Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

In Nelly Sachs' poem, the butterfly stands as a traditional symbol of transience and hope for the beauty of the afterlife. The setting traces the melancholic and yet light mood in finely chiselled mel...

For advanced choirs, this work is a rhythmically driving setting of early Classical Latin text. A great selection for a winter program.

For advanced choir, a beautiful depiction of the relationship between water and humans. The imagery in the keyboard is expertly written. 

When I was a student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), I took third study organ with George McPhee, the organist of Paisley Abbey. One of the...

The Serenata for wind sextet by John Glenesk Mortimer was composed for the Swiss Wind Soloists in 1981 at the request of clarinettist Kurt Weber and premiered in Bern. The work emphasizes the rich and...

The Serenata for wind sextet by John Glenesk Mortimer was composed for the Swiss Wind Soloists in 1981 at the request of clarinettist Kurt Weber and premiered in Bern. The work emphasizes the rich and...

Chanson à Morphée by Jean-François Michel, written for wind quintet, is inspired by the phrase "in Morpheus' arms", a symbol for falling asleep. The work explores this floating state in which consciou...

Chanson à Morphée by Jean-François Michel, written for wind quintet, is inspired by the phrase "in Morpheus' arms", a symbol for falling asleep. The work explores this floating state in which consciou...

There is a refreshing spontaneity to Samuel Adler's WIND CONVERSATIONS for woodwind quintet. The slow introduction explores the timbres of the ensemble in glowing and harmonious polyphony, while the m...

2013 erhielt Mike Svoboda den Auftrag der Sieghardt Rometsch Stiftung, ein Werk für die drei Preisträger des Aeolus Wettbewerbs zu schreiben. Ein willkommener Anlass für den Komponisten, der selbst mi...

Figuren am Horizont are meant to be the composer's musical obituaries on dead fellow musicians. However, they are not mentioned by name because to him, it is about types of obituaries: In each of the...

Das Stück Allegro ma non troppo wurde im Winter 1993/94 im Elektronischen Studio der Technischen Universität realisiert und zum 50. Geburtstag von Folkmar Hein, seinem langjährigen Leiter, in Auftrag...

Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, composed in summer 1937 on a commission from Paul Sacher and premièred in Basel in January 1938, is incontestably one of the supreme creations of mo...

Ariel is scored for basset clarinet, violin, cello and piano, and is a response to the poem of the same name by Sylvia Plath. Simpson reacted to the poem musically, jotting down the ideas for instrume...

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...

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...

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...