Classical Music

I have felt closely connected to the city of Barcelona and its magnificent music temple Palau de la Música Catalana for many years. When I received the request to write a piece for this special place,...

When you come to a river... place your hand into its belly, feel the energy, stroke its power, says the poem by American author Laura Tohe, who grew up in the Navajo tradition. Thierry Péocu accompani...

Revised edition of the famous choral songs by the composer of 'Bolero'. This cycle, too, is designed for a great climax. 'Nicolette' describes a simple, almost naïve fairy-tale character. The solos of...

This work for unaccompanied SATB choir sets texts by Thomas Traherne, Vera Brittain and others. It was commissioned by Schola Cantorum of Oxford and first performed on the 25th April 2026 at the Schwa...

A secular cantata edited by Alastair Mitchell. The purpose of bringing out an edition of nine pieces of the original 28 from The Masque Of Alfred is to provide choirs/orchestras with interesting, unus...

Experience one of the most monumental and moving masterpieces of sacred choral literature: "Das Buch mit 7 Siegeln" (The Book with Seven Seals – from the Revelation of St. John) unfolds an incomparabl...

It seems peculiar that so little of Charpentier's music was printed during his lifetime. Fortunately, soon after his death a large part of his manuscripts came into the possession of the Bibliothèque...

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 is a work of exceptions. Seen from the outside, this is true of the forces that are used: with its three choirs, eight soloists and an orchestra of far more than one hun...

One hundred years after its premiere in Munich, Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony is as technically challenging now as it ever was. That original performance featured a chorus of 850 singers with an orches...

The work is based on poems written by the composer and was completed in 1880. It consisted of three movements which bore the following titles: Waldmärchen (A Tale from the Woods), Der Spielmann (The M...

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz comp...

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz comp...

Expressing the beauty and movement of nature, A Wind in the South by Hye-Young Cho blends flowing vocal lines with colorful textures to paint the picture of the gentle southern wind. Its emotional dep...

The Old Pull of the Earth by David von Kampen is a reflective choral work inspired by a celebrated passage from My Ántonia by Willa Cather, evoking the deep emotional bond between people and the lands...

The Dawn centers around the idea that "the night is always darkest before the dawn." Highly lyrical with a lovely, supportive piano accompaniment, this hopeful piece is a reminder that even in the dar...

Singer/songwriter Erich Eastman created It’ll Be Alright as a response to the anxieties we all can experience in life. It is a joyous celebration of looking deep within oneself to carry on. Originally...

The pinnacle of The Velveteen Rabbit says that becomming "real" happens when someone loves you for a long time. James Deignan's musical setting sounds like the journey through a storybook, with twists...