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Eine dreisätzige Elegie für das alte und neue Kuba, die die harten Umstände der Revolution und die darauffolgende Vertreibung thematisiert. Der Komponist erklärt: 'Für den ersten Satz Havanna Dreams h...

Notes from the editor:Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602 - ca. 1678) was choir nun and composer who resided in the Convent of Santa Radegonda in Milan, Italy. Like many young women from wealthy families...

Translated the lyrics mean 'Give Beauty, Give Joy, Give Hope.Â' This is a song celebrating beauty; beauty in our hearts, beauty in music, and beauty in moments. With the rhythm and style we have come...

Composer's note: Beware Of combines tape with alto flute, viola, and harp. The tape comprises a poem by, and read by, Colleen Clyne, with snippets of recordings from the instrumental parts, played by...

Composer's note:John Cage said:I like sounds just as they are.I love the activity of sound.I don't want a sound to pretend that it' a bucket - or that it's urm - president - or that it's in love with...

Uraufgeführt durch das Arraymusic Ensemble in der Trinity United Church, Toronto (Ontario) im Jahr 1982 Besetzung: tpt-perc(2):cel/vib/trompong/chang/Balinese gong/tam-t-pft-vla.vlc.db

Composer's note:The Violin was inspired by my dear friends and wonderful violinists, Neil Dufallo and Amy Kauffman based in New York City, and another dear friend and violin maker, Bruno Guastalla, ba...

Note from the composer:For a number of years I had been thinking of writing a piece based on the sound of plucked Instruments like the mandolin, guitar and harp, so when the Dutch Nieuw Ensemble asked...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

In a typical tango atmosphere, a melancholy, sensual melody opens the first piece. Then a simple but intense song unfolds, in a sometimes thin, sometimes passionate setting. The last piece is rhythmic...

For 'Eastwind', Jean-François Michel was cleverly inspired by the rich Balkan or Eastern European musical folklore, which was introduced by the gypsies in countless variations wherever they settled. T...

1. Si suoni la tromba One of the most difficult arias in the set, this piece employs a prominent extra-harmonic note (the e''-sharp in the cadence of measure 40 - achieved on the natural trumpet by ''...

A work for mandolin and string quartet commissioned by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and was premiered there on 7 July 2017.