Sheet Music for Orchestra

Originally scored for Piano solo (GS48199) Griffes' 'Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan' was later expanded into a tone poem for orchestra by the American impressionistic composer. It is based on the poetry...

This work is perhaps best described by the composer Tan Dun: 'About five years ago I went to an exhibition on the works of painter Paul Klee at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I was extremely mo...

A Colorful Symphony' is based on a chapter from Norton Juster's popular book for children 'The Phantom Tollbooth', in which a little boy enters a magic land where an orchestra and its conductor play t...

Symphonic Triptych for Orchestra.

A vivid, jazzy orchestral showpiece celebrating a familiar Latin American tradition.

John Alden Carpenter was an American composer of the first half of the 20th century. 'Sea Drift' was an inspiration based on the composer's impression of Walt Whitman's poems of the same name. This is...

These 'Three Pictures for Orchestra' depict 'The Seine At Night', a 'Wheat Field at Noon' and a 'Sea Piece with Birds'.

For orchestra and optional audience participation.

First performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 1965 by Peter Pears with the Philharmonia of London conducted by the composer. Duration c. 16 mins.

Musique Ancienne - Musique Vocale Et Dramatique

Musique Ancienne - Musique Vocale Et Dramatique

The Speech of the Birds is freely inspired by the famous mystical poem The Conference of the Birds by the Persian poet Fariduddin Attar (12th century). Analogous to the birds in the story, the instrum...

Baumann moves musically in the 'aura of Hindemith', partly in neo-baroque joy of playing in extended and modally characterized tonality, partly in dealing with late romantic music, always adhering to...

With his second symphony, consisting of three movements, Max Baumann continues the tradition by juxtaposing a rhythmic-motoric musical main theme with a vocal side theme in both outer movements. Eleme...