3.2 min)
145'

Curlew River(1964)
Parable for church performance
Singers: T, 2Bar, treble, B, chorus (3T, 3Bar, 2B), 3 boys - silent roles
fl(=pic) - horn - viola.bass - harp - 1 perc - chamber organ
71'

Suite on English Folk Tunes("A time there was..."), Op 90 (1974)
2(II=pic).2(II=ca).2.2 - 2200 - timp - 2perc - harp - strings
14'

Carl Davis (*1936)
A native of Brooklyn, Carl Davis is a charismatic conductor and all-round musician. His considerable output includes many ballets and music for film and TV [including "The World at War", "Pride and Prejudice", "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "Cranford" - all of which are available in concert versions]. He collaborated with Paul McCartney on his Liverpool Oratorio and almost single-handedly has revived interest in presenting silent films with live musical accompaniment with over 50 such scores to his credit. His many works in this genre include the epics Napoléon, Ben-Hur, in addition to the original Phantom of the Opera, comedies by Keaton and Lloyd, and all twelve of Chaplin's celebrated Mutual films. At the helm of Leeds Castle pops concerts since 1983 and Artistic Director of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's Pops series from 1993, he has also conducted the BBC's Proms in the Park on several occasions, broadcast worldwide.

Key works:
The Phantom of the Opera (1996)
Silent film with orchestra
2(pic).2(ca).2(I=Ebcl.II=bcl).2(cbsn) - 4231 - timp - perc(3) - harp - org - strings (min 86442)
93'

Pride and Prejudice - Theme (1995)
from the BBC TV Series
For piano and small orchestra
1022 - 2000 - pno (or fortepiano) - strings
4'

Aladdin (2001)
Ballet in three acts
2(pic+afl).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbsn) - 4.2(tpt in D).3.1 - timp - perc - harp - pno(organ+cel) - strings
126'

Jonny Greenwood (*1971)
Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is the BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence. He was commissioned by the BBC to write Popcorn Superhet Receiver for string orchestra, which won a British Composer Award in 2006. It received its US premiere as part of New York's Wordless Music series in January 2008 and subsequently became part of Greenwood's award-winning soundtrack for the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.

Key works:
Popcorn Superhet Receiver (2005)
For string orchestra (18vln.6vla.6vlc.4db)
18'

smear (2004)
For two ondes martenots and chamber ensemble of nine players
2 ondes martenots - cl.hrn - 1 perc - harp - 2 vln.vla.vlc.db
10'

Jonathan Harvey (*1939)
Jonathan Harvey has a truly global reputation, and is particularly renowned for his skill and imagination in the fields of electronics and electro-acoustic music (he has had eight separate commissions from IRCAM in Paris, including Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco), and in choral music (notably the church opera Passion and Resurrection and the oft-performed and recorded Come, Holy Ghost). He is currently Composer-in-Residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and from 1995-2000 was Professor of Music at Stanford University. His recent opera, Wagner Dream, was a co-commission between the Netherlands Opera, the Holland Festival, the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg and IRCAM Paris.

Key works:
Madonna of Winter and Spring (1986)
For orchestra, synthesizers and electronics
3(pic).pic(afl).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbsn) - 4431 - 5perc - pno.hp - str - electronics (2 synth, ring mod, reverb/amp, mixer)
37'

Tranquil Abiding (1999)
For chamber orchestra
2(pic).2.2(bcl).2(cbsn) - 2200 - 1perc - str
14'

Wagner Dream(2005-7)
Opera in nine scenes
Soloists, actors, chorus and ensemble of 22 players with electronics
Text by Jean Claude-Carrière
S, Mz, T, Bar, 2B, pit chorus (4 singers - SATB), stage chorus (2 singers - TB), actors
1(pic,afll,bfl).1(o d'am).2(2Acl, bcl).1(cbsn) - 1.1.1.1 - 2perc - hp - e.keybd - 4.0.2.2.1 - electronics (3 operators)
105'

Oliver Knussen (*1952)
Oliver Knussen is known equally well as a conductor and a composer. From the early 1970s he has been closely linked with the US and for many years directed Tanglewood's contemporary music activities. He has worked with all the major US orchestras including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and the New World Symphony. His compositions include the Maurice Sendak operatic double-bill Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! and the recent Violin Concerto, premiered by Pinchas Zukerman and The Pittsburgh Symphony. He was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 19831998 and is an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Key works:
Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1984-90)
Or There Must be More to Life
Fantasy Opera in one act (nine scenes)
Libretto (EN) by Maurice Sendak
Singers: 2S, Mz, T, 2B-Bar
3(pic).1.ca.3(bcl).2(cbsn) - 4030 - 4perc - pno.cel - hp - str
60'

