Advanced Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

Dectet was composed in 1998, commissioned by the Chicago Chamber Musicians, for a ensemble of winds, strings, and piano. Unlike many of David Sampson’s other works, this composition is not based on a...

Dectet was composed in 1998, commissioned by the Chicago Chamber Musicians, for a ensemble of winds, strings, and piano. Unlike many of David Sampson’s other works, this composition is not based on a...

Skeleton at the Feast was composed in 2017 for the Trio Virado and premiered in 2019 in Joplin, Missouri. The work is based on an ancient tradition described by Plutarch, in which a skeleton or mummy...

Skeleton at the Feast was composed in 2017 for the Trio Virado and premiered in 2019 in Joplin, Missouri. The work is based on an ancient tradition described by Plutarch, in which a skeleton or mummy...

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...

THE BITTER AND THE SWEET was commissioned by the chamber music ensemble Pastiche, which also recorded the work. The composition is structured both as a rondo and as a theme with variations, and is roo...

THE BITTER AND THE SWEET was commissioned by the chamber music ensemble Pastiche, which also recorded the work. The composition is structured both as a rondo and as a theme with variations, and is roo...

The Work This work is conceived as an intense journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Like a courageous and enchanted visitor, the listener moves through the winding paths of lush vegetation...

The Work This work is conceived as an intense journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Like a courageous and enchanted visitor, the listener moves through the winding paths of lush vegetation...

There is a sense of unease in the imagined landscape of John Casken’s Misted Land, as familiar shapes take on a new and sometimes grotesque and frightening appearance. Fragments of folk-like melodies...

The inspiration behind Stolen Songs comes from the story of German violinist Alois Rosetz and his Latvian wife, Solomea Graudan - two artists whose lives and careers in Berlin were tragically erased....

The first movement of my Piano Quintet is filled with drama and passion. Its atmosphere can be related to my Second Symphony Johannes Angelos. The second movement is a set of polyphonic variations in...

Jörg Widmann's chamber music-filled work from 1999 was commissioned by the Siemens cultural program. As the title suggests, this early work refers to the famous poems of Goethe, but the vocal part is...

Even with its instrumentation which may seem unusual at first glance, the spirit and symphonic character of the pioneering work is preserved. Although the piece does not provide a direct opportunity f...

The concert piece Paganini Jazz by Faz?l Say, which was inspired by classical, modern and jazz styles, is reminiscent of the music of such greats as Scott Joplin, Art Tatum, Gershwin and Bernstein, an...

The concert piece Paganini Jazz by Faz?l Say, which was inspired by classical, modern and jazz styles, is reminiscent of the music of such greats as Scott Joplin, Art Tatum, Gershwin and Bernstein, an...

As most of my instrumental pieces, Joyce is also based on a literary source. My first string quartet (Korrespondenz) transferred the correspondence between Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at time...

Nikolai Kapustin is considered a pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. His music combines typical idioms of jazz with classical forms. The Trio op. 86 for flute, violoncello and piano from 1998 is one of...