Alexander Goehr

Dirigierpartitur

1. Stampa ciel (ATTB) - 2. Avventurose genti (ATTBarB) - 3. Misera giovinetta (ATTBar) - 4. Su L'orride paludi (ATTBarB)

Written in memory of Erich Fried (1921-1988), a writer who wrote the libretto for Goehr's opera Arden Must Die and whose poems were set in Warngedichte (op. 22), Carol for St Steven is short and playf...

My piece is subtitled 'Homage to Haydn'. Why? Because it is modelled on Haydn's Variations in F minor/major. But modelled does not imply pastiche or imitation. From Brahms onwards (if not before) ther...

gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Trompete in D

Spielpartitur - Sprecher, Schlaginstrumente, Orgel und Klavier oder Klavier 4hd.

Spielpartitur - Sprecher, Schlaginstrumente, Orgel und Klavier oder Klavier 4hd.

Like Goehr's quintet for clarinet and strings op. 79, manere is influenced by early music and more specifically the Gregorian chant Sic eum volo manére found in the Graduale Romanorum. The work itself...

Largo Siciliano is a slow dance movement in a simple metre comprising a sequence of variations, separated by a refrain; a single idea is continually reworked and recast. This idea, or little siciliano...

Overture was written on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Countess of Munster Trust at Glyndebourne

Overture was written on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Countess of Munster Trust at Glyndebourne

'Broken Psalm' was commissioned by Cambridge University to celebrate their 800th anniversary and first performed by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College in 2009. Goehr, who was Professor of music at...

For Alexander Goehr, like Schumann, teaching and fostering new ideas andtalent has been an integral part of his life as a composer. In these 15 pieces he uses models (by Bach, Handel, Mozart and Schum...

Overture was written on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Countess of Munster Trust at Glyndebourne.