Violin Concerto (2002)
3.1.ca.2.1.cbsn - 3220 - timp - 2perc - pno(cel) - hp - str
17'

Requiem(Songs for Sue) (2005-6)
For soprano and chamber ensemble of 15 players
Texts by W.H. Auden, Rilke, Antonio Machado and Emily Dickinson
fl.afl.2cl.bcl - 2hn - pno(cel) - hp - 1perc - 2vla.2vlc.db
12'

Colin Matthews (*1946)
Colin Matthews is an eminent figure on the British music scene as composer, founder of NMC Records and as Chairman of The Britten Estate. Matthews was Associate Composer with the London Symphony during the 1990s and is currently Composer-in-Association with the Hallé Orchestra, for whom he has orchestrated all 24 of Debussy's piano preludes. His recent works include Reflected Images for the San Francisco Symphony, Berceuse for Dresden for the New York Philharmonic and Pluto, the renewer - a supplement to Holst's The Planets.

Key works:
Hidden Variables (1989)
For chamber ensemble of 15 players (or large orchestra)
1.1.1.bcl.1 - 1100 - 1perc - pno.hp - 1.1.1.1.1
OR 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2 - 4230 - timp - 2 perc - pno(=elec keybd ad.lib) - harp - strings (min 24[vln div in 3].8.8.6)
13'

Pluto, the renewer (2000)
For large orchestra
pic.2.afl.2.ca.bob.3.bcl.3.cbsn - 6.4.3.tnr tuba.tuba - 2timp - 4perc - cel.2 hp.organ - (offstage female chorus in 7 parts) - str
6'

Reflected Images (2003)
For orchestra
2(pic).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - 4perc - pno/cel.hp - str
13'

Nicholas Maw (*1935)
Nicholas Maw resides in the US where he is Professor of Composition at the Peabody Conservatory. He is one of the UK's most admired composers and has been championed by Sir Simon Rattle, who toured his defining 96-minute orchestral work, Odyssey, before recording it for EMI. Rattle also conducted the premiere of Sophie's Choice at the Royal Opera House, London to a standing ovation. The US premiere was later given by Washington National Opera. Maw's Violin Concerto was written for Joshua Bell who subsequently made a Grammy Award-winning recording for Sony (2001).

Key works:
Ghost Dances (1988)
Imaginary Ballet for five players
fl.cl.pno.vln.vlc
27'

Violin Concerto (1992-3)
2(pic,afl).2(ca).2(Ebcl).2(cbsn) - 4201 - timp - 1perc - hp - str
41'

Sophie's Choice (1998-2002)
Opera in four acts
Libretto (EN) by the composer based on the book by William Styron
Singers: Mz, T, Bar, B-Bar, SATB chorus
3(afl,pic).3(ca).3(bcl,Ebcl).3(cbsn) - 5331 - timp - 3perc - hp - str
200'

Peter Sculthorpe (*1929)
Australia's most famous and distinguished living composer, Peter Sculthorpe has composed works in nearly all musical genres including a striking set of seventeen string quartets, many of which have been championed by the Kronos Quartet. His music captures perfectly the haunting atmosphere and vast empty spaces of his native land. For his inspiration he draws upon Australia's landscape and the myriad cultures of its people, both past and present, most notably the music of Asia. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1977, he was elected one of Australia's 100 Living National Treasures in 1998 and in 1999 was identified as one of Australia's 45 Icons. Sculthorpe's music is widely recorded and can be heard on ABC Classics, Naxos, Tall Poppies, Elektra Nonesuch, Chandos, Virgin and Sony Classical. His 45-minute Requiem for didjeridu, SATB chorus and orchestra was premiered to great acclaim in Australia and the UK in 2004.

Key works:
Irkanda IV (1961)
For solo violin, percussion and strings
1 perc(1) - strings
11'

Earth Cry(1986)
For orchestra, with optional didjeridu
2.2.2.2.cbsn - 4431 - timp - 3 perc(3) - strings - (optional didjeridu - 2 insts required in Db & A)
11'

Requiem (2003)
For SATB chorus, didjeridu and orchestra
2222 - 4331 - timp - 3 perc - strings
40'

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