Erik Somers

(Wind Ensemble (solo oboe, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Wind Ensemble (solo oboe, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 bs, 3 hn, cello, string bass))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 2 hn and soprano))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs, 2 hn and soprano))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (solo voice, picc, fl, ob, engl. hn, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hn, string bass, harp))

(Voice and Wind Ensemble (solo voice, picc, fl, ob, engl. hn, 2 cl, 2 bs, 4 hn, string bass, harp))

Ravel originally wrote Ma mère loye (Mother Goose) as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7. Ravel dedicated this work for four hands to the children (just as he had dedi...

In Puccini´s La Bohéme Rodolfo`s sings in the first act the aria Che gelida manina. It is one of the purest most fragrant ideas that ever came into Puccini`s head with its tenderness recalling the exq...

In Puccini´s La Bohéme Rodolfo`s sings in the first act the aria Che gelida manina. It is one of the purest most fragrant ideas that ever came into Puccini`s head with its tenderness recalling the exq...

La Bohème was first performed in 1886 at the 'Teatro Regio' in Turin. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak w...

La Bohème was first performed in 1886 at the 'Teatro Regio' in Turin. It soon became a staple of the operatic repertoire and has remained so ever since. Puccini had begun for the first time to speak w...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

With his 'L'elisir d'amore' (The Elixer of Love), composed in 1832 Donizetti wrote something far greater than a mere comic opera: this was perhaps the first example of a moving, middleclass genre of t...

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in 'Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....

Puccini composed his opera 'Manon Lescaut' in 1893 and it became together with 'Tosca' his first outstanding success. He used some musical elements in 'Manon Lescaut from earlier works he had written....